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

Apr 18, 2005

Grace Leona Allen, 97, of Prescott, Kansas, died Monday, April 18, 2005 at Prescott Country View Nursing Home where she had resided since 1995. She was born April 7, 1908 in Phillipsburg, Kansas, the daughter of Ambrose Robert and Iva May Perry Kite. She married Harry Allen on June 11, 1944 at Prescott United Methodist Church. He preceded her in...

Apr 18, 2005

William G. (Bill) Chambers passed away at his home on April 18, 2005, in La Cygne, following a lengthy illness. His wife, Shirley, family and friends surrounded him. He was born March 31, 1933, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Robert T. and Ruth Lee (Godman) Chambers. His mother, father and his infant son, William G. Chambers Jr., preceded...

Apr 13, 2005

Ann A. Ohrazda Keyes, age 70 of LaCygne, Kansas passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at the Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born November 12, 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of John Ohrazda and Genevive Jaynes. She married Eugene Keyes and to this union two daughters were born. She was a homemaker and a mother. She...

Apr 9, 2005

Pauline "Sis" Boswell, age 84 of Olathe, Kansas, formerly of LaCygne, Kansas passed away Saturday, April 9, 2005 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born April 16, 1920 in LaCygne, Kansas, the daughter of Dana Eli McClanahan and Lucille Pauline McCarty Boswell. She married Chester Boswell on September 22, 1934 in Paola, Kansas. They shared 57 years together...

Apr 3, 2005

Anna Elizabeth C. Bailey, 82, of Mound City, Kansas, died Sunday, April 3, 2005 at her home. She was born March 28, 1923 in Dexter, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Anna Chamblin. She married Jack Bailey on July 9, 1942 in Leavenworth, Kansas. She was a homemaker and member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness. Anna was preceded...

Apr 3, 2005

Kaye Hardenbrook Gueltzau, 66, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Sunday, April 3, 2005 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born November 6, 1938 in Spokane, Washington, the daughter of Wilhelm and Rufena Qualls Keith. She was married to Don Hardenbrook who preceded her in death in 1987. She later married Gene Gueltzau. Kaye was a member of the...

Mar 14, 2005

Morris Smith Ison, 83 of Mound City, Kansas, died Monday, March 14, 2005 at Life Care Center of Osawatomie, Kansas. He was born September 5, 1921 in Pleasanton, Kansas, the son of Oscar Schuyler and Myrtle Alice Martin Ison. At the age of four, he went to live with his uncle and aunt, Bert and Nellie Martin. He married Carol...

Mar 7, 2005

Gordy Phillips Jr., 80, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Monday, March 7, 2005 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born February 1, 1925 in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of F. Gorodess and Opal E. (Phillips) Phillips. He was a safety engineer for Home Insurance and a served with the United States Army during World War II. He...

Feb 28, 2005

Donna Lindell, 63, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Monday, February 28, 2005 at Wichita, Kansas. She was born February 11, 1942 in Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of John and Loraine Hawley Ary. She graduated from high school at Greensburg, Kansas, attended Dodge City Community College and received her Bachelor's and Masters Degrees from Emporia State University. She married Francis Lindell...

Feb 28, 2005

Ellen Lucille DeMott, 93, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Monday, February 28, 2005 at Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born September 18, 1911, south of Pleasanton, Kansas on what is now known as the site of the "Battle of Mine Creek". She was the daughter of Emmit and Eulah Lou Blount Peare. Ellen attended grade school...

Feb 6, 2005

Lois Faye Wurtz, 73, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Sunday, February 6, 2005 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born December 16, 1931 in Johnson County, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Iva Ealy Karstetter. She graduated from Spring Hill High School and in 1950 she married Norman Minden. To this union three sons and one daughter were born;...

Feb 2, 2005

Ruby Lee Shaw, 86, of Mound City, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at Medicalodge Nursing Home, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born May 29, 1918 in Butler, Missouri, the daughter of Earl and Edna Boren Gatlin. She was married to Chester Shaw in 1938 at the Linn County Court House. Ruby was a homemaker and farm wife. She was...

Jan 29, 2005

Karen Kay Morse, 42, of Centerville, Kansas, died Saturday, January 29, 2005 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born August 7, 1962 in Clinton, Missouri, the daughter of Alva and Betty Finks West. She graduated from Leeton High School in 1981. She married John Morse on July 19, 1986 at Lee's Summit, Missouri. Karen worked in inventory control...

Jan 29, 2005

Kathryn Orr, 94, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Saturday, January 29, 2005 at New Mark Care Center, Kansas City, Missouri. She was born April 6, 1910 in Mound City, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest Clarence and Eugenia Norvell Cox. She was married to Reverend Cecil M. Orr on December 12, 1933 at Mound City. He preceded her in death on...

Jan 26, 2005

Ester Laura Reed, 102, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at the Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. Ester was born February 10, 1902 in Leslie, Arkansas, the daughter of John and Samantha Hall Adams. She married Thomas E. Reed who preceded her in death in 1955. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Christian Church...

Jan 24, 2005

Marjorie Faye Spillman, 84, of Prescott Countryview Nursing Home, formerly of Blue Mound, Kansas, died Monday, January 24, 2005. She was born January 23, 1921 at Elsmore, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Anna Hampton Stanley. Marjorie graduated from Blue Mound High School. She married Ray Spillman in 1938. He preceded her in death on June 18, 1979. She was...

Jan 5, 2005

James Ross Dunn, 83, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 5, 2005 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born January 21, 1921 at Houston, Missouri the son of Alva and Julia Baker Dunn. He married Louise Parascondola on November 21, 1952 at Dwight, Illinois. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of Battery...

Sep 11, 2004

Wilma Fern Bollinger Harrison, 98, of Washington, DC, died September 11, 2004. She was born January 17, 1907 in Mapleton, Kansas, the daughter of Peter Washington and Eva May Findley Bolllinger. Wilma received her Christian baptism at the age of 13, in Kaw City, Oklahoma. After completing high school and a one year course at A&M College in Stillwater, Oklahoma,...

Service Information

Sunday, December 3rd, 2017 12:30pm, Schneider Funeral Home & Crematory, LaCygne Chapel