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

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...

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...