Stories from Monday, August 12, 2019

Estella Elizabeth Meech, age 84, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born June 7, 1935, in Hepler, Kan., the daughter of Oscar Jacob Gier and Lizzie Belle Goff Gier. She graduated from the Hepler High School where she excelled in basketball. ...

Ida Lydia Poore, 78, of Lamar, passed away the morning of Aug. 9, 2019 with her husband, Melvin Poore holding her hand. Ida was born March 26, 1941 to Frank Lewis and Ethel (Eads) Burdick. She was the ninth of 10 children and they all grew up in Deerfield, Mo. ...