Stories from Thursday, July 15, 2021

Stephen Kent Riley, age 79, resident of Ft. Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at St. Luke’s South Hospital, Overland Park, Kan. He was born May 17, 1942, in Ft. Scott, the son of Harlan Lindsey Riley and Thelma Marie Ruby Riley. He married Sue Ellen Hicks on May 9, 1979, in Ft. Scott. Steve worked as a tuck pointer by trade for 61 years until retirement. He loved to fish, hunt, and be outdoors. He was a member of the Rinehart Christian Church...

Mae Mowen, age 97, a former resident of Shawnee, Kan., and Ft. Scott, Kan., and more recently of Loveland, Colo., passed away Monday, July 12, 2021, at her home in Colorado. She was born May 14, 1924, in Beaver, Penn., the daughter of Harry Steffler and Pauline Bell Jamison Steffler. ...