Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas

Robert Walter
Feb 1, 2016
Robert Lowell Walter, age 79, of the Stilwell and La Cygne, Kansas areas, passed away on February 1, 2016 at North Point in Paola, Kansas. He was born on October 16, 1936 at Iowa City, Iowa the son of Everett and Bessie Bryan Walter. He worked as a farmer and as a manager for Sealright. He married Margie Flanery on...
Dora Nash
Feb 1, 2016
Dora Sissy Nash, age 40, Lane, Kansas passed away on Monday, February 1, 2016. She was born on September 12, 1975 at Kansas City, Kansas the daughter of George and Glenda Stark Williams. She graduated from Prairie View High School. She married Ray Nash on July 4, 2011. She was preceded in death by her mother, Glenda. She is survived...
Edith Mosher
Jan 30, 2016
Barbara Mosher, 97, formerly of Blue Mound and Coffeyville, KS died Saturday, January 30, 2016 at De Soto, KS. Barbara was born January 19, 1919 in Monmouth, KS to Schuyler Leaman and Lila (Morrison) Leaman. She attended schools in Monmouth and Cherokee, KS, graduating from Crawford County Community High School in Cherokee. She attended Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg,...
Hermena Kelsey
Jan 18, 2016
Hermena Mary Elizabeth Kelsey, 87, of La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Monday, January 18, 2016 at Life Care Center of Osawatomie. Hermena was born September 22, 1928 in Greeley, Kansas to John and Catherine (Rockers) Mersman. She married Ralph Kelsey on November 20, 1947.She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Altar Society, Militia Immaculata, Friendly...
Beverly Snyder
Jan 16, 2016
Beverly was born on August 8, 1928 to Myrtle Miller Jehu and David Jehu in Plymouth, PA. She is the oldest of her three sisters, Faye Nice, Loraine Honeywell and Millie Jenkins. Bev was active at the First Christian Church of Plymouth growing up. She played the piano and sang in the Junior Choir and sometimes played the organ. Bev...
Harold Bradley
Jan 12, 2016
Harold Allen Bradley Sr. was born June 8, 1934, in Calhoun, Missouri to Ralph Bradley and Frances Leona (Houston) Bradley. The eldest of three children, he attended school there and in Kansas City. After graduating from East High School, Harold pursued a BA in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Missouri. A college...
Kim Gade
Jan 8, 2016
Kim Marie Gade, 55, of Blue Mound, Kansas died on Friday, January 8, 2016 at her home following a brief illness. Kim was born March 4, 1960 in Waterloo, Iowa to Eugene and Margaret Schilling. Kim attended high school in Denver, Iowa. A lover of animals, Kim was a barrel racer when younger and enjoyed horse riding. Kim has been...
Jimmy Mccullough
Dec 31, 2015
Jimmy Lee McCullough, age 64, of Fort Scott, Kansas passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2015 at his home. He was born on December 24, 1951, the son of Herb and Gloria Marie O''rear McCullough. He worked as a truck driver and as a chief of police in Pleasanton, Kansas. He married Martha Miller and to this union two sons...
James Millard Jr.
Dec 28, 2015
James Harvey Millard Jr., age 84, of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away at his home, December 28, 2015. Jim was born March 13, 1931 in Worland, Missouri to James Harvey and Monticella May (Henson) Millard, Sr. Always a hardworking man, Jim graduated the 8th grade and began working full-time. On December 9, 1950, Jim married Glenda Spencer. They had two children,...
Zella Baston
Dec 28, 2015
Zella Mildred Baston, age 85, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Monday, December 28, 2105 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born on January 11, 1930 at Pleasanton the daughter of Roscoe Curly and Edith Martin Staton. She attended Eureka School and graduated from Pleasanton High School in the Class of 1948. She married Chester Baston on...
Mary Duis
Dec 25, 2015
Mary Ellen Duis 79 of Reynolds, NE. passed away December 25, 2015 in Houston, TX. She was born June 23, 1936 at Verona, MO. to Altgeld and Helen (Mooney) Cook. Survivors are Husband: Loren Duis of Reynolds, NE. Son: J. Alan and (Shirley) Dickey of Houston, TX., Grandchildren: Ethan, Faith, and Grace Dickey, Brother: Donald and (Clara) Cook of Kansas...
Mildred Perkins
Dec 19, 2015
Mildred Perkins, age 101, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at the Louisburg Health and Rehab. She was born on October 10, 1914 the daughter of William and Noma Gilmore Umphenour. She worked in house keeping at the Olathe Hospital before retiring. She was married to James Perkins who preceded her in death in August of...
Raymond Poole
Dec 14, 2015
Raymond Leonard Poole, age 92, Mound City, Kansas passed away on Monday, December 14, 2015 at the Olathe Hospice House. He was born on July 15, 1923 at Centerville, Kansas the son of Warren and Nellie King Poole. He graduated from Mound City High School. He served his Country in the United States Navy During World War II. He married...
Leslie Richardson
Dec 13, 2015
Leslie Earl Richardson, age 82, of Meriden, Kansas, formerly of Mound City, Kansas passed away Sunday, December 13, 2015 at the Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas. He was born on October 13, 1933 at Farlinville, Kansas the son of Eugene Leslie and Eula Peery Richardson. He graduated from Parker High School and then attended Rockhurst University where he received a...
Ruby Nation
Dec 13, 2015
Ruby I. Nation, age 87, Mound City, Kansas passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2015 at the Olathe Medical Center. She was born at Centerville, Kansas on August 4, 1928 the daughter of Paris and Lena Patterson Neal. She worked in the Shawnee Mission School District in food service, for Nabisco and would fondly be remembered most as a homemaker....
Nancy Burton
Dec 12, 2015
Nancy Lynn Burton, age 69, of Sugar Valley Lakes near Mound City, Kansas passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at St. Luke''s South in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born on February 4, 1946 at Paola, Kansas the daughter of George and Evelyn Seck Fort. She graduated from Paola High School. During her working career she was employed by...
Joan Lowery
Dec 9, 2015
Joan L. Lowery, age 80, of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at the Prescott Country View. She was born on March 4, 1935 at Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Lester and Muriel Troope Lucieer. She married Benny Lowery on June 23, 1951 at Clarinda, Iowa. During her working career she was employed at Braemoor''s Sewing Factory,...
Frank Makemson
Dec 6, 2015
Frank Lovilo Makemson, St. Paul, Kansas formerly of Linn County, Kansas passed on Sunday, December 6, 2015. He was born on September 10, 1937 at Pleasanton, Kansas the son of Oscar Raymond and Alice Adeline Holt Makemson. He ran a Grade A Dairy until the mid 1970''s and then began raising beef cattle. He enjoyed working on small engines. He...
Aspyn Tynes
Nov 21, 2015
Aspyn Lee Tynes passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center. She was born on October 19, 2015 the daughter of Richard and Kelcie Thomas Tynes. She was preceded in death by her maternal great grandmother, Evalyn Stites, paternal great grandfather, Lee Woodrow, paternal great grandparents, Lewis and Shirley Tynes and Evelyn Davidson,and paternal...

William Warren
Nov 20, 2015
William Raymond "Bill" Warren, age 80, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away Friday, November 20, 2015. He was born at Amoret, Missouri on September 18, 1935 the son of Raymond and Jesse Lingenfelter Warren. He served his country in the United States Air Force. He was employed by Midwest Furniture prior to retirement. He was a talented guitarist. During his time in...
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