Kurt Eugene Kluge - 03-03-1942 to 05-16-2015 - May. 20, 2015
Kurt Eugene Kluge, of Mound City, Kan., went to the Lord on Saturday, May 16, 2015 – he was 73. He was born in Kansas City, Kan., on March 3, 1942. Kurt served our country in the U.S. Air Force and was a veteran of the Cold War, serving at Bunker Hill AFB and overseas on the island of Guam. He...[More]
Michael Wayne-William Cox - 10-04-2001 to 05-16-2015 - May. 20, 2015
Michael Wayne-William Cox, 13, died as the result of a canoe accident on Saturday, May 16, 2015. He was born at Fort Scott, Kan., Oct. 4, 2001, the son of Wesley and Patricia Jackson Cox.He had just finished seventh grade in the Pleasanton Junior High School. He enjoyed playing video games, riding his...[More]
John Carl Johnson - 10-29-1924 to 05-15-2015 - May. 20, 2015
John Carl Johnson, 90, Mound City, Kan., passed away Friday, May 15, 2015, at Prescott Country View. He was born at Linnville, Kan., Oct. 29, 1924, the son of Harley Otis and Pearl May Shaffer Johnson.He attended school at Linnville and Mound City. He was a Navy Veteran of World War II.John married Joanna...[More]
Matthew “Matt†James (Ulrich) Yarick - May. 20, 2015
Matthew “Matt” James (Ulrich) Yarick, 23, Hume, Mo., passed away May 16, 2015.Memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 23, 2015, at the Hume Christian Church. Contributions are suggested to Pioneer Bible Translator, c/o Marsha Casey, 11004 SW CR 10508, Hume, Mo. 64752. Online...[More]
Shirley Pieratt-Ellis - 11-09-1931 to 05-13-2015 - May. 20, 2015
Shirley Pieratt-Ellis passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Joplin, Mo. She was born Nov. 9, 1931, near Casey, Iowa, to John and Ruby Wilkerson. The family then moved to the Pleasanton, Kan., area where Shirley grew up before moving to Kansas City. She graduated from Rich Hill High School in 1949.She...[More]
Kenneth M. Kennedy Jr. - 02-15-1927 to 05-11-2015 - May. 13, 2015
Kenneth M. Kennedy Jr., 88, of Prairie Village, Kan., died Monday, May 11, 2015. Visitation will be from 9-10 a.m., and funeral following at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 16, at Porter Funeral Home, 1835 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS 66102. Burial will be in Pleasanton, Kan., on Monday, May 18 at 10:30 a.m....[More]
Edward R. “Ed†St. John - 01-12-1941 to 05-11-2015 - May. 13, 2015
Edward R. “Ed” St. John, age 74, Sugar Valley Lakes, near Mound City, Kan., passed away on Monday, May 11, 2015. He was born on Jan. 12, 1941, at Greenup, Ill., the son of Alvin and Edna St. John.Before he retired he worked as a tank installer and later in the construction industry.He married...[More]
Margaret Lee Rose - May. 6, 2015
On Friday, May 1, 2015 in Alexandria, Va. Beloved wife of the late Rudolph F. Rose Jr. (Lt. Col. USAF Ret.); mother of W. Michael Rose (Daniel O’Day) and Nancy L. Bennett (Robert); grandmother of Jennifer Roxanne Madden and William Donald Francis Madden; great-grandmother of five. Graveside...[More]
Colleen K. Suddock - 01-26-1945 to 05-03-2015 - May. 6, 2015
Colleen K. Suddock, 70, of Mound City, Kan., passed away at her home May 3, 2015. She was born Jan. 26, 1945, in Kansas City, Mo., to Lloyd E. and Bernadine L. (Cavinee) Cockran. She grew up in the Beagle and Parker, Kan., communities and graduated from Parker Rural High School in 1962. Following...[More]
Clarence Jackson Townsley - 12-22-1917 to 05-04-2015 - May. 6, 2015
Clarence Jackson Townsley, age 97, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Monday, May 4, 2015, at the Fort Scott Manor, Fort Scott, Kan. He was born on Dec. 22, 1917, at Blue Mound, the son of Clarence Arthur and Corda Edith Jackson Townsley. He graduated from Blue Mound High School in the Class of 1935....[More]
