Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Walter Thatcher
Aug 2, 2008
Walter Raymond Thatcher, age 84, of Pleasanton, Kansas, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2008 at his home. He was born July 1, 1924 in Girard, Kansas, the son of Frank and Maude Mooney Thatcher. His family moved to Pleasanton where his father and grandfather worked in the coal mines. He attended the Pleasanton Schools. Walter was proud to be a...
Harry Smith
Aug 2, 2008
Harry Richard Smith, age 53 of LaCygne, KS passed away Aug. 2, 2008 at his home. He was born August 25, 1954 in Independence, MO the son of Bill and Virginia Tyler Smith. He graduated from William Chrisman high school. Harry married Karen Schreier November 3, 1973 in Independence. Harry was a wood worker and member of the Local #1329...
Ruby Roy
Jul 29, 2008
Ruby June Roy, age 68 of Cleveland, Missouri and LaCygne, KS formerly of Kansas City, Kansas passed away Tuesday, July 29th at the Olathe Medical Center. She was born June 6,1940 In Kansas City, Kansas the daughter of Pearl and Ester Jensen Olsted. She attended Argentine- Turner and Rosedale during her high school. She married Robert Curtin January 2, 1960....
Joan Morris
Jul 28, 2008
Joan Morris, 79, of Mound City, Kansas, died Monday, July 28, 2008 at her son's home in Olathe, Kansas. She was born March 3, 1929 in Mound City, Kansas, the daughter of Cecil and Margaret Bruce Boots. She had worked as a bookkeeper for Contel, the city of Mound City and at the Linn County Courthouse, retiring from Sugar Valley...
Beverly Ansley
Jul 24, 2008
Beverly Ansley, 61, of Iola, Kansas, formerly of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Thursday ,July 24, 2008 at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born September 10, 1946 in Titusville, Pennsylvania, to Cecil and Mary Phelps Bennett. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Richard Bennett. Survivors include her daughter Alyson JoVon Corbitt of...
William Hamilton
Jul 24, 2008
William "David" Hamilton, 96, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Thursday, July 24, 2008 at Prescott Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. He was born October 8, 1911 in Linn County, Kansas, the son of Hugh and Susie Hays Hamilton. David was self-employed as a farmer and stockman. He married Dora Blangy on September 16, 1941. She preceded him in death on July...
Rosalie Oberlechner
Jul 23, 2008
Rosalie Oberlechner, 69, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at Miami County Medical Center, Paola, Kansas. She was born August 29, 1938 in Buchanan County, Missouri, the daughter of Harold and Madeline Viola Richardson Owens. She was a homemaker and member of the First Christian Church, Pleasanton, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother,...
Nellie James
Jul 21, 2008
Nellie May St. James, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Monday, July 21, 2008 at Metropolitan Hospice, Marietta, Georgia. She was born November 5, 1910 in Pleasanton, Kansas, the daughter of Jack and Anna Staton. She married John St. James on January 29, 1928. He preceded her in death on May 20, 1995. She was a member of the First Christian Church...
Hilda White
Jul 21, 2008
Hilda Joyce White, 76, of Mapleton, Kansas died Monday, July 21, 2008 at Mound City, Kansas. She was born November 7, 1931 in Pocahontas, Arkansas, the daughter of Vernie and Mary Bryant. She worked as a bookkeeper, had owned and operated the Village Inn Café in Mound City, and also cooked for the USD #346 school. She married Wayne White...
Jack Jennings
Jul 19, 2008
Jack Jennings, age 73, of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away Saturday July 19, 2008 at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born July 3, 1935 in rural Linn County south east of Pleasanton, Kansas, the son of Oliver and Elva Jackson Jennings. He Married Geneva Purdy on November 23, 1957 in Pleasanton, Kansas. He worked for Smith-Miller, and...
Myrtle Clintsmith
Jul 7, 2008
Myrtle Mae Clinesmith, 90, of Springfield, Missouri, formerly of Centerville, Kansas, died July 7, 2008 in Springfield. She was born February 20, 1918 in Wellman, Iowa, the daughter of John W. and Grace E. Bassett Henn. She married Wayne A. Clinesmith on October 22, 1952 in California. She was a 1935 graduate of Montrose High School in Montrose, Iowa and...
Eugene Cox
Jul 7, 2008
Eugene Cox, 68, of Blue Mound, Kansas died Monday, July 7, 2008 at his home. He was born May 14, 1940 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Maurice and Frances Hall Cox. He graduated from Blue Mound High School and attended Fort Scott Community College. Eugene was a farmer and stockman. He was a member of the Blue Mound...
Bessie Ward
Jul 5, 2008
Bessie Margaret Ward, 95, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Saturday, July 5, 2008 at Miami County Medical Center, Paola, Kansas. She was born March 4, 1913 in Prescott, Kansas, the daughter of Charley and Emma Lowdenback Meech. She married William "Bill" Ward on November 22, 1936 at Harrisonville, Missouri. He preceded her in death in 1969. Bessie worked as a seamstress...
Kit Leasure Jr.
Jul 3, 2008
Kit Carson Leasure Jr, 91, of LaCygne, Kansas, died Thursday, July 3, 2008 at his home. He was born October 23, 1916 on the Leasure homestead in Linn County, one of nine children born to Kit Carson Leasure Sr. and Sarah Maude (Patterson) Leasure. He attended Prairie Home Grade School and then LaCygne Rural High School where he graduated in...
Berdine Partney
Jun 30, 2008
Berdine Eloise Partney, 86, Garnett, Ks, died at Golden Heights Living Center on June 30, 2008. She was born on August 16, 1921 and raised on the family farm near Mapleton, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Lola McCollam. She was baptized on October 1929 and was a life long member of the Community of Christ Church. She graduated from...
Terry Brandl
Jun 26, 2008
Terry Lynne Brandl, age 54, Pleasanton, Kansas died Thursday June 26, 2008 at Kansas University Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born on October 29, 1953 at Butler, Missouri the daughter of Ira and Darlene O'Rear Conner. She worked for Farmers Insurance for twenty plus years. She married Joseph Brandl on February 20, 1981 at Butler, Missouri. Terry was...
Roy Gillespie
Jun 25, 2008
Roy Dean Gillespie, 48, of Pleasanton, Kansas, went to meet the Lord on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. He was born January 14, 1960 in Ridgeway, Missouri, the son of Darryl and Sharion Baker Gillespie. He was employed as a computer systems troubleshooter for LD&B and had worked for Black & Veatch and had also managed a Diamond Shamrock Station in...
Lillian Ferguson
Jun 22, 2008
Lillian Vivian Ferguson, age 89, loving wife and mother, peacefully passed away on Sunday, June 22, 2008, at her home in LaCygne, Kansas. Vivian was born April 11, 1919, to William Virgil Girten and Elizabeth Ann Gough in Kansas City, Kansas. She was baptized at St. Thomas the Apostle in Kansas City, Kansas on April 20, 1919. She graduated from...
Rozella Mallory
Jun 20, 2008
Rozella A. Mallory, 89, of Ottawa, Kansas, formerly of Prescott, Kansas died Friday, June 20, 2008 at the Plaza Assisted Living in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born July 11, 1919 in Nebraska, the daughter of Elmer and Florence Wilson Mallory. She worked as a waitress until retirement then took care of her parents until their death. Also preceding her in...
Kenneth Spratt
Jun 18, 2008
Kenneth E. Spratt, 98, of Hume, Missouri, died Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. He was born June 10,1 910 in Drexel, Missouri, the son of Walter and Nancy Evans Spratt. He married Minnie E. McKibben on November 10, 1929 at Hume, Missouri. She preceded him in death on July 21, 2001. He...
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