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William Roy “Bill” Modlin, 59, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at Veteran’s Administration Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., following a battle with Covid-19. Bill was born May 7, 1962, in Kansas City, Mo., to Larry Lee and Marynell (Blasengym) Modlin. He married Kristie Thomas on April 5, 1997, in Nevada, Mo., and she survives of the home. Bill was a member of the First Baptist Church, Nevada...

Dennis Lee Smith, 72, Compton Junction, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. Dennis was born on May 15, 1949, in rural Vernon County, Mo., to Cecil Lee Smith and Flossie Juanita (Snead) Smith...

William Roy “Bill” Modlin, 59, Nevada, Mo., died on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at Veteran’s Administration Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, July 26, 2021, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada with Pastor Terry Mosher officiating. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m., prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment with military funeral honors will follow at 12:30 p.m. in the Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan...

Beverly A. York Griggs died on July 18, 2021. She was born Nov. 26, 1960, to Russell and Bertha York. She will be buried in Sheldon, Mo.

Evan Dante Simpson, 33, passed away on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at his home in Leavenworth, Kan. Evan was born on May 31, 1989, in Joplin, Mo., to Michael Simpson and Leah Wilson. He grew up in Fort Scott, Kan. Evan had a love of nature and loved to explore it. ...

James (Jim) Wesley Littell, son of Frank Madison and Mary Maxine Littell, was born Aug. 28, 1954, in Independence, Mo. He went all of his years in school in Osceola, Mo., until his graduation in 1972. Jim loved growing up in Osceola where his parents owned Littell’s Market on the square. ...

Gary and Millie (Bliss) Rose will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on May 8. Joining Gary and Millie in celebrating were many friends and family including their children, Thomas, his wife Cindy and Lori Owens and her husband Phillip as well as grandchildren Gavin, Liam, and Cullen Rose and Brittany and Landon Owens...