Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Henrietta Cooksey
Oct 25, 2013
Henrietta "Penny" Cooksey, age 81, LaCygne, Kansas passed away on Friday October 23, 2013. She was born on June 10, 1932 in Lyons County, Kansas the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Alice Anderson Smith. She worked as a travel agent. She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter Betty, a brother, Sonny Smith, five sisters: Betty Sealock,...
Glenn Randall
Oct 25, 2013
Glenn Dale Randall, age 95, Mound City, Kansas passed away on Friday October 25, 2013 at the Residencies of Pleasanton, Pleasanton, Kansas. Glenn was born on August 28, 1918 near Centerville, Kansas. He lived much of his youth near Wall Street Christian Church where he was an active member most of his life. His parents were John Elva Howe Randall....
Frank Witcher
Oct 24, 2013
J. Frank Witcher age 93 yrs and 10 days, went to be with our Lord on the 24th day of October, 2013 at his home with his wife at his side in Havana, Kansas. Funeral Services will be11:00 a.m., Tuesday October 29, 2013 at the Lighthouse Baptist Church with Reverend Bill Munson officiating. Friends may register on Monday, October 29,...
Edna Schasteen
Oct 19, 2013
Edna Schasteen, age 95 of Mound City, Kansas died Saturday October 19, 2013 at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home. She was born on July 22, 1918 in Linn County Kansas the daughter of Ira and Rachelle Meech Walker. Edna was a graduate of Mound City High School. She Married Edgar " Buck" Schasteen on September 11, 1938, he preceded...
Lola Jacobson
Oct 15, 2013
Lola Margaret Jacobson, age 89, of La Cygne, Kansas died Tuesday October 15, 2013 at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home. She was born on November 4, 1923 at Choteau, Oklahoma, the daughter of Alva and Carrie McCleery Dale. She married Melvin Jacobson on February 14, 1946 at Ontario, California, he preceded her in death on January 20, 1986. Lola...
Windell Cannon
Oct 13, 2013
Windell Virgil Cannon, a life-long resident of Hume, Missouri, passed away on October 13, 2013. He was born on August 6, 1940, in Prescott, Kansas to Virgil W. and Velva Ernestine Cannon. He attended school in Indian Creek and in Hume with his brothers: Kenneth Dale, Perry Norman, and Marin Ralph. He continued living in the Hume community as he...
Lela Spillman
Oct 11, 2013
Lela Ann "Dee" Spillman, age 81, Blue Mound, Kansas passed away on Friday October 11, 2013. She was born in Bourbon County, Kansas on August 20, 1932 the daughter of William and Alma Tinsley Johnson. She graduated from Blue Mound High School in the Class of 1950. She married Russell Floyd Spillman on June 18, 1950. He preceded her in...
Gladys Shaw
Oct 9, 2013
Gladys Opal Shaw, age 92, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Wednesday October 9, 2013 at Prescott Country View. She was born on September 29, 1921 at Amoret, Missouri the daughter of Fred and Cora Mears Shaw. She raised livestock including chickens and cattle. Gladys also worked for many years at Baker''s Thriftway in Pleasanton. She was preceded in death by...
Wanita Sluder
Oct 6, 2013
Wanita Faye Sluder, age 81, of Mound City, Kansas died Sunday October 6, 2013 at her home. She was born on July 10, 1932 at Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Lloyd and Opal Dizmang Morrell. She married Joseph Sluder on February 23, 1951 at Wichita, Kansas, he preceded her in death on November 14, 2003. Wanita worked as a seamstress...
Lois Bowman
Oct 3, 2013
Lois Mae Bowman, age 79, Hume, Missouri passed away on Thursday October 3, 2013. She was born at Fort Scott, Kansas on January 2, 1934 the daughter of Willis and Goldie Millard Bowman. She graduated from Hume High School and attended business school. She worked as a nursing home administrator and retired from Mercy Hospital after over twenty five years...
James Prettyman
Sep 30, 2013
James "Jim" Prettyman, age 64, of Fulton, Kansas died Monday September 30, 2013 at his home. He was born on March 3, 1949 at Harrisonville, Missouri the son of Jake and Doddie Febic Prettyman. He married Sherrie Miller on November, 1 1971 in Olathe, Kansas. Jim was a bus driver for the Blue Valley School District. He was a member...
Dawn Helmert
Sep 23, 2013
Dawn J. Helmert, age 84, of LaCygne, Kansas passed away on Monday September 23, 2013. She was born on March 27, 1929 at Bronaugh, Missouri the daughter of James and Vivian Daugherty Overstreet. She worked as a teller at the Bank of Pleasanton before retiring. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, James Murr, daughter, Linda Senkevech, sister,...
Charles Lanham
Sep 21, 2013
Charles Eldon Lanham, age 90 of Mound City, Kansas, died Saturday September 21, 2013 at the Kansas City Hospice House at Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on July 9, 1923, at the family home, the son of Walter and Dola Lanham. He was married to Edna Grace McGee on January 28, 1944 in Mound City, Kansas to this union...
Peter Higgins
Sep 21, 2013
Peter Joseph Higgins, age 72 of Rich Hill, Missouri, died Saturday September, 21 2013 at the St Joseph Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on March 25 1941 at Mound City, Kansas the son of James and Margaret Gorman Higgins. Peter was a graduate of Mound City High School. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for Nation...
Mary Callahan
Sep 21, 2013
Mary Ann Callahan, age 79, long time resident of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Saturday September 21, 2013. She was born near Pleasanton, Kansas on September 22, 1933 the daughter of Clara Saum Jackson. She married Lee Callahan on August 24, 1951 at Great Bend, Kansas; he preceded her in death on April 21, 2013. To this union six children...
Jo Hawks
Sep 14, 2013
Jo Ellen Hawks, age 51, Hume, Missouri passed away on Saturday September 14, 2013. She was born on March 12,1962 at Butler, Missouri the daughter of Floyd and Sally Berry Olive. She graduated from Butler High School and attended Longview Community College. She married Mark Hawks on June 14, 1980 at Butler, Missouri. She worked as an accountant and was...
Raymond Macoubrie
Sep 13, 2013
Raymond L. Macoubrie, age 86, Louisburg, Kansas passed away on Friday September 13, 2013. He was born in Burlington, Kansas on February 12, 1927 the son of George and Ada Boyer Macoubrie. He worked as a carpenter, steel worker, and laborer. He was an Army Veteran of World War II. Ray''s passion was his family and rodeo in which he...
Phyllis Hosler
Aug 24, 2013
Phyllis J. Hosler, age 83, of Blue Mound, Kansas passed away on Saturday August 24, 2013. She was born at Heartwell, Nebraska on May 14, 1930 the daughter of Archie and Clara Schumann Moon. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Phyllis was preceded in death by her parents and a sister Ida Mae Edmonds. She is...
Gary Ogan Sr.
Aug 23, 2013
Gary Dean Ogan Sr., age 66 of Mapleton, Kansas, died Friday August 23, 2013 at his home. He was born on November 5, 1946 at La Cygne, Kansas the son of Herschell and Opal Shonk Ogan. Gary married Norma Jackson on December 10, 1973 at Paola, Kansas. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline. He was...
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