Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Elva Robinson
Sep 3, 2011
Elva Virgie (Kastl) Robinson of Blue Mound, Kansas, born May 9, 1918, passed away September 3, 2011. Elva married her beloved Truman on September 4, 1942 (who passed away January 21, 2001), and was a devoted mother to Dianne, (who passed away September 3, 1968) and to Richard (Rick). Elva graduated from Blue Mound High School in 1936, and also...
Jimmy Carr
Sep 2, 2011
Jimmy "Jim" Dean Carr, age 65 of Blue Mound, Kansas died Friday September 2, 2011 at his home. He was born on February 12, 1946 at LaFountain, Kansas the son of Ruben and Fern Shue Carr. Jim was a United States Army Veteran serving his country during the Vietnam War, where he earned a Purple Heart. He married Vina Payne...
Julia Thomas
Aug 28, 2011
Julia Marie Thomas, age 86 of Coffeyville, Kansas, formerly of Prescott, Mound City, LaHarpe, Kansas died Sunday August 28, 2011 at the Windsor Place in Coffeyville, Kansas. She was born on September 11, 1924 in Levant, Kansas the daughter of Joseph and Justina Bruenn Golemboski. She graduated from Colby High School. She married George Thomas on December 31, 1948 at...
Betty Gladfelder
Aug 26, 2011
Betty Ann Gladfelder age 74, of Centerville, Kansas died Friday August 26, 2011 at her home. She was born on August 27, 1936 at Atchison, Kansas the daughter of Ralph and Dorothy Armstrong Barry. Betty was a graduate of Wyandotte High School. She married Tom Moss and to this union five children were born. She was employed by TWA and...
Lola Ritter
Aug 25, 2011
Lola Marie Ritter, 57, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Thursday, August 25, 2011 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born September 5, 1953 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Jack and Margaret Nelson Schreckhise. She married Wayne "Tex" Ritter on December 29, 1974. He preceded her in death on September 4, 2009. She was a member of the...
Emmitt Leihsing
Aug 17, 2011
Emmitt David Leihsing, 73, of Paola, Kansas, formerly of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 17,2011 at his home. He was born August 13, 1938 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the son of Herman J. and Julia A. Jenkins Leihsing. He married Carolyn Baugh and to this union his children, Belinda and David were born. Emmitt was employed as a trailer mechanic...
Ruby Singmaster
Aug 11, 2011
Ruby Joan Singmaster, age 75, Fort Scott, Kansas died Thursday August 11, 2011 at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born on August 25, 1935 at Pleasanton, Kansas the daughter of Hughie U. and Margaret E. Norbury Black. She graduated from Pleasanton High School and worked at the Bank of Pleasanton for many years before retiring....
Wilma Wright
Aug 3, 2011
Wilma Marie Wright, age 87, of LaCygne, Kansas died Wednesday August 3, 2011 at the Vintage Park in Osawatomie, Kansas. She was born at LaCygne on December 29, 1923 the daughter of Eldon H. and Flora "Betty" Lee Stites. She graduated from LaCygne Rural High School and married Norvin Wright on May 20, 1956. He preceded her in death on...
Paris Neal
Aug 2, 2011
Paris Junior Neal, 86, of Mound City, Kansas, died Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at his home. He was born September 17, 1924 in Farlinville,Kansas, the son of Paris William and Lena Patterson Neal. He was married to Wilma Jones on September 9, 1944 at Mound City, Kansas. He was a World War II veteran, serving with the United States Army...
Daisy Self
Jul 27, 2011
Daisy Pearl Self, 83, of Mound City, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at her home. She was born March 29, 1928 in Goodrich, Kansas, the daughter of George and Julia Dinsmore Pearson. She married Earl Self on August 18, 1945 at Paola, Kansas. He preceded her in death on March 14, 2011. She was preceded in death also by...
Olen Hampton
Jul 27, 2011
Olen W. Hampton, age 93, of LaCygne, Kansas passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at his home. He was born December 7, 1917, near Parker, Kansas to Melville R. and Sarah Jane Sullivant Hampton. Olen grew up on the farm and attended local country schools. He graduated from Parker Rural High School with the class of 1936. On June 12,...
John Earnest
Jul 27, 2011
John Raymond Earnest, 69, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at Medicalodge Nursing Home, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born March 11, 1942 in Weed, California, the son of John and Mary Earnest. He was married to Olive Reed and to this union three children were born. He was self employed as a welder and farmer. John was...
John Waldmer
Jul 18, 2011
John Eric Waldmer, age 64 of Mound City, Kansas died Monday July 18, 2011 at the Kansas City V.A. Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on April 27, 1947 at Mound City, Kansas the son of Herman and Dorothy Croan Waldmer. He was a 1965 graduate of Mound City High School. He served his country in Special Forces...
Donald Orr
Jul 17, 2011
Donald Eugene Orr GONE FISHIN''... He took off on a Sunday fishing trip that never has to end. Donald Eugene Orr decided to settle down at a quiet fishing hole in the sky at 9:15 Sunday evening, July 17, 2011. In his last moments, Don''s family said happy trails as they sat together in his long-time home in the foothills...
Delsie Harris
Jul 15, 2011
Delsie Dean "D. D." Harris age 84 of LaCygne, Kansas died Friday July 15, 2010 at the Inwood Crossing at Tomball, Texas. She was born on May 10, 1927 at Hinton, Oklahoma the daughter of George and Ivy Laola Canon Lambert. "D. D." married Nate Harris on May 4, 1956 at Rio Hondo, Texas he preceded her in death on...
Elvin Kimzey
Jul 14, 2011
Elvin E. Kimzey, 92, of Topeka passed away July 14, 2011 at Brewster Place Health Center in Topeka. He was born June 6, 1919 in Linn County, Kansas, the son of Dick and Zella Fritts Kimzey. Elvin grew up in Linn County and married Emily Lorene Leonard Kimzey on December 24, 1941 who preceded him in death on August 21,...
Bill Mcdowell
Jul 13, 2011
Enos William "Bill" McDowell, 82, of Marshfield, Missouri, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at Cox Memorial Hospital, Springfield, Missouri. He was born October 30, 1928 in Linn County, Kansas, the son of Charles and Alta Ruth Stark. Bill was a veteran, having served with the United States Marine Corps. Prior to retirement, Bill worked as a sheet metal worker and...
Darlene Elam
Jul 12, 2011
Darlene Elam age 71, of LaCygne, Kansas died Tuesday July 12, 2011 at her home. She was born on June 26, 1940 at Welch Oklahoma the daughter of Charles and Jane Kerns. Darlene married Russell Elam on May 28, 1960 in Kansas City, Kansas. Darlene worked at many grocery stores around Linn County, as a cook, a seamstress, she owned...
Gerald Graves
Jul 6, 2011
Gerald Wayne Graves, 50, of Mound City, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at his home. He was born May 6, 1961, in Paola, Kansas, the son of Joseph and Joan Smothers Graves. He was employed as a truck driver and in maintenance at Sugar Valley. He was a 1980 graduate of Spring Hill High School. Gerald enjoyed playing pool...
Nellie Newman
Jul 3, 2011
Nellie Ione Newman age 91, of Paola, Kansas formerly of Blue Mound , Kansas died Sunday July 3, 2011 at the Life Care Center in Osawatomie, Kansas. She was born on August 3, 1919 in Xenia, Kansas the daughter of Clarence and Corda Jackson Townsley. She was a 1937 graduate of Blue Mound High School, she married Oran "Bud" Newman...
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