Stories from Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Loretta Marie Swafford, age 82, resident of Overland Park, Kan., formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, July 16, 2022, at AdventHealth Care Center, Overland Park, Kan. She was born Feb. 26, 1940, in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of Judson and Dorothy Merriman Careswell. ...

Martin Douglas “Doug” McCurley died at home on July 14, 2022 surrounded by his wife and daughters. Doug was born on June 3, 1951 in Fort Scott, Kan. Doug grew up in Fort Scott and eventually moved to Denver, Colo., where he would meet his future wife Kathleen “Kathy” Overton. ...