Kenneth Hoffman Sr.
Mar 17, 2015
Kenneth W. Hoffman, age 81, of Paola, passed away March 17, 2015. Kenneth W. Hoffman was born October 14, 1933 to Eva Lena Taylor Hoffman and Christopher Clayton Hoffman. He was the finest birthday present Lena ever gave Clayt, and she always made their shared birthday a family event. He was the youngest of 6 and was preceded in...
Irene Williams
Mar 16, 2015
Irene Williams, age 88, of Paola, Kansas passed away March 16, 2015 at Golden Living Center in Spring Hill, Kansas. She loved to dance. Irene was born to Leo and Cecelia Theno Gallagher on December 4 1926 in Paola, Kansas, the ninth of ten children. She grew up on a farm northwest of Paola and lived within 5 miles...
Beth Ann Knedlik
Mar 15, 2015
Beth Ann (Burt) Knedlik, 62, of Paola, KS, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2015. Beth was born March 28, 1952, in Belleville, KS, the daughter of Edwin and Marilyn (Burton) Burt, who preceded her in death. She was a graduate of Washington High School in Washington, KS, and Crum's Beauty College in Manhattan, KS. Beth married the love of...
Sheryl Troxel
Mar 15, 2015
Sheryl Ann Troxel, age 59, of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away March 15, 2015 at Osawatomie Life Care with her family and friends by her side after a long, hard fought battle with cancer. Sheryl was born June 29, 1955 at Paola, Kansas. She was the daughter of Kenneth R. and Shirley (Blackmon) Ostrander. She attended Osawatomie High School and...
Mary Kay Morandy
Mar 14, 2015
Mary Kay Morandy, age 56, of Paola, Kansas, died Saturday, March 14, 2015 at her home. Mary Kay was born November 23, 1958 at Kansas City, Kansas. She was the daughter of Gordon Ray and Louise (McQuitty) Roberts. She graduated from Turner High School with the Class of 1976. She then attended DeVry University. She worked for Aeroflex in...
Dr. Robert Banks
Mar 14, 2015
Robert E Banks, MD, died March 14, 2015, at the University of Kansas Medical Center surrounded by his family. Bob was born March 21, 1929, to Mary Driskill Banks and Earl Wesley Banks in Kansas City, MO. Shortly after the family moved to La Cygne, KS, where he was educated and graduated from La Cygne High School in 1947....
Raymond L. Stagg
Mar 14, 2015
Raymond L. Stagg age 88 passed away March 14 at his home. Raymond Leslie Stagg was born on Aug. 17, 1926 in Leavenworth, Kansas to Earl Raymond Stagg Sr. and Evelyn Gladys (Parker) Stagg. He attended Central High School in Kansas City, Mo. At the age of 18 he was drafted into WWII serving with the 25th Infantry Division...
Clifford "Oscar" Durland
Mar 13, 2015
Clifford "Oscar" Durland, 92, died on March 13, 2015 surrounded by family at his home in Paola, KS. Oscar was born on March 29, 1922 to Oscar M. and Anna (Gerke) Durland in Paola. He married Betty Jeanne Matherly of Osawatomie on July 20, 1945 and they lived the remainder of their 69 years together in Paola where they...
Leonard D. Troll
Mar 12, 2015
Leonard Dale Troll, 90 of Overland Park, KS, passed away peacefully on March 12, 2015 in Olathe at the home of his son, Timothy. He was born January 1, 1925 in Louisburg, KS, to the family of Anthony and Clara (Spielbusch) Troll (father & mother), along with younger brothers Winfred and Andrew. He graduated from Louisburg High School in...
Elizabeth P. Stanfield
Mar 12, 2015
Elizabeth P. Stanfield, 79, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2015. She was born Saturday, March 7, 1936, in Pasadena, California, the daughter of William and Gertrude (Hall) Smith. Graveside services will be held at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas.
Norman Shaffer
Mar 12, 2015
Norman "Lee" Shaffer age 85, of Garnett, KS, passed away March 12, 2015 at St. Frances Hospital, Topeka, KS. Lee was born in Sarcoxie, Missouri August 23, 1929. He was the third child of four, born to Ben and Ella Mae (Daffron) Shaffer. Lee was active in sports and graduated from Sarcoxie High School in 1947. He worked at...
Sharyl Mccann
Mar 10, 2015
Sharyl M. McCann, age 67, of Shawnee, Kansas, died March 10, 2015 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. She was born August 27, 1947 at Amoret, Missouri. She was the daughter of Kenneth and Lavaun (Kershner) McCann. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Steve McCann. She is survived by her brother Brent McCann of Osawatomie....
Donald Pepoon
Mar 8, 2015
DONALD WILLARD PEPOON Donald Willard Pepoon, 86, longtime resident of Paola, died Sunday, March 8, 2015 at Louisburg Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center from complications of Alzheimer"s. He was born on May 29, 1928 in Monrovia, California, the son of Joseph and Ida (Higginson) Pepoon. As a young boy, he rode the old "Red Cars" to downtown Los Angeles and...
Sheri Ruth Lothert
Mar 7, 2015
Sheri Lothert, 42, of Topeka, Kansas, formerly of Ottawa, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, March 7, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 13, 2015, at the Faith Lutheran Church, 1320 W. 15th Street, Ottawa. Family will meet with friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Private family...
Dwayne Golding
Mar 7, 2015
Dwayne "Doc" Golding, 75, of Bucyrus, KS, passed away on March 7, 2015 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, KS. He was born December 7, 1939 at Max, Nebraska, the son of Ivan Henry and Josie Wilma (Journey) Golding. He was united in marriage to Barbara Kaye Ralston on January 15, 1965 at Kansas City, MO. Dwayne worked for Ford...
Dorothy Ann Evans
Mar 6, 2015
Dorothy Ann Evans, 76, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Friday, March 6, 2015, at Olathe Medical Center Hospice House. Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Quenemo, Kansas. Dorothy was born Monday, October 10, 1938 in Lyndon, Kansas, the daughter of Rolland Phelon Ferris, Sr. and Amy L. (Burgess) Ferris....
Theodore "Ted" Gerken
Mar 6, 2015
Theodore "Ted" M. Gerken, 103, of Paola, passed away on March 6, 2015 at North Point Skilled Nursing. He was born on December 20, 1911, Block, Kansas to John and Bertha (Schultz) Gerken. He grew up in Block and attended Block school for 8 years then graduated from Paola High School with the Class of 1932. On May 21,...
Katherine Heck Dieterich
Mar 4, 2015
Katherine Heck Dieterich, 96, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Family will meet with friends from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Memorial services will follow at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday. Interment Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Kansas. Katherine was born Sunday, May 5, 1918, in Lawrence, Kansas, the daughter of Emil...
Shirley A. Decock
Mar 3, 2015
Shirley A. DeCock, 71, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Family will meet with friends from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 6, 2015, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Graveside services will follow at 2:30 p.m., at Highland Cemetery. Shirley was born Thursday, August 19, 1943, in Orange, Texas, the daughter of...
Nancy L. Schwartz
Mar 2, 2015
Nancy Louise Schwartz, 76, of Louisburg, KS beloved wife, sister, mother, grandmother and great grandmother and friend too many passed away March 2, 2015 at Golden Living in Spring Hill, KS. She was raised in Allentown, PA, the daughter of Benjamin E. and Marcella (McGee) Breinig. She graduated from Kutztown High School in Kutztown, PA in 1955. She worked...
