Beatrice Marie (West) Foster 04-28-1922 to 08-11-2014 - Aug. 13, 2014
Beatrice Marie (West) Foster, age 92, passed away on Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, at The Residencies at Pleasanton. Bea, as everyone called her, was born April 28, 1922, at Farlinville, Kan., to Howard and Beulah (Holt) West. Bea graduated from Mound City High School in 1940 and moved to Kansas City shortly...[More]
John Clarence Myers 04-18-1941 to 08-10-2014 - Aug. 13, 2014
John Clarence Myers (J.C.) passed away early Sunday morning on Aug.10, 2014, in Hermitage, Mo. He was born on April 18, 1941, the second of 11 children to Blake and Nellie (Douthit) Myers near Mound City, Kan. He graduated from Mound City High School in 1959. He married his wife Carla on April...[More]
Richard Earl Hefflefinger 11-6-1935 to 07-29-2014 - Aug. 6, 2014
Richard Earl Hefflefinger, age 78, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. He was born at Akron, Ohio, on Nov. 6, 1935, the son of Charles and Rena Lininger Hefflefinger. He was employed in various jobs including: 7-Up deliveryman, Maytag repairman, at Union Pacific and, most recently,...[More]
Walter Clair Thompson 03-15-1925 to 07-31-2014 - Aug. 6, 2014
Clair Thompson, 89, passed away Thursday, July 31, 2014, at his residence in Coldwater, Kan. Funeral service was Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, at Hatfield-Prusa Funeral Home, Coldwater, Kan., with Rev. Jerry Hodges presiding. Burial followed the funeral service at Crown Hill Cemetery, Coldwater, Kan. Memorials...[More]
Mary Frances Keller 02-14-1945 to 07-27-2014 - Aug. 6, 2014
Mary Frances Keller, 69, of Lake Chaparral, died at 6:35 a.m., Sunday, July 27, 2014, at Olathe Medical Center after a long illness. Mary was born Feb. 14, 1945, in Kansas City, Mo., to Henry F. and Rose Mary (Sheley) Stimpfel. Mary attended Saint Benedictine for a time. She was active in the...[More]
Jesse ‘Junior’ Mitchell 09-06-1928 to 07-17-2014 - Jul. 30, 2014
Jesse “Junior” Mitchell, 85, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Thursday, July 17, 2014. He was born Sept. 6, 1928, in Wyandotte County, Kan., the son of Jesse James and Naomi Folsom Mitchell. He worked for the Western Weighing Inspection Bureau. This company was contracted through many railroads...[More]
Sara Ann Woodburn Lindsey 01-08-1942 to 07-24-2014 - Jul. 30, 2014
Sara Ann Woodburn Lindsey, 72, passed away July 24, 2014, at her home in Steamboat Springs, Colo., following a courageous battle with cancer. Sara was born Jan. 8, 1942, in Kansas City, Mo., to William “Bill” Addison Woodburn and Sylvia Emily Saunders Woodburn. Her early childhood...[More]
Elda Kay Holsman 12-06-1946 to 07-24-2014 - Jul. 30, 2014
Elda Kay Holsman, 67, of Pleasanton, Kan., died at 11:16 a.m. on Thursday, July 24, 2014, at KU Med Center after a courageous battle with cancer. Elda was born Dec. 6, 1946, in Amoret, Mo., to Kenneth Roland and Ruth Gail (Barton) Dudley. She graduated from Miami High School and received her nurse aide...[More]
June LaVeigh Fossey 04-18-1917 to 07-18-2014 - Jul. 23, 2014
June LaVeigh Fossey passed away on Friday morning, July 18, 2014 at her home in Mound City, Kan., at the age of 97 years and 3 months. She was born at Prescott, Kan., on April 18, 1917 to Anton and Mary Brown Smith. After graduating from Prescott High School at the age of 17, she passed the county teacher...[More]
Jesse James ‘Junior’ Mitchell 09-06-1928 to 07-17-2014 - Jul. 23, 2014
Jesse James “Junior” Mitchell, 85, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Thursday, July 17, 2014. He was born on Sept. 6, 1928 in Wyandotte County, Kan., the son of Jesse James and Naomi Folsom Mitchell. He worked for the Rock Island Railroad. He served his country during the Korean War in...[More]
