Edwin Charles Benson
Jun 24, 2016
Edwin C. Benson Jr, 79, of Paola, KS passed away on June 24, 2016 at the Olathe Hospice House. Ed was born at home on the farm in Jingo, Kansas on December 19, 1936. Ed grew up on the farm in southeastern Miami County and through the years went back to help his dad. He graduated from LaCygne High...
Peggy L. Pottorff
Jun 23, 2016
Peggy L. Pottorff, 83, of Wellsville, Kansas, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2016, at Wellsville Retirement Community. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Mrs. Pottorff will lie in state from 1:00 P.M. Monday, June 27, 2016, to the service hour where the family will meet with friends from...
Harold Sodamann
Jun 23, 2016
Harold Sodamann, 94, of St. George, Kansas, formerly of Paola, Kansas, passed away June 23, 2016 in Manhattan, Kansas. Harold was born May 7, 1922 to Albert and Hettie Tenny Sodamann. His birth took place on the C. O. Tenny Homestead three miles east of Beagle, Kansas, where Harold spent every summer during all his grade school years. The...
Eddie Kueser
Jun 22, 2016
Eddie G. Kueser, 68, Louisburg, passed away June 22, 2016, at Louisburg Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on September 21, 1947 to Harold and Marjorie Kueser in Garnet, Kansas. His family moved to Louisburg when he was a young boy, and he has been a lifelong resident since then, attending school in both Louisburg and Wea....
Nayrea L. "Lea" Reed
Jun 22, 2016
Nayrea L. “Lea” Reed, 72, of Wellsville, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at Olathe Hospice House. Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, June 25, 2016, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Family will meet with friends immediately following the service. Nayrea was born December 23, 1943, in Ottawa, the daughter of Alfred Earl and Nayrea Arlene...
Eloise A. Killough
Jun 21, 2016
Eloise A. Killough, 97, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at Ottawa Retirement Village. Family will meet with friends at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at Grace Episcopal Church, 315 W. 5th, Ottawa. Memorial services will immediately follow at 11:00 A.M., at the church. Eloise was born and raised in Ironwood, Michigan, to Roy and...
John Fogel
Jun 20, 2016
John Lawrence Fogel, age 92, of Spring Hill, Kansas, passed away peacefully on June 20, 2016, at Villa St. Francis in Olathe. John was born June 15, 1924, in River Rouge, Michigan to Joseph Fogel and Suzanna (Kalakai) Fogel. Later in his life, he would love to talk about the days he, his brothers, and their friends spent along...
Orpha Prettyman
Jun 19, 2016
Orpha Jane Prettyman, 75, passed on to heaven on June 19, 2016. Orpha was born on February 26, 1941 to E.J. (Pete) and Myrtle Elnora Tabb Prettyman at home on a farm south of West Line, Missouri. A lifelong resident of the West Line area, she graduated from Freeman High School in 1959. She worked for the Arfsten Dime...
Thomas H. Weber
Jun 19, 2016
Thomas H. Weber, 75, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2016, at Ottawa Retirement Village. Cremation is planned with private inurnment at Richmond Cemetery in Richmond, Kansas. He was born Wednesday, January 15, 1941, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Melvin Dale and Esther Clarcia (Demoret) Weber. He was a near lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas....
Earl E. "Eddie" Foushee
Jun 19, 2016
Earl E. “Eddie” Foushee, 58, of Princeton, Kansas, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2016, at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. Earl was born Sunday, June 30, 1957, in Ottawa, the son of Max Edward and Helen Marie (Bauer) Foushee. He was a lifelong Ottawa and...
Lloyd W. Sillyman
Jun 15, 2016
Lloyd Wayne Sillyman, age 89, of Louisburg, Kansas, passed away peacefully, June 15, 2016, at Overland Park Regional Hospital, surrounded by those who loved him. Lloyd was born May 3, 1927, in Rosedale, Kansas to Zora Sillyman and Nellie Mae (Williams) Sillyman. Lloyd attended Argentine High School where he lettered in several sports including football and track. He pole...
George W. Miller
Jun 15, 2016
George W. Miller, 82, of Wellsville, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at St. Joseph Medical Center. Family will meet with friends from 12:00 to 1:00 P.M., Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at Dengel & Son Mortuary with funeral service to follow at 1:00 P.M. Interment Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Kansas, with military honors by Fort Riley Honor Guard. George...
John S. Sellers
Jun 14, 2016
John S. Sellers, 78, of Spring Hill, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2016, at Olathe Medical Center. Memorial services will be held at 7:00 P.M., Friday, June 17, 2016, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Inurnment Union Cemetery, Centropolis, Kansas. John was born Thursday, December 9, 1937, in Princeton, Kansas, the son of Narva and Emma (Sassaman) Sellers. He...
Everett Mcbride
Jun 14, 2016
Everett McBride, age 91, of Paola, passed away June 14, 2016 at Olathe Medical Center. Everett was born August 20, 1924, in a small farming community outside of Ava, Missouri, to Edward and Dora Walker McBride. After a few years the family moved to Lockwood, Missouri, where he graduated from Lockwood High School in 1942. In high school he...
Charles E. Brixey
Jun 14, 2016
Charles Brixey, age 75, of Paola, passed away June 14, 2016 at Olathe Medical Center. Charles was born September 24, 1940, in the small town of Yonkers, Oklahoma, to Edgar Brixey and Katy Novella Holland Brixey. Charles was the middle child of three including his two brothers Laddie and Gary Brixey. It was here with his loving family that...
Judith A. Reynolds
Jun 11, 2016
Judith A. Reynolds, 74, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Saturday, June 11, 2016, at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton. Judith was born Tuesday, May 19, 1942, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Melrose (Morris) Fawl. She was a near lifelong Ottawa resident. Judith...
Dorothy M. Fitzgerald
Jun 11, 2016
Dorothy May Fitzgerald, 103, of Kansas City, Missouri, formerly of Ottawa, passed away Saturday, June 11, 2016, at New Mark Care Center. Family will meet with friends from 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. Saturday, June 18, 2016, at Dengel & Son Mortuary with funeral services to follow at 10:00 A.M. Interment Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. Dorothy was born Sunday, April...
Donald J. Callahan
Jun 10, 2016
Donald J. Callahan, 73, of Waverly, Kansas, formerly of Kansas City, Kansas, died at the farm he loved Friday, June 10, 2016. Family will meet with friends at 12:30 P.M., Friday, June 17, 2016, at Dengel & Son Mortuary with funeral service to follow at 2:00 P.M. Interment St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Emerald, Kansas. Donald was born Friday, May 21,...
Marie Vohs
Jun 9, 2016
Alta "Marie" (Wise) Vohs, 95, lifelong resident of Louisburg, Kansas, passed away peacefully June 9th, 2016, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born on June 1st, 1921, in Louisburg, Kansas, Marie was the daughter of Dewey Raymond and Amy Lavena (Belcher) Wise. She was born and raised on her family farm, West of Louisburg, with her parents...
David Klawonn
Jun 9, 2016
David L. Klawonn, age 63, of rural Paola, Kansas, died June 9, 2016 at Miami County Medical Center, Paola, Kansas. David was born February 15, 1953 in Quebec, Canada. At the age of 2 1/2, David was adopted by Robert and Mary (Guetterman) Klawonn. He grew up in rural Paola on a dairy farm. He attended school in Paola...
