Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Sarah Groothouse
Jun 16, 2005
Sarah Bertha Groothouse, 85, of LaCygne, Kansas, died Saturday June 16, 2005 at Miami County Medical Center, Paola, Kansas. She was born June 20, 1920 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and Ida Reed Harris. She attended school at Morse Central Jr. High School and Argentine High School in Kansas City, Kansas. She married Joseph L. Zweimiller in...
Doris Schmelzla
Jun 13, 2005
Jean Schmelzla, 72, of Prescott, Kansas, died Monday, June 13, 2005 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born November 23, 1932 in Oregon County, Missouri, the daughter of George and Hazel Strain Giesken.. She married Gerald Schmelzla on May 4, 1957 at Miami, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on July 29, 1978. She was a homemaker...
Hazel Johnston
Jun 13, 2005
Hazel Lafern Johnston, 89, of Blue Mound, Kansas, died Monday, June 13, 2005 at Medicalodge Nursing Home, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born June 13, 1916 in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Forrest Allen and Edna Myrtle Vance Spencer. She was married to Robert Johnston Jr. on March 6, 1937 and to this union one son and three daughters were...
Bertha Cook
Jun 12, 2005
Bertha G. Cook, 76, of Butler, MO, formerly of Amsterdam, Mo, passed away Sunday, June 12, 2005 at the Willow Lane Nursing Center, Butler. She was born January 1, 1929 near Adrian, MO, the daughter of Grover and Olive Elliott Abnot. She married Junior Edwin Cook on June 25, 1951 at Amsterdam, MO. He preceded her in death on November...
Eugene Richardson
Jun 7, 2005
Eugene L. Richardson, 93, of Camden, Arkansas, formerly of Mound City, KS died Tuesday, June 7, 2005. He was born August 11, 1911 in Centralia, MO. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eula Richardson; his daughter, Anna Belle; his father and other, Walter and Icie Richardson; his brothers, Aubry, Morris and Earnest Richardson; his sister, Anna Mae Gittings;...
Ida Stites
Jun 4, 2005
Cleo Driskill Stites passed away on June 4, 2005 at the Louisburg Care Center in Louisburg, KS. She was born September 21, 1913, the daughter of Marion and Prudie Baston Driskill near Pleasanton, KS. She grew up in the Richland Community near Farlinville and attended grade school at the Potosi Community School. She later attended High School in Mound City....
Hayes Martin
Jun 3, 2005
Hayes L. Martin, 79, of Louisburg, Kansas formerly of Lacygne, Kansas passed away Friday, June 3, 2005 at the Louisburg Care Center. He was born June 24, 1925 in Osawatomie, KS, the son of Hazel Leroy Martin and Gertrude Mary Benton (Martin). He married Ida Elizabeth Sullivan on August 12, 1954 in Paola, Kansas. He worked for the Burlington Northern...
Billy Hewitt
May 30, 2005
Billy Joe Hewitt, age 65, of Chanute, Kansas and formerly of LaCygne, Kansas, died Monday, May 30, 2005 at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Billy was born on August 6, 1939 in Miami County, Kansas to F. M. Jack and Velma Rogers Hewitt. Billy joined the U.S. Navy in 1957 and obtained the rank of Signalman 1st Class. on...
Wilbur Boyd
May 21, 2005
Wilbur Boyd, 88, of Blue Mound, Kansas, died Saturday, May 21, 2005 at Pine Crest Nursing Home, Humboldt, Kansas. He was born February 21, 1917 in Blue Mound, Kansas, the son of Charles and Alma Orm Boyd. Wilbur was self-employed as a carpenter and painter. He was preceded in death by his parents; seven brothers; his twin brother, Wilmer; Elvin,...
Louis Oliver
May 18, 2005
Louis John "L.J." Oliver, 90, of Mound City, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005 in Johnson County, Texas. He was born April 27, 1915 in Johnson County, Texas, the son of John Louis and Frances Prince Oliver. After graduating from the local schools he went to work in the oil fields. He was a veteran of World War II, serving...
Debra Roberson
May 11, 2005
Debra Lynn Roberson, 47, of Wichita, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 11, 2005. She was born September 19, 1957 in Kansas City, Kansas. She is survived by her mother, Donna O'Brien of Pleasanton, Kansas and her father, William Banks; two sons, John Wesley Banks of Wichita, Kansas and Gary Sims of Kansas City, Kansas; one daughter, Latisha Cox of Independence, Missouri;...
Mabel Stites
May 10, 2005
Mabel A. Stites, 92, of Shawnee, Kansas, formerly of Parker, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, May 10th, 2005 at the Shawnee Gardens Nursing Center, Shawnee, Kansas. She is survived by 2 sons, Ray A. Stites and wife, Nelda of Sun City, Arizona; Walter S. Stites and wife, Brenda of Shawnee, Kansas and a daughter, Carol Prentice, Shawnee, Kansas. Services will be...
Lois Irwin
May 4, 2005
Lois M. Irwin, age 98, of LaCygne, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2005 at the Louisburg Care Center, Louisburg, Kansas. She was born May 9, 1906 in Amoret, Missouri the daughter of Edwin Franklin Rush and Margaret May Taylor (Rush). She married William Frederick Irwin on August 13, 1935 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Two daughters were born to this...
Norman Barber
Apr 30, 2005
Norman Dean Barber, age 78, of LaCygne, Kansas, died Saturday, April 30, 2005 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. He was born December 23, 1926 in Kansas City, Missouri to Hugh and Sybil Stewart Barber. After high school he joined the Navy and served 20 years before retiring. Norman married Thelma Odean on october 25, 1956. He was a member...
May Cash
Apr 26, 2005
May Alice Cash, 96, of Mound City, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. She was born May 17, 1908 in Mound City, Kansas, the daughter of Henry Harrison and Lillie Edna Akers Augur. She graduated from Mound City High School in 1931. She married Cecil Cash on April 22, 1931. He preceded her...
Bertha Williams
Apr 26, 2005
Bertha May Weese Williams, age 85, of Leavenworth, formerly of Linn County, Kansas, died Thursday, April 26, 2005 at the Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Lansing, Kansas. She was born on March 31, 1919 in Topeka, the daughter of Willis and Louise K. Weickert Weese. She was a homemaker and a probate judge in Barber County for over six years....
Evelyn Russell
Apr 26, 2005
Evelyn Marie Russell, age74, of LaCygne, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at the Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born June 14, 1930, the daughter of Delbert James Cornett and Viola Alice Rookstool (Cornett). After graduating from high School, she worked as a Secretary for several years before marrying James Ervin Russell on March 17, 1951 in...
Marguerite Wright
Apr 25, 2005
Marguerite Wright, 89, of Blue Mound, Kansas, died Monday, April 25, 2005 at Moran Manor Nursing Home, Moran, Kansas. She was born January 4, 1916 in Blue Mound, Kansas, the daughter of Harold and Mary Clark Rogers. She married Estel Wright on November 29, 1935 at Lawrence, Kansas. He preceded her in death on December 18, 1995. She was a...
Edward Hamel
Apr 24, 2005
Edward Logan Hamel, 72, of Hume, Missouri, died Sunday, April 24, 2005 at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, Missouri. He was born February 22, 1933 in Marion, Illinois, the son of John Dewey and Edith Ellen Hamel. He married Janice Sue Wampler on June 1, 1954 at Phoenix City, Alabama. She preceded him in death on January 30, 2004. He was self...
J. Sears
Apr 20, 2005
J. Elliott Sears, 81, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born May 1, 1923 in Elgin, Illinois, the son of Elliott C. and Hazel Avery Sears. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the United States Navy. He married Carole Crews on November 27, 1971 at Harvard,...
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