Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Howard Chadwick
Nov 28, 2005
Howard A. Chadwick, 82, of Raymore, MO passed away Monday, November 28, 2005 at Crown Care Center, Harrisonville, Mo. He was born May 11, 1923 in LaCygne, Kansas, the son of Robert and Effie Bullard Chadwick. He married Lorna June Stutsman on December 19, 1944 in Mound City, Kansas. He worked as a taxi cab driver for a few years...
Jerry Boswell Sr.
Nov 27, 2005
Jerry Max Boswell Sr., 70, LaCygne, Kansas, died Sunday, November 27, 2005 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. He was born February 1, 1935, the son of Chester and Pauline "Sis" McClanahan Boswell. He worked for Green Cross Drug Store in Kansas City, Missouri and later in parts delivery for Olathe Ford for about twenty years before retiring in 2001....
Raymond Bledsoe
Nov 21, 2005
Raymond Roy Bledsoe, 72, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Monday, November 21, 2005 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born May 5, 1933 in Shell City, Missouri, the son of Henry and Nettie Wyrick Bledsoe. He was married to Kay Hoffman on November 16, 1984 in Hutchinson, Kansas. Raymond was a veteran, having served with the United States Army....
Reta Arnold
Nov 12, 2005
Reta Fern Arnold, 81, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Saturday, November 12, 2005 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born August 23, 1924, near Amoret, Missouri, the daughter of Leonard and Hazel Harris Jones. She was the third of seven children. She married Glenn Arnold on October 31, 1942. She had worked for Baker's Thriftway, the printing office...
Mary Bush
Oct 26, 2005
Mary Norbury Bush, 99, of Prescott Country View Nursing Home, formerly of Hume, Missouri, died Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at Country View Nursing Home. She was born February 22, 1906 in rural Pleasanton, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Bessie Van Hoozer Norbury. She graduated from Hugh High School in 1925 and moved to Wichita, Kansas in 1927. She was...
Walter Hopkins Jr.
Oct 16, 2005
Walter Herman Hopkins Jr., age 68, of Hume, Missouri passed away Sunday, October 16, 2005 at his home. He was born October 20, 1936 at home in Hume, Missouri. He was the third child of Walter Sr. and Viola Phillips Hopkins. He grew up in the Hume community, graduating from Hume High School in 1954. Following high school, Walter worked...
Cleda Townsley
Oct 16, 2005
Cleda Mae Townsley, formerly of Blue Mound, KS, passed away at Prescott Country View Nursing Home on October 16, 2005 at the age of 97. She was born near Blue Mound, KS on July 19, 1908 to John and Beulah Ingram Harris. She spent her entire life in the Blue Mound area. As a girl, she rode horseback to attend...
Patsy Johnson
Oct 13, 2005
Patsy Johnson, 74, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Thursday, October 13, 2005 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born June 25, 1931, the daughter of Richard and Alice Chappell. She was married to Stanley Johnson who preceded her in death. Survivors include two daughters, Christina Harkness and Linda Travis and husband, Gary; two brothers, Robert and Darel Chapell; three...
Reitha Bosshardt
Oct 13, 2005
Reitha L. Bosshardt, 86, of Olathe, Kansas, died Thursday, October 13, 2005 at Royal Terrace Nursing & Rehabilitation in Olathe. She was born September 10, 1919 in Ranger, Texas, the daughter of Eldon and Mona Cook Kastl. She married Gene Sutterby and to this union three children were born; Steven, David and Mona. She later married Harvey Bosshardt who preceded...
Willis Dingus
Oct 8, 2005
Willis Albert Dingus, 90, of Park City, Kansas, formerly of Mound City, Kansas, died Saturday, October 8, 2005 at Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. He was born May 14, 1915 in Mound City, Kansas, the son of Ben and Hattie McCulley Dingus. He married Bonnie Baughn who preceded him in death on January 6, 2000. Prior to retirement, Willis was...
Robert Weese
Oct 7, 2005
Robert Willis Weese, 93, of Atchison, Kansas, formerly of Mound City, Kansas, died on October 7, 2005. He was born in Topeka, KS, February 1, 1912, to Earnest Willis and Louise Katherine Weickert. He was married April 12, 1934 in Fort Scott, Kansas to Theresa Hensley. One daughter was born of this union, Lynette Weese. Robert entered the Army in...
Charlie Masoner
Oct 5, 2005
Charlie "The Car Wash Guy" Masoner of Iola, Kanas, formerly of Mound City, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at Fountain Villa in Iola. He was born on August 7, 1933 near Prescott, Kansas the son of Charlie M. and Nellie Dasher Masoner. He graduated from high school and attended one year of college at Warrensburg, Missouri. Charles was an...
Margaret Herndon
Oct 5, 2005
Margaret H. Herndon, 94, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at the Residencies of Pleasanton. She was born November 27, 1910 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of William and Ursula Balchunas Kadzwick. Prior to her retirement, she was the social secretary at the Illinois Governor's mansion. Preceding her in death were one brother and two sisters. She is...
Roy Shields
Oct 4, 2005
Roy A. Shields, 74, passed away at his home on Tuesday, October 4, 2005. he was born June 29, 1931 to Walter and Verna Shields at the family farm outside LaCygne. he graduated from LaCygne rural High School, Fort Scott Community College and Kansas State University where he was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He is a...
Margaret Yuille
Oct 3, 2005
Margaret "Louise" Yuille, 81, of Prescott, Kansas, died Monday, October 3, 2005 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Olathe, Kansas. She was born March 26, 1924 in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Estel and Crystal Morton Pellham. She married Richard L. Yuille on March 28, 1942. He preceded her in death on May 18, 1978. She was employed as a...
Mark Burns
Sep 24, 2005
Mark Allen Burns, age 17, of LaCygne, Kansas, died Saturday, September 24, 2005 as the result of an automobile accident. He was born on July 5, 1988 at Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Lee Burns and Kelli Reeves. He was currently a student in his senior year at Prairie View High School. Before attending Prairie View, Mark had attended...
Junior Clay
Sep 21, 2005
Junior Clay, age 69, of Osawatomie, Kansas, formerly of LaCygne and Fontana, died Wednesday, September 21, at Miami County Medical Center. He was born July 24, 1936 at LaCygne, the son of Carl and Lucille Marmon Clay. After the death of his mother, he was raised by his grandparents Guy and Myrtle Marmon. He graduated from LaCygne High School in...
Thomas Arnold
Sep 17, 2005
Thomas Seth Arnold age 94 of Pleasanton, Kansas died Saturday September 17, 2005 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born on April 16, 1911 at Roxbury, Kansas the son of Robert and Katie Hodges Arnold. He worked in the coal mines for Hume Sinclair before retiring. He married Rhoda Arnold on February 18, 1935; she preceded...
Fred Brown
Sep 12, 2005
Fred Victor Brown, 84, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Monday, September 12, 2005 at Mercy Health Systems, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born May 25, 1921 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Harry and Pearl Kelley Brown. He married Vivian Fuller on August 23, 1983. Prior to his retirement, Fred worked as a truck driver. He was preceded in death...
Glen Clearwater
Sep 11, 2005
Glen Henry Clearwater, 84, of Fort Scott, Kansas, formerly of Linn County, Kansas, died Sunday, September 11, 2005 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. He was born October 27, 1920 in LaCygne, Kansas, the son of Frank and Nellie Johnson Clearwater. He married Dorothy Johnson. She preceded him in death on November 21, 1968. Glen was a member of the...
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