Stories from Monday, April 18, 2022

Phyllis L. Ward, age 89, went to her eternal home in Heaven on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Her parents were Roy and Lula Bentley and she was raised in Fort Scott, Kan. She was a loving mother and housewife. She did work a few years before retiring to Fort Scott, at Rival Mfg., in Albany, Mo. ...

Charlotte M. Waggoner, 102, of Fort Scott and former longtime resident of rural Parsons, passed away at 6:45 a.m., Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at Country Place Senior Living in Fort Scott. Charlotte Maxine Snodgrass was born on Jan. 9, 1920, to John Edward and Vinita (Swart) Snodgrass in Argonia, Kan. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Ames, Okla., where she grew up and attended school. In 1938, she graduated from Ames High School...

Ann Bannon Meara Bolden passed away on April 10, 2022. She was born on Dec. 2, 1977, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan., to Daniel F. Meara and JoAnn F. Meara. She began her education at St. Mary’s School in Fort Scott, Kan., then went to Fort Scott Middle School and Fort Scott High School, where she graduated in 1996. ...

Leanna Corine Leonard, age 80, resident of Chandler, Ariz., died Thursday, April 14, 2022, at Brookdale Chandler Regional Care. No services are planned. Burial will take place in the Memory Gardens Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan. Local arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main...

Karen A. Stewart, age 73, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, April 17, 2022, at her home. She was born Feb. 19, 1949, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Harold “Dutch” Hurd and Betty Jean Severy Hurd. She married Donald L. Stewart on Aug. 27, 1965, in Fort Scott. ...