Lt. Col. (Ret.) Daun Ann Horttor (USAF) - 05-13-1961 to 10-15-2014 - Nov. 12, 2014
Daun Ann Horttor died at San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 15, 2014. She was born May 13, 1961, in the Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y., a few hours before her dad was to take his last and hardest final exam. The first time he saw Daun she was being given a bath in a laundry tub in the hospital...[More]
Irene Cox Demott - 08-16-1928 to 10-11-2014 - Nov. 5, 2014
Irene Cox Demott, born Aug. 16, 1928, in Centerville, Kan., the youngest and only daughter of Colyer Eugene Cox and Ethel May Kenison, passed away Oct. 11, 2014, in Knoxville, Tenn., after a few years of declining health. Irene graduated from Blue Mound High School in 1946.She leaves behind two older...[More]
Sandra Lynne “Sandie†Matheny - 06-16-1953 to 10-30-2014 - Nov. 5, 2014
Sandra Lynne “Sandie” Matheny, 61, died at 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, at her home after a long illness. Sandie was born on June 16, 1953, in Merced, Calif., to Robert and Jacqueline (Beech) Crawford. She grew up in Clarinda, Iowa. Sandie moved to Blue Mound, Kan. in 1996. She enjoyed...[More]
Philip L. Bays - 12-06-1942 to 10-28-2014 - Nov. 5, 2014
Philip L. Bays, 71, Linn Valley, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. He was born at Salinas, Calif., on Dec. 6, 1942, the son of Everett Leo and Opal Mae Kephart Bays. He graduated from Paseo High School and attended Baker University. He was a member of the Linn Valley Church and enjoyed fishing,...[More]
Dorotha M. Glidden - 10-18-1927 to 10-13-2014 - Nov. 5, 2014
Dorotha M. Glidden, 86, a former resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, and more recently of Gladewater, Texas, passed away Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, at her home in Gladewater. Dorotha was born Oct. 18, 1927, in Blue Mound, Kan. to Clarence Arthur Townsley and Corda Edith Jackson Townsley. She worked as a Nurse’s...[More]
Maxine Smith - 01-10-1924 to 10-29-2014 - Nov. 5, 2014
Maxine Smith, 90, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. She was born at Pleasanton, Kan. Jan. 10, 1924, the daughter of Leonard and Lessie Neill Gammon. She graduated from Pleasanton High School in 1942. On Aug. 7, 1942, she married Joe Smith in Escondido, Calif. He preceded her in death...[More]
Mary Lorene Nash - 06-11-1938 to 10-27-2014 - Oct. 29, 2014
Mary Lorene Nash, age 76, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. She was born on June 11, 1938, at Napoleon, Mo., the daughter of Allen and Amanda Murray Major. She graduated from Wellington High School.Mary and George Nash were united in marriage on March 31, 1956, in Kansas City, Kan....[More]
Thomas Allen Spainhoward - 04-21-1946 to 10-23-2014 - Oct. 29, 2014
Thomas Allen Spainhoward, 68, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was born April 21, 1946, in Savonburg, Kan., to Virgil and Verna Oxford Spainhoward. He was the youngest of three children. Tom spent his childhood years in Uniontown, Kan., graduating...[More]
Ormonde Beltz - 08-30-1923 to 10-25-2014 - Oct. 29, 2014
Ormonde Richard Frank Beltz, 91, of Fort Scott, passed away Saturday evening, Oct. 25, 2014 at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. He was born Aug. 30, 1923 in Newman Grove, Neb., the son of August and Cordula Willamine (Pose) Beltz. He was the second of six children, and a life-long member of the...[More]
Linda Ann Smith 06-03-1946 to 10-23-2014 - Oct. 29, 2014
Linda Ann Smith, 68, of Bryan, Texas, formerly of Spring Hill, Kan., and Linn and Miami Counties died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 in Houston, Texas.Linda was born June 3, 1946 in Sutherland, Neb., the third child of four to Louis Claudie and Evelyn Eileen (Glendenning) Jackson.When Linda was six years old,...[More]
