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

Robert Miller

Sep 28, 2012

Robert "Bob" R. Miller,67, formerly of Johnson County, Kansas passed away Sept. 28,2012 at Saint Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson,Nevada. Robert was born Feb. 3,1945, at Kansas City, Missouri the son of Richard "Duke" and June Morgan Miller. He married Vicki Kipper on October 11, 1969 at St Boniface Catholic Church, Scipio, Kansas. He served 4 yrs in the United...

Martha Stokes

Sep 23, 2012

Martha May Stokes age 90 of Prescott, Kansas died Sunday September 23, 2012 at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home. She was born on September 17, 1922 at Hinckley, Maine the daughter of Einor and Lucille Quincy Zahl. She graduated from Good Will High School in Hinckley, Maine. She worked as a Nutritionist for several hospitals. She was a member...

Elwyn Carlson

Sep 15, 2012

Elwyn Bruce, John Carlson, age 82, of Shawnee Mission, Kansas and Sugar Valley Lake, passed away on Saturday September 15, 2012 at Research Medical Center. He was born on April 19, 1930 at Chicago, Illinois the son of Sherwin and Vivian Cook Carlson. He graduated from Deer River High School in 1947. He was a Korean War Veteran, serving in...

Rodney Springer

Sep 15, 2012

Rodney Clarence Springer, age 60, Prescott, Kansas passed away on Saturday September 15, 2012. He was born on May 5, 1952 at Fort Scott, Kansas the son of Charlie Clarence and Alta June Springer. He graduated from Prescott High School and attended Fort Scott Community College and later received a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a minor in Chemistry...

Sybil New

Sep 13, 2012

Darlene New, 78, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Thursday, September 13, 2012 at her home. She was born December 27, 1933 at Leavenworth, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Thelma Stevenson Parrish. She married Albert Thomas New on April 27, 1952. He preceded her in death on April 2, 2003. She was preceded in death also by her parents. Survivors include...

Hope Ray

Sep 8, 2012

Hope Jeanne Ray, age one month and six days passed away on Saturday September 8, 2012 after a courageous battle with her illness at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Hope was born August 2, 2012 in Overland Park, Kansas the daughter of Gregory and Amy Ray(Lindholt). She was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, Dean Ray. Hope...

Bina Self

Sep 8, 2012

Bina Frank Self, age 70 of Mound City, Kansas died Saturday September 8, 2012 at the Fort Scott Medicalodge. He was born on December 21, 1941 at Kansas City, Missouri the son of Earl and Betty Jean Kindred Self. Bina was a graduate of Turner High School, and then served his country with the United States Navy. Bina worked as...

Eleanor Keough

Sep 4, 2012

Eleanor M. (Preston) Keough age 92 of Adrian, Missouri died Tuesday September 4, 2012 at the Adrian Manor Nursing Home She was born on December 28, 1919 to Charles and Gertrude (Cunningham) Preston, One of 13 children. She married Thomas S. Keough on July 18, 1942. Eleanor was a homemaker and a very devoted mother of 6 children. She moved...

Richard Cummings

Sep 3, 2012

Richard Wayne Cummings age 64 of Prescott, Kansas died Monday September 3, 2012 at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born on December 2, 1947 at Newton, Kansas the son of Lester and Dolores Hamilton Cummings. He graduated from Sheldon High School in Sheldon, Missouri. He was a Veteran serving his country with the United States Army...

Marie Krull

Sep 2, 2012

Marie W. (Ma) Krull, age 90, Mound City, Kansas passed away on Sunday, September 2, 2012 at her home. She was born on June 20, 1922 at Prescott, Kansas the daughter of Otto Lee and Ella Brown, Bruce. She attended Shiloh Grade School, graduated from Prescott High School Class of 1940 as president of her class, and attended Mercy School...

Regina Johnson

Aug 31, 2012

Regina Clara (Jean) Johnson, 78, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Friday, August 31, 2012 at the home of her niece, Kimberly Berry after a battle with cancer. She was born February 18, 1934 in Ambler, Pennsylvania, the daughter of John and Gertrude Wiley Bender. She married Gary Johnson on November 8, 1958 at Ambler, Pennsylvania. Jean worked as a bookkeeper in...

Betty Bullock

Aug 29, 2012

Betty James Bullock, age 84, LaCygne, Kansas passed away Wednesday August 29, 2012 at her home in LaCygne. She was born January 19, 1928 at Tulsa, Oklahoma the daughter of Aerial Dal and Lilly Olive Kennedy Hemphill. She had been employed as a clerk with Wal Mart. She was a member of the New Lancaster United Methodist Church and the...

Martha Mayes

Aug 28, 2012

Martha Victoria Mayes, age 76 of La Cygne, Kansas died Tuesday August 28, 2012 at her home. She was born on January 12 1936, at Chicago, Illinois. Martha worked as a teacher for six years in Evansville, Indiana. She also worked as a cook at Cabool Nursing Home in Houston, Missouri, and was a homemaker raising her three children. Later...

William Lane

Aug 18, 2012

Visitation Details

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012 5:00pm - 7:00pm, Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory LaCygne Chapel

Service Information

Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 10:00am, Oak Lawn Cemetery

Interment Details

Oak Lawn Cemetery

Roger Hubbell

Aug 6, 2012

Roger Hubbell, age 91 formerly of La Cygne, Kansas died Monday August 6, 2012 at the Adrian Manor in Adrian, Missouri. He was born on July 6, 1921 at Olathe, Kansas the son of James and Vesta Diltz Hubbell. Roger married Delores Oltmer and to this union four children were born. Roger worked as a security guard for Deffenbaugh Industries....

Leonard Gorter

Aug 4, 2012

Leonard Gorter, 80, of Linn Valley, Kansas passed away on August 4, 2012, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, KS. He was born on February 20, 1932, to William and Elizabeth Gorter in Doon, IA. On April 9, 1954, he married June Mans in Volga, SD.He was an Army Veteran serving his country during the Korean War. Leonard was...

Gary Driskell

Jul 31, 2012

Gary Edward Driskell, 68, of Gardner, Kansas, formerly of LaCygne, Kansas, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at Kansas City, Missouri. He was born November 6, 1943 in Paola, Kansas, the son of Clarence E. and Gail E. Litson Driskell. He graduated from LaCygne Rural High School in 1961 and was a graduate of the University of Kansas. He married Jeannie...

Don Eisman

Jul 30, 2012

Don Glenn Eisman, age 76, LaCygne, Kansas passed away Monday July 30, 2012 at the Kansas City Hospice House. He was born on December 14, 1935 at Kansas City, Kansas the son of Adolph H. and Hattie M. Morgan Eisman. He worked as a union steel worker. Don was married to Patricia Barry. Three children were born to this union....

Elizabeth Ross

Jul 30, 2012

Elizabeth Shelton Ross, age 98, LaCygne, Kansas died July 30, 2012 at the Bates County Hospital, Butler, Missouri. Elizabeth was the youngest child of James S. and Osa May Creager Shelton born on December 15, 1913 at Pleasanton, Kansas. While still a baby, the family moved to LaCygne, and she spent her entire lifetime in the area. She attended LaCygne...

Wilbur Eastwood

Jul 29, 2012

Wilbur Edward "Big E" Eastwood, 87 of rural Centerville, Kansas died peacefully in his home on July 29, 2012. Wilbur was born June 16, 1925 to Henry Edward and Esther Marie Jackson Eastwood in Moran, Kansas. He grew up and attended school in Moran, Kansas graduating from Moran High School in 1943. Upon graduation he joined the U.S. Navy, serving...