Obituaries

Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas

Lela Spillman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

Mary Meyers

Mary Meyers

Aug 22, 2013

Mary Faye Meyers, age 79, formerly of Blue Mound, Kansas passed away on Thursday August 22, 2013. She was born on June 15, 1934 in Linn County, Kansas the daughter of Fay and Hazel Horton McDonald. She graduated from Blue Mound High School. She was a member of the Blue Mound Federated Church. She was preceded in death by two...

Betty Haggard

Betty Haggard

Aug 14, 2013

Betty A. Haggard, age 85, Drexel, Missouri passed away on Wednesday August 14, 2013. She was born on March 22, 1928 at Sedalia, Missouri the daughter of Doyle and Nettie Ward Varner. She worked for many years in the grocery business. She was preceded in death by three husbands: Glen Feighner, William Ferguson, and Gordon Haggard. Also preceding her in...

Delma Wood

Delma Wood

Aug 3, 2013

Delma Dorene Wood, age 86, Prescott, Kansas passed away Saturday August 3, 2013. She was born at Devon, Kansas on March 6, 1927 the daughter of Durward "Duke" and Hannah Pearl Ballah Brown. She graduated from Prescott High School in the Class of 1943. She married Vergil Leon Wood on June 17, 1944. He preceded her in death on February...

Jesse Tuyl

Jesse Tuyl

Aug 3, 2013

JESSE DEAN VAN TUYL 31 La Cygne Kansas 11/25/1981 to 8/3/2013 Jesse was born in Shawnee Kansas on November 25, 1981. He was the son of the late Melvin Dennis Van Tuyl and Kelly Van Tuyl, currently of La Cygne, Ks. Jesse graduated high school with a GED, went to Johnson County Junior College and received his Associates Degree in...

Thelma Sherman

Thelma Sherman

Aug 2, 2013

Thelma Irene Sherman, age 94, Drexel, Missouri passed away on Friday August 2, 2013. She was born on December 15, 1918 at Boicourt, Kansas the daughter of Frank and Nellie Johnson Clearwater. She married Howard Sherman who preceded her in death in 1989. To this union one son, Ronald Sherman, was born. He also preceded her in death in 2004....

Clinton Jaeger Jr.

Clinton Jaeger Jr.

Jul 30, 2013

Longtime Mound City, Kansas resident and businessman Clinton J. Jaeger Jr. passed away, Tuesday, July 30th, 2013, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 92. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on March 2, 1921 he was the son of Elizabeth and Clinton Jaeger Sr. In 1942 he joined the Army Air Force during World War II where he met...

Harvey Mcfarland

Harvey Mcfarland

Jul 29, 2013

Harvey Lee McFarland, age 89, Rich Hill, Missouri, formerly of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Monday July 29, 2013. He was born on October 23, 1923 at Fort Scott, Kansas the son of Austin and Martha Orlena Lemon McFarland. He married Winnie Chambers and later Lola Seuferling. Both marriages ended in divorce. He was a member of the Laborer''s Union,...

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