Stories from Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Dorothy May Trites, 82, of Fort Scott, died Friday night, Oct. 23, 2009 at the Guest Home Estates. She was born Feb. 12, 1927 in LaHarpe, Kan., the daughter of Albert L. and Etta Lou Tinsley Alumbaugh, and was raised in the Bayard and Moran, Kan., area...

Dr. Karen Kay Ford, 65 of Duncan, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, following an unexpected brain hemorrhage, surrounded by loving family and friends, in Duncan. She was born Thursday, Dec. 30, 1943 and grew up near the small town of Bronaugh, where she and her two sisters, Lois and Joan were raised by two loving parents, Joe and Ethelyn Leist Boatright and a very special grandmother, "Granny Deal" Leist...

MERRIMAN -- Bob and Kyra Merriman, LaCygne, and brother Preston, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Melanie Livia Lee Merriman. Melanie was born at 12:55 p.m., Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She weighed 6 pounds, 14.5 ounces at birth...

Paul Allen Rowley, age 44, resident of Redfield, Kan., died unexpectedly Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, in the Mercy Health Center Emergency Room. There was cremation. Services are under the direction of Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.