Stories from Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Jane E. Morgan Milburn, 65, of Fort Scott, passed away early Jan. 3, 2017. She was born Oct. 16, 1951 in Dayton, Tenn., the daughter of Clarence Joseph and Bertha Irene (Thurman) Morgan. Jane was a loving mother, grandmother, and friend. Jane is survived by her sons, Joe Milburn and wife Dodi of Bothell, Wash., Jeremy Milburn and wife Alison, of Fulton, Kan., and Jess Milburn of Fort Scott; and six grandchildren, McKenzie and Cole Milburn, and Lukas, Lexi, Tegan, and Kooper Milburn. ...

Robert Hopkins "Bob" Young, age 91 of Pleasanton, passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to service time at the chapel...

Lena Zoe Rhodes, age 97, a resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born May 14, 1919, in Hiattville, Kansas, the daughter of William Enoch Fry and Mollie Hayden Fry. Lena first married Freddie Lee Ellerman on April 9, 1936. ...