Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Howard Curry
Dec 12, 2014
Reverend Howard Ray Curry, age 93, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Friday December 12, 2014. He was born at Mulberry, Kansas on March 29, 1921 the son of William and Pauline Gary Curry. He married Ruth Lee on October 7, 1942. He served his country during World War II in the United States Marine Corps. Howard worked in education...
Norma Avery
Dec 9, 2014
Norma Lois Avery, age 85, Centerville, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. She was born on November 17, 1929 at Ottawa, Kansas the daughter of Chester and Genevieve Andrews Fredricks. She graduated from Ottawa High School. Norma married Billie Joe Bill Avery on July 25, 1948 in Ottawa. Her grandfather Charles Andrews was the officiating clergy. They made...
Herschel Vail
Dec 7, 2014
Herschel Leon Vail, age 89, passed away on Sunday, December 7, 2014. He was born at Boicourt, Kansas on October 31, 1925 the son of Raymond and Leona Dodge Vail. He married Nancy Wisdom on April 25, 1954. He served his country in the United States Navy during World War II. Herschel owned and operated a trash disposal service and...
Betty Davis
Dec 5, 2014
Betty Lou Davis, age 87, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Friday, December 5, 2014. She was born on April 2, 1927 at Pleasanton, Kansas the daughter of George and Nancy Elkington New. She married William Davis on March 29, 1947 in Kansas City, Kansas. He preceded her in death on July 23, 2005. She worked at Central Armature and Electric...
Paul Stainbrook
Dec 5, 2014
Paul Robert Bob Stainbrook, age 71, Olathe, Kansas passed away on Friday, December 5, 2014. He was born on August 21, 1943 in McCook, Nebraska the son of Paul and Mildred Stainbrook. He graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School and attended Emporia State University. During his working career, he was involved in the banking and real estate industries in...
Olivia Laudan
Nov 27, 2014
Olivia M. Laudan, age 70, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Thursday, November 27, 2014. She was born at Westphalia, Kansas the daughter of Orley and Helen Hughey Hermon. She moved from Council Grove, Kansas to Pleasanton for her final year of high school, graduating from Pleasanton High School. Olivia attended cosmetology school in Hays, Kansas. She worked in many different...
Lora Herman
Nov 26, 2014
Lora Lou Herman of Central City, Kentucky, formerly of Linn County, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at 12:35 AM at nearly 87 years of age. Lora Lou was born in Kenton, Oklahoma, December 22, 1927. The family eventually moved to Mound City, Kansas, where she spent most of her life. She met the love of her life,...
Mary Margrave
Nov 24, 2014
Mary Lou Davis Margrave died on the 24th of November 2014, just a few days after her 87th birthday. Mary Lou was born on the 14th of November 1927 in the rolling farm country of Southeastern Kansas. She lived on the family farm during her childhood years, attended college at the University of Kansas, and eventually moved to Houston in...
Lloyd Krull
Nov 20, 2014
Lloyd Marion Krull, 91, of Justin, Texas formerly of Blue Mound, Kansas died at 3:45 am on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at The Harrison at Heritage Nursing Home in Keller, Texas. Lloyd was born March 29, 1923 in Blue Mound, Kansas to Lester M. and Bertha Rose (Casida) Krull. Lloyd attended schools in Blue Mound and graduated from Blue Mound...

Walt Ham
Nov 19, 2014
Albert Walton Ham (Walt) went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, November 19, 2014. Walt was born on January 30, 1927 to Thelma and Ira J. Ham. He graduated in May 1945 from Prescott High School and was drafted to the U.S. Army. After basic training he returned home to marry his high school sweetheart Evelyn Vest....
Ina Mcreynolds
Nov 17, 2014
Ina Lee (Callahan) McReynolds, 77, of La Cygne, Kansas died at 10:22 pm on Thursday, November 17, 2014 at Life Care Center of Osawatomie, Kansas. Ina was born on August 12, 1937 in Swifton, Arkansas to Ernest Lee and Ella Elizabeth (Myers) Callahan. Ina loved to play Canasta and she was well known for her baking and cooking skills. Ina...
Maybelle Woolston
Nov 16, 2014
Maybelle Woolston, age 90, Mound City, Kansas passed away on Sunday, November 16, 2014. She was born on March 12, 1924 the daughter of Lee and Pearl Spivey Collier. She graduated from Stella, Missouri High School. Maybelle and her husband Ed were married in 1944. Together they owned and ran the Chevrolet Dealership in Mound City, Mound City Mobile Homes...
Keith Needham
Nov 15, 2014
Keith Raymond Needham, age 69, Mound City, Kansas passed away Saturday, November 15, 2014. He was born on the family farm near Mapleton on January 30, 1945 the son of Alvin and Lucy Smith Needham. He graduated from Blue Mound High School and received a Bachelor''s Degree in Education from Pittsburg State University. He married Margaret Jarrett on August 1,...
Eustrus Barnes
Nov 15, 2014
Eustrus E. Barnes, age 93, Hume, Missouri passed away on Saturday November 15, 2014. He was born on September 15, 1921 at Prescott, Kansas the son of Thomas Andrew and Mary Estella Sullivan Barnes. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II attaining the rank of Sergeant and earning four bronze stars. He married Betty...
Claron Yates
Nov 13, 2014
Claron Ray Yates, age 58, Garnett, Kansas passed away on Thursday, November 13, 2014. He was born to John H. and Murriell Walter Yates on July 15, 1956 at Garnett, Kansas. He grew up in the Greely area and graduated from Garnett High School. Claron then moved to Houston, Texas taking a job with Exxon Mobile. He then worked in...
David Mcqueen
Nov 12, 2014
David James McQueen age 51, Olathe, Kansas passed away November 12, 2014 at the Olathe Medical Center. He was born on June 2, 1963 the son of Kenneth E. and Mary Ann Herman McQueen. He married Rita Doles-Graham on November 28, 1992 in Kansas City, Kansas to this union a son, James and a daughter, Carol was born. David enjoyed...
Wallace Mcgee
Nov 10, 2014
Wallace E. McGee, age 81, Ottawa, Kansas formerly of Kincaid, Kansas passed away on Monday, November 10, 2014. He was born on October 28, 1933 at Blue Mound, Kansas the son of Warren and Elsie Morrell McGee. He graduated from Blue Mound High School. After graduation, he served his country in the United States Marine Corps. He married Lillie King...
Berna Bradley
Nov 9, 2014
Berna Dee Bradley, age 68, Blue Mound, Kansas passed away on November 9, 2014. She was born on September 24, 1946 at Moran, Kansas the daughter of Clarence and Helen Emmons Townsley. She was a graduate of Blue Mound High School and Allen County Community College. She was united in marriage to Tom Bradley on September 9, 1966. They then...
Sandra Matheny
Oct 30, 2014
Sandra Lynne "Sandie" Matheny, 61, died at 9:30 pm on Thursday, October 30, 2014 at her home after a long illness. Sandie was born on June 16, 1953 in Merced, California to Robert and Jacqueline (Beech) Crawford. She grew up in Clarinda, Iowa. Sandie moved to Blue Mound, Kansas in 1996. She enjoyed playing solitaire on the computer, reading, gardening,...
Maxine Smith
Oct 29, 2014
Maxine Smith, age 90, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2014. She was born at Pleasanton, Kansas on January 10, 1924 the daughter of Leonard and Lessie Neill Gammon. She graduated from Pleasanton High School in 1942. On August 7, 1942 she married Joe Smith in Escondido, California. He preceded her in death on March 6, 2004....
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