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Freda Schlesener
Apr 16, 2013
Freda Darlene Schlesener, age 84, of Rantoul, Kansas, formerly of Hillsdale, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at home. She was born May 22, 1928 in Edgerton, Kansas. She was the daughter of Rufus "Red" and Mary Jane (Hammar) Boydston. She was married to Harvey William Schlesener on January 8, 1946 at Olathe, Kansas. They became the parents of eight...
Maxine Wollen
Apr 14, 2013
Maxine Wollen, age 94 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Sunday, April 14, 2013. She was born on Friday, April 11, 1919, in Lone Elm, Kansas, the daughter of Glenn and Grace (DePoe) Sarver. Maxine has lived in Ottawa since 1943 moving from Lone Elm, Kansas. She graduated from Lone Elm High School with the class of 1937. She attended Pittsburg...
Golda Ferne Hendrickson
Apr 12, 2013
Golda Ferne Hendrickson passed away Friday, April 12, 2013, at the North Point Care Center in Paola, KS, surrounded by her family. At the time of her passing, she was 94 years, 5 months, and 22 days old. Golda Ferne was born October 21, 1918 in Louisburg, KS, the second child of Levi Andrew and Q. V. (Wolf) Butts....
Mary Lou Hopkins
Apr 9, 2013
Mary Lou Hopkins joined her beloved husband Alfred on April 9, 2013, in Heaven, at the age of 84 years, 1 month and 5 days. She was born in Quenemo, Kansas, to Tom and Myrtle (Cunning) Williams on March 4, 1929. At the age of twelve she started to relieve the telephone operator in her home in Quenemo. She...
Robert "Bob" C. Lorenz
Apr 6, 2013
Robert “Bob” C. Lorenz, age 74 of Richmond, Kansas, died Saturday, April 6, 2013, at Richmond Healthcare Center in Richmond, Kansas. He was born on Friday, February 3, 1939 in Anderson, Indiana the son of Harry and Bessie (Mouzey) Lorenz. He has been a resident of Pomona since 2011, moving from Paris, Tennessee. He also resided in Paducah, Kentucky;...
Mary Frances Elizabeth Gilmore
Apr 6, 2013
Mary Frances Elizabeth Gilmore was called to Heaven on Saturday, April 6, 2013. She was born February 27, 1932 in Michigan Valley, Kansas, the daughter of Albert Earl and Helen Hannah (Hamilton) McCain. She graduated from Appanoose High School in 1949. She was married to Abram Wallace McNees in 1953. He preceded her in death in 1962. She later...
Mary Frances Whitney
Apr 5, 2013
Mary Frances Whitney, age 87, of Louisburg, KS died April 5, 2013 at Louisburg Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Mary Frances was born July 2, 1925 in Chiles, KS, the daughter of George and Carrie (Sunley) Boyd. Mary Frances was married to Wallace Whitney in Spring Hill, KS on March 20, 1944. To this union three sons were born. Wallace...
Robert J. Rossman
Apr 3, 2013
Robert Joseph “Bob” Rossman, 66, died Wednesday, April 3rd at Lake Taneycomo in Branson, Missouri. He was born on March 19, 1947 in Ottawa, Kansas to John J. Rossman and Agnes M. Wolken Rossman. Bob grew up in Richmond, Kansas and was a member of the last graduating class of Princeton High School in 1965. Bob joined the Unites...
L. "Jose" E. Manis
Apr 3, 2013
Jose E. Manis was born on Friday, January 21, 1944, in Topeka, Kansas. He was the son of Lowell and Bessie (Lister) Manis. Jose grew up in Auburn, Kansas, moving to Topeka and in 1966 he moved to Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas where he made his home until his death on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at the age of...
Jimmy Wolverton
Apr 3, 2013
Jimmy Wayne Wolverton, age 47, of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away April 3, 2013 at his home surrounded by family and friends. Jimmy was born September 16, 1965 in Moline, Illinois to James W. Wolverton and Mary N. (Appleton) Wolverton Dunn. Jimmy took great pride in being able to read and write Braille and had helped make text books for...
Una Fern Prothe Deering
Apr 2, 2013
Una Fern Prothe Deering, age 77, of Osawatomie, KS, passed away on April 3, 2013 at her home. She was born on the Prothe homestead at Block Community, Paola, KS, on August 25, 1935, the daughter of Paul August Theodore Prothe and Irene Malinda Minden Prothe. She was confirmed on May 22, 1949, at Trinity Lutheran Church. Una attended...
Betty Oram
Apr 1, 2013
Betty Lou Oram, age 82, of Drexel, Missouri, formerly of Paola, Kansas, died April 1, 2013 at her home. Betty was born April 5, 1930 at Paola, Kansas. She was the oldest of nine children born to Louellen and Nettie (Russell) McKinney. She graduated from Osawatomie High School. She continued her education after high school to obtain her license...
Eva Peak
Mar 30, 2013
Eva M. Peak, 86 years young, died March 30, 2013 at St. Luke"s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri of a brain hemorrhage. Eva was born May 3, 1926 in Mt. Airy, New Jersey to Harry Charles and Catherine (Gomerdinger) Knight. One of thirteen children, Eva grew up working on the farm during the depression in Pennsylvania. In 1947 at the...
Joan Keim
Mar 29, 2013
Joan Keim, age 75, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, March 29, 2013. She was born on Thursday, May 20, 1937, the daughter of Clair and Leta “Billie” (Eaton) Bayless. Joan attended school in rural Franklin County, Kansas and graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1955. She was a member of the Grace Episcopal Church. Joan worked...
Gerald Crowley
Mar 27, 2013
Gerald L. "Jerry" Crowley, 71, of Paola, Kansas passed away March 27, 2013 at Olathe Medical Center. Jerry was born October 24, 1941 in Tacoma, Washington to Clarence and Lucretia Young Crowley Harper. He grew up in San Meta, California and served in the U.S. Navy from July 31, 1959 to August 30, 1977 as a lithographer. After retiring...
Bill D. Cuthbertson
Mar 27, 2013
Billy Dean Cuthbertson was born June 10, 1934 in Hillsdale, Kansas to Jacob "Art" and Nina Cuthbertson. He had two sisters Barbara Plummer and Delores Newton. He graduated from Spring Hill High School. Billy Dean was chosen "Kansas All League Player". Bill worked on the family farm. In 1953 he met his beloved wife Shirley May Kern and they...
Della Louise Hamilton
Mar 26, 2013
Della Louise Hamilton, age 80, of Pomona, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. She was born on Wednesday, November 9, 1932, in the Pomona area, the daughter of Paul and Ivie (Sailer) Garber. Della has lived in Pomona since 1959 moving from the Michigan Valley area. She graduated from Appanoose High School...
Clifford Witt
Mar 26, 2013
Clifford Warren Witt, 85, Paola, died March 26, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Spring Hill. Clifford was born October 5, 1927, to Beryl and Lenore Witt. He attended and graduated from Paola High School and then enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1946. He met Erma Presley and they married in 1948. They made their home...
Gordon Lee Paul
Mar 23, 2013
Gordon Lee Paul, age 72, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, March 23, 2013. He was born on Tuesday, July 9, 1940, in Ottawa, the son of Merle and Eva (Young) Paul. Gordon was a lifelong resident of Ottawa. He graduated from Hot Springs High School, Hot Springs, Arkansas, with the class of 1958. On June 4, 1978 Gordon was...
