Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Orlena Rookstool
Aug 4, 2018
Orlena Pearl Rookstool, age 72, Blue Mound, Kansas passed away on Saturday, August 4, 2018. She was born on April 24, 1946 in Chetopa, Kansa the daughter of Charles and Treva Smith Channel. She graduated from Franklin Technical Institute and worked as an LPN in several nursing homes. She was married to Jerry Purdy. To this union, two children, Rob...
Robert Bruce
Aug 4, 2018
Robert Franklin Bruce Robert F. Bruce, 86, of Overland Park, KS went to be with His Lord on August 4, 2018. Services for Bob will be held on Friday August 10, at Faith Chapel Assembly of God Church, 15000 Newton, Overland Park, KS. Visitation from 10:00-11:00, service at 11:00. Burial will be held later that day at 3:00 at the...
Owen Haverfield
Aug 4, 2018
Owen Lee Haverfield, age 88, formerly of La Cygne and Parker, Kansas passed away on Saturday, August 4, 2018. He was born on August 9, 1929 the son of George and Violet Robinson Haverfield. He served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. Owen was a dairy farmer before becoming a John Deere mechanic working on...
Lois Harrison
Aug 1, 2018
Lois Keating Harrison, age 89, Mound City, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, August 1, 2018. She was born on October 23, 1928 at Iola, Kansas the daughter of Lester and Zelma Davidson Casteel. She graduated from Mound City High School. She married Thomas Keating. To this union, three sons were born. He preceded her in death. She later married Bud...
Bernard Brady
Jul 28, 2018
Bernard Francis "Barney" Brady Sr., age 86, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Saturday July 28, 2018. He was born on October 13, 1931 in Cherokee County, Kansas the son of Bernard and Nell Hines Brady. He graduated from Weir High School and attended Wichita State University. He married Freeda Commons on April 6, 1952 at Fort Scott, Kansas. He...
Dorothy Troth
Jul 26, 2018
Dorothy C. Baston Troth, 88, of Pittsburg, Kansas, formerly of Pleasanton, died Thursday, July 26, 2018 at Via Christi Village in Pittsburg. Dorothy was born August 12, 1929 in Farlinville, Kansas to Floyd and Estella (Holt) Baston. She attended grade school at Walnut Grove and graduated from Mound City High School in 1947. On December 24, 1946 she married William...
George Larson
Jul 24, 2018
George Everett Larson, age 22, Bronson, Kansas died Tuesday, July 24, 2018 as the result of an automobile accident. He was born on April 22, 1996 in Merriam, Kansas the son of Len and Laura Appleton Larson. He married Rebecca Barentine on May 5, 2018. He was currently employed with Dreamscape Innovation. George enjoyed his job, working with wood, and...
Tommy Gowing
Jul 19, 2018
Tommy Lee Gowing of Parker, Kansas left this heavenly earth on Thursday, July 19, 2018 in Adrian, Missouri. He was born on August 10, 1932 in Kansas City, Missouri to William McKinley and Blessing Iris (Casto) Gowing. Tommy attended grade school in La Cygne, Kansas and graduated from La Cygne High School in 1950. To further his education Tommy attended...
Kelly Brown
Jul 18, 2018
Kelly James Brown, age 35, Linn Valley, Kansas died Wednesday July 18, 2018. He was born in Atchison, Kansas on November 19, 1982 the son of James and Shirley Schuneman Brown. He worked as a tire technician for Pumps. He was married to Amanda Fuller. Kelly enjoyed fishing, going to the casinos and loved spending time with his family. He...
Leone Eisenhauer
Jul 15, 2018
Leone Elizabeth "Lee" Eisenhauer, age 78, Linn Valley, Kansas passed away on Sunday July 15, 2018 at her home. She was born in Morrowville, Kansas on November 24, 1938 the daughter of Sylvester and Ilah Hanshaw Durst. She was honored to serve as the Executive Director of Kansas Propane Marketers Association for 15 years, where she''d worked for many years....
Herbert Pemberton
Jul 15, 2018
Herbert Lee Pemberton, age 75, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Sunday, July 15, 2018 at his rural La Cygne home. He was born September 9, 1942 to Edith (Cohee) Pemberton (Ross) and Daniel Herbert Pemberton in Independence, Missouri. He was mostly raised by his grandparents Juley and Ed Cohee at La Cygne, Kansas. He attended elementary school at Star...
Hilma Ungeheuer
Jul 13, 2018
Hilma Dolores (Switzer) Ungeheuer passed away on July 13, 2018, at Ft. Scott Medical Lodge, she was 96. Hilma was born in rural Mound City on July 30, 1921, the oldest daughter of Harry and Ruby(Stites) Switzer. Hilma grew up with her sister Betty and lived her entire life in Linn County. Her early education was spent in the one...
Roscoe Staton
Jul 12, 2018
Rosco G. Staton, age 79, Cleveland, Missouri passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at his home. He was born at Pleasanton, Kansas on August 10, 1938 the son of Roscoe and Edith Martin Staton. He graduated from Pleasanton High School in the Class of 1956. He was married to Janet Robinson on March 22, 1958 at the Hume Methodist...
Myrtle Wood
Jul 11, 2018
Myrtle Maude Mayhugh Wood, 90, a long time resident of Prescott, Kansas passed away on Wednesday July 11, 2018. She was born December 19, 1927 in Prescott, Kansas. The daughter of Orville D. and Villa F. Davis Mayhugh. She married Daniel J. (D.J./Jim) Wood on December 14, 1946. She was proceeded in death by her father, mother, husband and daughter...
Donald Alumbaugh
Jul 9, 2018
Donald Lee Alumbaugh, age 66, of Mound City, Kansas passed away at his home on Monday, July 9, 2018. Don was born on October 17, 1951 the son of Elmer and Reva Juanita Fleming Alumbaugh at Hutchinson, Kansas. Don was retired, but had worked at Niece Products where he designed and sold water tanks that were used in mining and...
Lillian Mosler
Jul 5, 2018
Lillian Lois (Nye) Mosler, 103, of La Cygne, Kansas died Thursday July 5, 2018 at University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Lillian was born Apirl 1, 1915 at Coffeyville, Kansas in the home of her parents, David Pryor and Bertha M. (Shipka) Nye. Lillian was raised on cattle ranch in Mt. Dora, New Mexico and grew to love...
Terry Wallace
Jun 28, 2018
Terry Glen Wallace, 57, of Mound City, Kansas died Thursday, June 28, 2018 at his home. Terry was born December 27, 1960 to Vernon LeRoy "Doc" and Patricia Ann (Coffeen) Wallace. He graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School in 1979 and attended college at Pittsburg State University. He married Patricia Susan Karns and they had three children, Scott, Nicholas, and...
Megan Simons-Smith
Jun 27, 2018
Megan Rochell Simons-Smith, age 27, Garnett, Kansas formerly of Mound City, Kansas died Wednesday, June 27, 2018 as the result of an accident. Megan was born on October 19, 1990 at Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of David and Virginia Nation Simons. She graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School in the Class of 2009. While in high school she was...
Stephen Johnson
Jun 19, 2018
Stephen Ray Johnson, age 61, Pleasanton, Kansas died Tuesday, June 19th, 2018. He was born in Fort Scott, Kansas on May 11th, 1957, the son of Eldon and Donna Queen Johnson. He graduated from Pleasanton High School in the Class of 1975. He completed the Boilermaker''s National Apprenticeship Program and began his career as a union boilermaker. He was married...
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...
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