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

Ralph Stites
May 14, 2011
Ralph Leon Stites, of Mound City, Kansas died May 14, 2011 at the Olathe Medical Center, he was 77. Ralph was born December 2, 1933 to the parents of Harry and Viola Kline Stites in Parker Kansas. He joined the Army in 1955 and served as a baker while stationed in Japan. He returned to the states and on October...

Donovan Ball
May 12, 2011
Donovan Carrol Ball, age 76 of Kansas City, Kansas died Thursday May 12, 2011 at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, Kansas. He was born on September 26, 1934 near Centerville, Kansas the son of Forrest Donovan and Cecile Louise Knight Ball. He attended school at Keokuk and Centerville. He graduated from Parker Rural High School in 1952. During his...

Sandra Key
May 5, 2011
Sandra Lee "Sandy" Key, 66, of Hume, Missouri died Thursday, May 5, 2011 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born July 30, 1944 in Boicourt, Kansas, the daughter of Lloyd and Evelyn Shonk Graham. She was a graduate of Pleasanton High School. She married Randall Key on August 10, 1984 at the Hume Christian Church. Sandy had...

Rex Hale
Apr 27, 2011
Rex Lee Hale, age 78, LaCygne, Kansas died Wednesday April 27, 2011 at the Kansas City Hospice House. He was born on December 31, 1932 at Kansas City, Missouri the son of William I. C. and Vivian R. Howard Hale. He graduated from Lee's Summit High and worked as a laborer and mechanic. He married Barbara Wilkes on July 17,...

Steven Long
Apr 23, 2011
Steven Jay Long, age 66 of Mound City, Kansas, passed away Saturday April 23, 2011 at his home with his family by his side. Steven was born on September 26, 1944 in Garnett, Kansas to Homer Leon Long and Ethel Collins Long. On July 8, 1965 he was united in marriage to Mary Aleeta Brooks. Steven was preceded in death...

Ronnie Pendergrass
Apr 20, 2011
Ronnie Lee Pendergrass, age 56 of Adrian, Missouri died Wednesday April, 20 2011 at his home. He was born on February 20, 1955 at Springfield, Missouri the son of Clifford and Daisy Todd Pendergrass. He married Debbie Hubbell on May 15, 1981 at Kansas City, Kansas. Ronnie worked for Deffenbaugh Sanitation as a heavy equipment operator. He was a member...

Joan Stark
Apr 17, 2011
Joan Lee Stark, 77, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Sunday, April 17, 2011 at her home. She was born July 16, 1933 at Wahoo, Nebraska, the daughter of Willard and Clara Cudrna Russell. She married William Stark Jr. on September 17, 1958 at Albuquerque, New Mexico. He preceded her in death on March 3, 2007. Joan owned and operated the Monkey...

Peggy Feris
Apr 13, 2011
Peggy June Feris, 63, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at Willow Lane Nursing Home, Butler, Missouri. She was born November 26, 1947 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Forrest and Juanita Padelli Dillon. Peggy owned Papa John's BBQ in Pleasanton, Kansas and later worked as Department manager of the bakery and deli at Target. She was...

Ann Edwards
Apr 12, 2011
ANN EDWARDS Ann Edwards, 67, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at her home. She was born June 3, 1943 in Colby, Kansas, the daughter of James and Nancy Mudd Long. She married Raymond Edwards on November 6, 1958 at Butler, Missouri. He preceded her in death on November 8, 2004. She was employed with nursing homes in...

Dorothy Klopfenstein
Apr 8, 2011
Dorothy Lorene Klopfenstein, age 94 of Mound City, Kansas died Friday April 8, 2011 at The Residencies at Pleasanton, Kansas. She was born on June 6, 1916 at Mildred, Kansas the daughter of Moreland McClure and Jessie McGinnis Mc Adam. Dorothy Married Harry Ward on September 23, 1936 to this union two children were born Carl Dean Ward and Linda...

Paul Wade
Apr 4, 2011
Paul Wade age 89, of LaCygne, Kansas died Monday April 4, 2011 at his home. He was born on April 10, 1921 in Linn County the son of Ray and Letha Hensley Wade. Paul graduated from LaCygne Rural High School where he enjoyed playing football, basketball, and track. His passion of sports carried over to Kansas City Royals baseball and...

Robert Massey
Mar 30, 2011
Robert "Gary" Massey, age 77 of Overland Park, Kansas formerly of LaCygne, Kansas died Wednesday March 30, 2011 at Delmar Gardens of Lenexa. He was born on March 15, 1934 in Miami County, Kansas the son of Walter D. and Fern Hutton Massey. Gary graduated from LaCygne Rural High School in 1952, and then earned his Bachelors in Business Administration...

Edna Holsman
Mar 20, 2011
Edna Juanita Vaughn Holsman, age 92, of Mound City, Kansas passed away Sunday March 20, 2011 at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home. She was born on June 8, 1918 in the Wall Street Community the daughter of Ira and Mary Etta Park Paddock. She was a homemaker and worked for a time as the activity director for Pleasant View...

Ernest Sellers
Mar 16, 2011
Ernest "Shorty" Sellers, 101, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born January 29, 1910 in Burlington, Kansas, the son of Reuben and Lula Rosenberger Sellers. He married Arzilla Darling on December 2, 1934 at Kansas City, Kansas. They were married for 62 years. Arzilla preceded him in death on...

Jaunita Hoaglan
Mar 15, 2011
Juanita May (Hoyt) Hoaglan, age 95 years and 3 months of LaCygne, Kansas died Tuesday March 15, 2011 at the North Point Skilled Nursing Center at Paola, Kansas. Juanita was the 2nd of 8 children born to Lester & Ethel (Mills) Hoyt in Mayfield, Missouri on December 15, 1915. She married Harold Joseph Hoaglan on July 25, 1934 at Butler,...

Earl Self
Mar 14, 2011
Earl Edward Self, age 86, Mound City, Kansas died Monday March 14, 2011 at his Farlinville home. He was born on November 26, 1924 at Farlinville, Kansas the son of James and Celia Jackman Self. He attended the Farlinville School. He was a farmer and stockman. Earl married Daisy Pearson on August 18, 1945 at Paola, Kansas. To this union,...

Wesley Whitson
Mar 9, 2011
Wesley Elmer Whitson, age 80 of Pleasanton, Kansas died Wednesday March 9, 2011 at the Fountain Villa in Iola, Kansas. He was born on October 26, 1930 in Farlinville, Kansas the son of Orie and Ellen Gertrude Graham Whitson. Wes retired from military duty with the United States Army. After retiring from the military he worked for the Mound City...

Barbara Mooney
Mar 8, 2011
Barbara Jo Mooney, age 79 of LaCygne, Kansas passed away on March 8, 2011 at her home in rural LaCygne. "Barb" as she was called by family and friends, was born on July 8, 1931, at West Mineral, Kansas, the eighth of nine children to John and Elizabeth Robertson Spendal. Barb attended school in West Mineral and Cherokee, Kansas. She...

Larence Boyer
Mar 8, 2011
Larence Allen "Tiny" Boyer, 82, of Baldwin City, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, Kansas. He was born March 10, 1928 in Lorane, Texas the son of Richard B. and Katherine Mae Campbell Boyer. He was married to Carol Alm on December 6, 1975. Tiny retired from military duty with the United States Navy where...

Hazel Miller
Mar 7, 2011
Hazel Pauline Miller On March 7, 2011, Hazel Pauline Pritchett Miller of Hutchinson, Kansas formerly of LaCygne,Kansas,age 95,our mother, grandmother, and great grandmother went home to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She was born February 3, 1916 in Prescott, KS to Richard Benjamin Joseph and Mary Lee Minnie Boyd Pritchett. She married the love of her life,...
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