March 7, 2026
Martha Cecelia (Gilpin) Dobbs, 94, El Dorado Springs, passed to her heavenly home on March 10, 2017. Martha was born Nov. 22, 1922, in Fairfield, NE, to Wilburn (Wig) and Beulah (Boots) Brubeck Gilpin. When Martha was six months old her parents moved to Kansas City by covered wagon. When Martha turned five, they moved
Sylvia Lavonne (Covington) Messick, 84, went to her new home in heaven at 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 9, 2017. She was born in Butler, on Nov. 26, 1932, to Lewis C. and Minnie Lee (Cowan) Covington. Three months later the family moved to Vernon County and shortly after moved to the farm in Walker
Susie Ann Woods, 69, of rural El Dorado Springs, passed away March 12, 2017. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 15, in Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home.
Eva Grace (nee Reedy) Smith of Butler, passed away Monday afternoon, March 13, 2017, in Butler. Grace grew up in the Harwood area then later she and her husband, Thomas L. Smith, farmed in the Harwood and Collins areas before moving to Butler See schowengerdtchapel.com website for more details.
Alan Kent Richardson, 70, El Dorado Springs, passed away March 1, 2017. Funeral services were Sunday, March 5, 2017, at Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home.
Two good questions for master naturalist out there this week. How many species of cedar trees are growing in the tri-state region of eastern Kansas, northern Arkansas and southern Missouri? If that is too easy, how about this multiple choice question… Of the hawks found in our area, which one is generally known to nest
Celebration of Life services for Ruby Lorene Clifford will be held from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at the Lions Club in El Dorado Springs.
George W. Jennings, 88, El Dorado Springs, passed away Saturday, Feb. 25, 2016, at Community Springs Healthcare in El Dorado Springs. No service is scheduled at this time. Arrangement by Sheldon Funeral Home, El Dorado Springs.
Mary Rebecca Satterlee, 86, El Dorado Springs, passed away on Feb. 15, 2017. She was born in Knoxville, TN, to Ralph and Esther Aldrich. Mary married William H. Satterlee on Aug. 7, 1948, in Kansas City. Mary’s last two years of life she lived at the home of son and daughter-in-law, Ralph and Pam Satterlee.
Dixie Lee (Burnett) Conner, 87, a lifelong resident of El Dorado Springs, departed this life on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in her home surrounded by her family. Dixie was born July 31, 1929, in Roscoe to Jess S. and Ethel L. Burnett, the youngest of two daughters. She was preceded in death by her parents
