Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Clarence Worlein
May 15, 2009
Clarence Robert Worlein, age 94, LaCygne, Kansas died Friday may 15, 2009 at the Lousiburg Care Center. He was born at Kinsley, Kansas on September 25, 1914 the son of Albert and Mittie Jarett Worlein. He was a farmer and stockman. Clarence was an Army Veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by his brother Ward Worlein...
Richard Case
May 6, 2009
Richard "Chad" Case, age 32, of LaCygne, Kansas died Wednesday May 6, 2009. He was born on March 23, 1977 in Iredell County, North Carolina. He married Lori Gutierrez on August 1, 2008. He was employed as a boilermaker and was a member of the Boilermakers Union Local # 283. He is survived by his wife Lori of the home,...
Della Gaylord
May 6, 2009
Della Francis Gaylord, 70, of Frontenac, Kansas, died May 6, 2009 at Mt. Carmel Medical Center, Pittsburg, Kansas. She was born August 3, 1938 in Seymour, Missouri, the daughter of John and Molly Cantrell Olinger. She is survived by one son, Ronald Gaylord; and four daughters, Nancy and Connie Gaylord and Jan and Daleine Wade. Mrs. Gaylord willed her body...
Margaret Wood
Apr 26, 2009
Margaret Adaline Wood, age 97, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Sunday April 26, 2009 at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home. She was born on February 26, 1912 at Pleasanton, Kansas the daughter of Elwyn and Alice Stark Hazelbaker. She worked at the nursing home in Pleasanton and also at the Pleasanton School. Margaret was a member of the Audubon Society,...
Eula Wright
Apr 21, 2009
Eula Maude Wright, 97, of Hume, Missouri, died Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at Shawnee Gardens Health Care and Rehabilitation, Shawnee, Kansas. She was born December 16, 1911 in Bates County, Missouri, the daughter of Samuel and Emma Morgan Adams. She was married to Elmer Lee "Mike" Wright who preceded her in death on October 2, 1952. She was a member...
Ginny Waterman-Miner
Apr 21, 2009
Ginny Waterman-Minor age 51, of Clifton, Texas passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at Waco, Texas. She was born March 2, 1958 in Kansas City, Kansas the daughter of Frank and Shirley Robinson, Waterman. She graduated from Turner High School in Kansas City, Kansas. She received her Associates degree in business from Brown- Mackey College. She worked as an office...
Cleta Jordan
Apr 14, 2009
Cleta Marie Herrmann Jordan, age 85 formerly of Mound City, Kansas died Tuesday April 14, 2009 at the Grandview Care Center in Grandview, Missouri. She was born July 8, 1923 in Mapleton, Kansas the daughter of Charles and Rachiel Wunderly Herrmann. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Mound City. She married John Jordan on October 25,...
Ruth Ferguson
Apr 9, 2009
Ruth Eileen Ferguson, 90, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, formerly of Hume, Missouri died Thursday, April 9, 2009 at Lonoke Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born October 26, 1918 in Hume, Missouri, the daughter of Lloyd and Cora Austin Brooks. She married James Ferguson on May 26, 1942 at Nevada, Missouri. After their marriage they lived in California until moving...
Dorothy Purdy
Apr 7, 2009
Dorothy Purdy, age 69 of Mound City, Kansas died Tuesday April 7, 2009 at Life Care in Osawatomie, Kansas. She was born June 24, 1939 in Centerville, Kansas the daughter of Galveston and Dorothy Hall Cornett. She was a graduate of Mound City High School and she attended the Baptist Church. She married Robert Purdy on December 28, 1956 in...
Mildred Stainbrook
Mar 29, 2009
Mildred Corene Stainbrook, age 90, of Overland Park, Kansas died Sunday March 29, 2009 at her home. She was born June 17, 1918 at Centerville, Kansas the daughter of Oscar D. and Mabel Wagoner Mahon. She was married to Paul Stainbrook who preceded her in death in 1994. She was a member of the St Marks United Methodist Church in...
Edith Ross
Mar 28, 2009
Edith Elizabeth Ross, age 92, of LaCygne, Kansas died Saturday March 28, 2009 at the Louisburg Care Center. She was born on February 10, 1917 at Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Edward Lee and Juley Ann Cox Cohee. She worked at the Lake City Ammunition Plant and later as a nurse's aid in different nursing homes. She was preceded...
Janice Gartrell
Mar 24, 2009
Janice "Garter" Gartrell age 88 of Lakeview Village in Lenexa, Kansas died Tuesday March 24, 2009. She was born May 26, 1920 at Mission Hills, Kansas the daughter of Milton and Edna Chitwood Gartrell. She graduated from Osawatomie High School. She was a MacVicar Scholar at Washburn and graduated from the University of Kansas. Janice was elected to Phi Beta...
Carol Walker
Mar 24, 2009
Carol Dianne Walker, 58, of Kansas City, Kansas died Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. She was born November 21, 1950 in Hamilton, Missouri, the daughter of Richard and Margaret Pellham Yuille. She graduated from LaCygne High School. Carol was employed as a produce buyer for Associated Wholesale Grocers. She enjoyed baking and spending time...
Jesse Earnest
Mar 24, 2009
Jesse "Windy" Earnest was born March 21, 1930 on the Earnest farm S.E. of Pleasanton, Kansas, the son of Raymond and Jessie Rosamond (Holmes) Earnest. His mother died at his birth and he lived with his grandmother Ella (Jackson) Earnest, Priestly in Butler, Missouri until 1938, when he came back to the farm to live with his father. He learned...
Arlen Pfannenstiel
Mar 23, 2009
Arlen Pfannenstiel, age 70, of LaCygne Kansas died Monday March 23, 2009 at his home in LaCygne. He was born March 1, 1939 in Hays, Kansas the son of Joseph and Alvina Leiker Pfannenstiel. Arlen was employed as a welder. He is survived by three sons: Darrel, Mark, and Keith Pfannenstiel; Two Daughters: Sharon Sprague, and Michelle Ozburn; five brothers:...
Helen Haverfield
Mar 21, 2009
Helen Alice Haverfield, age 93, of Parker, Kansas died Saturday March 21, 2009 at the home of her daughter near Parker. She was born on July 6, 1915 at Centerville, Kansas the daughter of Arlo S. and Cora Cooper McCarty. She graduated from Parker Rural High School class of 1934. She married Rolla Hampton on June 7, 1936. To this...
Jerry Sampel
Mar 20, 2009
Gerald Orville "Jerry" Sampel, age 66, of Linn Valley, Kansas died Friday March 20, 2009 at his home after a long illness. He was born on December 5, 1942 at Kansas City, Missouri the son of Clyde and Elva French Sampel. He graduated from Wyandotte High School. He married Nancy Shelton on November 16, 1963 at Kansas City, Kansas. Jerry...
Victor Luark
Mar 16, 2009
Victor A. Luark age 85 of LaCygne, Kansas died Monday March 16, 2009 at the Miami County Medical Center in Paola, Kansas. He was born on May 18, 1923 at Portland, Oregon the son of Alvin V. and Cecilia Crook Luark. He was an accomplished musician playing the organ at many affluent clubs and entertainment venues. He is survived by...
Joyce Smith
Mar 15, 2009
Joyce Arlene Smith, 65, of Mound City, Kansas, died Sunday, March 15, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. She was born April 2, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Raymond and Jean Cioffee Kola. She married Bill Smith on April 11, 1960 at Kansas City, Missouri. While living in the Chicago area, she was employed with the Sherman...
Hubert Shaw
Mar 12, 2009
Hubert J. "Jerry" Shaw, 79, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Thursday, March 12, 2009 at his home. He was born August 23, 1929 in Blue Mound, Kansas the son of Claude and Dorothy Marie Shaw. He was employed as an electrician with California Injection Moulding prior to his retirement. He served with the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. Jerry...
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