Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
James Bishop
May 2, 2007
James Clinton "Jake" Bishop, 64, of Olathe, Kansas, formerly of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe,Kansas. He was born April 7, 1943 in Pleasanton, Kansas, the son of John William and Mary Ellen Jackson Bishop. He married Dixie Hostetter on November 21, 1965 at Pleasanton, Kansas. Jake was an avid KU fan. He was...
Mary Epps
Apr 27, 2007
Mary Helen Epps, 86, Pleasanton, Kansas died Friday April 27, 2007 at Prescott Country View. She was born on November 13, 1920 in New Lancaster, Kansas the daughter of Vincent Russell and Helen Avery Coon Ewan. She graduated from Stotesbury High School and received her teacher's certificate from Pittsburg State Teachers College. She married Donald Epps on December 23, 1941....
Wanda Creager
Apr 22, 2007
Wanda Creager, age 81, of LaCygne, Kansas died Sunday April 22, 2007 at St Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born on January 15, 1926 at LaCygne, Kansas the daughter of John and Hattie Lopeman Creager. Before retirement she worked as a cook for Swan Manor in LaCygne. She was preceded in death by three brothers: Roy, Glenn,...
Pearl Russell
Apr 19, 2007
Pearl Russell, 87, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Wednesday, April 19, 2007 at Prescott Countryview Nursing Home. She was born January 5, 1920 in Colorado, the daughter of Jesse and Lila Watson Hall. She was a rural school teacher, worked for Keiser and also gave art lessons. Pearl was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Jack Hall; one sister,...
Katie Black
Apr 16, 2007
Katie Dimples Black, 85, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Monday, April 16, 2007 at Prescott Countryview Nursing Home. She was born October 9, 1922 in Pleasanton, Kansas, the daughter of John and Katie Watson Ralph. She married Kenneth Black on April 28, 1940 at Hume, Missouri. He preceded her on February 28, 1988. She was a homemaker. Katie was the last...
A.L. "Whitey" Jr.
Apr 10, 2007
Abraham Lincoln "Whitey" Schasteen, Jr., the son of Abraham L. and Beulah Hewitt Schasteen was born May 21, 1924 at Mound City, Kansas. He married Elaine Ferguson on May 1, 1948. They have two children, Meredith Ison, husband Marty and Wayne Schasteen, wife Diane, 4 grandchildren, Matt Ison wife Jennie, Marnie Ison, Bobby Daugherty, and Wendy Collier husband Ryan and...
Jacob Neal
Apr 8, 2007
Jacob Mac Neal, 28, LaCygne, Kansas died Sunday April 8, 2007 as the result of an accident. He was born January 3, 1979 in Fort Scott, Kansas the son of Barbara McArdle and Dale Neal. He graduated from Prairie View High School in 1997 and attended Pittsburg State University and Kansas State University. He was currently working as an operating...
Arthur Williamson
Apr 5, 2007
Arthur Keller "Kay" Williamson, 85, of Mound City, Kansas, died Thursday, April 5, 2007 at his home. He was born November 14, 1921 in Mulberry, Kansas, the son of Arthur George and Mary Frances Brown Williamson. He married Vera Irwin on September 1, 1946 at Mound City, Kansas. He served his country during World War II with the 6th Defense...
Darrell White
Apr 2, 2007
Darrell White, 51, of LaCygne, Kansas, died Monday, April 2, 2007 at his home. He was born August 19, 1955 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Charles and Shirley Lairson White. He married Nancy Querry in 1976 in Oklahoma. He was employed as a heavy equipment operator with Ron Weers Construction. He was a member of the Christian Church,...
Beatrice Brock
Mar 30, 2007
Beatrice Mary Brock, 86, of Blue Mound, Kansas, died Friday, March 30, 2007 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born September 6, 1920 in Blue Mound, Kansas, the daughter of Henry Melborn and Mary Agnes Irsik Davis. She graduated from Blue Mound High School in 1939. She was married to L.M. Brock and to this union four...
Johnnie Lane
Mar 29, 2007
Johnnie Ray Lane of La Cygne, Kansas passed away on March 29th, 2007 at his home. He was born April 26th, 1947 at home in Fontana, Kansas. He was the 4th of 8 children born to Webster Riley and Gladys Maxine Beckman Lane. While he was young they lived several places but for the most he grew up in Fontana...
Erma Bishop
Mar 28, 2007
Erma Olive Bishop, 93, of Blue Mound, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born October 25, 1913 in Centerville,Kansas, the 5th child of 11 children of John and Emma Orton Giffin. She graduated from Parker High School. On August 29, 1936 she married Jacob T. Bishop. He preceded her in death on...
Sarah Pound
Mar 26, 2007
Sarah Amel Pound, 94, of Mound City, Kansas, died Monday, March 26, 2007 at Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born August 23, 1912 in Roodhouse, Illinois, the daughter of Frederick b. and Biddie Calhoun Howard. She married Gerald Pound on June 16, 1970 at Miami Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on September 13, 1989....
Donald Epps
Mar 16, 2007
Donald Wesley Epps, 84, of Pleasanton,Kansas, died Friday, March 16, 2007 at St. Joseph Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born May 15, 1922 in Pleasanton, Kansas, the son of John Wesley and Clema Mae Phelps Epps. He married Mary Helen Ewan on December 23, 1941. Donald owned and operated the Pleasanton Mill & Elevator Company, Pleasanton, Kansas and...
Janice Wood
Mar 16, 2007
Janice Jo Wood, 57, Prescott, Kansas died March 16, 2007 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born November 18, 1949 in Walnut, Kansas the daughter of Edward and Georgetta Tobaben Thiesing. She graduated from Girard High School. She married Gary Wood on October 17, 1970. Jan worked at Great Western Insurance, Commercial Pipeline, Greeley Gas and...
Nola Williams
Mar 15, 2007
Nola Williams, formerly of Mound City, Kansas, most recently of the Medicalodge in Fort Scott, passed away March 15, 2007. She was born to Edgar D. and Lela Darcus McKay on December 27, 1911 at Oscar, Oklahoma. Nola was preceded in death by her husband John Williams in 1977; and children James T. "Jiggs" Williams, Joyce "Jean" Baston, O.C. "Carl"...
Minnie Leuty
Mar 14, 2007
Minnie Lee Leuty, 79 of Pleasanton, Kansas died Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at Willow Lane Nursing Home, Butler, Missouri. She was born March 21, 1927 in Passaic, Missouri, the daughter of Grover C. and Bessie Mae Durbin Moore. She married Edgar Leuty who preceded her in death in 1959. She later married Vernon Adams who also preceded her in 1982....
H. Brown
Mar 13, 2007
H. Maurice "Cy" Brown, 88, of Centerville, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at Life Care Center, Osawatomie, Kansas. He was born May 17, 1918 in Mapleton, Kansas, the son of Clarence and Gladys Weaver Brown. He married Evah Nadine Fish on July 14, 1942 at Centerville, Kansas. She preceded him in death on November 1, 2006. He was a...
Robert Stocking
Mar 6, 2007
Robert Bernhart Stocking, 65, of Mound City, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at Olathe Medical Center. He was born April 13, 1941 in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Kenneth O. and Margaret Benson Stocking. He received a BS Degree in Physics and a Masters Degree in Bio Physics. Robert was self employed as an accountant. He was a member...
William Stark Jr.
Mar 3, 2007
William Jr. Stark, 76, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Saturday, March 3, 2007 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born March 22, 1930 at Boicourt, Kansas, the son of William Ray and Edna Sherman Stark. He was a veteran, serving with the United States Army. He married Joan Rusell on September 17, 1958 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He...
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