Stories from Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Goldie May Schnichels, age 95, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the U.S. National Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Goldie Schnichels Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

On Oct. 12, 2020, Della Mae Raguse, loving wife and mother of three children, left this earth for her heavenly home at the age of 94, joyful to be reunited with so many she loved. Della Mae was born on Nov. 5, 1925 to Emma and Christopher Voss at their home on a farm near Holyrood, Kan. ...

Christie Elaine Belcher, age 62, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at the Via Christi Emergency Room in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born May 9, 1958, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Donald Glen Hunziker and Maxine Christy Hunziker. ...

Dale Geiger, 87, of Fort Scott, passed away early Tuesday morning, Oct. 13, 2020, at Girard Medical Center. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday boosted the ambulance fleet for the Bourbon County Emergency Medical Services. Commissioners approved the purchase of a new ambulance, and also heard an update on financials for the EMS service, which officials with the county and city worked to put together after the closure of Mercy Hospital in December 2018. The service began operating in early 2019...