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