Stories from Friday, January 7, 2022

My dear wife, our mother and grandmother, Marlene Lucille Schmidt Becker, was born on Nov. 2, 1935, to Samuel C. and Leah Koehn Schmidt at Isabella, Okla. She peacefully passed away on Jan. 4, 2022, at the Medicalodges in Nevada, Mo., reaching the age of 86 years...

Vernon E. Brundridge, 88, Nevada, Mo., peacefully went to his heavenly home surrounded by his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and a very special nurse, Linsey, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, after a lengthy illness. He was born Nov. 20, 1933, in Dederick Township, Mo., to Roy Elmer Cleveland (Pappy) and Velma Irene Brundridge...

Linda Paulette Chesnut, 72, of Nevada, Mo., went to be home with her heavenly father on Jan. 4, 2022, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center after a short illness. Linda was born July 7, 1949, in Nevada, to Arthur L. and E. Paulene (Flagor) Sewell Sr., the fourth of six children...

Grant Alan Douglas I, age 67, of Sheldon, Mo., passed away at his home, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Grant was born April 30, 1954, in Warrensburg, Mo., to Larry Allen and Elsie Jeanne (Bixby) Douglas. He was a graduate of Shawnee Mission North. He was employed by Timken Belts, in Fort Scott, Kan...

It was senior night at Wynn Gym for the Nevada Tiger Wrestling Program. The program recognized their seniors and their parents prior to the wrestling action against Aurora and Agape. Aurora who is a Big 8 conference opponent is in their first year of wrestling after a lengthy time without the sport and Agape is in their first year of having a wrestling program. That is great news for the sport of wrestling and for those athletes competing for Aurora and Agape...

Ah, the Kaminsky Classic. When you hear those words, you automatically know it's in the middle of the peak of the high school basketball season. Eight teams battling it all out in a three day tournament to see who can win it all in the Joplin High School gymnasium. Nevada played at 3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon against the Francis Howell Vikings out of the St. Louis area...

Work session held to discuss Barone Alzheimer and Moore-Few Care Centers