Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Morris Allen
Jun 6, 2008
Morris Allen age 79, formerly of Linn County, currently of Flemington, Missouri died Friday June 6 at St John's in Springfield, Missouri. Morris was born June 28, 1928 near Newkirk, Oklahoma, the firstborn of McKinley Allen and Inez Beatrice (Adams) Allen. The family later moved to a farm near Mound City, Kansas. He grew up helping his father on that...
Wanda Staton
Jun 3, 2008
Wanda Gale Staton, 74, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at Prescott Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. She was born March 4, 1934 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, the sixth of eight children born to Foster and Jemmie Easley Weems. She lived in Eureka Springs until the age of 2, when her family moved to Pleasanton, Kansas. On March...
Oakley Albright
May 31, 2008
Oakley Emmett Albright, age 82 of LaCygne, Kansas passed away May 31, 2008 at the Olathe Medical Center. He was born March 4, 1926 in York, Nebraska the son of Loyd Alvin and Viola Susan Shook Albright. Oakley married Joann Little October 10, 1954 in Delaware, Oklahoma. Oakley graduated in Pineville, Missouri and served in the US Navy as a...
Eugene Speakes
May 29, 2008
Eugene "Vernon" Speakes, 97, of Prescott, Kansas, died Thursday, May 29, 2008 at the Prescott Countryview Nursing Home. He was born May 12, 1911 in Hume, Missouri, the son of Clyde and Jane Reynolds Speakes. He graduated from Hume High School and attended Pittsburg State Teachers College. He married Mary Rebecca Bell September,1933 at Mound City, Kansas. She preceded him...
Kenneth Dr.
May 29, 2008
Dr. Kenneth "Ken" Jon Stanage, 53, of LaCygne, Kansas, died Thursday May 29, 2008 at his home in LaCygne, Kansas. He was born July 25, 1954 in Lakeville, Indiana, the son of Kenneth and Martha Plummer Stanage. Ken went to Bethel College in Mishawaka, Indiana where he received his Business Administration Degree, going on to Fort Hays State to receive...
Tex Wills
May 22, 2008
Tex Henry Wills, 78, of Mound City, Kansas, died Thursday, May 22, 2008 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. He was born December 6, 1929 in Albion, Indiana, the son of Chester and Linnie Jo Hildinger Wills. He married Marjorie Moody on November 17, 1950 in California. He was employed as a union carpenter and was also...
Betty Karle
May 20, 2008
Betty Ruth James Karle Betty Ruth James Karle, age 76, passed away Tuesday, May 20, 2008 in Mena, Arkansas. She was born in Pleasanton, Kansas on June 22, 1931 the daughter of Milton P. James and Christina M. Brown James. She was united in marriage to Henry J. Karle on October 18, 1952. He preceded her in death in January...
Clarence Calvin
May 16, 2008
Clarence "Guinie" Calvin, age 91, of LaCygne, Kansas died Friday May 16, 2008 at the Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Missouri. He was born on June 23, 1916 the son of John and Edna Croghan Calvin. He was an Army Veteran of World War II. He married Edna Sherman in March of 1951. She preceded him in death in August of...
Raymond Finland
May 13, 2008
Raymond Joseph Finland, 85, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Tuesday, May 14, 2008 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born June 14, 1922 in Dixon, Illinois, the son of Raymond P. and Eva Brown Finland. He married Juanita L. "Peg" Dulin, January 1989. Raymond worked as a shipping and receiving clerk for Bristol-Myers Squibb, prior to his retirement. He...
Linda Senkevech
May 12, 2008
Linda Sue Senkevech, age 60, of LaCygne, Kansas died Monday May 12, 2008 at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on July 20, 1947 in Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Howard Senkevech and Dawn Overstreet. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church and the Linn County Democratic Party. She is survived by her...
Wilma Johnston
May 4, 2008
Wilma Belle Johnston, 80, of Blue Mound, Kansas, died Sunday, May 4, 2008 at her home. She was born July 24, 1927 in Farlinville, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Nettie Giles Cobbs. She graduated from Blue Mound High School. She was married to Paul Johnston on February 18, 1945 at Fort Scott, Kansas. He preceded her in death on...
Claude Adcox
May 1, 2008
Claude William Adcox, age 60, of Osawatomie Kansas died Thursday May 1, 2008 at Indian Meadows in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born on September 15, 1947 in Kansas City, Kansas the son of Charles Ray and Letha Mae McCord Adcox. He was raised by his second parents Dearel and Helen Adcox. He married Mickey VanVlack Shurtz on May 31,...
Viola Levering
Apr 30, 2008
Viola Ruth Mundell Levering, age 93, died Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at the Country View Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. She was born March 4, 1915 at Richwoods, Missouri to George & Henrietta Mayor Turntine. She was married to Howard Darius Mundell April 14, 1935. They lived in the Centerville and Garnett areas the majority of their life. Viola enjoyed making...
William Nelson
Apr 29, 2008
William Hobart Nelson, age 84, died April 29, 2008 at his home in LaCygne, Kansas following a two year battle with lung cancer. He was born September 8, 1923 to John Earl and Harriett Louise Hill Nelson in Drexel, Missouri where he lived until he joined the United States Navy in March 1943. He served his country on Manus Island...
Elmer Mclaughlin
Apr 28, 2008
Elmer "Wilgus" McLaughlin Jr., age 87, of Iola, Kansas formerly of Mound City, Kansas died Monday April 28, 2008 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. He was born on January 23, 1921 in Blue Mound, Kansas the son of Elmer Wilgus and Alice Pauline Thyer McLaughlin. He was an Army Veteran of World War II, serving in the...
Norman Rothrock
Apr 27, 2008
Norman Franklin Rothrock Jr., "Rocky", age 54, of LaCygne, Kansas died Sunday April 27, 2008. He was born April 25, 1954 at Manhattan, Kansas the son of Norman Franklin and Marcia A. Manson Rothrock. He worked as a machinist for Kansas City Power & Light for the past twenty years. He was a member of the IBEW, Ducks Unlimited, NRA,...
Karen Mcquitty
Apr 22, 2008
Karen L. McQuitty, 66, of Roeland park, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, Kansas. She was born July 27, 1941 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Eddie and Marjorie Umphenour Black. She was employed as head of payroll with Yellow Freight in Overland Park, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her father,...
Mary Sylvester
Apr 20, 2008
Mary Eugene "Jean" Sylvester, age 101, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Sunday April 20, 2008 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, Kansas. Jean was born on October 13, 1906 in Butler County, Kansas the daughter of Fred and Minnie Ann Cox Knapp. She worked at Pratt &Whitney during World War II and later at Braemoor in Pleasanton. She was married...
Donna Obrien
Apr 11, 2008
Donna Jean O`Brien, 67, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Friday, April 11, 2008 at her home. She was born December 5, 1940 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Wesley W. and Eula G. Doughrty Sanford. She was a homemaker. Donna was preceded in death by a daughter, Debbie Roberson in 2005; a granddaughter, Jewell Cox in 2000; Oliver Jack Spickler...
Pearl Johnson
Apr 6, 2008
Pearl Marie Johnson, Prescott, Kansas died Sunday, April 6, 2008 at the Prescott Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott. She was born August 6, 1920 in Prescott, Kansas the daughter of Charles and Dorcas Bradshaw Holmes. She graduated from Prescott High School in 1939. She married Robert Willard Johnson on September 14, 1941 at Mound City, Kansas. Marie and Bobby lived all...
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