Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
William Chambers
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...
Grace Allen
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...
Ann Keyes
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...
Pauline Boswell
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...
Anna Bailey
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...
Kaye Gueltzau
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...
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