Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Scott Schmelzla
Mar 11, 2009
Scott Edward Schmelzla, 50, of Pittsburg, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at Mt. Carmel Hospital, Pittsburg. He was born September 24, 1958 at Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Gerald and Doris Jean Giesken Schmelzla. He graduated from Fort Scott High School and was employed with the City of Pittsburg street department. Scott enjoyed fishing and riding his Harley...
David Bush
Mar 8, 2009
David Lee Bush, 51, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Sunday, March 8, 2009. He was born April 11, 1957 at Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Edward and Ruby Farris Bush. He was employed with Foodfair Grocery Store in Mound City prior to moving to Kansas City where he worked as a security guard. David was a practical joker and enjoyed...
Wilma Town
Mar 7, 2009
Wilma Jeane Town, age 78, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Saturday March 7, 2009. She was born November 5, 1930 at Blue Jacket, Oklahoma the daughter of Robert Roy and Sadie Catherine Reavis Spence. She married Clifford Town on June 24, 1948. He preceded her in death on February 5, 2003. Together they owned and operated the Dairy Inn in Pleasanton....
Wilma Claar
Mar 1, 2009
Wilma Mae Claar, age 83 of LaCygne, Kansas died Sunday March 1, 2009 at the Olathe Medical Center. She was born July 24, 1925 in Kenneth, Kansas the daughter of Ralph Emerson and Edith Mae Dunham Eastland. Wilma married Harold Banks Claar on September 29, 1945 in Morse, Kansas. He preceded her in death on May 12, 1994. Wilma worked...
James Ener
Feb 25, 2009
James Claud "Jamey" Ener, 40, of Butler, Missouri, died Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He was born March 24, 1968 in Lufkin, Texas, the son of James and Charlene Hammack Ener. He was employed as an auto mechanic. He was preceded in death by his father who died December 25, 2005 and his mother...
William Lane Sr.
Feb 24, 2009
William George Lane Sr., age 66 of Middleburg, Florida died Tuesday February 24, 2009 at Centerville, Kansas. He was born December 23, 1942 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of William and Doris Wolfe Lane. He served his country with the United States Coast Guard. He was employed with Florida Fisheries and Wildlife as a game warden. He was a member...
Robert Vankirk
Feb 23, 2009
Robert Leon VanKirk, 58, of Prescott, Kansas, died Monday, February 23, 2009 at his home. He was born December 23, 1950 in Linn County, Kansas, the son of Harold and Christina Lloyd VanKirk. He graduated from Pleasanton High School. He was employed with Peerless Products. Robert served in the United States Arms Forces during the Vietnam Era and was honorably...
Forrest Mcgraw
Feb 14, 2009
Forrest Lee "Frosty" McGraw, age 71, of Mound City, Kansas died Saturday February 14, 2009 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born on October 18, 1937 at Harrisonville, Missouri the son of Roy Lilburn and Janet Ruth Smith McGraw. He married Nylene Mattingley on December 6, 1980 at Harrisonville. Frosty worked as a union and carpenter...
Colleen Maddox
Feb 8, 2009
Colleen Cayton Maddox age 67 of Stevensville, Maryland died Sunday February 8, 2009. She was born at Mound City, Kansas the daughter of Donald and Hilma Switzer Ungeheuer. She was raised in Centerville, Kansas, where, she learned the deep-seated roots of American virtues, hard work, a love of the land and its people and a belief that she could make...
Ronald Platz
Feb 2, 2009
Ronald Leroy Platz, age 66 of Parker, Kansas died Monday, February 2, 2009 at his home. He was born July 18, 1942 in Winfield, Kansas the son of Ervin Platz and Fleta Iott Boyer. Survivors include his mother, Fleta Boyer, and one brother, Rudy Heubschman. No formal services. Arrangements; Coffel-Schneider LaCygne, Kansas.
Marvin Stites
Feb 1, 2009
Marvin Vail Stites, of Centerville, Kansas passed away Sunday, February 1, 2009 at the Corpus Christi Shoreline hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas at the age of 62. Marvin was born May 19, 1946 in rural Linn County, Kansas on the family farm. The youngest of two boys born to Vail and Ida Cleo Driskill Stites. Marvin attended Parker High School....
Laura Wright
Jan 31, 2009
Laura Helen Johnson Wright, age 91, of Mound City, Kansas died Saturday January 31, 2009 at the Residencies in Pleasanton, Kansas. She was born March 31, 1917 at Mound City, Kansas the daughter of Hiram Albert and Grace May Cook Johnson. She attended Mound City Schools graduating from Mound city High School in 1935. She then attended the University of...
Aileen Hall
Jan 30, 2009
Aileen S. Hall, 95, of Prescott, Kansas was born on January 30, 1914 and left us the same day, January 30, 2009. For the past three years, Aileen lived at Prescott Country View Nursing Home and the family wishes to express their deep appreciation for the loving care she was given by the staff. She was born in Kansas City,...
Vicki Bruner
Jan 28, 2009
VICKI BRUNER Vicki Jolene Bruner, age 51, of Mound City, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home. She was born May 22, 1957 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Virgil and Freda Mathews Bruner. Vicki graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School and attended beautician school and had worked as a beautician. She was...
Gary Carnell
Jan 26, 2009
Gary Gilbert Carnell, 68, of the Sugar Valley Community, near Mound City, Kansas, died Monday, January 26, 2009 at his home. He was born June 28, 1940 in Webster City, Iowa the son of Walter and Irene Busick Carnell. Gary's father died at an early age and he was raised by his step-father, Gilbert Wilson. He married Oleva Brogdon on...
Lawrence Niemeyer
Jan 22, 2009
Lawrence Arnold Niemeyer, 72, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at his home. He was born December 21, 1936 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Arnold and Martha Shroeter Niemeyer. He was employedas a pattern maker for American Steele, then Century Pattern and later John Deere, retiring from John Deere. He was a member of the Pattern...
Thedore Callahan
Jan 16, 2009
Theodore "Ted" Callahan Jr. of Pleasanton, Kansas died Friday January 16, 2009 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born April 22, 1948 in Howell, Arkansas the son of Theodore and Hatie Lee Chuturus Callahan. Ted worked as an electrician with Great Plains Construction. He was married to Roxanna Peters on March 3rd, 2001. He is preceded...
Don Parker
Jan 9, 2009
Don Leon Parker, age 77, Mabelvale, Arkansas formerly of Pleasanton, Kansas died Friday January 9, 2009 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born on August 1, 1931 at Fort Scott, Kansas the son of Donald and Thelma Teubner Parker. He graduated from Pleasanton High School, received his Bachelor's degree from Kansas State University and two Master's...
Chester Shaw
Jan 7, 2009
Chester (Chet) Ernest Shaw, age 89, of Mound City, Kansas, died on January 7, 2009, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, Kansas. Chester was born on September 13, 1919 in Amoret, Missouri, to Fred and Cora Mears Shaw and was the ninth of ten children. . Chet married Ruby Lee Gatlin Shaw on April 15, 1939, at the Linn County Courthouse....
Harold Leisure
Dec 22, 2008
Harold Lee Leisure May 15, l931 --- December 22, 2008 Harold Lee Leisure's earthly journey began May 15, l931 and ended peacefully at his home in Pleasanton KS, December 22, 2008 due to heart failure. He now lives eternally in the presence of Christ. Funeral services celebrating his life will be held Saturday December 27 at 11:00 AM at the...
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