Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Laura Wright
Jan 31, 2009
Laura Helen Johnson Wright, age 91, of Mound City, Kansas died Saturday January 31, 2009 at the Residencies in Pleasanton, Kansas. She was born March 31, 1917 at Mound City, Kansas the daughter of Hiram Albert and Grace May Cook Johnson. She attended Mound City Schools graduating from Mound city High School in 1935. She then attended the University of...
Aileen Hall
Jan 30, 2009
Aileen S. Hall, 95, of Prescott, Kansas was born on January 30, 1914 and left us the same day, January 30, 2009. For the past three years, Aileen lived at Prescott Country View Nursing Home and the family wishes to express their deep appreciation for the loving care she was given by the staff. She was born in Kansas City,...
Vicki Bruner
Jan 28, 2009
VICKI BRUNER Vicki Jolene Bruner, age 51, of Mound City, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home. She was born May 22, 1957 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Virgil and Freda Mathews Bruner. Vicki graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School and attended beautician school and had worked as a beautician. She was...
Gary Carnell
Jan 26, 2009
Gary Gilbert Carnell, 68, of the Sugar Valley Community, near Mound City, Kansas, died Monday, January 26, 2009 at his home. He was born June 28, 1940 in Webster City, Iowa the son of Walter and Irene Busick Carnell. Gary's father died at an early age and he was raised by his step-father, Gilbert Wilson. He married Oleva Brogdon on...
Lawrence Niemeyer
Jan 22, 2009
Lawrence Arnold Niemeyer, 72, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at his home. He was born December 21, 1936 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Arnold and Martha Shroeter Niemeyer. He was employedas a pattern maker for American Steele, then Century Pattern and later John Deere, retiring from John Deere. He was a member of the Pattern...
Thedore Callahan
Jan 16, 2009
Theodore "Ted" Callahan Jr. of Pleasanton, Kansas died Friday January 16, 2009 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born April 22, 1948 in Howell, Arkansas the son of Theodore and Hatie Lee Chuturus Callahan. Ted worked as an electrician with Great Plains Construction. He was married to Roxanna Peters on March 3rd, 2001. He is preceded...
Don Parker
Jan 9, 2009
Don Leon Parker, age 77, Mabelvale, Arkansas formerly of Pleasanton, Kansas died Friday January 9, 2009 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born on August 1, 1931 at Fort Scott, Kansas the son of Donald and Thelma Teubner Parker. He graduated from Pleasanton High School, received his Bachelor's degree from Kansas State University and two Master's...
Chester Shaw
Jan 7, 2009
Chester (Chet) Ernest Shaw, age 89, of Mound City, Kansas, died on January 7, 2009, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, Kansas. Chester was born on September 13, 1919 in Amoret, Missouri, to Fred and Cora Mears Shaw and was the ninth of ten children. . Chet married Ruby Lee Gatlin Shaw on April 15, 1939, at the Linn County Courthouse....
Harold Leisure
Dec 22, 2008
Harold Lee Leisure May 15, l931 --- December 22, 2008 Harold Lee Leisure's earthly journey began May 15, l931 and ended peacefully at his home in Pleasanton KS, December 22, 2008 due to heart failure. He now lives eternally in the presence of Christ. Funeral services celebrating his life will be held Saturday December 27 at 11:00 AM at the...
Edward Schmidt
Dec 22, 2008
Edward Byron Schmidt, 98, of Prescott, Kansas, died Monday, December 22, 2008 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born July 3, 1910 on a farm southwest of Mound City, Kansas, the son of William O. and Emma Pearl Osborn Schmidt. He was married to Virginia Shaw on April 29, 1934. Edward and Virginia lived on the farm where...
David Biggs
Dec 21, 2008
David Wayne Biggs, 67, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Sunday, December 21, 2008 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born May 9, 1941 in Venton, Iowa, the son of Joseph Wayne and Alvera Allshouse Biggs. He married Patricia Kloiber on February 7, 1981 at Grandview, Missouri. He was employed as a maintenance engineer with various hotels and apartments...
William Baudendistel
Dec 17, 2008
William L. Baudendistel, 78, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born February 13, 1930 in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Rossler and Clara Brockman Baudendistel. He married Helen Ebert on September 25, 1970 in Denver, Colorado. He was employed with the City and County of Denver, Colorado as a...
Manuel Reece
Dec 14, 2008
Manuel Reece, 79, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Sunday December 14, 2008 at Overland Park, Kansas. He was born December 15, 1928 in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, the son of Olan and Okla Wells Reece. Prior to his retirement, he worked as a heavy equipment operator and was a member of the Operating Engineers Local #101. He married Elizabeth Carey on October 28,...
Matthew Croan
Dec 14, 2008
Matthew Donald Croan, 21, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Sunday, December 14, 2008 as the result of an automobile accident. He was born April 25, 1987 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Brent and Rebecca Johnson Croan. Matthew was a graduate of Jayhawk Linn High School, Mound City, Kansas and worked at Cookee's Drive In in Pleasanton. He is survived...
Dennis Weeks
Dec 14, 2008
Dennis Doyle Weeks, age 55, of LaCygne, Kansas died Sunday December 14, 2008 at the Miami County Medical Center. He was born on May 13, 1953 at Kansas City, Missouri the son of Doyle and Dorothy Bloodgood Weeks. He was a Navy Veteran serving during the Vietnam War. He married Ede Howard on January 24, 1987. He was most recently...
Charles Hennen Jr.
Dec 11, 2008
Charles E. Hennen Jr., 68, of Linn Valley, Kansas died Thursday, December 11, 2008. Mr. Hennen was born February 9, 1940 in Caldwell, Kansas. He was the son of Charles E. Hennen Sr. and Effie A. Hennen. He attended Caldwell schools and graduated in 1958. Mr. Hennen attended Phillips University in Enid, OK where he graduated wit a B.S. in...
Muriel Hampton
Dec 5, 2008
Muriel C. Hampton, age 92, of LaCygne, Kansas passed away Friday December 5, 2008 at St. Luke Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born Oct. 31, 1916 near Cadmus to Frank L and Bessie P. Shattuck Crisler. She grew up on the farm and attended Pleasant View elementary school. She graduated from Parker Rural High School in 1935. On...
Max Sabine
Dec 3, 2008
Max Eldon Sabine, 82, passed away on December 3, 2008 at the Fort Scott Medicalodge. Max was born on November 3, 1926 in Chanute, Kansas. He was the fifth of seven children born to Carl Alonzo and Mabel (House) Sabine. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and a sister. He is survived by a brother, Alfred,...
Loren Wilson Sr.
Dec 1, 2008
Loren Charles Wilson Sr., 87, of Blue Mound, Kansas, died Monday, December 01, 2008 at Chanute Healthcare Center, Chanute, Kansas. He was born July 8, 1921 in Mapleton, Kansas, the son of Charles and Bertha White Wilson. He served his country with the Army Air Corp during World War II. He married Amber "Ann" Kriegeskotte on November 13, 1945 at...
Arlene Ramsey
Nov 30, 2008
Arlene Ramsey, age 68, of LaCygne, Kansas died Sunday November 30, 2008 at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born February 21, 1940 at Garnett, Kansas the daughter of Gerald and Nina Pugsley Hodgson. She graduated from Kincaid High School in 1958 and attended Wichita Business College. She married Daryl Ramsey on May 24, 1959 at Kincaid. Arlene...
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