Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Lenora Vanvlack
Apr 6, 2008
LENORA BELL "TOBY" SMITH Van VLACK OF LACYGNE, KANSAS DIED SUNDAY APRIL 6, 2008 AT HER HOME IN LACYGNE. TOBY WAS BORN DECEMBER 27, 1934 TO JOE AND LENORA "PEACHY" SMITH. SHE WAS ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. SHE GREW UP IN LOUISBURG, KANSAS. ON MAY 20, 1950 SHE WAS MARRIED TO LOREN VAN VLACK. THEY MADE THEIR HOME IN THE...
Orville Barnes
Apr 4, 2008
Orville "George" Barnes, age 75, Osawatomie, Kansas, died Friday April 4, 2008 at the Life Care Center in Osawatomie. He was born in Worth, Missouri on October 11, 1932 the son of Orville A. and Yvonne E. Wray Barnes. He was a Navy Veteran serving in the Korean Conflict. He owned and operated a barber shop in Kansas City, Kansa...
Zelma Foote
Mar 27, 2008
Zelma Lucinda Foote, 89, of Hume, Missouri, died Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Country View Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. She was born November 5, 1918 in Hume, Missouri, the daughter of Ira Roland and Emily May Lee Davidson. She married Paul Kenneth Foote on December 30, 1937 at Mound City, Kansas. He preceded her in death May 16, 2006. Zelma...
Warren Graham
Mar 25, 2008
Warren Graham, 91, of Mound City, Kansas, died on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at the North Point nursing home in Paola, Kansas. Warren was born March 2, 1917, in Gering, Nebraska, to his parents Tolbert H. and Verda E. (Kelly) Graham. After moving to northwest Arkansas as a young boy he was raised among a beloved group of 29 cousins...
Melba Cornelius
Mar 25, 2008
Melba Maxine Reinke-Cornelius, age 81, of LaCygne, Kansas died Tuesday March 25, 2008 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born March 29, 1926 in Boicourt, Kansas the daughter of Lawrence and Edna Reinke. She graduated from LaCygne High School in 1944. She worked with the United Ladies Garment Workers Union. Melba also was a Union Liaison officer for...
Vivian Coon
Mar 21, 2008
Vivian Edna Coon, 89, passed away at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas on Good Friday, March 21, 2008. A former resident of Mound City, Kansas, she had been residing at the Residencies of Pleasanton since May, 2006. Vivian was born at Farlinville, Kanas, the fourth child of Berton VanBuren Johnson and Edna Pearl Masters Johnson on March 17, 1919....
Pamela Sayers
Mar 19, 2008
Pamela Paige Johnson Sayers, 42, of Olathe, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at Olathe Medical Center. She was born July 1, 1965 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Richard and Carol Huckaby Johnson. She married Thomas Sayers in 1988 at Roeland Park, Kansas. She was employed as a receptionist for Autism Asperger Publishing Company in Olathe. She was...
James Amer
Mar 14, 2008
James L. "Jim" Amer, age 73, Mound City, Kansas died Friday March 14, 2008 at St Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on October 24, 1934 at Mound City, Kansas the son of Lawrence and Beulah Johnson Amer. He married Rose Darlene Christopher on January 31, 1960. He worked for the Kansas Highway Department for twenty...
Celia Weller
Mar 13, 2008
Celia Agnes Weller, 82, formerly of Mound City, Kansas, died Thursday, March 13, 2008 at College Hill Nursing Home, Wichita, Kansas. She was born August 24, 1925 in Vinita, Oklahoma, the daughter of Roy G. and Martha E. Akers Jackman. She was employed with the State Hospital in Osawatomie, Kansas and later worked for Beech Aircraft and was a caregiver...
Gloria Hazelbaker
Mar 10, 2008
Gloria Madeline (Thomas) Hazelbaker, 90, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Monday, March 10, 2008 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born March 11, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Ernest E. and Mary Florence Esler Thomas. She moved with her parents to Pleasanton at three years of age and attended Pleasanton Schools and graduated in 1935. Gloria...
Charles Atherton-Sheppard
Mar 7, 2008
Charles Atherton-Sheppard, age 21, Pleasanton, Kansas died Friday March 7, 2008. He was born on February 15, 1987 at Fort Scott, Kansas the son of Clint Sheppard and Lisa Atherton. He was currently employed at Wade Quarries. He is survived by his son Weston Scott Sheppard, his mother Lisa Wakefield and husband Gary, father Clint Sheppard, grandparents, June and Otto...
Harold Andrews
Mar 2, 2008
Harold Arthur Andrews, age 89, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Sunday March 2, 2008 at Mercy Health Center , Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born on February 14, 1919 in LaCygne, Kansas the son of Otis and Lora Bible Andrews. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He also was a member of VFW. Harold was a farmer in...
Roy Felix Sr
Mar 1, 2008
Roy A. Felix Sr., age 76, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Saturday March 1, 2008 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. He was born on September 11, 1931 in Kansas City, Kansas the son of Antonio and Mildred Hare Felix. Roy worked as a truck driver for Roadway Express before retirement. He married Margaret Green on August 17, 1950 at Kansas City,...
Vera Murray
Feb 29, 2008
Vera Mae Murray, formerly of Mound City, Kansas died February 29, 2008, at Eastwood Manor in Commerce, Oklahoma, at the age of 80. She was born on August 14, 1927 in Guthrie, Oklahoma, to parents Elwood and Armintha (Towle) Stanbrough. She moved from Mound City, Kansas to Miami, Oklahoma to be near her daughter and family. Vera graduated from Mound...
Gladys Carbon
Feb 28, 2008
Gladys Carbon, age 100, of Mound City, Kansas died Thursday February 28, 2008 at the St Joseph Health Center in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born on February 1, 1908 near Farlinville, Kansas the daughter of Benjamin and Olive Silsby West. She graduated from Mound City High School and Pittsburg State University. She taught in elementary schools for thirty-five years...
Walter Stanbrough
Feb 23, 2008
Walter Eugene Stanbrough, age 77, of Mound City, Kansas passed away Saturday February 23, 2008 at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Eugene was born on February 28, 1930 in Coyle, Oklahoma, the son of Elwood and Armintha Towle Stanbrough. He married Charlene Ann Clark on May 5, 1951 in Huntsville Arkansas. He was in the National Guard for...
Roger Lawhead
Feb 20, 2008
Roger Lawhead, age 65, of Las Vegas, Nevada formerly of La Cygne, Kansas passed away Wednesday February 20, 2008. He was born on June 2, 1942 the son of Howard and Wilma Laughrey Lawhead. Mr. Lawhead has been cremated and inurned at Oak Lawn Cemetery in La Cygne, Kansas. Arrangements Coffel-Schneider, La Cygne, Kansas.
John Cutshaw
Feb 18, 2008
John Dean Cutshaw, age 67, of Prescott, Kansas died Monday, February 18, 2008 at Mercy Health System in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born on January 3, 1941 at Merwin, Missouri the son of Thomas and Betty Calkins Cutshaw. He was a dairyman and a farmer. He married Janet Arbogast on September 10, 1960 at Osawatomie, Kansas. He was preceded...
Max Thayer
Feb 14, 2008
Max A. Thayer age 73 of LaCygne, Kansas died Thursday, February 14, 2008 at his home in LaCygne. He was born on October 30, 1934 in Salina, Kansas the son of Arthur and Belle Taylor Thayer. He married Lois Peterson on June 20, 1953 at Junction City, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1958. Max worked in...
Ronald Lowe
Feb 13, 2008
Ronald Dean Lowe, age 68, of Bonsall, California formerly of Prescott, Kansas died February 13, 2008. He was born near Prescott, Kansas the son of Robert E. and Thelma Cheever Lowe. He graduated from Prescott High School in 1958 and received a Bachelors in Business Science from Pittsb urg State University. He taught school for twelve years , then became...
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