Obituaries from November 2009

Terry Dwayne Feldhut, infant son of Delbert Ray and Crystal Suzanna (Keith) Feldhut, of Fort Scott, was stillborn early Saturday morning, Oct. 31, 2009. Survivors include his parents, his maternal grandparents; Bill and Ruby Keith, of rural Fort Scott, paternal grandmother; Bobbi Burtness of Shelby, Mont., paternal grandfather; Roy Feldhut of Mulberry, Kan., and several aunts, uncles and cousins...

Katherine Dorene Morrell, 76, of Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Blue Mound, Kan., died Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. She was born August 15, 1933 in Richards, Mo., the daughter of James and Mamie Taiclet Kramer. She married Charles Morrell on Nov. 28, 1951 at Fort Scott, Kan. He preceded her in death on Oct. 22, 2008...

Judith Lee Smith, 72, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Thursday, October 29, 2009 at her home. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Pleasanton, Kan. Visitation will be 1 p.m. to service time. Contributions are suggested to the Judith Smith Memorial Fund c/o the funeral home...

Marjory Elizabeth Black, 91, of Denver, Colo., formerly of Pleasanton and Kansas City, Kan., died Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 at Berkley Manor Care Facility, Denver, Colo. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Pleasanton, Kan. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time...

Alexander Michael Almasi, 61, of LaHarpe, Kan., died Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at his home. Visitation will be from 6-7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola. Graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at Highland Cemetery in Iola, with military honors. The Chaplain Lloyd W. Houk will officiate...

Shirley Geraldine VanMeter, 88, of Walnut, Kan., died Wednesday morning, Nov. 4, 2009 at the Fort Scott Manor. She was born November 11, 1920 in Redfield, Kansas the daughter of George Garfield and Clara Mae (McCollum) Neth. She married Charles Francis VanMeter July 26, 1941 in Fort Scott. He preceded her in death April 24, 1979...

Wade Robert Byington, age 91, resident of Arcadia, Kansas, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at his home. He was born July 21, 1918, in Bedford, Iowa, the son of William R. Byington and Georgia Bradley Byington. He married Marie Sharpless in 1937. They later divorced...

Lyle Thayne Quick, age 87, a former resident of Mapleton, Kan., and more recently of Cavalry Crossing Apartments, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at the St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo. He was born June 4, 1922, at Mapleton, Kan., the son of Frederick Hubert Quick and Angie Mae Dennis Quick...

LaDonna Maxine DeLaney, 63, of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born Sept. 13, 1946 in Independence, Kansas, the daughter of Donald Bengerman and Nora Madeline (Ewing) DeLaney. Survivors include a daughter; Donna Jean Carson of Fort Scott, a son; Stephen Allen Foss of Fort Collins, Colorado, a sister; Jean Nicoles of Fort Scott, four brothers; Martin Claspill of Seattle, Washington, Larry DeLaney, of Nevada, Mo., Douglas DeLaney, of Louisburg, Kan., and Donald DeLaney of Fort Scott, and three grandchildren; Megan Smith, Malachi Foss, and Shanè Carson.. ...

Betty Lee Morrow, age 82, former resident of 601 Wilson, Fort Scott, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born Feb. 26, 1927 in Fort Scott, the daughter of Charles W. Atha and Delpha Mae Porter Atha. Betty married Alfred Leon Morrow on June 5, 1992 at Chanute, Kan...

Albert Dwayne Craig, age 48, a resident of rural Fort Scott, died unexpectedly Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at the Mercy Health Center Emergency Room. He was born July 29, 1961, in Richmond, Mo. From the age of 17, he was raised by Robert and Judi Larkin. Dwayne first married Susan White in January of 1980. They were later divorced...

Louise Baker, 98, of Girard, died at 7:55 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, 209 at the Prairie Mission Retirement Village at St. Paul. Louise was born May 18, 1911 in a log cabin near Fort Scott, Kan., the oldest of nine children born to Jesse and Grace (Morgan) Grimes...

Danny G. Russell, 59, Mound City, Kan., formerly of Kansas City, Mo., passed away Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 at Kansas City Hospice House after a brief battle with cancer. Graveside memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 at National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan...

Marilyn Kay Bearly-Cook, 61, of Houston, Texas, formerly of Mound City, Kan., died Oct. 28, 2009. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 at the Federated Church, Mound City, Kan. Inurnment will be in the Woodland Cemetery, Mound City...

Marjorie C. Ensminger, age 75, of Moran, Kan., passed away on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, Kan. She was born on April 23, 1934 in McPherson County, Kan., the daughter of Benjamin and Susie (Koehn) Woodward. She graduated from Bronson High School and from Pittsburg State University...

Ronnie Dean Engle, 46, Liberal, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 in Barton County, Mo., as a result of a traffic accident. He was born Jan. 27, 1963 in Nevada, Mo., to Lonnie Loren Engle and Joan Doris Rackley Engle. Ronnie was born and raised and spent most of his life in this area. He attended school for many years in Hume, Mo., and graduated from Liberal High School in 1981, and later graduated from Pittsburg State University in 1988...

Born as Louise Stephania on the autumnal equinox of 1917, in Breezy Hill, Kan., Lucy Hamisak died as she lived on November 11, 2009, exhibiting reticence, strength and patience. She was the daughter and last child of Slovenian immigrants Ignac and Neza Tersina, sister of eleven, wife of Victor, mother of Carole, Virginia, Michael and Patrick, grandmother of twelve, great-grandmother of eleven, aunt of eight nieces and nephews including, especially, Barbara and Frankie Schountz, Charles Blessent and Susan Goshert.. ...

Charlyne L. Wilson, 76, of Fort Scott, passed away, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at her home in Fort Scott. Charlyne was born on Dec. 28, 1932, in Kansas City, Mo., daughter of Charles L. and Hazel E. (Radford) Maupin. She attended schools in Butler, Mo. Charlyne married Joseph D. Wilson, on May 17, 1950, in Huntsville, Ark. They were happily married for 53 years until he preceded in death on July 4, 2003...

Thomas Lee Davis, 70, of Nevada, formerly of Englevale, Kan., died at 1:57 p.m., on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at K.U. Medical Center, in Kansas City, Kan. Mr. Davis was born on Oct. 28, 1939, at Pittsburg, Kans, the son of Thomas and Hazel Janes Davis. Tom was reared in Englevale and attended Englevale and Arma grade schools. He graduated from Arcadia High School in 1957. He was a star basketball player...

Westley Emanuel Harrison, age 32, Pleasanton, Kan., died Monday Nov. 16, 2009. The family has honored Westley's wishes for cremation. A memorial gathering of family and friends will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 at the West Pleasanton City Lake...

Kimberly Lynn Shutters, age 44 of Sheldon, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 at the Barton County Memorial Hospital in Lamar following a short illness. She was born on Dec. 3, 1964 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Lester A. Thurston and Leah Pearline Edens Thurston...

Esther V. Minor, 87, Rich Hill, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 in Nevada, Mo., at her daughter's home, following a lengthy illness. She was born Aug. 14, 1922 in Deepwater, Mo., to John Phillip VanAllen and Nannie Elizabeth Link VanAllen...

Malcolm Dean Kent, age 54, resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, died early Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at the Mercy Health Center Emergency Room. He was born May 3, 1955, in Morrilton, Ark., the son of Junie Baker Kent and Elizabeth Fuller Kent. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War...

Margaret Ruth Corbet, 87, died peacefully at her home in Larned, Nov. 14, 2009, after a lengthy and complicated illness. She was born Sept. 20, 1922, in Fort Scott, Kan., to William L. and Ruth J. Keene Buzzard. She graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1940 and from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Home Economics in 1943...

Jimmie Carl Easley, 66, of Kansas City, Kan., died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 at his home. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, November 21 at Brannon Mountain Cemetery, Elkins, Ark. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.coffelschneider.com...

Charles W. "Charlie" Smith, 73, of Tonganoxie, formerly of Ozawkie, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at Providence Medical Center E.R. in Kansas City, Kan. He was born April 2, 1936 in Linn County, Kan., near Mapleton, the son of Louis W. and Irmal Irene Cowan Smith...

Dennis Gilbert West, 70, of Caballo, New Mexico, passed away Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 in Chanute, Kan. Dennis was born on Dec. 7, 1938 in Bronson, Kan., the son of Gayle "Buck" Dusky West and Mary Jewel (Anderson) West. He attended schools in Bronson, Kan., and graduated from El Paso High School, El Paso, Texas...

Lila Mae Wood, 91, of Prescott, Kan., died Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kan. She was born March 14, 1918 to Elias and Leona Bradley Bloomfield on a farm east of Prescott. She grew up on the farm and attended schools in the rural area and graduated from Prescott High School in 1935...

Wanda Lou Palmer, 81, of Emporia, Kan., died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at her home. She was born July 15, 1928 in Fort Scott, Kan., to WIlliam R. and Nellie Irene (Knotts) Watkins. She married Lawrence Palmer, Oct. 3, 1945 in Cherryvale, Kan. They were married 64 years...

Marie Catherine Arbogast Hannon, 91, of Victoria, Texas, died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Nov. 23, at Woodland Cemetery, in Mound City, Kan. Visitation will be from 10 a.m., until the time of service at Coffel-Schneider Chapel, of Mound City...

Flora Elizabeth White, 90, passed away on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at the Cashmere Convalescent Center. For the past four years, she had been living at the Epledalen Assisted Living Facility in Cashmere. Prior to living in Cashmere, she resided in the Columbia Basin with her husband, Russell, in Quincy and Soap Lake...

Lila Lorene Lewis, age 74, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of Greenfield, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, at her home in Greenfield. She was born Dec. 22, 1934, in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of Clarence Hayes and Gladys McAlexander Hayes...

LeaAnn LeBeau, 51, of Olathe, Kan., passed away Nov. 21, 2009. Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 27, at McGilley & Frye Funeral Home, 105 E. Loula, Olathe, with burial following at Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m., prior to the service...

Furman William Johnson, 89, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Nov. 26, 2009, at Christian Health Care of Nevada. He was the first born of 14 children to Leslie Furman and Helen Pricilla Popanz Johnson, in Spencer, Iowa, on July 27, 1920. He attended school in Spencer. ...

Eleanor Louise Haden, 94, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Nov. 30, Riverlawn Christian Church. Preceded in death by husband, Max Haden; son, Sam Haden, daughter, Janet Louise Haden. Survivors inculde, sons Dick Haden (Treva) of Wichita and Bill Haden (Sandra) of Oklahoma City, Okla.; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren...

Kathy Rae Zoglmann, 54, Nevada, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, at St. John's Medical Center, Joplin, Mo., following an illness of several weeks. She was born Jan. 29, 1955 in Nevada, to Francis Edward Kiger and Virginia Mae McKenzie. She was married July 6, 1974 in Nevada, to Leonard Zoglmann and he survives of the home...