Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Erin Kelley
Jun 16, 2018
In Memory of Erin Patricia Kelley 1989 - 2018 Erin Kelley, age 29, passed away June 16th in Tulsa. She is the youngest daughter of Gary and Suzanne Thompson of Mound City and of Michael Kelley of Gilmer, Texas. Born in Tulsa, OK, Erin attended Broken Arrow High School and Phillips Community College. Our Erin was a shining star who...
Leslie Nation
Jun 13, 2018
Leslie Ann Nation, age 20, Mound City, Kansas died Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She was born in Overland Park, Kansas on June 21, 1997 the daughter of David and Tracie (West) Nation. While attending Jayhawk Linn High School, Leslie was active in FFA and lettered all four years in volleyball and softball. She...
Charles Franklin
Jun 13, 2018
Charles Eugene Franklin, age 79, Hume, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. He was born in Hume, Missouri on December 26, 1938, the son of Earl B. and Mildred B. Spillman Franklin. He graduated from Hume High School and attended Fort Scott Community College and Pittsburg State University. Charles married Norma Jean Miller on August 20, 1960 at...
Rebecca Goodman
Jun 11, 2018
Rebecca Ann, Becky, Goodman, age 71, formerly of Ottawa, Kansas passed away on Monday June 11, 2018. She was born in Fort Scott, Kansas on November 9, 1946 the daughter of Merlin and Mary Ann Atkisson Ball. She graduated from Blue Mound High School then attended Pittsburg State University receiving a Bachelor''s in Physical Education. She later obtained a Master''s...
Russell Wier
Jun 5, 2018
Russell D. Wier, age 73, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Tuesday June 5, 2018 at his home. He was born on December 5, 1944 in La Cygne, the son of Clarence Atwell and Wanda Pauline Merriman Wier. He graduated from La Cygne Rural High School in the Class of 1962. He married Margaret Stoker. To this union, two children...
Evelyn Ham
Jun 3, 2018
Evelyn Maxine Ham went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Evelyn was born on April the 8, 1924 to Charles and Francena Holmes Vest. She grew up on the State Line between Prescott and Hume and as a child walked with her brother and sister to the Fairmount Church every Sunday. She graduated from...
Meredith Burnett
Jun 2, 2018
Meredith June Rose Burnett, formerly of LaCygne, Kansas, made her transition on June 2 in Leonardville, Kansas. Meredith was born June 1,1923, to Rudy and Eleanor Mitchell Rose in LaCygne. She graduated from LaCygne Rural High School and was married to Donald L. Burnett December 6, 1944. Meredith was a member of Chapter CV P.E.O., the Mirza Shrine Women''s Auxiliary,...
Aline Fairchild
Jun 1, 2018
Aline Lucille Daniel Fairchild, 101, of Tulsa, OK, formerly of Blue Mound, Mound City, and Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away at Aberdeen Memory Care, in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Friday, June 1, 2018. Born in Dallas, South Dakota, on July 23, 1916, the daughter of Earl Samuel Daniel and Alice Ann Guthrie Daniel. She graduated from Blue Mound High School in...
Betty Dean
May 31, 2018
Betty Dean, age 90, Mound City, Kansas passed away on Thursday May 31, 2018 at Parkview Heights in Garnett, Kansas. She was born in St. Catherine, Missouri on December 27, 1927 the daughter of William and Lula Cordray Stevens. She was married to Archie Dean who preceded her in death on June 22, 2012. She was an independent woman who...
Lester Mccoy
May 30, 2018
Lester Vergil McCoy, age 75, of Mapleton, Kansas passed away at his home, Wednesday, May 30, 2018. Lester was born on October 12, 1942, the son of Buster and Nellie Brewer McCoy in Paola, Kansas. He was a meat cutter by trade. He was the Master Knife Maker for the Miami Indian Tribe and also was a gourd dancer. He...
Edmond Arnold
May 30, 2018
Edmond Glenn Arnold, 98, of Pleasanton died Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at El Dorado Health and Rehab. Glenn was born Linn County, Kansas on October 10, 1919 to Robert and Katie (Hodges) Arnold. He was the youngest of seven children. Glenn graduated from Pleasanton High School. During his time as a construction worker he helped build both the La Cygne...
Charley Wisdom
May 30, 2018
Charley Aaron Wisdom, age 74, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Wednesday May 30, 2018 at the Bates County Medical Center. He was born in Worland, Missouri on June 26, 1943 the son of Harry Otis and Olinea Chamberlain Wisdom. He graduated from Hume High School. He married Lois Bradley on August 17, 1963. She preceded him in death on June...
William Colbert
May 30, 2018
William Thomas Colbert, age 87, Linn Valley, Kansas, went to be with the Lord Wednesday May 30, 2018 at Olathe Medical Center. He was born in May 3, 1931 in Gretna, Virginia, the son of Guy and Ocea (Adams) Colbert. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. He attended Virginia Commercial Business College...
William Md
May 29, 2018
William J. "Doc" Justus, M.D., age 88, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at St. Luke''s South. He was born in Harveyville, Kansas on July 5, 1929, the son of John William and Lucille Rice Justus. He was raised most of his life by Grace and Cliff Turner. He graduated from Emporia State University, University of Kansas...
Jack Jeserick
May 28, 2018
Jack Maluch Jeserick, age 87, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Monday, May 28, 2018 at his home. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 16, 1930 the son of German immigrant parents, Frank Carl and Margaret Gertrude Maluch Jeserick. He moved to the farm in 1944 and graduated from Drexel, Missouri High School. After high school Jack worked...
William Sutcliffe
May 27, 2018
William Joseph Bub Sutcliffe, 55, formerly of Rich Hill, Missouri passed away peacefully at his residence in Bush, Illinois on Sunday, May 27, 2018 surrounded by his loving family and friends. Bub was born on December 15, 1962 in Kansas City, a son of the late Joseph James and Mary Lou (Cox) Sutcliffe. Bub attended Johnson Elementary in Kansas City....
John Rees Jr.
May 24, 2018
John Charles Rees Jr., age 80, passed away Thursday May 24, 2018 at his home in Cherokee, Kansas. He was born July 10, 1937 at Fort Scott, Kansas the son John Charles and A''Delle McHenry Rees. He attended Fort Scott Community College and Pittsburg State University receiving a Masters Degree in Education. During his teaching career he taught math, history,...
Patricia Wallace
May 23, 2018
Patricia Ann "Pat" Wallace, 82, of Mound City, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2018. She was born August 17, 1935, the daughter of Glenn and Dorothy (Clearwater) Coffeen in the Richland district north of Farlinville, Kansas where she mostly grew up and went to grade school. She graduated from Mound City High School. Pat married Vernon L. "Doc" Wallace on...
Robert Tastad
May 21, 2018
Robert S. Tastad, age 77, of the Sugar Valley Lake Community near Mound City, Kansas passed away on Monday, May 21, 2018 at his home. He was born in North Dakota on October 24, 1940. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He served in the American Legion and the VFW. He also volunteered at the...
Kayden Samyn
May 20, 2018
Kayden Blaes Samyn, age 11, Mound City, Kansas passed away on Sunday May 20, 2018 as the result of an accident. He was born at Olathe, Kansas on July 14, 2006 the son of Dale Samyn and Karri Ortman Barnes. He was a student at Jayhawk Elementary School. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather Jess Ortman. Kayden...
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