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

Vernon Miller
Feb 15, 2012
Vernon Isaac Miller, 28, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, formerly of Mound City, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 15, 2012. He was born April 14, 1983 at Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Edward Issac and Stephanie Alderman Miller. He was employed with Chile's Restaurant in Bartlesville. Vernon loved kids, enjoyed music and was strong in the Lord. He is survived by his...

Willard Mitts
Feb 10, 2012
Willard Eugene "Red" Mitts, 83, of Fort Scott, Kansas, formerly of Linn County, Kansas, died Friday, February 10, 2012 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. He was born October 2, 1928 at Amoret, Missouri, the son of Robert and Eva Jewell Shaw Mitts. Willard "Red" spent most of his life in the Linn County area, graduating from Pleasanton High School....

Emma Mcintyre
Feb 10, 2012
Emma Jean McIntyre of Prescott, Kansas was born July 28, 1932 and died February 10, 2012. Emma Jean was born near Prescott and received her education there. She married Leon McIntyre on August 20, 1950. After serving a tour of duty with his National Guard unit at Fort Lewis, Washington, they farmed and ran a dairy near Prescott. Emma Jean...

Doris Cochran
Feb 9, 2012
Doris Lucille Cochran, 91, of Pittsburg, Kansas, died Thursday, February 9, 2012 at Via Christi Village, Pittsburg, Kansas. She was born October 5, 1920 in Mound City, Kansas, the daughter of Giota Essington and Daisy Lucille Troth Brock. She was a graduate of Mound City High School. She was a member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Pittsburg, Kansas. Doris was...

Raymond Howard
Feb 9, 2012
Raymond Dale Smutley Howard, age 74, LaCygne, Kansas died Wednesday February 9, 2012 in Pleasanton, Kansas. He was born on May 22, 1937 at Kansas City, Kansas the son of Orville and Florence Morris Howard. He worked for Johnson County Waste Water and operated a tree trimming service. He was a Christian, was the founding member of FORR, Freedom Of...

Barbara Swann
Feb 7, 2012
Barbara Hays Swann, beloved daughter, mother and grandmother passed away February 7, 2012. Born August 30, 1933 in Grandview, Missouri, Barbara graduated high school in LaCygne, Kansas. She spent most of her adult life in Shawnee, Kansas. She is survived by her mother, Iva Hays of Paola, KS, three children; Craig Swann and his wife Carolyn of Keller, TX, Richard...

Harley Marquis
Jan 28, 2012
Harley "Wayne" Marquis, age 88 of LaCygne, Kansas died peacefully surrounded by his family Saturday January 28, 2012 at the home of his daughter Cindy and son- in law Brad Metcalf. He was born on February 2, 1923, the son of E.T. and Anna Lime Marquis at their home in rural Miami County. He was educated at Sunny Ridge elementary...

Ruth Stone
Jan 23, 2012
Ruth Ellen Stone, 74, of Centerville, Kansas, formerly of Wichita, Kansas, died Monday, January 23, 2012 at her home. She was born July 23, 1937 in Sioux City, Iowa, the daughter of Marion Andrew and Dorothy Ross Van Laningham. She married Ernest Stone who preceded her in death. Ruth worked for a number of years in the Wichita School system...

Jerry Yuille
Jan 21, 2012
Jerry Eugene Yuille, 63, of Kansas City, Kansas, died Saturday, January 21, 2012 at his home. He was born April 7, 1948 in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, the son of Richard and Margaret Pellham Yuille. He was a veteran, having served with the United States Army. He worked for the Daisy Corporation in the maintenance department. Jerry was preceded in death...

Hubert Sawyer
Jan 14, 2012
Hubert Wayne Sawyer Sr. age 67, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Saturday January 14, 2012 at the Center Point Medical Center in Independence, Missouri. He was born on March 22, 1944 at Tyrone, Missouri, the son of Earl and Delsie Inman Sawyer. Hubert worked as a laborer at Deffenbaugh Sanitations. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother James...

Evelyn Linville
Jan 8, 2012
Evelyn "Christine" Linville, 80, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, Kansas. She was born May 11, 1931 in Pleasanton, Kansas, the daughter of Robert and Jewel Shaw Mitts. She was married to Elton Fletcher and to this union, eight children were born. She later married Richard Linville who preceded her in death. She...

Kenneth Houtman
Jan 7, 2012
Kenneth Eugene Houtman, age 75, Mound City, Kansasdied Saturday, January 7, 2012, at the Kansas City Hospice House. He was born on February 20, 1936, at Kansas City, Kansas, the son of John and Frieda Anders Houtman. He was an Army veteran. Ken married Judy Graham on March 15, 1959, in Hawaii. He worked in operations for Braniff Airlines and...

Blendena Evans
Jan 4, 2012
Blendena Potter Evans March 29, 1915 to January 4, 2012 Blendena was born in Independence, Kansas, daughter of Oran Bruce Potter and Ethel Richardson. She lived in Duluth, Minnesota where her father worked as a mechanic at Universal Atlas Cement Company. After her mother's death when Blendena was six year old, she lived with her grandmother, Nancy Potter, in Mound...

Charles Mcgee
Jan 3, 2012
Charles Edward McGee age 79 of Mound City, Kansas died Tuesday January 3, 2012 at his home, the same house he was born in. He was born on June 9, 1932 at Blue Mound, Kansas the son of Glenn and Reta Dizmang McGee. Charles was a 1951 graduate of Blue Mound High School. Charles was drafted into the United States...

Agnes Buchanan
Dec 29, 2011
Agnes Lucille Buchanan, 90, of Liberty, Missouri, died Thursday, December 29, 2011 at the home of her son, in Liberty, Missouri. She was born August 23, 1921 in Everton, Arkansas, the daughter of Eulan and Verna Reynolds Graham. She married William E. Buchanan on March 27, 1944. He preceded her in death on July 3, 2010. Agnes was preceded in...

Nadine Ison
Dec 28, 2011
Nadine Ison, 88, of Mound City, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at her home. She was born May 17, 1923 in Pleasanton, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Ellen Walje Hall. She married Morris Ison on February 14, 1942. He preceded her in death March 14, 2005. Nadine worked as a bookkeeper for Braemoor prior to her retirement. She...

Catherine Macbride
Dec 26, 2011
Catherine "Kate" Ann MacBride, age 62 of Mound City, Kansas died Monday December 26, 2011 at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born on February 21, 1949 at Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Virgil and Beryle Jean Hinds Dinneen. She was a 1967 graduate of Shawnee Mission North High School and then attended the...

Marshall Walker
Dec 25, 2011
Marshall Douglas Walker, age 72 of Mound City Kansas died Sunday December 25, 2011 at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on June 30, 1939 at Delta, Colorado the son of Harvey Harry and Avis Geraldine Bewley Walker. Marshall was a 1958 graduate of Westminster High School in Westminster, Colorado. He married Sue Hayes...

Randall Key
Dec 23, 2011
Randall Frederick Key passed away on Friday December 23, 2011 at his home. He was born on April 2, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA to Frederick Albert Key and Marie Maxine Phillips Key. Randy attended all 12 years at Hume School--even then he was the cook for his class at basketball games, and he loved to dance at all the...

Jimmy Harris
Dec 23, 2011
Jimmy O. Harris, 85, Prescott, Kansas, died Friday, December 23, 2011 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born December 14, 1926 at Mulberry, Kansas, the son of Orville and Alice Lowe Harris. He married Betty Wood on December 13, 1947 at Arcadia, Kansas. Jimmy was a veteran having served with the United States Navy. He was employed as...
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