Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Samuel Stump
Jan 7, 2017
Samuel T. Stump, 92, of Blue Mound, Kansas died at 9:40 pm on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at Allen County Hospital, Iola. Sam was born November 15, 1924 in Blue Mound, Kansas to David and Nellie May (Day) Stump. After graduating from Blue Mound High School, he attended what is now Pittsburg State University until his enlistment in the US...
Julia Harris
Jan 3, 2017
Julia Mary Gotheridge Harris, 93, of Blue Mound, Kansas passed away January 3, 2017 at Olathe Medical Center. Mary was born December 25, 1923 to Daniel H. and Lulu Wilmoth (Freeland) Gotheridge at Culver, Missouri, northeast of Butler. In February 1925, at the age of one, Mary moved with her parents and two brothers to a farm north of Selma,...
Wynona Weaver
Dec 31, 2016
Wynona Arlene Weaver, age 77, Blue Mound, Kansas passed away Saturday, December 31, 2016 at the Olathe Medical Center. She was born on December 7, 1938 at Denver, Colorado the daughter of Phillip and Mary Jackson Coleman. She married Darwyn Weaver on February 14, 1956 at St. Patrick's Church in Kansas City, Kansas. She was a member of Sertoma, Red...
Rose Gillette
Dec 28, 2016
Rose Ann Gillette, 63, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at her home in Pleasanton. Rose was born November 8, 1953 in Kansas City, Kansas to William Arthur and Dorothy Rose (McGhann) Gillette. She graduated from Olathe High School. For a few years she worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant in nursing homes in Linn and Miami Counties....
Paul Kurtz
Dec 28, 2016
Paul Francis Kurtz, age 86, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2016. He was born on August 7, 1930 at Lawrence, Kansas the son of Roy and Bessie Burnell Kurtz. He graduated from Eudora High School. He served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. Paul married Lydia Jo New on August 6, 1955...
Emilie Ravnikar
Dec 27, 2016
Emilie Ann Ravnikar, age 77, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at her home. She was born on August 26, 1939 at Centerville, Kansas the daughter of Warren and Cora Marie Johnson Giffin. She married David John Ravnikar on July 18, 1959. He preceded her in death on December 20, 1997. Ann worked for Kansas City...
Norma Edgar
Dec 26, 2016
Norma June Edgar, age 91, Austin, Texas formerly of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Monday, December 26, 2016 at the West Oaks Nursing Facility. She was born at Pleasanton on July 16, 1925 the daughter of Thomas and Ester Dollar Reed. She graduated from Pleasanton High School and went on to Secretarial School in Kansas City. She married Paul Edgar...
Farrell Patton
Dec 26, 2016
Farrell E. "Gene" Patton, age 90, rural Hume, Missouri passed away on Monday December 26, 2016 at his home surrounded by his two favorite girls, wife Bonnie and daughter Donieta. He was born on December 29, 1925 to William Kelly and Opal Truelove Patton in Phillipsburg, Missouri. Gene was one of five children, graduated from Phillipsburg High School on may...
Kathryn Smith
Dec 25, 2016
Kathryn Smith, age 82, Blue Mound, Kansas passed away Sunday, December 25, 2016 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. She was born on January 19, 1934 at Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Andrew Asel and Carrie Knisely Newman. She graduated from La Cygne High School. She then attended Pittsburg State Teachers College, receiving a Bachelor''s in Elementary Educations. She...
Donald Stevens
Dec 24, 2016
Donald Stevens, age 52, Paola, Kansas formerly of La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Saturday, December 24, 2016. He was born on June 13, 1964 in Jackson County, Missouri the son of Donald L. and Joann Stackhaus Stevens. He learned the trade of plumbing from his father and was a plumber for many years. He married Rhonda Curry on January...
Nancy Marchand
Dec 21, 2016
Nancy Louise Marchand, age 71, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 in Branson, Missouri. She was born on October 14, 1945 in Oswego, Kansas the daughter of John Eynon and Louise D. Bradfield Romine. She graduated from Oswego High School in 1963. She then attended Parsons Junior College, graduating in 1965. Nancy married William Lewis Marchand...
Lester Shaw
Dec 15, 2016
Lester L. Shaw, age 98, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at the Fort Scott Manor. He was born on February 11, 1918 at Amoret, Missouri the son of Fred and Cora Mears Shaw. He was employed as an operating engineer working most of his career with DiCarlo Masonry. He was married to Marlene Ross on December...
Joe Clearwater
Dec 15, 2016
Joe Fred Clearwater, age 93, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at Prescott Country View. He was born on September 14, 1923 at Boicourt, Kansas the son of Frank and Nellie Johnson Clearwater. Fred served his country in the United States Navy during World War II. He married Dorothy Johnston. She preceded him in death on...

Patricia Foster
Dec 14, 2016
Patricia Lynn Foster, age 53, of Prescott, Kansas passed away at her home on December 14, 2016. Patricia was born on January 3, 1963 in Sussex, Deleware the daughter of Harry and Katherine Wood Kinder. Patricia loved nature and raising animals, she took great pride in her cooking ability and was a tremendous cook, she was a firm believer in...
Kenny Chase
Dec 9, 2016
Kenny Chase, age 58, Centerville, Kansas passed away Friday, December 9, 2016 at his home in rural Centerville. He was born on March 31, 1958 at Garnett, Kansas. He graduated from Prairie View High School, where he loved to play football, and track. He was employed by Phillips Pipeline for many years. Kenny loved to hunt, fish, work cattle, ride...
Charles Kammerer
Dec 7, 2016
Charles John "Chuck" Kammerer, age 78, of Clayton, North Carolina formerly of Mound City, Kansas passed away on December 7, 2016. He was born on September 25, 1938 at Bessemer, Michigan the son of John C. and Florence V. Parker Kammerer. He was veteran of the United States Army. He married Theresa Seidel on May 9, 1964 in Lynwood, California....
James Millard Sr.
Dec 7, 2016
James Allen Millard Sr., age 65, Amoret, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at his home. He was born on October 9, 1951 at Kansas City, Missouri the son of James Harvey and Glenda Spencer Millard. He was a Navy Veteran serving his country during the Vietnam War. He worked as a fork lift operator. Jim married Carrie...
Richard Heaton
Dec 3, 2016
Richard "Dickie" Heaton, age 70, passed away on Saturday December 3, 2016 at his home in Hume, Missouri. Richard was born April 14, 1946 in Fort Scott, Kansas the son of Arthur and Edna Hutton Heaton. Dickie as his friends knew him enjoyed rodeos, bull riding and horses, but it was his love of fishing that was his passion. He...
Margaret Gabe
Dec 3, 2016
Margaret Alma Brownback Gabe, age 84, of Midwest City, Oklahoma formerly of Linn County, Kansas passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2016. Margaret was born on January 28, 1932 at Blue Mound, Kansas to William Earl and Kezia Ellen (Reynolds) Brownback. Margaret attended Finley Grade School and graduated third in her class from Parker High School in 1949. Margaret had...
Christina Weldon
Dec 3, 2016
Christina Lynn VanMeerbeck Weldon, age 34, of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away Saturday, December 3. She was born on August 17, 1982 the daughter of Michael and Janice Filing VanMeerbeck. She worked as a medical technician. She married Corey Weldon on February 14, 2003. Christina attended the Pleasanton Assembly of God Church and was a member of Rainbow in her younger...
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