Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Reitha Bosshardt
Oct 13, 2005
Reitha L. Bosshardt, 86, of Olathe, Kansas, died Thursday, October 13, 2005 at Royal Terrace Nursing & Rehabilitation in Olathe. She was born September 10, 1919 in Ranger, Texas, the daughter of Eldon and Mona Cook Kastl. She married Gene Sutterby and to this union three children were born; Steven, David and Mona. She later married Harvey Bosshardt who preceded...
Willis Dingus
Oct 8, 2005
Willis Albert Dingus, 90, of Park City, Kansas, formerly of Mound City, Kansas, died Saturday, October 8, 2005 at Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. He was born May 14, 1915 in Mound City, Kansas, the son of Ben and Hattie McCulley Dingus. He married Bonnie Baughn who preceded him in death on January 6, 2000. Prior to retirement, Willis was...
Robert Weese
Oct 7, 2005
Robert Willis Weese, 93, of Atchison, Kansas, formerly of Mound City, Kansas, died on October 7, 2005. He was born in Topeka, KS, February 1, 1912, to Earnest Willis and Louise Katherine Weickert. He was married April 12, 1934 in Fort Scott, Kansas to Theresa Hensley. One daughter was born of this union, Lynette Weese. Robert entered the Army in...
Charlie Masoner
Oct 5, 2005
Charlie "The Car Wash Guy" Masoner of Iola, Kanas, formerly of Mound City, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at Fountain Villa in Iola. He was born on August 7, 1933 near Prescott, Kansas the son of Charlie M. and Nellie Dasher Masoner. He graduated from high school and attended one year of college at Warrensburg, Missouri. Charles was an...
Margaret Herndon
Oct 5, 2005
Margaret H. Herndon, 94, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at the Residencies of Pleasanton. She was born November 27, 1910 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of William and Ursula Balchunas Kadzwick. Prior to her retirement, she was the social secretary at the Illinois Governor's mansion. Preceding her in death were one brother and two sisters. She is...
Roy Shields
Oct 4, 2005
Roy A. Shields, 74, passed away at his home on Tuesday, October 4, 2005. he was born June 29, 1931 to Walter and Verna Shields at the family farm outside LaCygne. he graduated from LaCygne rural High School, Fort Scott Community College and Kansas State University where he was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He is a...
Margaret Yuille
Oct 3, 2005
Margaret "Louise" Yuille, 81, of Prescott, Kansas, died Monday, October 3, 2005 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Olathe, Kansas. She was born March 26, 1924 in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Estel and Crystal Morton Pellham. She married Richard L. Yuille on March 28, 1942. He preceded her in death on May 18, 1978. She was employed as a...
Mark Burns
Sep 24, 2005
Mark Allen Burns, age 17, of LaCygne, Kansas, died Saturday, September 24, 2005 as the result of an automobile accident. He was born on July 5, 1988 at Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Lee Burns and Kelli Reeves. He was currently a student in his senior year at Prairie View High School. Before attending Prairie View, Mark had attended...
Junior Clay
Sep 21, 2005
Junior Clay, age 69, of Osawatomie, Kansas, formerly of LaCygne and Fontana, died Wednesday, September 21, at Miami County Medical Center. He was born July 24, 1936 at LaCygne, the son of Carl and Lucille Marmon Clay. After the death of his mother, he was raised by his grandparents Guy and Myrtle Marmon. He graduated from LaCygne High School in...
Thomas Arnold
Sep 17, 2005
Thomas Seth Arnold age 94 of Pleasanton, Kansas died Saturday September 17, 2005 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born on April 16, 1911 at Roxbury, Kansas the son of Robert and Katie Hodges Arnold. He worked in the coal mines for Hume Sinclair before retiring. He married Rhoda Arnold on February 18, 1935; she preceded...
Fred Brown
Sep 12, 2005
Fred Victor Brown, 84, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Monday, September 12, 2005 at Mercy Health Systems, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born May 25, 1921 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Harry and Pearl Kelley Brown. He married Vivian Fuller on August 23, 1983. Prior to his retirement, Fred worked as a truck driver. He was preceded in death...
Elonzo Turpen
Sep 11, 2005
Elonzo "Lonnie" Turpen, 75, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Sunday, September 11, 2005 at Life Care Center, Osawatomie, Kansas. He was born September 14, 1928 in Foster, Missouri, the son of Bueal A. and Anna Lee Wisdom Turpen. He married Ruby McBride on June 1, 1945 at Mound City, Kansas. Lonnie reconditioned used cars for Kipper Chevrolet and Cox Motors, prior...
Glen Clearwater
Sep 11, 2005
Glen Henry Clearwater, 84, of Fort Scott, Kansas, formerly of Linn County, Kansas, died Sunday, September 11, 2005 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. He was born October 27, 1920 in LaCygne, Kansas, the son of Frank and Nellie Johnson Clearwater. He married Dorothy Johnson. She preceded him in death on November 21, 1968. Glen was a member of the...
Jessica Young
Sep 10, 2005
Jessica Dee Young, 29, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Saturday, September 10, 2005 at Mercy Health Systems, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born November 12, 1975 in Fort Hood, Texas, the daughter of Bobbie Joe and Mary Ann Britt Young. She was a cashier at Wal-Mart, and had received her CNA and CMA. Jessica attended the First Baptist Church of Pleasanton....
Ola Yager
Aug 20, 2005
Ola Yager, 88, of Prescott, KS died Saturday, August 20, 2005 at the Prescott Countryview Nursing Home. She was born December 31, 1916 near Hammond, Kansas, the daughter of Jake and Stella King Turley. She married Charles Yager on August 4, 1934. He preceded her in death on July 1, 1995. She spent most of her life on the farm...
Paul Creager
Aug 19, 2005
Paul Kenneth Creager, 98, of Prescott, Kansas, died Friday, August 19, 2005 at Prescott Countryview Nursing Home. He was born May 26, 1907 in LaCygne, Kansas, the son of John and Hattie Lopeman Creager. He taught school in the area schools for a number of years. Paul married Opal Smith on October 25, 1929. She preceded him in death on...
Robert Plumb
Aug 19, 2005
ROBERT PLUMB Robert Spencer Plumb, 82, of Buena Vista, Colorado, formerly of Overland Park, Kansas. died August 19, 2005 at Buena Vista, Colorado. He was born November 16, 1923 in Paullina, Iowa, the son of Spencer and Florence Brown Plumb. He married Marilyn Crandall in 1944 at Bloomington, Illinois. He was a veteran of World War II, serving with the...
Mildred Shaffer
Aug 18, 2005
Mildred Louise Kauffman Shaffer died August 18, 2005 at Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster, California. She was born July 13, 1919 on a farm near Amsterdam, Missouri, the daughter of Charlie & Effie Lewis Kauffman. She graduated from High School in 1937 and attended one year of Business School in Sedalia, Missouri. She worked in Kansas City, Missouri for Dills-Monarch United...
Robert Miller
Aug 11, 2005
Robert Miller of Linn Valley, KS was born November 10, 1930 near Garnett, KS, the youngest of 6 children. He passed away following a long illness on August 11, 2005. He was the son of Frank and Hazel Williamson Miller. Bob lived in and around Garnett most of his life graduating from Garnett High School in 1948. He enlisted in...
Kenneth Landers
Aug 8, 2005
Kenneth Melvin Landers, 84, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Monday, August 8, 2005 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born June 22, 1921 in Mound City, Kansas, the son of Melvin and Ada Smith Landers. Kenneth was a veteran of World War II, serving with the United States Army. He was a member of American Legion of Prescott,...
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