Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Philip Bays
Oct 28, 2014
Philip L. Bays, 71, Linn Valley, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, October 28, 2014. He was born at Salinas, California on December 6, 1942 the son of Everett Leo and Opal Mae Kephart Bays. He graduated from Paseo High School and attended Baker University. He was a member of the Linn Valley Church and enjoyed fishing, golfing and photography. He...
Mary Nash
Oct 27, 2014
Mary Lorene Nash, age 76, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Monday, October 27, 2014. She was born on June 11, 1938 at Napolean, Missouri the daughter of Allen and Amanda Murray Major. She graduated from Wellington High School. Mary and George Nash were united in marriage on March 31, 1956 in Kansas City, Kansas. He preceded her in death...
William Mccoy
Oct 13, 2014
William Sherman "Bill" McCoy, age 81, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Monday, October 13, 2014. He was born at Linnville, Kansas on June 7, 1933 the son of Harold and Viola Elrod McCoy. He graduated from Mound City High School. He served his country in the United States Army. Bill worked in highway maintenance for the State of Kansas, and...
Dorothy Cox
Oct 12, 2014
Dorothy Lucille Dunlop-Cox, 86, of La Cygne, KS, went to be with her Lord Sunday morning October 12, 2014, comforted by her husband, son and daughter by her side. Dorothy was born May 16, 1928 at Somerset, KS, the daughter of Walter W. and Nellie May Long-Dunlop, the second of six children. Her childhood was spent up on the family...
Olen Callahan
Oct 8, 2014
Olen Dale Callahan, age 88, was born August 20, 1926 in Henry County, Missouri, the son of Marion L. and Vianna E. (Wallace) Callahan. He passed away October 8, 2014 at the Country View Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. The family moved to Linn County, Kansas in 1938 and Olen attended Antioch School and Pleasanton High School. In 1944 he joined...
Kenneth Mack
Oct 1, 2014
Kenneth "Kenny" W. Mack, age 50, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Wednesday October 1, 2014. He was born on February 17, 1964 in Kansas City, Missouri the son of Gary and Joan Blakesley Mack. He worked most of his life in sales. He enjoyed fishing and was a very talented guitar player. He was preceded in death by his...
Harold Mooney Jr.
Sep 30, 2014
Harold Mooney Jr., age 90, of LaCygne, Kansas, the son of Harold and Mabel Hahn Mooney, died September 30th, 2014 at the Louisburg Healthcare Center. He was born on April 3, 1924 on the family farm northeast of La Cygne in rural Linn County, Kansas. His first eight years of school he attended New Home, a one-room school house, and...
Ilo Brown
Sep 24, 2014
Ilo J. Brown, age 86, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, September 24, 2014. She was born at Farlinville, Kansas on August 14, 1928 the daughter of Frank and Ula McDowell Murray. She graduated from Mound City High School in the Class of 1946. She married Robert "Pat" Brown on May 11, 1947 at Pleasanton. Ilo worked as secretary for...
Marvin Meek
Sep 21, 2014
Marvin Alfred Meek, 95, most recently of Victory Hills Senior Center, Kansas City, KS, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2014, at the Kansas City, Kansas. Marvin was born on January 28, 1919, in Everton, MO, to Mary Mel Steele and Josiah Alfred Meek. At the age of two his family moved to Eldorado, KS, where he lived until he enlisted...
Ronald Jackson
Sep 15, 2014
Ronald Stevens Jackson, age 71, Trading Post, Kansas passed away on Monday, September 15, 2014. He was born at Boicourt, Kansas on February 12, 1943 the son of John and Edith Cox Jackson. He graduated from Prescott High School. He married Donna Humphrey on October 16, 1972. She preceded him in death on June 3, 2013. He was also preceded...
Jesse Earnest
Sep 13, 2014
Jesse Lee Earnest, age 62, was born January 22, 1952 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Jesse E. and Ola May (Callahan) Earnest. His father was in Korea at his birth, so Jesse did not know him until he was almost a year old. Jesse passed away in September 13, 2014 at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg,...
Tristan Fisher
Sep 13, 2014
Tristan James Fisher was stillborn at 3:05 pm on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at Children's Mercy in Kansas City, Missouri. Tristan is survived by his parents Aaron and Chasity (Hoyt) Fisher and his big sister Brooke Fisher. The family suggests memorials to the Tristan Fisher Memorial c/o Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, P.O. Box 304, La Cygne, Kansas 66040. Friends...
Everett Oakman
Sep 12, 2014
Everett Oakman, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died at 10:08 pm, Friday, September 12, 2014. Everett was born June 8, 1930 at Pamona, Kansas. He attended schools in Pamona. He worked on the farm with his father as a young man. He had lived for many years at Medicalodge in Paola. Everett enjoyed watching sports on TV, especially K-State, KU, KC...
Scott Freidline
Sep 11, 2014
Scott Eugene Freidline, age 40, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Thursday, September 11, 2014. He was on January 15, 1974 at Kansas City, Kansas the son of Dale and Anita Fisher Freidline. He graduated from Pleasanton High School. He was a graduate of the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Academy. He worked on the Pleasanton Police Force, as a dispatcher for...
Eric Zillner
Sep 5, 2014
Eric Anthony Zillner, age 27, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Friday, September 5, 2014. He was born on September 15, 1986 at Independence, Missouri the son of John and Carolyn Cramer Zillner. He worked as a pipe fitter and was a member of the Pipe Fitter''s Union Local #533. He was also a member of the Lee''s Summit Community...
Linda Durk
Sep 2, 2014
Linda Kathleen Durk, 64, of La Cygne, Kansas formerly of Pleasanton, died on Tuesday, September 2, 2014. Linda was born on August 15, 1950 at Columbia, Missouri to Charles and Margaret (Boatmen) Durk. Linda served her country in the United States Army. Linda was a homemaker and enjoyed going on long walks and visiting with people she met along the...
Billee Lee
Aug 28, 2014
Billee Rae West Lee, age 84, La Cygne, Kansas passed away Thursday, August 28, 2014. She was born on January 14, 1930 at El Dorado Springs, Missouri the daughter of Earl and Alberta Hazelwood West. She graduated from El Dorado Springs High School in the Class of 1948. She married her high school sweetheart, Fred Lee, on October 17, 1948....
Merlin Ball
Aug 23, 2014
Merlin L. Ball, age 93, a former resident of Blue Mound, Kansas and more recently of Osawatomie, Kansas passed away on Saturday, August 23, 2014. He was born on March 10, 1921 at Blue Mound, Kansas the son of Forrest and Dora Price Ball. He served his country during World War II in the United States Army Air Corps. He...
Randall Benbrook
Aug 17, 2014
Randall Benbrook, age 61, of Amoret, Missouri passed away at his home on Sunday, August 17, 2014. He was born October 19, 1952 in Aurora, Missouri the son of Clifford and Leona Gardner Benbrook. He worked for more than twenty years for Tandem Trucking Services in Olathe, Kansas. He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant brother...
Raymond Hueston
Aug 12, 2014
Raymond Roy Hueston, 85, of Mapleton, Kansas died at 4:40 pm on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at Olathe Medical Center. Raymond was born February 23, 1929 in Arcadia, Kansas to Thomas "Mac" and Nellie (Mitchell) Hueston. He graduated from Arcadia High School and Fort Scott Community College. Raymond served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict....
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