Larry Eugene Sheridan, age 73, a former resident of Uniontown, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at Azria Health Care in Olathe, Kansas.  He was born March 13, 1951, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Bernard Sheridan and Fern Ackers Sheridan.

Larry married Donna Marie Miller on April 1, 1978.  They made their home in the Kansas City area where Larry was employed as a plant manager at Central Bag, a company that manufactured sacks and bags.  In earlier years, Larry enjoyed fishing and coaching basketball.  After retirement, he and Donna relocated to Uniontown, Kansas, to be near their daughter.  As Larry’s health failed and he became more homebound, time was spent watching old western movies and listening to music.  He was of the Catholic faith.

Survivors include his daughter, Christy Pritchett (Danny) of Uniontown, Kansas and a son, Eric Sheridan, of Independence, Missouri, and eight grandchildren, Aubree, Asenath, Brendan, Cayman, Mike, Melissa, Samantha and Shawn, twenty great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.  Also surviving are a sister, Teresa Martin of Olathe, Kansas and two brothers, Pat Sheridan of Pittsburg, Kansas and Jimmy Sheridan of Jacksonville, Florida.

Larry was preceded in death by his wife, Donna, on October 3, 2018.  He was also preceded in death by a great-grandson and two brothers, Fred and Mike Sheridan.

Father Yancey Burgess will conduct funeral services at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, September 28^th at the Cheney Witt Chapel.

Burial will follow in the Uniontown Cemetery

.  Memorials are suggested to St. Martin’s Academy 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.

Harold William Fritter, 92, of Richards, Missouri, passed away on Monday September 23, 2024, surrounded by family.

Harold was born on August 29, 1932, to Louis W. Fritter and Stella Gardner Fritter in Ft. Scott, KS. He married Alice Poague on December 10, 1951, in Hood River, Oregon and she survives of the home.

After graduating from Richards High School in 1951, Harold enlisted in the US Navy and served in the Construction Battalion (Seabees) from 1952-1956 in the Korean Conflict. He enjoyed sharing stories from his time in Japan and was grateful to be selected for the Heartland Honor Flight in May of 2017.

Harold and Alice moved back to Missouri from Oregon after his time in the Navy to begin farming. Nearly all his life, he held a second job while farming to provide for his family. Throughout the years, these jobs included working for the State Highway Department, over the road and local trucking and Railway Express Agency. He was also the owner of a grocery store in Stotesbury and Main Street Coin-O-Matic in Ft. Scott.

Harold was baptized in 1964 along with his wife and 2 sons. Over the years he faithfully attended Richards Christian Church where he served as an elder and treasurer and made many lifelong friends. In addition to his leadership in the church, he served as a missionary with Northwest Haiti Christian Mission for many years.

Harold was preceded in death by his parents and brothers Kenneth and Donald. In addition to his wife Alice, he is survived by his sons, Mike Fritter and wife Joe’ of Ft. Scott, KS; Dennis D. Fritter of Nevada, MO; Grandchildren Justin Fritter (Sarah) and their children Hayden and Colin of Holt, MO, Jamie Sisseck (Kris) and their child Konner of Deerfield, MO, Lacinda Schneider (David) of Lenexa, KS, Marc Fritter (Melissa) and their children Derrick and Kali of Nevada, MO, Jill Arnold (Chad) and their child Alivia of Newton, KS, Trevor Swim (Katie) and their children Crew and Cove of Knoxville, TN, and Wesley DeHaven of Ft. Scott, KS. As well as other extended family.

Pastor Matthew Hunt will conduct funeral services at 12:00 PM Thursday, September 26th, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the U. S. National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 Wednesday evening at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to either Tunnel to Towers Foundation or locally to the Jim Meech Agri-Med Crisis Foundation and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted online at cheneywitt.com.

Aeron A. Hicks, age 74, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2024, at the Via Christi Village in Pittsburg, Kansas.

She was born September 29, 1949, in Pittsburg, Kansas, the daughter of Edward Slutter and Ruby Shelley Slutter.  She grew up in Pittsburg and graduated from St. Mary’s-Colgan High School with the Class of 1967. Following high school, Aeron worked as the assistant director of medical records at Mt. Carmel Medical Center in Pittsburg.

Aeron was united in marriage to Harold W. Hicks on August 29, 1978.  After their marriage, Harold was a commissioned officer with the United States Navy and they were stationed in San Diego, California.  During this time, Harold was stationed onboard the USS Ranger.  Aeron served as the Social Chairperson for the ship’s Officers’ Wives Club.  Some of her responsibilities included helping prepare the ship for Queen Elizabeth II’s royal visit and serving as the family liaison after a serious fire onboard the ship.  While in California, Aeron took the opportunity to further her education and obtained her BA Deree in Psychology from the University of San Diego.

In 1992, Harold and Aeron moved to Harold’s hometown of Ft. Scott, Kansas to help care for his elderly father.  While in Ft. Scott, Aeron worked with the Adult Education Program at the Ft. Scott Community College.  She also served as the online education coordinator for the college.  This was at the time when online learning was in its infancy.

Aeron had a desire to help others, and in addition to her work at the college she also played a key role with the Bourbon County Network for Families program.  Aeron and Harold became active with the First Christian Church in Ft. Scott.  They went on to become Commissioned Ministers through Education for Ministry.  Together, they co-pastored the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Yates Center, Kansas from 2008-2018.

As her health failed and Covid set in, Aeron became more and more homebound.  In spite of this, Aeron continued supporting Harold’s ministry at the Disciples Christian Church in Nevada, Missouri.  During Covid, Aeron played a vital role in maintaining the church’s online presence.  Throughout her life, Aeron did her best to serve God and humanity.  The world was made a better place because of her endeavors.

Aeron is survived by her husband, Harold, of the home in Ft. Scott and her cousins, Brent Richey and Jan Brimm and husband, Jerry, all of Joplin, Missouri.

Rev. Laura Agee will conduct a service of remembrance at 10:30 A.M. Friday, September 27^th at the Cheney Witt Chapel.

Music will be provided by Janie Aita.

Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery

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