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