Stories from Monday, December 28, 2015

Shirley Anne Klumpp, age 80, of Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Dec. 25, 2015 at her daughter's home in Raymore, Mo., after a brief illness. She was born March 9, 1935 in Nevada, the only child of Hubert and Joy Estelle (Sheets) Mynatt. On July 19, 1952 she was united in marriage to David Richard Klumpp and he preceded her in death on July 27, 2007. Together the couple became the parents of four children...

Mildred Perkins, age 101, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2015 at the Louisburg Health and Rehab. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Burial in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to service time at the Chapel. The family suggests contributions to Thayer Park or La Cygne Sr. Citizens. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel...

Catherine Goldena Roufs, age 92, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, at Guest Home Estates. She was born May 30, 1923, in Wichita, Kan., the daughter of Frank G. and Pearl Goldena Cook Hill. She married Harold John Roufs. To this union were born four sons. They later divorced. She worked 18 years as cook for Fulton School. She then catered dinners and weddings for many years. She enjoyed shopping, antiquing, cooking and baking...

Dr. William J. Friend DDS, 82, Kansas City, MO, passed away Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, at home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23, at Woods Chapel United Methodist Church in Lee's Summit, Mo. Visitation will precede services at 9 a.m. Burial was in the veterans Fort Scott National Cemetery in Fort Scott, Kan., on Monday, Dec. 28. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to a charity of your choice or a contribution to the UMKC dental school, his alma mater...

Irma Lee Stumfoll, age 86, a resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, died Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room in Fort Scott. She was born July 24, 1929, in Mulberry, Kan., the daughter of Lon H. Palmer and Mamie Belle Cox Palmer. Irma married Daniel Charles Stumfoll on July 4, 1946, at Girard, Kan. ...