January 23, 2018

Linn County News
Published Jan. 24, 2018
Mary Jane Mitts, age 87, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. She was born at Foster, Mo., on Sept. 30, 1930, the daughter of John and Mary Frances Galvin Vaughn.
She was married to Willard Mitts on July 14, 1963. He preceded her in death on Feb. 10, 2012.
She worked in the Healthy Start program in Bourbon, Linn, Allen and Anderson counties.
Mary Jane was a member of the Gold Star Mothers. Her membership was the result of her son John Davis being killed in action in the Vietnam War in August of 1968. She was also a member of the Pleasanton First Christian Church and the VFW Auxiliary.
She was also preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers, Donald and Joe Vaughn.
She is survived by five daughters, Terry Tucker and Jeff, Linda Streeter and Andy, Waneta Cox and Garen, Dixie Bollinger and Rod, and Doneta Mitts; a sister, Dorothy Miller; nine grandchildren, John, Jerome, Jeremy, Jerrett, Joshua, Branden, Christopher, Amy and Matt; 13 great grandchildren; and one great, great grandchild.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the Pleasanton Chapel.
The family suggests contributions to Cross Roads Hospice or The Wounded Warrior Project c/o Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, P.O. Box 525, Pleasanton, KS 66075. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.