Obituaries

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

Lila Wood

Lila Wood

Nov 17, 2009

LILA WOOD Lila Mae Wood, 91, of Prescott, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born March 14, 1918 to Elias & Leona Bradley Bloomfield on a farm east of Prescott. She grew up on the farm and attended schools in the rural area and graduated from Prescott High School in 1935....

Westley Harrison

Westley Harrison

Nov 16, 2009

Westley Emanuel Harrison age 32, Pleasanton, Kansas died Monday November 16, 2009. He was born on June 8, 1977 at Fort Scott, Kansas the son of David Parnell and Melody Mathis. He graduated from Pleasanton High School and Fort Scott Community College. He was preceded in death by his father, David Parnell. He is survived by his mother Melody Berry...

Jimmie Easley

Jimmie Easley

Nov 15, 2009

Jimmie Carl Easley, 66, of Kansas City, Kansas, died Sunday, November 15, 2009 at his home. He was born June 9, 1943 in Wesley, Arkansas, the son of Carl and Lois Calhoun Easley. Jimmie was self employed as an automobile mechanic. Survivors include his mother, Lois Calhoun, one daughter, Lisa Leann Meuchel, a brother, Jerry Easley and one grandchild. Graveside...

Donnie Fultz

Donnie Fultz

Nov 14, 2009

Donnie Lee Fultz, age 68, currently of Mound City, Kansas, native of Pleasanton, Kansas died Saturday November 14, 2009. He was born on December 31, 1940 at Fort Scott, Kansas the son of Willis and Ethel Graham Fultz. He graduated from Pleasanton High School in 1958 and attended Pittsburg State Teacher's College. He served in the Army National Guard. Donnie...

Anna Carpenter

Anna Carpenter

Nov 9, 2009

Anna Louise Carpenter of Wichita, Kansas died at the Westview Manor of Derby, Kansas November 9, 2009. She had been in failing health for sometime. She was born September 4, 1923, a daughter of Charles Andrew Blake and Sarah Elizabeth (Beasley) Blake. She was raised and educated in Parsons, Kansas. Louise and Charles E. Carpenter were married June 3, 1954....

Danny Russell

Danny Russell

Nov 5, 2009

Danny G. Russell, 59, Mound City, Kansas, formerly of Kansas City, MO passed away Thursday, November 5, 2009 at Kansas City Hospice House after a brief battle with cancer. Danny was born October 19, 1950 in Kansas City, MO. He retired from the Kansas City main post office in 2001 when he moved to Mound City. Danny was an Army...

Katherine Morrell

Katherine Morrell

Nov 2, 2009

Katherine "Dorene" Morrell, 76, of Fort Scott, Kansas, formerly of Blue Mound, Kansas, died Monday, November 2, 2009 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. She was born August 15, 1933 in Richards, Missouri, the daughter of James and Mamie Taiclet Kramer. She married Charles Morrell on November 28, 1951 at Fort Scott, Kansas. He preceded her in death on October...

Marjory Black

Marjory Black

Oct 29, 2009

Marjory Elizabeth Black, 91, of Denver, Colorado, formerly of Pleasanton and Kansas City, Kansas, died Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Berkley Manor Care Facility, Denver, Colorado. She was born March 3, 1918 in Pleasanton, Kansas the daughter of William and Noma Gilmore Umphenour. She was a graduate of Pleasanton High School. She married Eddie Black on August 11, 1938 at...

Judith Smith

Judith Smith

Oct 29, 2009

Judith Lee Smith, 72, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Thursday, October 29, 2009 at her home. She was born September 27, 1937 in Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Arnold and Clara Hough Deane. She married Marvin Smith on June 6, 1964 at Kansas City, Missouri. He preceded her in death on August 7, 1997. Judith worked in the cafeteria in...

Marilyn Bearly-Cook

Marilyn Bearly-Cook

Oct 28, 2009

Marilyn Kay Bearly-Cook, 61, of Houston, Texas, formerly of Mound City, Kansas, died October 28, 2009. She was born October 30, 1947 in Mound City, Kansas, the daughter of Marion Adams and Alice Fern Ellington Bearly She graduated from Mound City High School in 1965. Marilyn was an executive secretary for British Caldonia Airlines prior to her retirement. Survivors include...

Vera Cain

Vera Cain

Oct 23, 2009

Vera Marie Cain, age 74 of Pleasanton, Kansas died Friday October 23, 2009 at the Golden Living Center in Smithville, Missouri. She was born on January 10, 1935 in Stella, Missouri the daughter of Rev. Frank and Ruby Patton Linton. She was preceded in death by husbands Lynn Scott in 1959 and Raymond Cain in 2007. Vera was a homemaker...

Frank Rhynerson

Frank Rhynerson

Oct 13, 2009

Frank Rhynerson, age 73, LaCygne, Kansas died Tuesday October 13, 2009. Mr Rhynerson has been cremated. Frank Rhynerson Jr. of LaCygne, Kansas passed away October 13, 2009 at Saint Luke's Hospital. Frank was the sixth son of Frank Rhynerson Sr. and Nannie May Driskell Rhynerson Cox. He was born on January 16, 1936 on a farm near LaCygne, Kansas. He...

Gerald Bogan

Gerald Bogan

Oct 8, 2009

GERALD BOGAN Gerald Dean Bogan 68, of Hume, Missouri died Thursday, October 8, 2009 at his home. He was born May 28, 1941 at Hume, Missouri, the son of Carl and Novella Boston Bogan. Gerald was raised in the Hume & Metz area. After the 8th grade he worked for his great uncle in Leavenworth, Kansas. At 19 years of...

Kenneth Wood

Kenneth Wood

Oct 4, 2009

Kenneth "Kenny", or Peanut, Wood, age 53, of Hume, Missouri died Sunday October 4, 2009. He was born on March 21, 1956 at Fort Scott, Kansas the son of Vergil and Delma Brown Wood. He graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School. He worked as a carpenter and also raised cattle. He married Vicki Lord on December 29, 1989 at the...

Gary Franklin

Gary Franklin

Oct 2, 2009

Remembrances and Tribute Gary Wayne Franklin, 68, born to Earl B and Mildred B Spillman Franklin on December 27, 1940 at Rural Hume. Gary passed away October 2, 2009 at Meadowbrook Hospital, Gardner, KS from complications of lung cancer. He attended Hume schools all 12 years graduating in 1958. Gary proudly served in the Army from February 17, 1959 being...

Al Nichols

Al Nichols

Oct 1, 2009

Alfred "Al" William Nichols, 84, of Prescott, Kansas, died Thursday, October 1, 2009 at Prescott Country View Nursing Home. He was born May 9, 1925, the son of Ray Edwin and Bertha Mae Clay Nichols. He married Fern Maske on August 5, 1944 at Independence, Kansas. Al was employed with P&M Coal Company, retiring in 1988. He also worked as...

Joan Nave

Joan Nave

Oct 1, 2009

Joan Nave, age 79, Linn Valley, Kansas died Thursday October 1, 2009 at Paola, Kansas. She was born on December 21, 1929 at Lyle, Missouri the daughter of Edgar and Vera Myrtle Dunlap Hatch. She married Richard Nave on July 16, 1948. Before retirement she was employed as a book keeper. Joan enjoyed the fall of the year and working...

Betty Cikanek

Betty Cikanek

Sep 30, 2009

Betty Louise (Morris) Cikanek, 74, of Peculiar, Missouri, formerly of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at the Rehabilitative Center of Raymore, Raymore, Missouri. She was born August 25, 1935 in Fort Scott,Kansas, the daughter of Paul and Lillie Corbin Morris. Betty graduated from Pleasanton High School, attended Fort Scott Community College, received a Bachelors of Science Degree from...

Ruby Earnest

Ruby Earnest

Sep 26, 2009

Ruby Von Earnest, age 87 of Pleasanton, Kansas died Friday September 25, 2009 at Pleasanton, Kansas. She was born November 17, 1921 south of Prescott, Kansas the daughter of Otto and Ethel Shaler Dunnington. She graduated from Prescott High School and then attended Fort Scott Beautician School. She married Kenneth "Dutch" Earnest on January 25, 1942 at Paola, Kansas. He...

Anna Moore

Anna Moore

Sep 25, 2009

Anna Lee Moore's life was defined by hard work and dedication to service. Mrs. Moore, known as Annie to her friends, died September 25 surrounded by family in Tomball, Texas. She was 83 years old. Anna Lee was born July 23, 1926, southwest of Harrisonville, Mo., to Charley and Anna Moore. She worked as a tool grinder for a defense...

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