Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Ruby Singmaster
Aug 11, 2011
Ruby Joan Singmaster, age 75, Fort Scott, Kansas died Thursday August 11, 2011 at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born on August 25, 1935 at Pleasanton, Kansas the daughter of Hughie U. and Margaret E. Norbury Black. She graduated from Pleasanton High School and worked at the Bank of Pleasanton for many years before retiring....
Wilma Wright
Aug 3, 2011
Wilma Marie Wright, age 87, of LaCygne, Kansas died Wednesday August 3, 2011 at the Vintage Park in Osawatomie, Kansas. She was born at LaCygne on December 29, 1923 the daughter of Eldon H. and Flora "Betty" Lee Stites. She graduated from LaCygne Rural High School and married Norvin Wright on May 20, 1956. He preceded her in death on...
Paris Neal
Aug 2, 2011
Paris Junior Neal, 86, of Mound City, Kansas, died Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at his home. He was born September 17, 1924 in Farlinville,Kansas, the son of Paris William and Lena Patterson Neal. He was married to Wilma Jones on September 9, 1944 at Mound City, Kansas. He was a World War II veteran, serving with the United States Army...
Daisy Self
Jul 27, 2011
Daisy Pearl Self, 83, of Mound City, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at her home. She was born March 29, 1928 in Goodrich, Kansas, the daughter of George and Julia Dinsmore Pearson. She married Earl Self on August 18, 1945 at Paola, Kansas. He preceded her in death on March 14, 2011. She was preceded in death also by...
Olen Hampton
Jul 27, 2011
Olen W. Hampton, age 93, of LaCygne, Kansas passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at his home. He was born December 7, 1917, near Parker, Kansas to Melville R. and Sarah Jane Sullivant Hampton. Olen grew up on the farm and attended local country schools. He graduated from Parker Rural High School with the class of 1936. On June 12,...
John Earnest
Jul 27, 2011
John Raymond Earnest, 69, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at Medicalodge Nursing Home, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born March 11, 1942 in Weed, California, the son of John and Mary Earnest. He was married to Olive Reed and to this union three children were born. He was self employed as a welder and farmer. John was...
John Waldmer
Jul 18, 2011
John Eric Waldmer, age 64 of Mound City, Kansas died Monday July 18, 2011 at the Kansas City V.A. Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on April 27, 1947 at Mound City, Kansas the son of Herman and Dorothy Croan Waldmer. He was a 1965 graduate of Mound City High School. He served his country in Special Forces...
Donald Orr
Jul 17, 2011
Donald Eugene Orr GONE FISHIN''... He took off on a Sunday fishing trip that never has to end. Donald Eugene Orr decided to settle down at a quiet fishing hole in the sky at 9:15 Sunday evening, July 17, 2011. In his last moments, Don''s family said happy trails as they sat together in his long-time home in the foothills...
Delsie Harris
Jul 15, 2011
Delsie Dean "D. D." Harris age 84 of LaCygne, Kansas died Friday July 15, 2010 at the Inwood Crossing at Tomball, Texas. She was born on May 10, 1927 at Hinton, Oklahoma the daughter of George and Ivy Laola Canon Lambert. "D. D." married Nate Harris on May 4, 1956 at Rio Hondo, Texas he preceded her in death on...
Elvin Kimzey
Jul 14, 2011
Elvin E. Kimzey, 92, of Topeka passed away July 14, 2011 at Brewster Place Health Center in Topeka. He was born June 6, 1919 in Linn County, Kansas, the son of Dick and Zella Fritts Kimzey. Elvin grew up in Linn County and married Emily Lorene Leonard Kimzey on December 24, 1941 who preceded him in death on August 21,...
Bill Mcdowell
Jul 13, 2011
Enos William "Bill" McDowell, 82, of Marshfield, Missouri, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at Cox Memorial Hospital, Springfield, Missouri. He was born October 30, 1928 in Linn County, Kansas, the son of Charles and Alta Ruth Stark. Bill was a veteran, having served with the United States Marine Corps. Prior to retirement, Bill worked as a sheet metal worker and...
Darlene Elam
Jul 12, 2011
Darlene Elam age 71, of LaCygne, Kansas died Tuesday July 12, 2011 at her home. She was born on June 26, 1940 at Welch Oklahoma the daughter of Charles and Jane Kerns. Darlene married Russell Elam on May 28, 1960 in Kansas City, Kansas. Darlene worked at many grocery stores around Linn County, as a cook, a seamstress, she owned...
Gerald Graves
Jul 6, 2011
Gerald Wayne Graves, 50, of Mound City, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at his home. He was born May 6, 1961, in Paola, Kansas, the son of Joseph and Joan Smothers Graves. He was employed as a truck driver and in maintenance at Sugar Valley. He was a 1980 graduate of Spring Hill High School. Gerald enjoyed playing pool...
Nellie Newman
Jul 3, 2011
Nellie Ione Newman age 91, of Paola, Kansas formerly of Blue Mound , Kansas died Sunday July 3, 2011 at the Life Care Center in Osawatomie, Kansas. She was born on August 3, 1919 in Xenia, Kansas the daughter of Clarence and Corda Jackson Townsley. She was a 1937 graduate of Blue Mound High School, she married Oran "Bud" Newman...
Edna Edds
Jun 24, 2011
Edna Mae Edds, 94, passed away on Friday, June 24, 2011, at The Rose Estates in Overland Park, KS. Edna Mae was born July 17, 1916, in Bogue, KS to Antonia (Toni) and Adam (Ed) Holsman. She grew up on a farm near Pleasanton, KS. Edna Mae married Nathan A. Edds on October 27, 1943. A lifelong resident of Pleasanton,...
Janet O'Bryant
Jun 14, 2011
JANET O'BRYANT Janet Loye O'Bryant, 78, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. She was born December 24, 1932 in Grove, Oklahoma, the daughter of Arthur Edward and Nada Harrison Mathia. She graduated from high school in Grove, Oklahoma in 1950. She married Richard O'Bryant on March 23, 1952. He preceded her...
Dollie Brown
Jun 13, 2011
Dollie Maxine Brown, 63, of rural Fulton, Kansas died June 13, 2011 due to a fatal stroke at her home. She was born September 30, 1947 at Nevada, Missouri, the daughter of Walter H. and Viola P. Phillips Hopkins. She attended school at Hume, Missouri until the fifth grade, and due to her father's transfer of employment to Madisonville, Kentucky...
Marjorie Black
Jun 6, 2011
Marjorie Grace Black, 87, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Monday, June 6, 2011 at the Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. She was born July 18, 1923 in Augusta, Kansas. She was the daughter of Elmer and Bessie Meachem Berg. She married Weslie Black on November 10, 1940 at Eldorado, Kansas. He preceded her in death on June 10, 1996. Marjorie was...
Edna Ross
Jun 5, 2011
Edna Marie Ross age 78, of Fort Scott, Kansas formerly of Pleasanton, Kansas died Sunday June 5, 2011 at the Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born on December 2, 1932 at Farlinville, Kansas the daughter of Frank and Nellie Ann Johnson Clearwater. She married Vaughn Ross on August 24, 1948 at Farlinville, Kansas he...
Leonard Long
Jun 2, 2011
Leonard James Long, age 86, LaCygne, Kansas died Thursday June 2, 2011 at his son's home in LaCygne. He was born in Sugar Creek Township, Miami County, Kansas on July 17, 1924 the son of George Ivan and Norma Alvena Russell Long. He married Edith Pearl Eastwood and to this union four children were born. Leonard worked as a farmer...
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