Walter B. Massey - 09-07-1929 to 02-21-2015 - Feb. 25, 2015
Walter B. Massey, 85 of Kansas City, Mo., died at NorthCare Hospice House Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. He was born Sept. 7, 1929, in La Cygne, Kan., to the late Walter D. and Fern (Hutton) Massey. He worked in law enforcement for many years, including as a motorcycle patrolman in Kansas City. He then moved...[More]
Mary Ellen Galichia - 03-28-1923 to 02-19-2015 - Feb. 25, 2015
Mary Ellen Galichia, 91, of Arma, Kan., died at 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, at Via Christi Hospital at Pittsburg, Kan.Mrs. Galichia was born March 28, 1923 at Mound City, Kan., the daughter of John and Dorothy Kellerman Kenney. Mary Ellen was a homemaker and had worked for her father and uncle...[More]
Roy S. “Mac†McGinnis - 06-21-1922 to 02-10-2015 - Feb. 18, 2015
Roy S. “Mac” McGinnis, 92, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and formerly Prescott, Kan., died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, at his home. Mac was born June 21, 1922, in Gooch Mill, Mo., the son of Sylvester McGinnis and Zelma Enloe McGinnis. Mac served with both the United States Navy and the United...[More]
George Denton Kilgore - 04-06-1924 to 02-14-2015 - Feb. 18, 2015
George Denton Kilgore, 90, of Grove, Okla. passed from this life Feb. 14, 2015, peacefully at home with family by his side. Mr. Kilgore was born April 6, 1924, to Sam and Josie Kilgore in Rogers, Ark. Mr. Kilgore was an operating engineer in heavy equipment and a member of the UMW & Engineers Union,...[More]
Harry James (Jim) Norton - 11-11-1944 to 02-14-2015 - Feb. 18, 2015
Jim Norton never met a stranger and was a true friend to everyone who knew and loved him.Jim died unexpectedly Feb. 14, 2015. He was born Nov. 11, 1944, to Maxine and Junior Norton. He was a joy to his parents and learned to love the land and all of nature from them. He drove a tractor by age ten and...[More]
Beatrice Younce Salters - Feb. 11, 2015
Beatrice Younce Salters, age 80 of Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Hume, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory Hume Chapel. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to service time at the Hume Chapel....[More]
Roland Earl Surbaugh - 09-28-1935 to 02-03-2015 - Feb. 11, 2015
Roland Earl “Rod” Surbaugh, 79, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. He was born Sept. 28, 1935, at Fontana, Kan., in the Twin Spring Community. He graduated from La Cygne Rural High School in the Class of 1954. He then served his country in the United States Army during the...[More]
Roland Surbaugh - Feb. 4, 2015
Roland Surbaugh, age 79, of La Cygne, Kan., passed away Feb. 3, 2015. Services are pending at this time through Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel....[More]
Robert Wallace Bousfield - 10-15-1938 to 01-24-2015 - Feb. 4, 2015
Robert Wallace Bousfield, 76, of Drexel, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at the VA Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo.A visitation will be held from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, at Schneider Funeral Home & Crematory La Cygne Chapel. There will be a private family burial at Fort Scott...[More]
Robert “Bob†McGee - 10-03-1936 to 01-26-2015 - Jan. 28, 2015
Robert “Bob” McGee, age 78, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. He was born on Oct. 3, 1936, at Mound City, Kan., the son of C. Ellis and Edna Ruth Schasteen Brayton.He attended grade school in Mound City and graduated from La Cygne Rural High School. He was united in marriage...[More]
