Stories from Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Percy Leon Heitz, 88, Bronaugh, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022, at St. Lukes Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., following a brief illness. Percy was born Oct. 8, 1934, in Bronaugh, to Percy Alva and Blanche Opal (Seitz) Heitz. He married Dorothy Ellen Mayhugh on Nov. 17, 1956, in Fort Scott, Kan., and she preceded him in death on June 7, 2015...

Ethel Virginia Braun, 91, of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Ethel was born on Nov. 13, 1931, in Nevada, to William Scott Ramsey and Bertha Mae (Hastings) Ramsey. In 1949, she married Wilbur Vernon Braun in Arkansas and he preceded her in death on March 12, 1982...

We regret to announce the passing of Sharon Denise Smith, 74 of Woodward, Okla., on Nov. 4, 2022. Sharon Denise (Elliott) Smith was born Feb. 3, 1948, in Nevada, Mo., to Howard and Lois Elliott. Sharon grew up in Nevada, Mo., and moved to Butler, Mo., her senior year where she graduated high school in 1966. ...

The City Public Works Department began collecting loose leaves on Monday, Nov. 28. They started in the southwest corner of the city, and will move to the northwest, northeast and southeast. The Public Works Department will make two rounds. They will do north and south streets first in each section, and then the east and west streets...