Stories from Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Melvin L. Swink, age 63, passed away Aug. 22, 2014, in Salida, Colo., after a hard-fought struggle with cancer. Melvin was born on June 4, 1951, to parents John and Muriel Swink in Newton-Le-Willows, England. Melvin graduated from Uniontown High School in 1969...

Audrey Jean Ellmer, age 84, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died early Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. She was born April 15, 1930, in Mildred, Kan., the daughter of Charles E. Haberbosch and Ruby H. Wedell Haberbosch. Audrey graduated from Moran High School in 1948. ...

Barbara Louise (Foulk) Morris, age 75, a former resident of Arcadia, Kan., and more recently of Marietta, Okla., passed away Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, at the Denton Regional Hospital in Denton, Texas. She was born Jan. 15, 1939, in Arcadia, Kan., the daughter of Henry "Hank" Foulk and Viola Augustine Harris Foulk. ...

Carolyn Evaleen Evel, 74, went home to her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. She was born in Parsons, Kan., on Dec. 20, 1939. She was raised on a farm near St. Paul, Kan., and graduated from Erie High School in 1957. She graduated from Baker University in 1961. ...