Linn County News
Published August 28, 2024
Robert E. Weickert, age 80, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. He was born on Aug. 12, 1944, on the family farm near La Cygne, Kan., the son of Frank and Opal Michaels Weickert. Bob was one of four children and grew up on the family farm. He attended the one room school, Prairie Home, for grades one through six. He then attended La Cygne Rural High School. After high school, he attended Kansas State University for two years. Bob served his country in the Army National Guard for nineteen years. He received several awards over the years, including the Bates County Pasture Improvement Award. The award he was most proud of was induction into the Kansas Fair and Festivals Hall of Fame, in 2016.
Bob and wife Marilyn were involved in the Linn County Fair for fifty-two years. Bob took the lead on updating and improving the bucking chutes, fencing the livestock pastures, and renovating the stairs and catwalk leading to the announcer stand in the arena. He took pride in making the condition of the arena as good as it could be. Bob was on the board for Rural Water District #2, Peoples Telecommunications, and president of the Jaycees. While he was president of Farm Bureau he traveled to Washington D.C. and met President Bill Clinton. Bob was a kind hearted man who never met a stranger. He took time to get to know people and was careful in how he answered questions so he would not offend anyone. He enjoyed watching the PRCA and truck and tractor pulls on the Cowboy Channel while sitting in his easy chair.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Jim Weickert. Bob is survived by his wife Marilyn; sister, Wanda Weickert; brother, Charlie Weickert and wife, Mary; sister-in-law, Marguerite Weickert; several nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in Prairie Home Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Pleasanton Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Linn County Fair. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.
OBITUARIES
Tate Anthony West ~ 11-21-1968 – 10-11-2024
Linn County News Published October 16, 2024 Tate Anthony West, age 55, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Friday Oct. 11, 2024. He was born on Nov. 21, 1968, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Carl and Maurita Russell West. Tate graduated from Fort Scott High School and... [More]
Betty June Millard ~ 12-05-1933 to 10-11-2024
Linn County News Published October 16, 2024 Betty June Millard, age 90, formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Liberty, Mo. Betty, the daughter of Albert Charles and Opal Louise (Bott) Morris, was born on Dec. 5, 1933, in Hoisington,... [More]
Allan “Al” Lee Miller ~ 06-25-1937 to 10-11-2024
Linn County News Published October 16, 2024 Allan “Al” Lee Miller (Pete) Beloved husband and father, died Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at his Trinity home with his family at his side. He was 87 at the time of his death. Born June 25, 1937, in Duluth Minn.,... [More]
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- Leota Jean Lile ~ 10-08-1940 to 10-03-2024
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- James Paul Kliner ~ 06-05-1939 to 09-22-2024
- Rosalie Crisler Davis ~ 02-23-1928 to 09-23-2024
- Nathan Charles Bland ~ 07-15-1999 to 09-15-2024
- Lacy Francis “Bud” Clark ~ 03-05-1935 to 09-19-2024
- Gerald V. “Gary” Brown ~ 10-01-1944 to 09-14, 2024
NEWS
SPECIAL NOTICE - Freeze Warning issued
A Freeze Warning has been issued for our area: Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected for portions of east central and northeast Kansas and central, north central, northeast, northwest, and west central Missouri from 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Frost... [More]
Out-of-place footstone bothers La Cygne leaders
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Tire issue results in bus fire, students evacuated
According to a report filed by the Kansas Highway Patrol on Thursday, Oct. 3, at approximately 2:50 p.m., a Fort Scott USD 234 school bus blew a tire near Louisburg, Kan. and attempted to “limp” the bus to a safe stopping location. Not long after, a fire started... [More]
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SPORTS
Pleasanton cross country competes at Central Heights
The Pleasanton cross country team traveled to Central Heights on Oct. 3 to compete in the Central Heights Invitational. The Jays did well as they continue to improve through the season. Here are the results for the Jays at the Central Heights Invitational Varsity Boys 5K... [More]
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