Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Beatrice Foster
Aug 11, 2014
Beatrice Marie (West) Foster, age 92, passed away on Monday, August 11, 2014 at the Residencies of Pleasanton. Bea, as everyone called her, was born April 28, 1922 at Farlinville, Kansas to Howard and Beulah (Holt) West. Bea graduated from Mound City High School in 1940 and moved to Kansas City shortly after graduation to take employment. On August 12,...
Richard Hefflefinger
Jul 29, 2014
Richard Earl Hefflefinger, age 78, Mound City, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. He was born at Akron, Ohio on November 6, 1935 the son of Charles and Rena Lininger Hefflefinger. He was employed in various jobs including: Seven Up Deliveryman, Maytag Repairman, Union Pacific and most recently as Supervisor of Norton, Ohio''s street department. He served his...
Karen Mccombs
Jul 28, 2014
Karen Walters McCombs, age 49, Mound City, Kansas passed away on Monday, July 28, 2014. She was born on June 22, 1965 at Kansas City, Kansas the daughter of John and Mary Denham Walters, who preceded her in death. Also preceding was a brother, Fred "Bo" Walters. She is survived by her husband, Roger McCombs, sons, Levi Thrift and Bralyn...
Mary Keller
Jul 27, 2014
Mary Frances Keller, 69, of Lake Chaparral, died at 6:35 am, Sunday, July 27, 2014 at Olathe Medical Center after a long illness. Mary was born February 14, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri to Henry F. and Rose Mary (Sheley) Stimpfel. Mary attended Satin Benedictine for a time. She was active in the Women's Auxiliary of Lake Chaparral teaching crafts...
Dennis Miller
Jul 25, 2014
Dennis Miller, age 57 passed away on July 25, 2014. He was born at Garnett, Kansas on March 10, 1957 the son of Robert and Lois Fessler Miller. He attended schools in Garnett and later moved to Corpus Christi, Texas for health reasons. He was a cook in several restaurants before becoming disabled in 2013. He was preceded in death...
Elda Holsman
Jul 24, 2014
Elda Kay Holsman, 67, of Pleasanton, Kansas died at 11:16 am on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at KU Med Center after a courageous battle with cancer. Elda was born on December 6, 1946 in Amoret, Missouri to Kenneth Roland and Ruth Gail (Barton) Dudley. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until 6:00 pm on Saturday, July 26, 2014...
Sara Lindsey
Jul 24, 2014
Sara Ann Woodburn Lindsey, age 72, passed away July 24, 2014 at her home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, following a courageous battle with cancer. Sara was born January 8, 1942 in Kansas City, Missouri, to William ''Bill Addison Woodburn and Sylvia Emily Saunders Woodburn. Her early childhood was spent in Merriam, Kansas. At age 7, the family relocated to a...
June Fossey
Jul 18, 2014
June LaVeigh Fossey passed away on Friday morning, July 18, 2014 at her home in Mound City, Kansas at the age of 97 years and 3 months. She was born at Prescott, Kansas on April 18, 1917 to Anton and Mary Brown Smith. After graduating from Prescott High School at the age of 17, she passed the county teacher examination....
Jesse Mitchell Jr.
Jul 17, 2014
Jesse James "Junior" Mitchell, age 85, of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Thursday, July 17, 2014. He was born on September 6, 1928 in Wyandotte County, Kansas the son of Jesse James and Naomi Folsom Mitchell. He worked for the Rock Island Railroad. He served his country during the Korean War in the United States Army. He enjoyed gardening, working...
Leroy Artman
Jul 14, 2014
LeRoy Junior Artman, age 83, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Monday, July 14, 2014. He was born at Lawrence, Kansas on March 28, 1931 the son of Earl and Ethel Swain Artman. He was a self employed heavy equipment operator, farmed and raised cattle. He enjoyed building equipment. One example was a steam engine which he finished in 1981 after...
William Wolfinger
Jul 5, 2014
William Bill Alfred Wolfinger, Sr., of Pleasanton, KS, passed away on July 5th, 2014 at 9:56 pm at the age of 81. Bill is preceded in death by his Father and Mother, John William and Jessie Ellen. Bill is survived by his former wife, Elizabeth Betty Wolfinger of Pleasanton, KS; his sister, Mary Ellen (Gray) Cheek of Morrilton, AR; his...
Roger Jessip
Jun 28, 2014
Roger Leon Jessip, age 81, of Linn Valley, Kansas passed away on Saturday, June 28, 2014. He was bon on July 1, 1932 at Atchison, Kansas the son of James and Ruth May Wills Jessip. He graduated from Atchison High School. Roger served his country in the United States Navy Reserve. He married Patricia Ann Coffman on August 31, 1952...
Timothy Prock
Jun 23, 2014
Timothy Charles "Tim" Prock was born April 18, 1945 in Florence, Arizona. His family moved toTulsa, Oklahoma, when Tim was a child. He attended Central High School in Tulsa and St. Mary''s College in Lansing, Kansas. In 1963 he married Mary Oakley. Of this union, they had two children: Charles lives in Deerfield Beach, Florida and Deneise lives in Owasso,...
Trisha Purdy
Jun 21, 2014
Trisha Anne Purdy, age 24, beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister and best friend, of Blue Mound, Kansas died as the result of a motorcycle accident on Saturday, June 21, 2014. She was born on December 9, 1989 at Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of John and Chris Good Felix. She graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School in the Class of...
Glen Lindsey
Jun 19, 2014
W. Glen Lindsey, age 91, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away Thursday June 19, 2014. He was born on February 17, 1923 at La Cygne, Kansas the son of William and Ethel Shrake Lindsey. He graduated from La Cygne High School. Glen proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corp during World War II as a aircraft mechanic. He married...
Donald Brenneman
Jun 13, 2014
Donald Gene Brenneman, age 80, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Friday, June 13, 2014. He was born on February 23, 1934 at Pittsburg, Kansas the son of Homer Dewey and Grace Heitrink Brenneman. He worked as a welder and machinist. He very much enjoyed fishing and gardening. Don married Ruby Holman on July 10, 1957 at Miami, Oklahoma. He...
Ellen Hester
Jun 13, 2014
Ellen Hester, age 93, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away Friday June 13, 2014. She was born in Linn County, Kansas on December 25, 1920 the daughter of George and Ruby Cantwell Cummins. She graduated from Pleasanton High School. She married Herb Hester September 9, 1942 in California. He preceded her in death on December 27, 1988. She worked at Braemoor Sewing...
Jeanie Murrow
May 24, 2014
Jeanie Murrow, age 71, Blue Mound, Kansas passed away on Saturday May 24, 2014. She was born on December 8, 1942 at Blue Mound, Kansas the daughter of Lloyd and Betty Johnson Spillman. She graduated from Blue Mound High School. Jeanie married Dean Murrow on September 11, 1960 at Blue Mound. She worked as a secretary in the Jayhawk school...
Cleo Stenzel
May 22, 2014
Cleo Patricia "Pat" Stenzel, age 87, passed away on Thursday May 22, 2014. She was born on August 11, 1926 in Martin City, Missouri the daughter of Everett and Helen Maudlin Sackman. Her youth was spent in the Kansas City area. The family moved to Fontana, Kansas in 1943 where she graduated from high school in 1944. Pat married Paul...
Iva Lear
May 17, 2014
Iva Lear, age 100, of Amsterdam, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at Willow Lane Nursing Center, Butler, Missouri. Iva was born May 20, 1913 in Benton County, Missouri to William Isaac and Evy Parlee (Reneau) Johnson. On October 4, 1930 she married James Eugene Lear at Sedalia, Missouri. They moved to Amsterdam in 1935. Iva spent most...
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