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

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,...

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...