Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas

Verma Nadine French
Sep 30, 2025
Verma Nadine French, age 100, La Cygne, Kansas passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2025. She was born on September 23, 1925 Oklahoma the daughter of Hinds and Nancy Odle. Nadine is survived by a son Larry Lea and his wife Laura.
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Julie M. Geyer
Sep 29, 2025
Julie M. Geyer, age 62 passed away at her home in Parker, Kansas on Monday, September 29, 2025. She was born in Glendale, California on February 25, 1963 the daughter of Douglas and Laura Geyer. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Mark Geyer. Julie is survived by her daughter, Kiersten Campbell and husband, Jason, her son,...
Betty Joan Haupt
Sep 29, 2025
Betty Joan Haupt, age 93, La Cygne, Kansas went home to the Lord Monday, September 29, 2025. She was born, delivered by her grandmother, Clara Culver Hays, a mid-wife, on October 3,1931 in Neosho Falls, Kansas the daughter of Charles Loren and Florence Effie Hays Scott. She moved to La Cygne, Kansas in 1944. She graduated from La Cygne Rural...

Lois Ann Simons
Sep 27, 2025
Lois Ann Simons, age 87, Mound City, Kansas passed away Saturday, September 27, 2025. She was born on November 12,1937 at Pleasanton, Kansas the daughter of Oliver and Elva Jackson Jennings. After graduating high school Lois attended nursing school. Lois was united in marriage to Jerald Simons on October 21, 1956. He preceded her in death on November 28, 2009....
Paul David Hamilton
Sep 23, 2025
Paul David Hamilton passed away at his home on the family farm outside of Pleasanton, Kansas on September 23, 2025. Paul was born to David and Dora Hamilton on November 7, 1950 in Fort Scott, Kansas and was their only son. Paul is survived by his children Aubin Skipper (husband BJ), Alison Hamilton, and Adam Hamilton (wife Ashley) and 13...
Angie Yeates Randall
Sep 22, 2025
Angelina Marie "Angie" Yeates Randall, age 58, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away Monday, September 22, 2025. She was born on June 22, 1967 in Edmonds, Washington the daughter of Donald Verlyn and Alberta Margaret Oberosler Yeates. She graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School in the Class of 1985. She then attended Kansas State University. Angie proudly served her country in the...
William Howard Hansuld
Sep 19, 2025
William Howard Hansuld, age 65 of La Cygne, Kansas passed away in Kansas City, Missouri on Friday, September 19, 2025. He was born the son of John Robert and Norma Jean (Kirch) Hansuld on April 17, 1960 in Kansas City, Kansas. He graduated from Turner High School. He most recently retired from the Linn County Maintenance Department. William was an...
Bernita Mae Ala
Sep 17, 2025
Bernita Mae Ala, age 104, La Cygne, Kansas passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2025. She was born on February 28, 1921 in Miami County, Kansas the daughter of John and Letha Endecott McDonald. She was united in marriage to George Ala on February 28, 1943 in Mound City, Kansas. Together George and Bernita had two children. Their son, Steven Lee...
Elizabeth Lucille Wolfinger
Sep 15, 2025
Elizabeth “Betty” L. Wolfinger, age 91, of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away Monday, September 15, 2025 in Olathe, Kansas. Betty was born on May 29, 1934 in Tovey, Illinois to Harris and Agnes (Meikle) Nichols. Her father died when she was 9 and her mother when she was 11. She was adopted by Thomas and Tillie Corbett of Urbana, Illinois when...
Morgan Leon Wakefield
Sep 9, 2025
Morgan Leon Wakefield was called home to heaven on September 9, 2025. Morgan was born May 8, 1996, in Olathe, Kansas, to Shane and Debbie (Snyder) Wakefield of Mound City, Kansas. From an early age, he showed a love for the outdoors and anything with a motor. If it didn’t have a motor, he would make the motor noises for...
Jackie Howard Shroyer
Sep 4, 2025
Jackie "Jack" Howard Shroyer, age 85 of Prescott, Kansas passed away on Thursday, September 4, 2025. Jack was born the son of Eugene and Lillie Ruth (Blangy) Shroyer on January 24, 1940 in Prescott, Kansas. He graduated from Prescott High School. He married the love of his life, Elaine Post on May 28, 1961 in Prescott, Kansas, the were married...
Mack Probasco
Sep 2, 2025
Wallace “Mack” Probasco, age 66 of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away at his home on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. He was born the son of Francis Mack and Edna E. Wallace Probasco on July 5, 1959 in Fort Scott, Kansas. He graduated from Pleasanton High School in 1977. Mack loved playing the guitar, collecting and listening to music, fishing, shooting sports...
George Allen Teagarden
Sep 1, 2025
George Allen Teagarden of La Cygne, Kansas, passed away September 1, 2025, at the age of 82.
He was born January 30, 1943, to Robert Ray and Iva Amelia (Reiff) Teagarden. He married Loretta Anderson, on February 12, 1967, who survives him. They met on a blind date at Kansas State University where he earned a B.S. in Animal Husbandry. Together...
James Reed
Aug 31, 2025
James Frederick “Fred” Reed, Jr. September 13, 1947 – August 31, 2025 James Frederick Reed, Jr., known to his family and friends as “Fred,” passed away on August 31, 2025, in Castro Valley, California, at the age of 77. He was born on September 13, 1947, in Franklin County, Kansas, to Frederick Reed, Sr. and Josie Bittenbender. Fred graduated from...
John Clayton Bowman
Aug 17, 2025
John Clayton Bowman, age 81, Parker, Kansas passed away Sunday, August 17, 2025. He was born on February 1, 1944 in Goodrich, Kansas the son of John Thomas "Tom" Bowman and Carrie Theodoshia Shafer Bowman. John attended Parker Rural High School. He worked as a carpenter. He could fix or build anything he set his hands to. John was united...

David Willard Murrow
Aug 15, 2025
David Willard Murrow, age 82, of Drexel, Missouri formerly of Blue Mound, Kansas passed away Friday, August 15, 2025. He was born in rural Blue Mound, Kansas the son of Eldon and Vera Dudley Murrow. He graduated from Blue Mound High School. Dave was all cowboy. He enjoyed roping, ranching and horses. Together, he and wife Vicki worked side by...
Darren Wayne Bland
Aug 12, 2025
Darren Wayne Bland, age 18, La Cygne, Kansas passed away as the result of a motor vehicle accident Tuesday, August 12, 2025. He was born on December 28, 2006 in Fort Scott, Kansas the son of Darron Bland and Teri Hartford Bland. He was currently working in the construction industry. Darren enjoyed, working on cars, video games, fishing, camping, shooting...
Lance Leslie Sears
Jul 23, 2025
Lance Leslie Sears, age 87, Hume, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. He was born on July 3, 1938 in Pleasanton, Kansas the son of Leslie and Sybil Simmons Sears. He graduated from Hume High School in the class of 1956. Lance was united in marriage to SharonGordon on November 19, 1960. He was a member of the...
Keith Allen Nash
Jul 21, 2025
Keith Allen Nash, age 66, La Cygne, Kansas passed away Monday, July 21, 2025. He was born on January 12, 1959 in Kansas City, Kansas the son of George Keith and Mary Major Nash. He worked as a union carpenter. He raised many different varieties of pigeons, and enjoyed coon hunting, playing poker and fishing. He was preceded by his...
Maurice Russell McDaniel
Jul 20, 2025
Maurice Russell McDaniel, age 73, passed from this life on July 20, 2025 in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born on November 5, 1951 in Leon, Iowa the son of Bennie and Alta Dale McDaniel. He grew up on a farm near Davis City, Iowa and graduated from Lamoni High School in the Class of 1969. Maurice was tormented by...
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