Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Terry Kern
Jan 31, 2017
Terry Lee (Sluder) Kern, 64, of Riverside, Missouri, formerly of Blue Mound, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at her home. Terry was born on December 15, 1952 to Joseph Marvin and Wanita Faye (Morrell) Sluder at Fort Scott, KS. She graduated from Blue Mound High School. She worked as a Merchandise Handler and retired from Amazon. Terry...
Kay Black
Jan 22, 2017
Kay Lloyd Black, age 93, Prescott, Kansas passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2017. He was born on December 17, 1923 in rural Pleasanton, Kansas the son of Clovie Lloyd and Edith Holmes Black. He attended grade school at Fairfield and graduated from Prescott High School in the Class of 1942. Kay served his country in the United States Army...
Douglas Davey
Jan 17, 2017
Douglas Lowell Davey, age 74, of Mound City, Kansas passed away at his home Tuesday, January 17, 2017. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri on June 27, 1942 the son of Roy and Jaunita Davidson Davey. He graduated from Shawnee Mission High School and received a Bachelor''s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Kansas. He served his...
Frances Kettler
Jan 16, 2017
Frances Illene Kettler, age 85, of Paola, Kansas passed away on Monday, January 16, 2017 at the Olathe Medical Center. She was born on March 24, 1931 at Jingo, Kansas the daughter of Harold LeRoy and Ruby Frances Driskell Mendenhall. She graduated from La Cygne High School in the Class of 1949. Illene married Norman Kettler on March 11, 1951....
Karen Hopper
Jan 15, 2017
Karen Elaine Hopper, age 63, Linn Valley, Kansas passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at the Olathe Hospice House. She was born on July 1, 1953 at Mishawaka, Indiana the daughter of Jimmy and Betty Wood Harris. She married Kenneth Hopper. He preceded her in death on July 23, 2016. Karen was very involved in foster care and was...
Sidney Alexander Jr.
Jan 12, 2017
Sidney Dale Alexander, Jr., 79, of Stockton, Missouri, formerly of Mound City, Kansas died on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at his home following a long battle with failing health. Sid was born September 19, 1937 in Kansas City, Missouri to Sidney Dale and Sarah (Rice) Alexander. Sid worked as an Iron worker early in his life and later he owned...
Betty Dutcher
Jan 11, 2017
Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother Betty Jo Walters Cody Dutcher, age 83, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2017, in Los Angeles, California, from complications due to Lewy Body Dementia. Betty was a long time resident of Linn County. Betty was the seventh of nine children born to John and Bessie Mae Walters. Betty was born in a...
Robert Young
Jan 9, 2017
Robert Hopkins " Bob" Young, age 91 of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away Monday, January 9, 2017. He was born on November 16, 1925 at Wichita, Kansas the son of Arthur Ransom and Edna Hopkins Young. When he turned seventeen, he left high school and joined the United States Navy serving his country in World War II. He then attended Wichita...
Samuel Stump
Jan 7, 2017
Samuel T. Stump, 92, of Blue Mound, Kansas died at 9:40 pm on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at Allen County Hospital, Iola. Sam was born November 15, 1924 in Blue Mound, Kansas to David and Nellie May (Day) Stump. After graduating from Blue Mound High School, he attended what is now Pittsburg State University until his enlistment in the US...
Julia Harris
Jan 3, 2017
Julia Mary Gotheridge Harris, 93, of Blue Mound, Kansas passed away January 3, 2017 at Olathe Medical Center. Mary was born December 25, 1923 to Daniel H. and Lulu Wilmoth (Freeland) Gotheridge at Culver, Missouri, northeast of Butler. In February 1925, at the age of one, Mary moved with her parents and two brothers to a farm north of Selma,...
Wynona Weaver
Dec 31, 2016
Wynona Arlene Weaver, age 77, Blue Mound, Kansas passed away Saturday, December 31, 2016 at the Olathe Medical Center. She was born on December 7, 1938 at Denver, Colorado the daughter of Phillip and Mary Jackson Coleman. She married Darwyn Weaver on February 14, 1956 at St. Patrick's Church in Kansas City, Kansas. She was a member of Sertoma, Red...
Rose Gillette
Dec 28, 2016
Rose Ann Gillette, 63, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at her home in Pleasanton. Rose was born November 8, 1953 in Kansas City, Kansas to William Arthur and Dorothy Rose (McGhann) Gillette. She graduated from Olathe High School. For a few years she worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant in nursing homes in Linn and Miami Counties....
Paul Kurtz
Dec 28, 2016
Paul Francis Kurtz, age 86, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2016. He was born on August 7, 1930 at Lawrence, Kansas the son of Roy and Bessie Burnell Kurtz. He graduated from Eudora High School. He served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. Paul married Lydia Jo New on August 6, 1955...
Emilie Ravnikar
Dec 27, 2016
Emilie Ann Ravnikar, age 77, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at her home. She was born on August 26, 1939 at Centerville, Kansas the daughter of Warren and Cora Marie Johnson Giffin. She married David John Ravnikar on July 18, 1959. He preceded her in death on December 20, 1997. Ann worked for Kansas City...
Norma Edgar
Dec 26, 2016
Norma June Edgar, age 91, Austin, Texas formerly of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Monday, December 26, 2016 at the West Oaks Nursing Facility. She was born at Pleasanton on July 16, 1925 the daughter of Thomas and Ester Dollar Reed. She graduated from Pleasanton High School and went on to Secretarial School in Kansas City. She married Paul Edgar...
Farrell Patton
Dec 26, 2016
Farrell E. "Gene" Patton, age 90, rural Hume, Missouri passed away on Monday December 26, 2016 at his home surrounded by his two favorite girls, wife Bonnie and daughter Donieta. He was born on December 29, 1925 to William Kelly and Opal Truelove Patton in Phillipsburg, Missouri. Gene was one of five children, graduated from Phillipsburg High School on may...
Kathryn Smith
Dec 25, 2016
Kathryn Smith, age 82, Blue Mound, Kansas passed away Sunday, December 25, 2016 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. She was born on January 19, 1934 at Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Andrew Asel and Carrie Knisely Newman. She graduated from La Cygne High School. She then attended Pittsburg State Teachers College, receiving a Bachelor''s in Elementary Educations. She...
Donald Stevens
Dec 24, 2016
Donald Stevens, age 52, Paola, Kansas formerly of La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Saturday, December 24, 2016. He was born on June 13, 1964 in Jackson County, Missouri the son of Donald L. and Joann Stackhaus Stevens. He learned the trade of plumbing from his father and was a plumber for many years. He married Rhonda Curry on January...
Nancy Marchand
Dec 21, 2016
Nancy Louise Marchand, age 71, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 in Branson, Missouri. She was born on October 14, 1945 in Oswego, Kansas the daughter of John Eynon and Louise D. Bradfield Romine. She graduated from Oswego High School in 1963. She then attended Parsons Junior College, graduating in 1965. Nancy married William Lewis Marchand...
Lester Shaw
Dec 15, 2016
Lester L. Shaw, age 98, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at the Fort Scott Manor. He was born on February 11, 1918 at Amoret, Missouri the son of Fred and Cora Mears Shaw. He was employed as an operating engineer working most of his career with DiCarlo Masonry. He was married to Marlene Ross on December...
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