Paulette Sue Sayers

Paulette Sue Sayers

Paulette Sue Sayers, age 74, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, Mo. She was born Dec. 23, 1949, in Pittsburg, Kan., the daughter of Emory and LaVon Geisler Arnold. She graduated from Fort Scott High School where she played flute, directed the band, and sang in many plays. She then graduated from Fort Scott Community College and Pittsburg State. Sue loved music and sang at many weddings and funerals as well as the church choir. She taught school for over 30 years and touched the lives of many children. She married Harry Sayers on May 29, 2004, in Fort Scott. She enjoyed helping Harry on the farm. She was a loving wife and mother who loved spending time with her family and her dog Cooper.

Survivors include her husband Harry of the home; children, Heather Davenport (Josh), Fort Scott, Kyle Green, Baldwin City, Kan., Dean Sayers, Fort Scott, Stacy Sullivan (Casey) Tuscan, Ariz., Eli Sayers, Northern Calif., and her two nieces Crystal Arnold (fiancé Nathan Spurgeon) Fort Scott, and Ashley Mahnken (Drew) Farlington, Kan.; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her brother, Dan Arnold and his wife Wendy, and her mother and father.

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 22, at the Evergreen Cemetery Fort Scott. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until leaving for the cemetery at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Memorials are suggested to the Sue Sayers Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted online at cheneywitt.com.