Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Dale Potter
Dec 27, 2009
Dale Potter, age 89 of Prescott, Kansas formerly of Linn Valley, Kansas died Sunday December 27, 2009 at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home Prescott, Kansas. He was born on April 17, 1920 at Wichita, Kansas the son of George and Hada Finuf Potter. Dale worked for the Kansas Department of Grain Inspectors as a Scale Mechanic Grain Inspector; he...
Ophelia Elledge
Dec 26, 2009
Ophelia Marie Elledge, 96, of Hume, Missouri, died Saturday, December 26, 2009 at Prescott Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. She was born August 25, 1913 in Metz, Missouri, the daughter of John and Josephine Ransom Long. She graduated from Metz High School. On January 9, 1932, she married Noel Elledge. He preceded her in death on March 20, 1989. She...
Larry Morgan
Dec 21, 2009
Larry Franklin Morgan, age 67 of LaCygne, Kansas died Monday December 21, 2009 at his home. He was born on November 18, 1942 in Iowa Falls, Iowa the son of Herman and Elenor Duncan Morgan. He worked in the construction industry as an operator and carpenter. He was a member of the Operator's Union and the Carpenter's Union. He married...
Thomas Whitten
Dec 17, 2009
After a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer, Thomas Allen Whitten Sr., peacefully took the hand of Jesus, and entered his eternal home Thursday, December 17, 2009. Tom was born on February 23, 1943 at Butler, Missouri the son of Thomas Lee and Dorothy Cleo Zwahlen Whitten. He graduated from Hume High School in 1961. He married Barbara Killion and to...
Charles Courtois
Dec 13, 2009
CHARLES "CHUCK" COURTOIS Charles Fredrick "Chuck" Courtois, 91, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Sunday, December 13, 2009. Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at the First Baptist Church, Pleasanton, Kansas. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM, Tuesday at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Pleasanton. Contributions are suggested to the Harry Hynes Hospice or First Baptist Church of Pleasanton....
Oscar Holway
Dec 11, 2009
Oscar Holway III age 80 of Blue Mound, Kansas died Friday December 11, 2009 at Prescott Country View Nursing Home Prescott, Kansas. He was born on October 14, 1929 at Worcester, Massachusetts the son of Oscar and Katharine Dennison Holway II. He earned his Bachelors in Business from American International College in Massachusetts, and worked and retired form Sprint as...
Bill Hamilton
Dec 8, 2009
William Earl "Bill" Hamilton, 64, of Mound City, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 08, 2009 at his home. He was born April 17, 1945 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Rees and Evelyn Marie Gatlin Hamilton. Bill graduated from Pleasanton High School Class of 1963. He served his country with the United States Army from 1964 until his retirement in...
Billy Miller
Dec 7, 2009
Billy Joe Miller, 33, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Monday, December 7, 2009 as the result of an automobile accident. He was born December 1, 1976 in Butler, Missouri, the son of Jimmie Miller Sr. & Rose Mundell Miller. He was employed as a carpenter. He was preceded in death by one brother, Dale Miller. Survivors include his parents; Jimmie &...
Reba Ayers
Dec 6, 2009
Reba Maxine Ayers, age 95, lifelong Linn County resident, died Sunday December 6, 2009 at Prescott Country View. She was born on April 27, 1914 at Pleasanton, Kansas the daughter of Roe and Cora M. Sewright Henderson. She was married to Chester Barton Ayers who preceded her in death in March of 1958. She was also preceded in death by...
Joe Jones
Dec 6, 2009
Joe Gary Jones Joe Gary Jones, age 62, of Pleasanton, Kansas. passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2009 after a 2 year struggle with cancer, Joe was born November 23, 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri, the third child born to Harry Delbert Jones and Thelma Adalene Larson. He was married to Vicki Callia in 1967 and two children, Jeff and...
Esther Wilson
Dec 2, 2009
Esther C. Wilson, LaCygne, Kansas formerly of Kansas City, Kansas died December 3, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband Lewis and two sons, Lewis Jr and Lee Roy. She is survived by two sons, Bill Wilson and Bertha of Mercedes, Texas, and Jim Wilson and Henrietta of Overland Park, Kansas. Graveside memorial services will be held 2...
Jerald Simons
Nov 28, 2009
Jerald Ray Simons, age 72, Mound City, Kansas died November 28, 2009. He was born on October 29, 1937 at Arcadia, Kansas the son of Ora and Nellie Reynolds Simons. He married Lois Jennings on October 21, 1956. During his working days, Jerald owned and operated Mound City Vault Company, Simons Backhoe Service and was the caretaker of the Mound...
Flossie Wetzel
Nov 26, 2009
Flossie Wetzel, age 90, Hume, Missouri died November 26, 2009. She was born on December 21, 1918 the daughter of Charles and Cara Lee Wetzel. She spent most of her life on a farm North of Hume, Missouri. She was employed as a nurse at the Bates County Hospital for twenty-five years. She was preceded in death by her parents,...
Brock Barber
Nov 26, 2009
Brock Allyn Barber, age 23, of LaCygne, Kansas died Thursday November 26, 2009. He was born on October 8, 1986 at Overland Park, Kansas the son of Samuel and Bobbi Sparks Barber. He graduated from Prairie View High School in 2005 and was currently enrolled at Barton County Community College in the EMT program. Brock was a member of the...
Helen Reece
Nov 23, 2009
Helen Jo Reece, age 66, of Osceola, Missouri passed away Monday November 23, 2009, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was born on March 22, 1943, in Wichita, Kansas to Hazel and Beulah Merriman Dirse. She spent her childhood years in Wichita with her parents, three sisters and two brothers. She graduated form East High School in 1961....
Marena Hannon
Nov 18, 2009
MARENA CATHERINE ARBOGAST HANNON Marena Catherine Arbogast Hannon, 91, of Victoria, Texas, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009. She was born August 30, 1918 in Stockton, Rooks County, Kansas, to the late Ross and Harriet Clark Arbogast. She was a retired employee of Trans World Airlines. Marena and her beloved husband, Don, enjoyed traveling the world. They enjoyed many of their...
Lila Wood
Nov 17, 2009
LILA WOOD Lila Mae Wood, 91, of Prescott, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born March 14, 1918 to Elias & Leona Bradley Bloomfield on a farm east of Prescott. She grew up on the farm and attended schools in the rural area and graduated from Prescott High School in 1935....
Westley Harrison
Nov 16, 2009
Westley Emanuel Harrison age 32, Pleasanton, Kansas died Monday November 16, 2009. He was born on June 8, 1977 at Fort Scott, Kansas the son of David Parnell and Melody Mathis. He graduated from Pleasanton High School and Fort Scott Community College. He was preceded in death by his father, David Parnell. He is survived by his mother Melody Berry...
Jimmie Easley
Nov 15, 2009
Jimmie Carl Easley, 66, of Kansas City, Kansas, died Sunday, November 15, 2009 at his home. He was born June 9, 1943 in Wesley, Arkansas, the son of Carl and Lois Calhoun Easley. Jimmie was self employed as an automobile mechanic. Survivors include his mother, Lois Calhoun, one daughter, Lisa Leann Meuchel, a brother, Jerry Easley and one grandchild. Graveside...
Donnie Fultz
Nov 14, 2009
Donnie Lee Fultz, age 68, currently of Mound City, Kansas, native of Pleasanton, Kansas died Saturday November 14, 2009. He was born on December 31, 1940 at Fort Scott, Kansas the son of Willis and Ethel Graham Fultz. He graduated from Pleasanton High School in 1958 and attended Pittsburg State Teacher's College. He served in the Army National Guard. Donnie...
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