Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Bertha Williams
Apr 26, 2005
Bertha May Weese Williams, age 85, of Leavenworth, formerly of Linn County, Kansas, died Thursday, April 26, 2005 at the Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Lansing, Kansas. She was born on March 31, 1919 in Topeka, the daughter of Willis and Louise K. Weickert Weese. She was a homemaker and a probate judge in Barber County for over six years....
Marguerite Wright
Apr 25, 2005
Marguerite Wright, 89, of Blue Mound, Kansas, died Monday, April 25, 2005 at Moran Manor Nursing Home, Moran, Kansas. She was born January 4, 1916 in Blue Mound, Kansas, the daughter of Harold and Mary Clark Rogers. She married Estel Wright on November 29, 1935 at Lawrence, Kansas. He preceded her in death on December 18, 1995. She was a...
Edward Hamel
Apr 24, 2005
Edward Logan Hamel, 72, of Hume, Missouri, died Sunday, April 24, 2005 at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, Missouri. He was born February 22, 1933 in Marion, Illinois, the son of John Dewey and Edith Ellen Hamel. He married Janice Sue Wampler on June 1, 1954 at Phoenix City, Alabama. She preceded him in death on January 30, 2004. He was self...
J. Sears
Apr 20, 2005
J. Elliott Sears, 81, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born May 1, 1923 in Elgin, Illinois, the son of Elliott C. and Hazel Avery Sears. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the United States Navy. He married Carole Crews on November 27, 1971 at Harvard,...
William Chambers
Apr 18, 2005
William G. (Bill) Chambers passed away at his home on April 18, 2005, in La Cygne, following a lengthy illness. His wife, Shirley, family and friends surrounded him. He was born March 31, 1933, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Robert T. and Ruth Lee (Godman) Chambers. His mother, father and his infant son, William G. Chambers Jr., preceded...
Grace Allen
Apr 18, 2005
Grace Leona Allen, 97, of Prescott, Kansas, died Monday, April 18, 2005 at Prescott Country View Nursing Home where she had resided since 1995. She was born April 7, 1908 in Phillipsburg, Kansas, the daughter of Ambrose Robert and Iva May Perry Kite. She married Harry Allen on June 11, 1944 at Prescott United Methodist Church. He preceded her in...
Ann Keyes
Apr 13, 2005
Ann A. Ohrazda Keyes, age 70 of LaCygne, Kansas passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at the Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born November 12, 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of John Ohrazda and Genevive Jaynes. She married Eugene Keyes and to this union two daughters were born. She was a homemaker and a mother. She...
Pauline Boswell
Apr 9, 2005
Pauline "Sis" Boswell, age 84 of Olathe, Kansas, formerly of LaCygne, Kansas passed away Saturday, April 9, 2005 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born April 16, 1920 in LaCygne, Kansas, the daughter of Dana Eli McClanahan and Lucille Pauline McCarty Boswell. She married Chester Boswell on September 22, 1934 in Paola, Kansas. They shared 57 years together...
Kaye Gueltzau
Apr 3, 2005
Kaye Hardenbrook Gueltzau, 66, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Sunday, April 3, 2005 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born November 6, 1938 in Spokane, Washington, the daughter of Wilhelm and Rufena Qualls Keith. She was married to Don Hardenbrook who preceded her in death in 1987. She later married Gene Gueltzau. Kaye was a member of the...
Anna Bailey
Apr 3, 2005
Anna Elizabeth C. Bailey, 82, of Mound City, Kansas, died Sunday, April 3, 2005 at her home. She was born March 28, 1923 in Dexter, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Anna Chamblin. She married Jack Bailey on July 9, 1942 in Leavenworth, Kansas. She was a homemaker and member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness. Anna was preceded...
Morris Ison
Mar 14, 2005
Morris Smith Ison, 83 of Mound City, Kansas, died Monday, March 14, 2005 at Life Care Center of Osawatomie, Kansas. He was born September 5, 1921 in Pleasanton, Kansas, the son of Oscar Schuyler and Myrtle Alice Martin Ison. At the age of four, he went to live with his uncle and aunt, Bert and Nellie Martin. He married Carol...
Gordy Phillips Jr.
Mar 7, 2005
Gordy Phillips Jr., 80, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Monday, March 7, 2005 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born February 1, 1925 in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of F. Gorodess and Opal E. (Phillips) Phillips. He was a safety engineer for Home Insurance and a served with the United States Army during World War II. He...
Donna Lindell
Feb 28, 2005
Donna Lindell, 63, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Monday, February 28, 2005 at Wichita, Kansas. She was born February 11, 1942 in Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of John and Loraine Hawley Ary. She graduated from high school at Greensburg, Kansas, attended Dodge City Community College and received her Bachelor's and Masters Degrees from Emporia State University. She married Francis Lindell...
Ellen Demott
Feb 28, 2005
Ellen Lucille DeMott, 93, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Monday, February 28, 2005 at Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born September 18, 1911, south of Pleasanton, Kansas on what is now known as the site of the "Battle of Mine Creek". She was the daughter of Emmit and Eulah Lou Blount Peare. Ellen attended grade school...
Lois Wurtz
Feb 6, 2005
Lois Faye Wurtz, 73, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Sunday, February 6, 2005 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born December 16, 1931 in Johnson County, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Iva Ealy Karstetter. She graduated from Spring Hill High School and in 1950 she married Norman Minden. To this union three sons and one daughter were born;...
Ruby Shaw
Feb 2, 2005
Ruby Lee Shaw, 86, of Mound City, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at Medicalodge Nursing Home, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born May 29, 1918 in Butler, Missouri, the daughter of Earl and Edna Boren Gatlin. She was married to Chester Shaw in 1938 at the Linn County Court House. Ruby was a homemaker and farm wife. She was...
Karen Morse
Jan 29, 2005
Karen Kay Morse, 42, of Centerville, Kansas, died Saturday, January 29, 2005 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born August 7, 1962 in Clinton, Missouri, the daughter of Alva and Betty Finks West. She graduated from Leeton High School in 1981. She married John Morse on July 19, 1986 at Lee's Summit, Missouri. Karen worked in inventory control...
Kathryn Orr
Jan 29, 2005
Kathryn Orr, 94, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Saturday, January 29, 2005 at New Mark Care Center, Kansas City, Missouri. She was born April 6, 1910 in Mound City, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest Clarence and Eugenia Norvell Cox. She was married to Reverend Cecil M. Orr on December 12, 1933 at Mound City. He preceded her in death on...
Ester Reed
Jan 26, 2005
Ester Laura Reed, 102, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at the Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. Ester was born February 10, 1902 in Leslie, Arkansas, the daughter of John and Samantha Hall Adams. She married Thomas E. Reed who preceded her in death in 1955. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Christian Church...
Marjorie Spillman
Jan 24, 2005
Marjorie Faye Spillman, 84, of Prescott Countryview Nursing Home, formerly of Blue Mound, Kansas, died Monday, January 24, 2005. She was born January 23, 1921 at Elsmore, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Anna Hampton Stanley. Marjorie graduated from Blue Mound High School. She married Ray Spillman in 1938. He preceded her in death on June 18, 1979. She was...
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