Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Jack Dewaard
May 16, 2018
Jack Lee DeWaard, 79, Blue Mound, Kansas passed Wednesday May 16, 2018 at his home. He was born at Grand Rapids, Michigan on August 11, 1938 the son of John and Marjorie Cosgrove DeWaard. He proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corp. While in the Marines, he trained as a powerman. After being honorably discharged, he worked...
Becky Crowthers
May 15, 2018
Becky Crowthers, age 48, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at Menorah Medical Center. She was born on April 30, 1970 at Olathe, Kansas the daughter of Billy Joe and Teresa Sajwaj Cox. She graduated from Olathe South High School. She attended Fort Scott Community College where she received her Registered Nurses Degree. She was employed at...
Meghan Hays
May 15, 2018
Meghan Ashley Butler Hays, age 27, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. She was born at Kansas City, Kansas on February 9, 1991 the daughter of Steven and Nancy Hobbs Butler. She graduated from Fort Scott High School. She was married to Jacob Hays. She was preceded in death by her mother, Nancy, and a...
Pansy Staton
May 10, 2018
In loving memory of Mrs. Pansy Staton. Pansy passed away Thursday May 10, 2018, peacefully, in her sleep of natural causes at The Hospice House of Olathe, Kansas. Pansy was born February 3, 1934 in Boicort, Kansas. She is survived by her only son Edward Yager, his wife Patty Yager, her only grandaughter Tricia Yager, her wife Megan Yager and...
Kevin Dale
May 6, 2018
Kevin Lee Dale, 58, of Hume, Missouri, died Sunday, May 6, 2018 at KU Medical Center. He was born March 3, 1960 in Ft. Scott, Kansas, the son of Lennie and Evelyn McCormick Dale. He graduated from Hume High School in 1978. Kevin started his family in 1980 with the birth of his first daughter, Amanda, a son, Wesley in...
Elizabeth Kopper
May 6, 2018
Elizabeth W. Kopper, age 98, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at her home. She was born on November 21, 1919 at Corning, New York the daughter of Alfred Carrington and Hattie Richardson Windsor. As a young girl, while her father worked for General Electric, she lived and went to school in South America. She married...
Glenn Riley
May 5, 2018
Glenn Allen Riley, age 81, of Sugar Valley Lakes near Mound City, Kansas passed away on Saturday May 5, 2018 at Prescott Country View. He was born on May 31, 1936 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma the son of Lewis and Beulah Lewis Riley. He graduated from Parker High School in the Class of 1954. He married Josephine Wilson on June...
Betty Ray
May 2, 2018
Betty M. Ray, age 93, formerly of Fort Scott, Kansas, died May 2, 2018 at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home in Prescott, Kansas. She was born May 28, 1924 at LaPorte, Indiana to O.G. and Myrtle Taylor Culver. She graduated from LaPorte High School and South Bend College of Commerce. She married Donald R. Ray May 12, 1949 in...
Donald Wagner
Apr 27, 2018
Donald Eugene "Don" Wagner, age 84, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Friday, April 27, 2018 at his home. He was born at Beloit, Kansas the son of Hamer and Velma English Wagner. He graduated from Simpson High School. Don proudly served his country in the United States Army from April of 1953 until January of 1956. He married DeAnna...
Thomas Saviano
Apr 22, 2018
Thomas Francis Saviano, age 61, Linn Valley, Kansas passed away on Sunday April 22, 2018. He was born on December 17, 1956 in Kansas City, Missouri the son of Daniel and Earline Millen Saviano. He was preceded in death by his parents. Tom is survived by his siblings: Joe Saviano, Marty Saviano, Pat Saviano, Rick Saviano, Doug Saviano, Diane Smith,...
Inez Cowan
Apr 17, 2018
Known as Dee she was born in Ridgeway Missouri April 28th 1938 to Dorothy and Jasper Simpson. They moved to California then back to Kansas City Kansas in 1942 when her Father took a position with North American Aviation. Her father retired from the Kansas City Kansas Board of Education in 1979 as a teacher and Administrator. Dee attended Roosevelt...
Gerry Hammons
Apr 14, 2018
On Saturday, April 14, 2018, our sister in Christ, Gerry Fern Robbins Hammons, went home to her Heavenly Father. Gerry was born in Moran, Kansas on October 8, 1946. Gerry grew up on a farm northwest of Gardner, KS. graduating in 1964 from Pleasanton High School. Gerry lived for over 30 years in Kirksville, Missouri. For the past several years...
Daniel Thies
Apr 10, 2018
Daniel Thomas "Danny" Thies, age 61, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Tuesday April 10, 2018 at his home. He was born on May 22, 1956 in Paola, Kansas the son of Martin and Gertrude Thies. He graduated from Louisburg High School. He married Terri Williams in 1985. Danny was self employed in the construction industry. Work was his favorite...
Vina Carr
Apr 10, 2018
Vina Lea Carr, age 70, of Blue Mound, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at St. Luke''s on the Plaza. She was born June 25, 1947 at Fredonia, Kansas the daughter of Tom and Ada Cather Payne. She graduated from Fredonia High School. Vina married Jimmy Carr on November 26, 1967 at Fredonia. They moved to the Mound...
Luther Simmons
Apr 5, 2018
Luther Calvin Simmons, age 92, of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at Medicalodge, Fort Scott. He was born on February 2, 1926 at Turner, Kansas the son of Lester and Ethel Bond Simmons. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He worked for the Wyandotte County Sheriff from 1969 to...
Carol Cornett
Mar 29, 2018
Carol Diane Cornett, age 66, Garnett, Kansas passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at her home in Garnett. She was born on June 27, 1951 at Quenemo, Kansas the daughter of Clinton and Kathleen Knight Sweetwood. She married Raymond Cornett on June 27, 1975 at the Linn County Courthouse. Family was the most important thing in Carol''s life. Whether...
Della Wade
Mar 23, 2018
Della F. Wade, aged 91 died peacefully on March 23, 2018 at her home in La Cygne, KS. Della was born July 22, 1926 in Independence, MO the daughter of Edward L. Cohee and Juley A. Cohee (Cox). Della graduated from La Cygne High School in the Class of 1944. She married Roy Wade on July 22, 1946. Della was...
Julie Bacon
Mar 21, 2018
Julie C. Bacon, age 70, formerly of Mound City, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. She was born on November 5, 1947 at Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Julius and Elva (Stickel) Bacon. She worked in assembly and packaging for Tri-Ko Inc. Julie was a member of the Mound City Christian Church and enjoyed books and puzzles....
Ila Elliott
Mar 18, 2018
Ila Marie Elliott, 86, formerly of Mound City, Kansas died on Sunday, March 18, 2018 in Marysville, Ohio. She was born on March 1, 1932 at Prescott, Kansas the daughter of Elmer and Ella Masoner Beckman. She married Ralph C. Elliott on July 17, 1949 at Paola, Kansas. Ila had claimed him about 12 years earlier when on her first...
Charles Rhynerson Sr.
Mar 4, 2018
Charles Edward Rhynerson Sr, age 93, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Sunday March 4, 2018 at his home near La Cygne. He was born on April 20, 1924 at La Cygne, the son of Frank Theodore Sr. and Nannie Mae Driskill Rhynerson. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He was deployed overseas...
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