Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Elizabeth Kopper
May 6, 2018
Elizabeth W. Kopper, age 98, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at her home. She was born on November 21, 1919 at Corning, New York the daughter of Alfred Carrington and Hattie Richardson Windsor. As a young girl, while her father worked for General Electric, she lived and went to school in South America. She married...
Glenn Riley
May 5, 2018
Glenn Allen Riley, age 81, of Sugar Valley Lakes near Mound City, Kansas passed away on Saturday May 5, 2018 at Prescott Country View. He was born on May 31, 1936 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma the son of Lewis and Beulah Lewis Riley. He graduated from Parker High School in the Class of 1954. He married Josephine Wilson on June...
Betty Ray
May 2, 2018
Betty M. Ray, age 93, formerly of Fort Scott, Kansas, died May 2, 2018 at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home in Prescott, Kansas. She was born May 28, 1924 at LaPorte, Indiana to O.G. and Myrtle Taylor Culver. She graduated from LaPorte High School and South Bend College of Commerce. She married Donald R. Ray May 12, 1949 in...
Donald Wagner
Apr 27, 2018
Donald Eugene "Don" Wagner, age 84, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Friday, April 27, 2018 at his home. He was born at Beloit, Kansas the son of Hamer and Velma English Wagner. He graduated from Simpson High School. Don proudly served his country in the United States Army from April of 1953 until January of 1956. He married DeAnna...
Thomas Saviano
Apr 22, 2018
Thomas Francis Saviano, age 61, Linn Valley, Kansas passed away on Sunday April 22, 2018. He was born on December 17, 1956 in Kansas City, Missouri the son of Daniel and Earline Millen Saviano. He was preceded in death by his parents. Tom is survived by his siblings: Joe Saviano, Marty Saviano, Pat Saviano, Rick Saviano, Doug Saviano, Diane Smith,...
Inez Cowan
Apr 17, 2018
Known as Dee she was born in Ridgeway Missouri April 28th 1938 to Dorothy and Jasper Simpson. They moved to California then back to Kansas City Kansas in 1942 when her Father took a position with North American Aviation. Her father retired from the Kansas City Kansas Board of Education in 1979 as a teacher and Administrator. Dee attended Roosevelt...
Gerry Hammons
Apr 14, 2018
On Saturday, April 14, 2018, our sister in Christ, Gerry Fern Robbins Hammons, went home to her Heavenly Father. Gerry was born in Moran, Kansas on October 8, 1946. Gerry grew up on a farm northwest of Gardner, KS. graduating in 1964 from Pleasanton High School. Gerry lived for over 30 years in Kirksville, Missouri. For the past several years...
Daniel Thies
Apr 10, 2018
Daniel Thomas "Danny" Thies, age 61, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Tuesday April 10, 2018 at his home. He was born on May 22, 1956 in Paola, Kansas the son of Martin and Gertrude Thies. He graduated from Louisburg High School. He married Terri Williams in 1985. Danny was self employed in the construction industry. Work was his favorite...
Vina Carr
Apr 10, 2018
Vina Lea Carr, age 70, of Blue Mound, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at St. Luke''s on the Plaza. She was born June 25, 1947 at Fredonia, Kansas the daughter of Tom and Ada Cather Payne. She graduated from Fredonia High School. Vina married Jimmy Carr on November 26, 1967 at Fredonia. They moved to the Mound...
Luther Simmons
Apr 5, 2018
Luther Calvin Simmons, age 92, of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at Medicalodge, Fort Scott. He was born on February 2, 1926 at Turner, Kansas the son of Lester and Ethel Bond Simmons. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He worked for the Wyandotte County Sheriff from 1969 to...
Carol Cornett
Mar 29, 2018
Carol Diane Cornett, age 66, Garnett, Kansas passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at her home in Garnett. She was born on June 27, 1951 at Quenemo, Kansas the daughter of Clinton and Kathleen Knight Sweetwood. She married Raymond Cornett on June 27, 1975 at the Linn County Courthouse. Family was the most important thing in Carol''s life. Whether...
Della Wade
Mar 23, 2018
Della F. Wade, aged 91 died peacefully on March 23, 2018 at her home in La Cygne, KS. Della was born July 22, 1926 in Independence, MO the daughter of Edward L. Cohee and Juley A. Cohee (Cox). Della graduated from La Cygne High School in the Class of 1944. She married Roy Wade on July 22, 1946. Della was...
Julie Bacon
Mar 21, 2018
Julie C. Bacon, age 70, formerly of Mound City, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. She was born on November 5, 1947 at Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Julius and Elva (Stickel) Bacon. She worked in assembly and packaging for Tri-Ko Inc. Julie was a member of the Mound City Christian Church and enjoyed books and puzzles....
Ila Elliott
Mar 18, 2018
Ila Marie Elliott, 86, formerly of Mound City, Kansas died on Sunday, March 18, 2018 in Marysville, Ohio. She was born on March 1, 1932 at Prescott, Kansas the daughter of Elmer and Ella Masoner Beckman. She married Ralph C. Elliott on July 17, 1949 at Paola, Kansas. Ila had claimed him about 12 years earlier when on her first...
Charles Rhynerson Sr.
Mar 4, 2018
Charles Edward Rhynerson Sr, age 93, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Sunday March 4, 2018 at his home near La Cygne. He was born on April 20, 1924 at La Cygne, the son of Frank Theodore Sr. and Nannie Mae Driskill Rhynerson. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He was deployed overseas...
Maxine Krull
Mar 3, 2018
Mary Maxine Krull, age 80, former resident of Blue Mound, Kansas and more recently Olathe, Kansas, died, Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Homestead Assisted Living. She was born July 30, 1937 in Devon, Kansas, the daughter of Earl LeRoy Graham and Nola Marie Pellett Graham. Maxine was a member of the Community of Christ Church (RLDS). She was a 1955...
Helen Murrow
Feb 24, 2018
Helen Marie (Dunnington) Murrow, age 94, Blue Mound, Kansas passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at the Fort Scott Manor. She was born on January 21, 1924 east of Prescott, Kansas the daughter of Fredrick Otto and Ethel Cordell Shaler Dunnington. She married Vernon Edwin Murrow on August 29, 1945 at Iola, Kansas. They lived south of Blue Mound...
Jerry Clarke
Feb 22, 2018
Jerry Matthew Clarke, 51, of Independence, Missouri died at his home on Thursday, February 22, 2018. Jerry was born December 27, 1966 in Kansas city, Missouri to Jerry Dean and Judy Carol (Ellis) Clarke. He attended schools all throughout the country and graduated from Oak Grove High School with the Class of 1985. Jerry was a passionate pilot and enjoyed...
Dian Mcintosh
Feb 22, 2018
Dian Gail McIntosh, age 74, Prescott, Kansas, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018. She was born April 22, 1943 in Wisconsin, the daughter of Oris and Mildred Schafer Griffith. Dian earned a Master's Degree in Computer Programming. She is survived by a daughter Tel-Lea Cox and husband Steve of Pleasanton, 2 sons, Fredrick McIntosh II and wife, Cynthia of Naples,...
Alice Adams
Feb 20, 2018
Alice Mae Adams, age 94, La Cygne, Kansas passed Tuesday, February 20, 2018. She was born on August 9, 1923 at Taylor Springs, Illinois the daughter of Earl and Lena Hays Pulver. She graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School. She married Drue Wilkes who preceded her in death. She then married Gene Smith. Alice cared for Gene''s children and...
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