Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Agnes Leavitt
Jul 29, 2012
Agnes Elsie Leavitt, age 94, Mound City, Kansas died Sunday July 29, 2012 at the Prescott Country View. She was born on June 29, 1918 at St. Clair County, Missouri the daughter of Josiah and Stella Mae Myers Mann. She worked for the United States Signal Corp in Washington D. C., Central Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri and Southwest Baptist...
Virginia Uptegrove
Jul 22, 2012
Virginia Mae Uptegrove, age 91 of Blue Mound, Kansas died Sunday July 22, 2012 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. She was born February 23, 1921 at Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Maurice and Bessie Hughes Woods. She married Clifford Uptegrove on September 25, 1938 at Independence, Missouri. He preceded her in death on March 11, 1987....
Florence Leisure
Jul 21, 2012
Florence Irene Leisure, 86, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born February 24, 1926 at Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Lester and Edna Insley. She married Dale Leisure on March 20, 1950 at Benton County, Arkansas. He preceded her in death on December 28, 2002. Florence was a member...
Charles Best
Jul 20, 2012
Charles E. Best, 88, of Kansas City, Kans., died July 20, 2012, of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was born Jan. 2, 1924, in Linton, Kans., a small community east of Pleasanton, Kans. He was the only child of the late Dorinda (Ferguson) and William Edwin Best. His grandfather, C. O. Best, came to Kansas in a covered wagon, traveling...
Shirley Stogsdill
Jul 6, 2012
Shirley Ann Stogsdill, 75, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Friday, July 6, 2012 at her home. She was born November 3, 1936 in Lazere, Colorado, the daughter of Oliver and June Willis McGown. Shirley graduated from Mound City High School. She married Paul Stogsdill on July 2, 1955 at Raton, New Mexico. She was a member of the First Baptist Church,...
Dennie Gould
Jun 30, 2012
Dennie Rae Gould, age 72, of rural Blue Mound, Kansas, was born near Lowry City, Missouri on January 17, 1940 to Ray Randall and Agnes Sutterby Randall. She passed at the Kansas City Hospice Center on June 30, 2012. Dennie Rae graduated from Blue Mound High School in 1957. She attended Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas for one year, whereupon,...
Wyona Hiatt
Jun 29, 2012
Wyona D. Dennis-Hiatt age 102 died peacefully Friday, June 29, at Lakeview Village retirement community in Lenexa. She was born June 13, 1910, the daughter of Winford and Ethel Wilson Dingus of Mound City, Kansas. She was preceded in death by five brothers and sisters. She is survived by many nieces and nephews, their children and grand-children. In 1933 she...
Archie Dean
Jun 22, 2012
Archie Lee Dean, 79, of Mound City, Kansas passed away on June 22, 2012 at the V.A. Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. He was born on April 4, 1933 to Wybert and Ruth (Cordray) Dean at Brookfield, MO. Archie worked as a carpenter, plumber and electrician. Archie is survived by his loving spouse Betty, step son - Michael Schasteen;...
Bernard Cohee
Jun 13, 2012
Bernard Lee (Barney) Cohee, age 92, of Brainerd, Minnesota, formerly of Linn County, passed away on June 12, 2012. He was born on December 31, 1919 at Blair, Oklahoma the son of Edward and Juliann Cox Cohee. He was an Army Air Corp Veteran of World War II serving his country for five and one- half years. He spent most...
Betty Johnson
Jun 9, 2012
Betty Louise Johnson, 82, of Kansas City, Kansas, formerly of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Saturday, June 9, 2012 at her home. She was born September 3, 1929 in Pleasanton, Kansas, the daughter of William L. and Noma E. Gilmore Umphenour. Betty graduated from Pleasanton High School in 1946. Betty worked for Lock Tite/ Perma Tex prior to her retirement. She was...
Brandon Workman
Jun 8, 2012
Brandon Michael Workman, age 25, formerly of Mound City, Kansas died Friday June 8, 2012. He was born April 10, 1987 at Kansas City, Kansas the son of Michael and Nancy Hobbs Workman. He graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School in the Class of 2005. He is survived by his father, Michael Workman and Kathy of Mound City, mother, Nancy...
Curtis Heide
Jun 6, 2012
Curtis L. (Curt) Heide, age 74, LaCygne, Kansas died Wednesday June 6, 2012 at Miami County Medical Center. He was born on November 9, 1937 at Jeanette, Pennsylvania the son of Curtis E. and Ruth Kepple Heide. Curt had schooling Open Bible College, enjoyed playing fast pitch softball, and attended Cross Point Assembly of God. Family and work ethic were...
Myrle Purdy
May 27, 2012
Myrle Dean Purdy, age 78, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Sunday May 27, 2012 at the Louisburg Healthcare and Rehab. She was born at Bolivar, Missouri on March 10, 1934, the daughter of Roma and Elsie Stewart Neal. She worked as a waitress and cleaned several businesses in the Pleasanton area. She married Leslie Mincks and to this union eight children...
Cora Foster
May 22, 2012
Cora Esther Foster, 78, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born October 20, 1933 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Wesley W. and Eula Gladys Doughtry Sanford. Cora worked as a nurse in the Kansas City area for a number of years. Cora loved her family and children....
Francis Lindell
May 20, 2012
Francis Elmer Lindell, age 70, Pleasanton, Kansas died Sunday May 20, 2012 as the result of a tractor accident. He was born on June 9, 1941 at Fort Scott, Kansas the son of Elmer and Ada Goodenough Lindell. He graduated from Pleasanton High School and attended Kansas State University. He married Donna Ary who peceded him in death on February...
Floyd Bardwell
May 19, 2012
Floyd Edward Bardwell, age 78 of Linn Valley, Kansas formerly of Shawnee, Kansas died Saturday May 19, 2012 at the Louisburg care center. He was born on October 31, 1933 at Olean Missouri the son of Frank and Pearl Bond Bardwell. Floyd served his country with the United States Air Force. Floyd Married Edna Mae Silliman, she preceded in him...
Ruby Matlock
May 15, 2012
Ruby Mae Bush Matlock, age 87 of Mound City, Kansas died Tuesday May 15, 2012 at the Saint Luke's Hospital in Lee's Summit, Missouri. She was born on September 9, 1924 at Cassville, Missouri the daughter of Willard and Lucy Cline Farris. Ruby married Edward Bush and to this union six children were born, she then married Ken Matlock he...
Emma White
May 12, 2012
Emma Sue White, age 85, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away Saturday May 12, 2012. She was born on November 29, 1926 at Thomas County, Georgia the daughter of J.H. and Ara Smith Tinsley. She graduated from high school and joined the United States Army. She folded parachutes during World War II. She was a member of the Bakery and Confectionery Union...
Gary Eckland
May 10, 2012
Gary Richard Eckland, age 67, of Mound City, Kansas passed away on May 10, 2012 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on June 6, 1944 to Everett and Evelyn Nichols Eckland at St. Paul, Minnesota. He married Kathy Cullen on October 26, 1968 at Watertown, South Dakota. Gary worked as a Vice...
John Boyles
Apr 29, 2012
John Henry Boyles, age 75, Kansas City, Missouri formerly of the Foster and Rich Hill, Missouri area died Sunday April 29, 2012. He was born on March 6, 1937 at Foster the son of Leonard Henry and Leona Mae Shelton Boyles. He graduated from Rich Hill High School and married Joyce Sivils on April 19, 1958 at the Hume, Missouri...
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