The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports April 19
Obituary of Karen Stewart
Karen A. Stewart, age 73, resident of Ft. Scott, KS, died Sunday, April 17, 2022, at her home. She was born February 19, 1949, in Ft. Scott, the daughter of Harold “Dutch” Hurd and Betty Jean Severy Hurd. She married Donald L. Stewart on August 27, 1965, in Ft. Scott. He preceded her in death on February 19, 2011. Karen owned and operated the Satisfactory Beauty Salon in downtown Ft. Scott for several years. She and Don together owned Stewart Realty Company for many years as well. She enjoyed yard work, planting trees, and mowing the lawn. She was a very good cook and baker. Karen also was accomplished in decorating.
Survivors include two sons, Donald L. “JR” Stewart and wife Wendy, and Brent M. Stewart all of Ft. Scott; two brothers, Rick Hurd and wife Shirley, and Ron Hurd and wife Etta, all of Ft. Scott; two grandchildren, Jordan Stewart, and Paige Stewart-Goodbody; four great grandchildren, Keagan Stewart, Bryson Davidson, Daeson Davidson, and Greyson Stewart; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Brenna Bollinger, and her parents.
Pastor Floyd Minor will conduct funeral services at 10:30 AM Friday, April 22nd at the Cheney Witt Chapel.
Burial will follow in the Centerville Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 6:00 PM Thursday at the Cheney Witt Chapel.
Memorials are suggested to Care to Share and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.
Friday Night Free Concert Starts New Season April 22
This week’s Friday Night Concert will be presented by David Prickett of Deerfield, Mo. The concert begins at 7 p.m. at the Heritage Park Pavilion at First and Main streets. The vocal and guitar performance will feature a variety of gospel favorites and country classics.
“Prickett is no stranger to the stage,” Ralph Carlson, event organizer said. “After his first live performance in Fort Wainwright, Alaska, in 1962 at the All-Army Talent Show, he got hooked on music. He later moved to Texarkana where he had several bands and then eventually began doing solo gigs. After returning to Alaska, he and his wife Midge moved to Deerfield, Mo. in 2005.”
Prickett has played Good Ol’ Days, Bushwacker Days, churches, healthcare facilities, our Friday night concerts, and many other events,”Carlson said. “Join us for the kickoff concert of the season and enjoy some great music. We’re pleased to welcome David Prickett back to the park pavilion.“
The concert begins at 7 p.m. at the Heritage Park Pavilion at First and Main streets. The shows, sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce, are free and open to the public. Dave Oas of Parsons serves as sound technician each week. Due to limited seating, attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.
In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be moved to the First United Methodist Church, 301 S. National; enter the lower-level north door.
Downtown Meet and Greet Tuesday April 19 At 8:30 a.m.
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Shane Walker Begins As New Fort Scott City Commissioner
Shane Walker, 53, is the new Fort Scott City Commissioner, replacing Pete Allen who resigned last month.
Walker is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Bourbon County.
He has 10 years experience in a corporate setting, five years running his own business and 18 years of local government experience, he said. He has also been a firefighter for 10 years and has served on a regional Homeland Security board through the State of Kansas.
Walker’s education history involves multiple schools and programs mainly in information technology from IBM, Cisco, Sun and Microsoft.
Currently, he is involved in the community as a part of Gunn Park Trails, a volunteer mountain bike trail group; is the local Historic Preservation Association Vice President and is in the Knights of Columbus.
He and his wife have four daughters.
Walker applied for the city commissioner vacancy because he wants to “help make Fort Scott a better place that my kids want to come back to, after college, and live.”
His first meeting as a commissioner was April 5.
The duties of Fort Scott City Commissioners are to set policy, procedures and budgets, he said.
The commission meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 123 S. Main.
Learn About Labyrinth Walking
Labyrinth Information Sessions This Week!
Join Rev. Christopher Eshelman from First United Methodist Church at one of the following sessions to learn more about the spiritual practice of labyrinth walking and plans to lay out one (or two!) in Fort Scott in the next couple of months.
A walking labyrinth is not a maze – there are no wrong turns or dead ends – rather it is a single path to a center – so the walker literally “centers themselves” while walking.
You’ll learn some history and have a chance to draw a couple of common designs to better understand these tools. Sessions will last about an hour and are:
7 pm Wednesday, April 20 in the church parlor (301 S. National)
2 pm Thursday, April 21 at Hedgehog, Ink! (16 South Main)
or 2 pm Saturday, April 23 again in the church parlor.
Submitted by Rev. Christopher Eshelman
Pastor – Fort Scott First UMC
Obituary of Phyllis Ward
Phyllis L. Ward, age 89, went to her eternal home in Heaven on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Her parents were Roy & Lula Bentley and she was raised in Ft. Scott, KS. She was a loving Mother and Housewife. She did work a few years before retiring to Ft. Scott, at Rival Mfg., in Albany, MO. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, embroidering & could make the best pies ever. She raised 5 ornery children on Ranches with her husband, Harold Ward. They were married for 68 years before his passing in June of 2019. She loved her family which included 5 children, 8 Grandchildren & 16 Great Grandchildren. She loved babies and they brought her great joy. She spent her last several years in Wichita, Kansas. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
She was welcomed home by her husband, Harold, her parents Roy & Lula Bentley, In-laws Hubert & Tressie Ward, along with several siblings & in-laws and 2 sons, Harold Stephen Ward & Ricky Joe Ward. They had a wonderful reunion celebration upon her arrival.
She is survived by 3 daughters, Debra Vanderveer (Tim) of Crawfordville, FL; Diana Thompson (Monte) of Wichita, KS; Patricia Cadle of Goddard, KS.; along with the Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren who knew her as Nana. We will look forward to seeing her again someday in Heaven.
A celebration of Life service will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Cheney Witt Chapel. She will be laid to rest in the Uniontown Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, April 22nd from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association and may be left in the 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.
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports April 18
The Fort Scott Police Department Daily Reports April 15-17
Obituary of Ann Bannon Meara Bolden
Ann Bannon Meara Bolden passed away on April 10, 2022. She was born on December 2, 1977, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas, to Daniel F. Meara and JoAnn F. Meara.
She began her education at St. Mary’s School in Fort Scott, Kansas, then went to Fort Scott Middle School and Fort Scott High School, where she graduated in 1996.
She then attended Pittsburg State University before meeting the love of her life, Derek C. Bolden. She and Derek were married at Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church, in Fort Scott, Kansas, on October 14, 2000. They then lived in Kansas City, Kansas.
Although she began to experience the symptoms in 2005, she was finally diagnosed with primary progressive Multiple Sclerosis in 2010, she continued to discharge her duties at work.
From then to the date of her death, she maintained her love for her family and friends. She prayed for those in distress and those in need of her love. She was well-known for her courage in the face of her debilitating disease and her unfailing sense of humor.
She always brought out the best in all of us and we will continue to hold her in the most sacred place of our hearts for the rest of our lives.
She leaves her husband, Derek C. Bolden, her parents Daniel F. Meara and JoAnn F. Meara, her mother-in-law and father-in-law, Priscilla and Chuck Tolman, her aunts Peggy Niles, Mary Morrow, and Mary Jane Schaefer, her brother, Daniel F. Meara III and wife Amy, sister Megan F. Sailors and husband Jeff, brother, Brendan L. Meara and wife Julie, brother James Meara and wife Zo, brother John Meara and wife Jodie, and sister Kathleen Meara; her sisters-in-law Valerie Witt and Dionne Green, and brother-in-law John Chambers and wife Jennifer; her cousins Matt Morrow and wife Kathy, Jeanine Bock and husband Tim, Ronald Schaefer and wife Christy, Laurie Roach, Larry Schaefer and wife Sharon, Leslie Crane and husband Bruce, Geri Roling and husband Mark, Pamela Harrison and husband Brad, Steven Schaefer and wife Mackenzie, and the families of her cousins. She loved as individuals each of her nieces and nephews: Daniel F. Meara IV, Patrick Meara, Samuel Sailors, Maxwell Sailors, Alexis Sailors, Leo Meara, Theodore Meara, Robin Meara, Chairno Baldeh, Kirsten Green, Mathew Baldeh, Tristen Green, Simone Baldeh, Caleb Chambers, Alex Chambers, and Dylan Chambers.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday, April 22, 2022, at 10:00 AM at Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church, 714 S. Eddy, Fort Scott, Kansas.
Ann was particularly concerned for those in need, the hungry and homeless. For that reason, in lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Harvesters Community Food Network, a non-profit organization for the relief of the poor, 3801 Topping Ave., Kansas City, MO 64129. Donations may also be made to St. Mary’s School, 702 S. Eddy, Fort Scott, Kansas 66701.
From Top to Bottom by Carolyn Tucker
Keys to the Kingdom
Have you ever searched high and low for something and still couldn’t find it? I live by the adage, “a place for everything and everything in its place.” Nonetheless, I occasionally decide that the place where I’ve kept an item for the past 41 years isn’t the most logical. So then I move it and, the next time I need it, I don’t know where it is. I’ve pretty-much decided that it’s better to leave it in the original “wrong” place than to change it. I don’t enjoy looking from top to bottom as if I’m playing “hide the thimble“ all by myself. When I’m the hider and the seeker, I feel like a ding-dong when I can‘t find it!
At the time of the crucifixion of Jesus, there were two curtains (veils) inside the temple — one at the entrance to the Holy Place and one at the entrance to the Holy of Holies. Only the high priest was allowed to pass through the second curtain once a year. This curtain was 60 feet high, 30 feet wide, and 4 inches thick. From Golgotha’s cross, Jesus shouted, “It is finished!” and then He released His spirit. “At that moment the curtain [veil] in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart, and tombs opened….“ (Matthew 27:51,52 NLT). It was humanly impossible to tear this thick curtain. But when God Himself ripped it in half from top to bottom, He was declaring that everyone could freely come directly to Him through the blood of Jesus!
“So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven…. With His own blood — not the blood of goats and calves — He entered the Most Holy Place [Holy of Holies] once for all time and secured our redemption forever. …He is the One who mediates a new covenant between God and people, so that all who are called can receive the eternal inheritance God has promised them” (Hebrews 9:11,12,15 NLT). Christ’s sacrifice was perfect because it was completely effective and didn’t need to be repeated. He alone, as our Redeemer, paid the ransom forever with His precious blood. Jesus is the One who enacted the new covenant with a new relationship with God. The unveiling of Jesus Christ occurred when the veil was torn in two at the entrance of the Holy of Holies.
Christ Jesus abolished the requirement for the curtain at the entrance to the Holy of Holies. “When God speaks of a ‘new’ covenant, it means He has made the first one obsolete. It is now out of date and will soon disappear” (Hebrews 8:13 NLT). The installation of the new covenant proved that the one already in existence was temporary. To return to the old system would be to return to what is no longer valid or effective. “But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for He is the One who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises” (Hebrews 8:6 NLT).
I used to think that planned obsolescence only pertained to appliances, but I just realized that God planned for old-covenant obsolescence. I’ll take the new superior over the old inferior any day. Years ago I tried to drink a can of Coke that was out of date — to say it was ineffective would be an understatement. From A to Z, from The Word to Lord, from El Shaddai to the Bread of Life, from a baby to a King, Jesus is everything.
The Key: We have a new covenant with God, signed, sealed, and delivered in the blood of Jesus.