Stories from Monday, December 30, 2024

Barbara Woodward, 91, of Bronson, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. Barbara Louise Ermel was born on Aug., 24, 1933, to Ernest and Irene (Howerton) Ermel in Fort Scott, Kan. She graduated from Blue Mound High School in 1951. After high school, she attended Fort Scott Junior College and worked at the Western Insurance Company. ...

Richard Woodward, 92, of Bronson, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. Richard Kenneth Woodward was born on June 2, 1932, to Benjamin Franklin Woodward and Susie (Koehn) Woodward in Moundridge, Kan. His family moved to Bronson, Kan., in 1945, where he graduated from Bronson High School in 1951. ...

Donald Lee McDaniel, age 88, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. He was born Sept. 17, 1936, in Fort Scott, the son of Andrew Galen McDaniel and Donna May Stephens McDaniel. Don served in the U. ...

Larry Dean Swaim, 76, of Fort Scott, passed away Dec. 24, 2024, at Guest Home Estates. He was born on Jan. 30, 1948, in St. Joseph, Mo., the son of Charles Abraham Swaim and Evelyn Elizabeth (Hull) Swaim, and lived on a farm in Brown County. He married Charlotte Ann Kellogg on July 20, 1974, at the First Christian Church in Pittsburg, Kan., and they were married for 50 years. Charlotte survives of the home...