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

Leon Dennis

Mar 7, 2011

Leon Foster Dennis, age 79, passed away peacefully, March 7, 2011. Leon was born in Norwood, Mo. to Earl and Lois (Lucas) Dennis on February 18, 1932. He was an avid hunter of pheasant, every year he headed to western Kansas for his hunting trip. Leon also enjoyed making pens and woodworking. He retired from O'Neill Oldsmobile after 27 years...

Mike Burk

Mar 6, 2011

Michael Wade "Mike" Burk, 54, of Mapleton, Kansas, died Sunday, March 6, 2011 at his home. He was born September 17, 1956 in Osawatomie, Kansas, the son of Henry & Cletis Snyder Burk. Mike was employed with Page Construction and also worked as a security guard at Hidden Valley Lakes. He married Theresa Higginbotham on October 7, 1977. He loved...

Jean Smith

Mar 4, 2011

Jean Smith, 67, of Elsmore, Kansas, died Friday, March 4, 2011 at her home. She was born July 29, 1943 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Lester and Minnie McKaine Smith. She was employed as a housekeeper at the University of Kansas prior to retirement. Jean was an avid collector of Elvis memorabilia and also had a collection of...

Ruth York

Mar 3, 2011

Ruth R. York, age 85, LaCygne, Kansas died Thursday March 3, 2011 at the Olathe Medical Center. She was born in Miami County, Kansas on December 3, 1925 the daughter of Donald and Edna LaRosh Long. She was married to Donald York who preceded her in death in 1972. Also preceding her were two brothers Paul and Robert. Ruth was...

Aletha Stoker

Mar 3, 2011

Aletha Fern Stoker, age 70, LaCygne, Kansas died Thursday March 3, 2011 at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born July 11, 1940 at LaCygne, Kansas the daughter of Clifford and Opal Lee Filtingberger. She was married to Jerry Stoker who preceded her in death on April 20, 1977. She worked as a secretary at LaCygne Elementary,...

Jerelene Stepaniak

Feb 23, 2011

Dorcie Jerelene Stepaniak January 18, 1930 - February 23, 2011 She was born Dorcie Jerelene Bennett, January 18, 1930, to Hollie and Laura Bennett, in Quitman, Arkansas. She had a very happy childhood. Jerelene's family moved to Merced, California when she was in high school. It was there that she met the love of her life, Harold Stepaniak. He would...

Roberta Layton

Feb 22, 2011

Roberta Louise Layton, 72, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at her home. She was born February 15, 1939 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Lester and Minnie McKaine Smith. She was married to Donald Layton in 1966. He preceded her in death in 1976. Roberta was a homemaker. She was preceded in death also by two...

Richard Clark

Feb 11, 2011

Service Information

Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 10:00am, Fisher Cemetery

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Shawn Kenney

Feb 11, 2011

Shawn Kenney, 75, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Friday, February 11, 2011 at St. Luke's East Hospital, Lee's Summit, Missouri. He was born May 10, 1935 in Gardner, Kansas, the son of Grey A. and Melva Brasfield Kenney. He graduated from Topeka High School. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Raytown, Missouri and served with the...

Harry Waldmer

Feb 9, 2011

Harry Waldmer, 85, of Aurora, Missouri, died Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at Cox Medical Center, Springfield, Missouri. He was born March 10, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jacob and Mary Russul Waldmer. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the United States Navy in submarine duty. Harry worked for IBM as a computer technician...

William Baldwin

Feb 4, 2011

William E. "Bill" Baldwin, 57, of Hume, Missouri, died Thursday, February 3, 2011 at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, Kansas. He was born November 30, 1953 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Franklin and Jean Frances Wood Baldwin. He was a graduate of Pleasanton High School, Pleasanton, Kansas. He married Dixie Hess on September 8, 1978. Bill worked as...

James Ferguson

Jan 28, 2011

James Glenn Ferguson James Glenn Ferguson, 91, died Friday January 28, 2011, at the Lonoke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lonoke, AR. He was born September 1, 1919 in Fort Scott, KS to James and Ethel(Briggs) Ferguson. He married Ruth Eileen Brooks, of Hume, MO, on May 26, 1942 in Nevada, MO. Jimmie was inducted into the U.S. Navy in...

Robert Purdy

Jan 28, 2011

Robert Purdy, age 77 of Mound City, Kansas died Friday January 28, 2011 at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home at Prescott, Kansas. He was born on December 8, 1933 at Trading Post, Kansas the son of Charles and Lotty Masters Purdy. He married Dorothy Cornett on December 28, 1956 at Mound City, Kansas; she preceded him in death on...

Melvin Hargrove

Jan 21, 2011

Melvin Edward Hargrove (Mel) passed away with his entire family by his side on Friday, January 21st at Kansas University Hospital due to complications from heart disease. Mel was born August 9th 1952 in Helena, Montana the son of Jack and Marie Nettleton Hargrove. He graduated from Helena High School in Helena Montana in 1970. He attended Carroll College on...

Dennis Baker

Jan 19, 2011

Dennis "Denny" Robert Baker, age 67, Linn Valley, Kansas died Wednesday January 19, 2011. He was born on October 25, 1943 the son of Robert Edna Rose Baker. He graduated from LaCygne Rural High School in 1961. He was employed as a meat cutter and meat market manager in LaCygne and Louisburg. He also worked in the meat department at...

Robert Robbins

Jan 17, 2011

Robert William Robbins, age 81 of Mound City, Kansas died Monday January 17, 2011 at the St. Joseph Medical Center at Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on January 30, 1929 at Boicourt, Kansas the son of Walter and Myrtle Weaver Robbins. Robert was an Untied State Army Veteran serving his country during the Korean War. He married Bernita Reynolds...

Leila Rucker

Jan 17, 2011

Leila Fay Vail Rucker, age 92, LaCygne, Kansas died Monday January 17, 2011 at Life Care in Osawatomie, Kansas. She was born at Drexel, Missouri on August 28, 1918 the daughter of James W. and Bertha VanEaton Vail. She attended and received her Bachelor and Master degrees from Pittsburg State Teachers College. She was a school teacher for forty-six years,...

Dorothy Gaston

Jan 15, 2011

Dorothy Lorene McCoy Gaston, age 87, Amoret, Missouri died Saturday January 15, 2011 at Pershing Hospital in Brookfield, Missouri. She was born at Amsterdam, Missouri on September 10, 1923 the daughter of Charles Cole and Carrie Mae Wisdom McCoy. She attended LaCygne, Kansas Grade School and graduated from Amoret High School. She married Cecil Gaston on December 24, 1941. He...

Hazel Underwood

Jan 14, 2011

Hazel Edna Underwood died January 14, 2011 at the Chanute Healthcare Center at Chanute, Kansas. She was born on May 27, 1912 at Lynch, Nebraska the daughter of James and Edna Hostetter. At age of three the family moved to an 80 acre farm south east of Blue Mound, Kansas. Hazel married Cecil Underwood in November 1935 at Platte City,...

Jim Jones

Jan 13, 2011

James H. "Jim" Jones, 72, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Thursday, January 13, 2011. He was born January 2, 1939 at Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Garland W. and Marguerite Gillapp Jones. Jim married Patricia Sutterby on May 30, 1957. He worked for Milgram Food stores for 20 years and John Hancock and American Family Insurance. Most recently he was...