Stories from Monday, December 9, 2024

Norma Lee Wood, age 88, resident of Tulsa, Okla., passed away Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Okla. Merl Wood will conduct funeral services at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the Sheffield Cemetery, Arcadia, Kan. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time Thursday at the funeral home. Words of remembrance may be submitted online at cheneywitt.com...

Sherman Leroy Spence, age 84, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. A Celebration of Life ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Cremations, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. to service time at the Pleasanton Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to Pleasanton/Jayhawk Linn Trap Shooting Team or Linn County Hunter Safety. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.  ...

Keith Alan Smith, age 72, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024.  A Celebration of Life will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024 at the Pleasanton High School. Memorial contributions are suggested to Kaden Jax Gerleman-Smith Education Fund, in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 304, La Cygne, KS 66040. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. ...

Richard Lee Lindsey, age 69, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 at the Schneider Funeral Home Pleasanton Chapel. Burial in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to service time at the Pleasanton Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to Care to Share.  Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Catherine C. Costin Beth passed away Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at Credo Senior Living, Fort Scott, Kan. She was born May 24, 1925, in Oil Hill, Kan., the town that City Services built near Towanda, Kan. Her mother was Edith Neeley Costin, and father was Cass Cartell Costin...