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

Bonnie Barr

Apr 27, 2012

Bonnie Marie Barr, age 81, Mound City, Kansas died Friday April 27, 2012. She was born on June 25, 1930 at Iberia, Missouri the daughter of Ora Jasper and Martha Carolyn Waite Blankenship. She worked at Ted's Manufacturing for twenty-three years, but considered herself a homemaker. Bonnie married Radford Barr on February 7, 1947. He preceded her in death on...

Nancy Ekengren

Apr 27, 2012

Nancy Lee Ekengren, age 65, of Mound City, Kansas passed away Friday April 27, 2012 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born at Kansas City, Missouri on August 22, 1946 the daughter of Merle and Bertha Oglesby Newton. She married Alvin Ekengren Jr. on April 22, 1984. She was a driver for SEKCAP and Vice President...

Ronald Staton

Apr 26, 2012

Ronald Clyde Staton, 64, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Thursday, April 26, 2012 at Olathe Medical Center. He was born March 7, 1948 at Pleasanton, Kansas, the son of Delbert and Melanie Voreiter Staton. Ron was a former English teacher at Paola, Kansas and taught extension courses at Fort Scott Community College, retiring in 1995. He was a member of the...

Virginia Finley

Apr 20, 2012

Virginia Louise Finley, 89, of Hume, Missouri, died Friday, April 20, 2012 at Willow Lane Nursing Home, Butler, Missouri. She was born May 22, 1922 in Prescott, Kansas, the daughter of Ira L. and Anna Raney Anderson. She attended Hume High School. On July 29, 1939, she married Walter Finley. He preceded her in death on February 15, 1984. Virginia...

Arthur Francis

Apr 19, 2012

Arthur (Art) Newton Francis, age 86 of La Cygne, Kansas died Thursday April 19, 2012 at the Olathe Medical Center. He was born on August 24, 1925 at Merwin, Missouri the son of Alex and Louisa Ethel Bartlett Francis. Art was a veteran serving his country during WWII with the United States Army. He married Mary Alice Anderson on September...

Billy Graddy

Apr 13, 2012

Billy Ray Graddy, age 62, Pleasanton, Kansas died Friday April 13, 2012. He was born on June 27, 1949 at Cayce, Kentucky the son of Raymond and Vivian Graddy. He worked as an electrician. Billy was a Navy Veteran of the Vietnam War. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and was a member of the American Legion in Olathe, Kansas. He...

Teresa Staton

Apr 13, 2012

Teresa Ann Staton, age 68, Pleasanton, Kansas died Friday April 13, 2012 at the Olathe Medical Center. She was born in Kansas City, Kansas on January 6, 1944 the daughter of John and Anna Laskowski Sajwaj. She worked as a nurse before retirement. She is survived by a son, Tim Staton, of Pleasanton, Kansas, three daughters: Michelle Staton-Tally, Becky Crowthers,...

Michael Clemens

Apr 13, 2012

Michael Edward (Lil Mike) Clemens, age 27, Pleasanton, Kansas died Friday April 13, 2012. He was born on December 30, 1984 at Fort Scott, Kansas the son of Michael L. and Janie Campbell Clemens. He was a carpenter with an expertise in framing. He married Amber Bowden on October 20, 2007. He was preceded in death by paternal great grandparents,...

Alice Wood

Apr 12, 2012

Alice Grace Wood, age 82, of LaCygne, Kansas died Thursday April 12, 2012. She was born on March 9, 1930 at Seneca, Kansas the daughter of LeRoy and Grace Norris Teitz. She was married to Dorval Wood who preceded her in death. She was a homemaker and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles #385 in Independence, Missouri. Her...

Betty Crowther

Apr 7, 2012

Betty Allene Crowther, age 89 of Burlington, Kansas passed away Saturday April 7, 2012 at the Coffey County Hospital in Burlington, Kansas. She was born on December 22, 1922 at Richards, Missouri the daughter of Roy B. and Leona L. Hamby Johnson. Betty was a graduate of Hume High School. She married William Earl King on October 23, 1942, to...

Donald Young

Apr 5, 2012

DONALD WILLIAM (DONNIE) YOUNG Donnie Young passed away April 5, 2012. He was born September 27, 1974, in Orange Park, Florida, to William B. and Patricia Young. Donald spent his early life in Kansas City, Kansas, and attended Muncie Elementary School. He later transferred to La Cygne, Kansas, where he graduated from Prairie View High School in 1993. He was...

Dennie Ferrell

Mar 31, 2012

Dennie LeRoy Ferrell, age 59, Lawrence, Kansas formerly of LaCygne, Kansas died Saturday March 31, 2012 at his home. He was born on May 16, 1952 at Centralia, Illinois the son of James LeRoy and Vera Annabelle Casner Ferrell. Dennie received an associate degree from Kaskaski College and then finished a BA in Elementary Education at Governors University. He took...

Susan Kimzey

Mar 28, 2012

Susan Ann "Susie" Kimzey, age 57, Topeka, Kansas died Wednesday March 28, 2012 at Stormont Vail in Topeka. She was born on April 30, 1954 at Orange, California the daughter of Ann Kropp Brown and Morrison Kimzey. Susie loved to travel, enjoyed listening to music, playing with dogs and cokes. She is survived by her mother, Ann Brown of Kansas...

Ruby Baker

Mar 18, 2012

Ruby LaVaughn Baker, 98, of Mound City, Kansas, died Sunday, March 18, 2012 at Prescott Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. She was born November 26, 1913 in Parker, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas and Lillie Olive McCarty Cockran. Ruby was a 1933 graduate of Parker High School. She worked for Southwestern Bell in Parker for 7 years. She married Earl...

William Basore

Mar 17, 2012

William Ray, Bill, Basore, age 70 of Miami, Oklahoma formerly of Pleasanton, Kansas died Saturday March 17, 2012. He was born on January 6, 1942 at Rich Hill, Missouri the son of Claude and Doris Lacy Basore. He graduated from Pleasanton High School. Bill was employed as a truck driver and was a member of the Elks Lodge in Miami....

Evelyn Dale

Mar 17, 2012

Evelyn Marie Dale, 70, of Hume, Missouri died Saturday, March 17, 2012 at her home. She was born July 30, 1941 at St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Forest and Verna Webb McCormick. She graduated from Fulton High School in 1959. On February 28, 1959, she married Lennie Dale and they just celebrated 53 years of marriage. She was a...

Charles Bell

Mar 16, 2012

Charles R. Bell, age 93, Pleasanton, Kansas died Friday March 16, 2012. He was born on November 8, 1918 at Pleasanton the son of Ed and Alice Shadley Bell. He was an Army Veteran of WW II. He married Pauline Hoyt on August 10, 1946 at Fort Scott, Kansas. Together, they ran a dairy operation and raised other livestock. She...

Edith Mcmillan

Mar 14, 2012

Edith Louise McMillan, 86, of Pleasanton, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at Prescott Countryveiw Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. She was born November 20, 1925 in Pleasanton, Kansas, the daughter of William J. and Rubie Bruce Saunders. Edith worked as a teacher in rural western Kansas schools and was a substitute teacher in Tripoli, Libya, when they lived there....

Edith Mcmillan

Mar 14, 2012

Visitation Details

Thursday, March 15th, 2012 5:00pm - 7:00pm, Schneider Funeral Home & Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel

Service Information

Friday, March 16th, 2012 11:00am, Schneider Funeral Home & Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel

Interment Details

Pleasanton Cemetery

Holden Sommer

Mar 11, 2012

Holden Ryan Sommer infant son of Brandon Louis and Haley Renee Morris Sommer came into this life on Sunday March 11, 2012. He blessed his family with his presence for a short time and left them the same day. He was also welcomed by his sister and brother, Blaire LeAnn and Blaine Lucas, maternal grandparents; Steve Morris and Ernie and...