Donald Maugans

DONALD DON MAUGANS, 84, OF INDEPENDENCE DIED SUNDAY OCTOBER 3, 2010 AT MERCY HOSPITAL . CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10:00 AM THURSDAY OCTOBER 7, 2010 AT THE GRACE MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH INDEPENDENCE WITH THE REVEREND WILLIE JONES , OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL BE AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY INDEPENDENCE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE POTTS CHAPEL. VISITTATION WILL BE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6, 2010 FROM NOON TO 8:00 P M AT THE POTTS CHAPEL WITH THE FAMILY RECEIVING FRIENDS FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM. A MEMORIALHAS BE SENT UP FOR THE GRACE MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OR AWOL AND REMEMBRANCES WILL BE RECEIVED AT POTTS CHAPEL OR THE CHURCH OFFICE. DON WAS BORN JANUARY 19, 1926, IN COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS THE SON OF JOHN AND MAUDE KIMREY MAUGANS. HE GRADUARED FROM INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN ENTERED THE UNITED STATES NAVY HE SERVERD FROM JULY 1944 TO MAY 1946 ATAINING THE RATE OF 3RD. CLASS PETTY OFFICER. HE THEN ATTENDED INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHERE HE RECEIVED THE ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE. DON THEN WENT TO KANSAS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE IN PITTSBURG WHERE HE RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCTION. DON WORKED FOR THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE AS A MAIL CARRIER FOR 30 YEARS RETIREING IN 1985. ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1950 HE WAS UNITED IN MRRIAGE TO PHYLLIS TROTTER IN INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS AND SHE SURIVES AT THE HOME. DON WAS VERY ACTIVE IN AND A MEMBER OF THE GRACE MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. HE ALSO WAS A QUARTERMASTER SEA SCOUT AND A EAGLE SCOUT IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA A MEMBER OF THE VFW ACTIVE IN AWOL AND ENJJOYED HUNTING AND FISHING. SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE PHYLLIS OF THE HOME A SON DAVID MAUGANS OF CHERRYVALE, KANSAS ONE DAUGHTER PEGGY BELT OF INDEPENDENCE THREE GRANDCHILDREN AND SIX GREATGRAND CHILDREN.