Stories from Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Todd Wesley Shankel, 53, resident of Nevada, Mo., passed away at his home Saturday, July 12, 2014, following a 25-year battle with diabetes. He was born on June 22, 1961, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Judy Raelene Alexander and Zachary Wesley Pfeiffer...

Ellen Frances Gray Massey, of Springfield, Mo., formerly of Lebanon, Mo., passed away Sunday, July 13, 2014, in Springfield. She was born in Nevada, Mo., on Nov. 14, 1921, to Chester Harold and Pearl Welch Gray. Ellen was an extension home agent, a teacher, and a writer. ...

Doris B. Legg, 97, formerly of Sheldon, Mo., passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014, at the New Hope Manor, in Cedar Park, Texas. She was born Nov. 8, 1916, in Willis, Kan., to Walter M. Brashear and Christabelle Ada (Brashear) Taylor. Doris was united in marriage to Samuel Francis Legg on May 24, 1952, in Bentonville, Ark., and he preceded her in death...

Ladine Menchetti, of Kansas City, Mo., died Monday, July 7, 2014, following a lengthy illness. A visitation will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 16, in the library of Country Club United Methodist Church, 400 West 57th St., Kansas City, Mo. A graveside service and burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 19, at Richland Cemetery, outside Richards, Vernon County, Mo., near the family farm...

George Efton Pride, 71, of Nevada, died Sunday, July 13, 2014, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, July 17, in Nickerson Cemetery, Kimberling City, Mo. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Nevada Daily Mail Sheldon mayor Jerod Lamb voted to extend Sheldon's contract with the Vernon County Sheriff's Office for 12 hours a week of extra coverage breaking the deadlock among the Sheldon Board of Aldermen at their meeting Thursday. "I understand we probably have more coverage because we're paying for it," alderman Perry Fowler said. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council will be considering the first reading of a bill to update the city's personnel code to restrict the hiring of closely related employees, including not just immediate family members but also nieces, nephews, cousins, father- and mother-in-laws, and sons- and daughters-in-law. Should employees marry, one is required to resign within 30 days...

Nevada Daily Mail A lifelong passion for sports, in particular baseball, coupled with a love of stories and history, led Phil Dixon to Nevada. Dixon, an author of nine published works and soon to be a 10th, all of which focus on history and either baseball or boxing, addressed members of the Vernon County Historical Society...