Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Nancy Vail
Sep 5, 2015
Nancy Ann Vail, 82, of Amoret, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at Bates County Memorial Hospital. Nancy was born March 31, 1933 in Amoret, Missouri to James Ray and Edna Beatrice (Jacobs) Wisdom. She graduated from Hume High School with the Class of 1951. On April 5, 1954 she married Herschel Leon Vail. Together they raised nine...
Jacqueline Norris
Aug 28, 2015
The loving hand of God has gently cradled our Jackie and taken her to prepare for our glorious reunion in heaven. Jacqueline Sue "Jackie" Harris Norris, age 64, Branson, Missouri and Blue Mound, Linn County, Kansas passed away on Friday, August 28, 2015 at her Branson home due to cancer. She was born on November 2, 1950 at the family...
Delmer Ferguson
Aug 23, 2015
Delmer Herman "Fergy" Ferguson, age 98, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at his home near La Cygne,Kansas. He was born in Warsaw, Missouri on December 13, 1916. Delmer was the oldest of four children born to Clyde Ferguson and Mildred Cobb. He moved with his parents to Kansas City, Kansas in 1923 and graduated from Argentine High School...
Sherry Conner
Aug 22, 2015
Sherry Sue Conner, age 44, Prescott, Kansas passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at her home. She was born on April 2, 1971 at Kansas City, Kansas the daughter of David and Peggy Ann Kieffer Walters. She attended grade school in Baldwin, Kansas and graduated from Olathe North High School. She married Bryan Conner on August 29, 1998 at...
Carol Boyer
Aug 21, 2015
Carol A. Boyer, age 87, Baldwin, Kansas passed away on Friday, August 21, 2015. She was born on November 2, 1927 at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin the daughter of Paul and Mabel Stoughtenberg Alm. During her working career, she was employed as a bookkeeper in several different businesses. Carol was very active in the Lion's Club, Methodist Church and Hope House....
Sandra Wisdom
Aug 14, 2015
Sandra "Sandy" Fern Wisdom, age 66, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Friday, August 14, 2015 at the Olathe Hospice House. She was born on July 26, 1949 at Lebanon, Missouri the daughter of Hobart and Delia Presley Moore. She worked in nursing homes and home health as a CNA, CMA, and Rehab Aid. She enjoyed putting puzzles together, board...
Phyllis Porter
Aug 13, 2015
Phyllis Dianne Porter, age 67, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Thursday, August 13, 2015. She was born on January 22, 1948 at Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Herchel and Nina Miller King. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Jesse Marie. She is survived by her husband, Don Porter, five daughters: Maria Robinson Vasser,...
Marsha Daves
Aug 10, 2015
Marsha Aileen McGee Daves, age 61, formerly of Linn County, Kansas passed away Monday, August 10, 2015 at her daughter''s home in Frederick, Maryland. She was born on May 30, 1954 at Garnett, Kansas the daughter of Earnest and LaVerne Lamb McGee. She graduated from Blue Mound High School. She then attended Northeastern Oklahoma College. She earned a Bachelor''s Degree...
Lois Carney
Aug 9, 2015
Lois Ann Carney, age 59, Pleasanton, Kansas, formerly of Mound City, Kansas passed away Sunday, August 9, 2015 at Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. She was born at Paola, Kansas on January 13, 1956 the daughter of Alva "Shorty" and Marilyn Frank Poole. She graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School in the Class of 1974. She then attended Fort Scott Community...
Nora Wright
Aug 6, 2015
Nora Lee Wright, 77, of Bonner Springs, KS, formerly of Hume, MO, died on Thursday, August 6, 2015. Nora Lee was born July 15, 1938 in Hume, MO to Elmer Lee and Eula (Adams) Wright. She is survived by her sister, Freda Reynolds, of Bonner Springs, KS. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 12, 2015 from 10:00 - 11:00 am at...
Lois Johnston
Aug 4, 2015
Lois "Jean" Johnston, age 86, formerly of Amsterdam, Missouri passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2015. She was born near Butler, Missouri the daughter of Homer and Agnes McElwain Dixon. She attended school in Amoret, Missouri where she enjoyed playing basketball. She married Clifford LeVaun Johnston on April 3, 1945. He preceded her in death on June 9, 2003. Jean...
Owen Dunavan
Aug 3, 2015
Owen Stites Dunavan, age 88, Mound City, Kansas passed away on Monday, August 3, 2015. He was born on September 20, 1926 at Mound City, Kansas the son of Wilbur and Zelda Stites Dunavan. He graduated from Mound City High School where he was involved in the Livestock Judging Team. He married Julia, "Judy" Murray on November 21, 1944. She...
Edna Lanham
Jul 25, 2015
Edna Grace Lanham, age 92, of the Wall Street Community near Mound City, Kansas passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the Good Samaritan in Olathe, Kansas. She was born near Mound City on December 27, 1922 the daughter of Thomas Walter and Edna Grace Shaw McGee. Her mother died when she was young. Her father remarried Mary Elizabeth...
Robert Cooper
Jul 13, 2015
Robert (Bob) Cooper died in Chapel Hill, NC after a long illness on July 13 2015 at age 84. Born in Kansas City MO in 1931, the son of Harry and Agnes Bickford Cooper. He moved to Raleigh where his father served as chairman of the music department at Meredith College. He received his BA from Harvard in 1952 and...
Paul Guinnip
Jul 12, 2015
Paul Nathanial Charles Guinnip, age 68, of the Lake Chaparral Community near Mound City, Kansas passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2015 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He was born on November 2, 1946 at St. Louis, Missouri the son of Ray and Martha Neill Guinnip. Paul proudly served his country in the United States Navy during the...
Dorothy Waldmer
Jul 9, 2015
Dorothy Violet Waldmer, 88, formerly of Mound City, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at the Ozark Methodist Manor in Marionville, MO. Dorothy was born April 27, 1927 in rural Mound City to Howard O. and Minnie P. (Hollis) Croan. She was the oldest of three children. Dorothy graduated from Mound City High School with the class of 1944....
Willa Creager
Jul 6, 2015
The death of Willa Dean Kerns Creager, age 77, of Pleasanton, Kansas means the passing of a wonderful Irish mother. Willa was born at La Cygne, Kansas on August 21, 1937 the youngest of two daughters born to Jess and Bessie McGinnis Kerns. She graduated from La Cygne Rural High School in the Class of 1956. She was united in...
Maurice Cox
Jul 2, 2015
Maurice Cox, age 95 of Mound City, Kansas passed away July 2, 2015 at the St. Luke''s South Hospital. Maurice was born December 18, 1919 at Fort Scott, Kansas to Colyer Eugene and Ethel Mae (Kennison) Cox. Maurice graduated from Mound City High School. On October 13, 1939 Maurice married Frances Hall in Oskaloosa, Kansas. Frances preceded him in death...
Georgia Smith
Jul 1, 2015
Georgia Jean Smith, age 79, of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away at her home on July 1, 2015. She was born on April 16, 1936 the daughter of Vincent and Ella (Francis) Barnett in Kansas City, Kansas. She is survived by her husband, Delmer. Per her wishes there will be cremation. Online condolences may be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral...
Robert Edwards Sr.
Jun 29, 2015
Robert Eugene Edwards Sr., age 69, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away on Monday June 29, 2015. He was born August 9, 1945 at Kansas City, Kansas the son of Kenneth and Ethel Gaylord Edwards. He owned and operated Bob''s Mobile Home Repair for many years. He married Glenda Bowlin on May 22, 1993. He was a Christian man who...
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