Stories from Friday, September 17, 2021

Rise Roseland (Rapier) Wheeler, age 75, passed away June 30 in Orlando, Fla. Rise was born June 11, 1946 to Marcus and Lucille Rapier in Fort Scott, Kan. Rise often said her greatest joy was being a mother to her three children and worked from the home while they grew up. ...

Betty Lou Emery, 88, Deerfield, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 at her home, following a lengthy illness. Betty was born to Richard “Dick” E. and Susie (Shuhart) Saathoff on May 19, 1933 in Nevada, Mo. Betty graduated from Nevada High School with the Class of 1951. ...

Roland K. “Termite” Wilson, age 76, passed away Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, at the Medicalodges in Fort Scott. He was born Aug. 4, 1945, in Cottage Grove, Ore., the son of Clarence Wilson and Nila Nadine Gibson Wilson. He spent most of his early life in Bronson, Kan., where he worked as a paper carrier and at the grocery store. ...

Wilbur Lee Smith, age 84, Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. He was born in Moran, Kan., on Nov. 9, 1936, the son of Richard Dwight and Faith Kibble Smith. Wilbur attended first grade in Mound City, finishing up his elementary school education at Union School, a one-room school near the family farm. ...

Raymond Eugene Sickles Jr. (aka) Toby Sickles, age 71 resident of Independence, Mo., died Sept. 10, 2021 at 8:57 p.m. at North Kansas City Hospital, North Kansas City, Mo. A Celebration of Life will be held at noon Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021 at Tryst Falls Park, Shelter 12, Excelsior Springs, Mo., 64024...

Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a motion by Commissioner Jim Harris to re-open commission meetings to the public. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

Several Vietnam veterans and members of the Big Red One, the 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, reunited Saturday, Sept. 11 in Fort Scott. The group, which didn’t gather in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, consists of veterans from across the country who meet periodically in Kansas to catch up on each other...

The early season woes for the Fort Scott High School Tigers continue as they dropped to 0-3 on the season after a 28-0 shutout by the Independence Bulldogs Friday night at Frary Field. The Tiger offense struggled to sustain drives and pick up first downs while the defense gave up some big plays that cost the Tigers in Fort Scott’s first home game of the season...