Stories from Monday, July 15, 2019

Donald E "Buddy" Payne, age 85, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in Via Christi Fort Scott, Kan. He was born in Trading Post, Kan., on Nov. 9, 1933, the son of William Wood and Euleta Louise "Babe" Dalton Payne. Before he was 1-day-old his older brother John gave him the nickname Buddy, which stayed with him throughout his life. ...

Janice Arlene Morter, age 61, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, July 12, 2019, at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, Mo. She was born Jan. 19, 1958, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Leland Earl and Alice Ruth Murray Clyburn. She graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1976. ...

Christopher W. Otto, age 38, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Thursday July 11, 2019 as a result of an automobile accident near Rawlins, Wyo. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at the Mound City First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Curry Cemetery. ...