Stories from Monday, March 29, 2021

Otto Dean Modlin, 60, passed away on Saturday, March 27, 2021, at his residence in Nevada, Mo., surrounded by family. Otto was born on Aug. 15, 1960, in Kansas City, Mo., to Larry Lee and Marynell (Blasengym) Modlin. He married Kathy Anne Baker on March 5, 2015, in Eureka Springs, Ark., and she survives of the home...

James Lee Huff, 83, Lee’s Summit, Mo., formerly of Nevada, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2021, at St. Luke’s East Hospital in Lee’s Summit. Jim was born on Nov. 13, 1937, in Las Vegas, Nev., to Robert and Lucille Huff. He married Marilyn Jean Mize on March 16, 2001, and she survives of the home...

Eugene “Gene” Snyder, 93, Bronaugh, Mo., passed away on Saturday, March 27, 2021, at Medicalodges of Fort Scott, Kan. Gene was born on Feb. 5, 1928, in Moundville, Mo., to Frank Ansel and Leatha Lea (Emery) Snyder. He married Wilma Marie Fengler on Oct. 20, 1946, in San Jose, Calif., and she preceded him in death on July 15, 2019...

Frances Zoe Lewis, 92, formerly of Schell City, Mo., died on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at Sunrise of Overland Park in Overland Park, Kan. Memorial services will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 6, at Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home, in Schell City, with Brother David Souza officiating. Private burial was held at an earlier date at Green Lawn Cemetery in Schell City...

John Henry Bower, age 84, a resident of rural Deerfield, Mo., passed away Friday, March 26, 2021, at his home. He was born May 3, 1936, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Jesse Bower and June Dunbar Bower. He had served with the United States Army. John married Amelia E. ...