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Upcoming Events For June Provided by The Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce

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June Schedule:

6/4 ~ Chamber Coffee at Sunshine Boutique (Will confirm if canceled) 8 am

6/4 ~ Old Fort Auto Grand Opening Event & Ribbon Cutting at 5:15 pm

6/5 thru 6/7 ~ Bourbon County Bulldogging Bash – Fairgrounds

6/5 ~ Honorary Good Ol Days Cruise Night, starts at 6 pm

6/6 ~ 9th Annual Tiger Baseball Golf Tournament at Woodland Hills Golf Course, Benefit to raise money for the Baseball Program. Starts at 8:30 am

 

6/11 ~ Chamber Coffee at Briggs of Fort Scott, celebrating 4 years!

6/12 & 6/13 ~ Spring Town-Wide Garage Sale (call the chamber and register your yard sale to be put on the printed map!) Also can sign up at Bids & Dibs, the cost is $10.00. All customers are to use hand sanitizer at every yard sale before touching merchandise and homeowner should have this available and practice social distancing.

6/12 & 13 ~ Retailers will be open for shopping as well with celebrating National Flag Week. With any purchase, shoppers will receive a souvenir American Flad and also they can fill out a Trivia Card to enter them into a drawing for $50 Chamber Bucks!

13 ~ Elks Lodge 579 City Fireworks Display Fundraiser – 3 Person Scramble at Woodland Hills Golf Course

18 ~ The Bourbon County Garden Club hosting Chamber Coffee

21 ~ USD 235 – Uniontown HS Graduation

25 ~ Old Fort Auto will host the Chamber Coffee.

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Obituary of Paul Schnichels

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Paul David Schnichels, age 68, a resident of Topeka, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at the Midland Care Hospice in Topeka.

He was born June 21, 1951, in Cautemoc, Mexico.  He and his three siblings were adopted by Elfie M. Schnichels, a Baptist missionary.

Growing up, Paul attended a country school and went to Junior High in Ft. Scott.

He enjoyed playing baseball, basketball and swimming.

Paul was naturalized at the federal building in Ft. Scott, Kansas on May 3, 1963.

Paul enlisted in the U. S. Navy in 1969.  He served aboard the destroyer USS Henderson.  He served in a hostile fire zone in the South China Sea, the Tonkin Gulf and patrolled the coast of North Vietnam.  Paul served under the Johnson and Nixon administrations.  He earned four medals and a letter of commendation.  Paul was honorably discharged in 1975.

Paul attended Ft. Scott Community College from 1973-1974.

He had several jobs including being a farm hand for four years.  He was a station attendant at the Derby Station in Ft. Scott.  He also made aluminum frames for Extrusions and Peerless.  Paul was active at the VA where he enjoyed volleyball, handball, lifting weights, ping pong, cards and chess.  He also enjoyed cars, listening to music and had a lot of girlfriends.  Paul was an avid reader and enjoyed reading about history, English, God and the Bible.

Paul struggled with mental health issues and was in treatment for mental illness for forty-five years.  After struggling with alcoholism, Paul stopped drinking in 1986.

Paul had a strong faith as a Baptist Christian for Christ.  He was converted in a jailhouse in August of 1971 and was baptized in 2000 at Emanuel Baptist Church in Ft. Scott.

Paul had a godly mother and loved the Lord.  He will be glad when he sees the Lord face to face.

 

Survivors include his mother, Elfie Schnichels, of Ft. Scott, Kansas and two sisters, Rose Brown and Linda Wurtz.  He was preceded in death by a brother, Mark Schnichels.

 

Pastor Larry Stevicks will conduct a private funeral service on Wednesday at the Cheney Witt Chapel.  Private burial will take place in the U. S. National Cemetery.  Memorials are suggested to the Emanuel Baptist Church and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701.  Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.

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Obituary of Carolyn J. Stancer

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Carolyn Jean Stancer, age 67, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at the Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.

She was born May 15, 1953, in Lawrence, Kansas, the daughter of Howard Wayne Cash and Wilma Leona Hillman Cash.

Carolyn married Kevin E. Stancer on August 24, 1974, at Ft. Scott.

In earlier years, Carolyn had worked for both Great West and Lincoln National Insurance Companies.  Carolyn has worked the last several years at Wal-Mart in Ft. Scott.

 

Survivors include her husband, Kevin, and her son, Terry Tarter, both of Ft. Scott; two brothers, Tommy Cash of Boston, Massachusetts and Everett Cash of Wichita, Kansas and a sister, Evelyn Page, of Windsor, Missouri.  Also surviving are several nieces and nephews including Nick and Alex Nuzum whom she helped raise and her beloved dog, Spike.

 

There was cremation and no services are planned at this time.  A celebration of Carolyn’s life will be held at a later date.  Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Ft. Scott, Kansas.

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Obituary of Michael Johnson

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Michael "Pookie" Louis Johnson

Michael Louis “Pookie” Johnson, age 69, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Friday, May 22, 2020, at his home.

He was born October 18, 1950, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Donald Leroy Walker and Mary Louise Johnson.

He graduated from the Ft. Scott High School. He then attended Ft. Scott Community College and later attended Baker University on a football scholarship. He had worked for several years for Bourbon County. Pookie loved spending time with his family and playing cards with his friends.

Survivors include three sisters, Joyce Johnson, Glenda Kimani, and Diana Johnson, all of Ft. Scott and a special cousin, Cadillac McNack, also of Ft. Scott. Also surviving is a host of nieces, nephews and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Janice Ray and Barbara Wilburn and two infant brothers.

Private burial will take place on Friday, May 29th at the U. S. National Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to the Michael Johnson Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.