Stories from Friday, February 10, 2017

Wanda Arlene Cox, age 100, of Independence, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Funeral services 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 at Webb & Rodrick Chapel and Crematory in Independence, Kan. Graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Pleasanton Cemetery under the direction of the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

PARSONS -- Fort Scott Community College's men moved a half-game in front of Kansas City Kansas for the lead in Jayhawk Conference-Division II here Wednesday night with a 67-53 victory over Labette. Labette women, ranked No. 14 in the latest NJCAA Division II poll, completed a season sweep of Fort Scott with a 73-52 victory...

The regular season for the Fort Scott Community College baseball program is approaching quickly. The Greyhounds (18-18 Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division, 37-21 overall last season) will open the regular season Saturday at Dave Regan Stadium in Fort Scott with a single game against Cloud County at 3 p.m...

Jacob Jonas Daley, infant son of Jason and Sonja Daley, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. Jacob was born at 3:59 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. Survivors include his parents Jason and Sonja Daley of the home; three brothers, Zachary, age 19, Jadon, age 16, and Zane, age 11, Daley all of the home; one sister, Emmalyn Daley, age 22 months of the home; paternal grandparents, Donald Daley and Linda Silvey of Chillicothe, Mo., and Betty and Earl Asmussen of Chillicothe, Mo.; maternal grandparents, Dan and Marie Doherty of Fort Scott, Kan.; 29 cousins; and many aunts, uncles, and extended family. ...

Marcella Mae Butler, age 85, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. She was born April 14, 1931, in Arcadia, Kan., the daughter of Kenneth Marcellus Felt and Sylvia May Beerbower Felt. ...

Marihta Rutherford, 99, of rural Arma, Kan., died at 10:10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at Boone Hospital at Columbia, Mo. Mrs. Rutherford was born Oct. 18, 1917, in rural Arma, Kan., the daughter of Joe and Wiebke Johannsen Gobl Sr. Her father later married Bernice Sanders. ...

William "Bill" Farr, 90, formerly of Fort Scott and most recently Parsons, Kan., died Wednesday evening, Feb. 8, 2017 at Mercy Hospital. He was born Sept. 25, 1926 in Fayette, Iowa, the son of Samuel J. and Vivian O. (Clark) Farr. He married Barbara Peet April 11, 1948, and they were divorced in 1970. He married Patricia Albright Feb. 11, 1972 and she preceded him in death May 1, 2008. He married Kathy E. Moyer Nov. 7, 2009 in Fort Scott, Kan., and she survives of the home...