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Dorothy Ann Waite
Mar 16, 2013
Dorothy Ann Waite, age 82, of Louisburg, KS, died March 16, 2013 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Dorothy was born July 7, 1930 in Louisburg, KS, the Daughter of Marcus and Mary Josephine "Molly" Thomas Wells. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Herbert Waite on March 8, 1949 at Paola, KS. She graduated with the class of...
Julie Taylor
Mar 15, 2013
Julie Ann (Wallace) Taylor, of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away March 15, 2013 at her home. She was born May 29, 1964 at the Miami County Hospital, Paola, Kansas. She is the daughter of Oakley James "Jim" and Bonnie (Platz) Wallace. Julie grew up in Osawatomie. Many of her youthful years were spent on the banks of the Maris des...
Mary Eileen Marez
Mar 15, 2013
Mary Marez, age 72, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, March 15, 2013. She was born on May 31, 1940, in Nortonville, Kansas, the daughter of Wilbur and Catherine (Hartman) Aspinwall. Mary has lived in Ottawa for fifty-four years moving from Nortonville. She attended high school in Nortonville. On March 19, 1971 Mary was united in marriage to Robert R....
Carol Minden
Mar 15, 2013
Carol Jean Minden of Paola Kansas passed from this life on earth to eternal life to be with her Savior Jesus Christ on March 15th at the Olathe Medical Center. Carol was born August 9, 1930 in Fort Scott Kansas to James Edward "Dusty" Hood and Gladys Malinda Gump Hood. Carol grew up in Belltown where she made many...
Dale E. Galutia, Sr.
Mar 15, 2013
Dale E. Galutia, Sr., age 79, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, March 15, 2013. He was born Friday, December 1, 1933, in Osage City, Kansas, the son of Lloyd and Inez (Thrush) Galutia. Dale has lived in Ottawa most of his life, moving from Topeka. He graduated from Quenemo High School with the class of 1951. On July 28,...
Merle Frame
Mar 13, 2013
Merle H. Frame, 92, of Paola, formerly of Pratt, Kansas and Chicota, Texas passed away March 13, 2013 at North Point Skilled Nursing Center, Paola, Kansas. Merle was born on May 29, 1920 to Frank B. and Eva Mae (Coburn) Frame in Sawyer, Kansas. He served in the U.S. Air Force. While working for the Pratt Police Department Merle...
Ramah Lucille Swank
Mar 12, 2013
Ramah Lucille Swank, age 82, of Centropolis, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 12, 2013. She was born on October 26, 1930, in Franklin County, Kansas, the daughter of Bertrum and Agnes (McCann) Stoffer. Ramah moved with her family to Rantoul and then Ottawa while she was still in school, to Princeton after marriage and then to Centropolis in 1958. She...
Jack Kaiser
Mar 12, 2013
John H. "Jack" Kaiser, 96, of Lawrence, formerly of Paola, passed away March 12, 2013. Jack was born in Sioux City, Iowa, November 3, 1916 to Clara Lee Ford Kaiser and William Henry Kaiser. The family later moved to Kansas and to Paola in 1926. He graduated from Paola High School in 1934 and later attended the University of...
Dale Richard “Dick” Michael
Mar 10, 2013
Dale Richard “Dick” Michael was born on Saturday, April 2,1938 in Kansas City, Kansas. He was the son of Bert and Esther (Brewer) Michael. A near lifelong resident, Dick made his home in Wellsville until his death on Sunday, March 10, 2013, at the age of seventy-four years. At age twelve Dick and his mother moved to a farm...
Lee Tebo
Mar 8, 2013
Lee B. Tebo, age 86, of Paola, Kansas, formerly of Athens, Georgia, died Friday, March 8, 2013 at Olathe Medical Center. Lee was born July 6, 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa. He was the son of Leonidas Brockman and Carita (Kirby) Tebo. He grew up in Des Moines and graduated from Roosevelt High School. He earned his Bachelor of...
Judith "Judy" Haney
Mar 8, 2013
Judith “Judy” Haney, age 72 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, March 8, 2013 at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. She was born on Sunday, April 14, 1940 in Harrisonville, Missouri, the daughter of Clifford and Gladys (Bradley) Little. Judy has been a resident of Ottawa since 2010, moving from Olathe, Kansas. She graduated from Freeman High School in Freeman,...
Vera Mae Grey
Mar 8, 2013
Vera Mae Grey, age 72 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, March 8, 2013, at Ottawa Retirement Village. She was born on Sunday, March 24, 1940, in Ottawa, the daughter of Ralph and Nellie (Gay) Latimer. Vera was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Vera worked for the Lee’s Downtowner as a cook in the 1960’s and 1970’s; Platner Industries as a...
Blanche Shofner
Mar 6, 2013
Blanche M. Shofner, 87, of Paola, Kansas passed away March 6, 2013, at her home. Blanche was born November 25, 1925 to Wood and Opha Dale (Smith) Cain in Huntsville, Arkansas. She graduated from Huntsville High School in 1944 and worked as a bookkeeper at the University of Arkansas. She then worked as a clerk at Woolsworth in Fayetteville...
Frank W. Carroll
Mar 5, 2013
Frank W. Carroll, age 78, of Louisburg, KS, formerly of Westwood, KS, died March 5, 2013. He was born on March 24, 1934 at Bainbridge, Ohio, the son of Delbert Foster and Ruth (Giffin) Carroll. He was united in marriage to Ann King on December 1, 1983 at Westwood, KS. He was the owner of Franks Moving and Transfer...
Joyce L. Knoche
Mar 4, 2013
Joyce Lorraine Knoche, 61, Paola, died on March 4th, 2013. Joyce attended Fort Scott Community College School of Nursing. Joyce loved animals and enjoyed doing crafts and baking cookies with her grandchildren. She is survived by her Mother Pauline Wolfe, husband Ralph Knoche, son Mike Knoche, Son and Daughter-in-law Steve and Shira Knoche, grandchildren Lauren, Sydney and Ryan, brothers...
Peter Daniel Downey
Mar 4, 2013
Peter Daniel Downey, 13, resident of Louisburg, KS, passed away at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO, on Monday, March 4, 2013. Peter was born on February 27, 2000, in Olathe, Kansas, the son of David and Christine Downey. He was the 8th of 9 children. With 5 older brothers, Brock, Nicholas, Travis, Andrew and Benjamin, Peter tried...
Therese Miller
Mar 3, 2013
Therese Eileen Miller, age 66, of rural Greeley, Kansas, died March 3, 2013 at her home. Therese was born September 24, 1946 at Kansas City, Missouri. She was the daughter of Virgil Vernon and Eileen Elizabeth (Baker) Phillips. She graduated from Raytown South High School, Raytown, Missouri in 1965 and then attended Kansas City Community College. Therese was united...
Charles C. Anderson
Mar 3, 2013
Dr. Charles Anderson, age 82, a former professor at Ottawa University and minister, died Sunday, March 3, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Anderson dedicated his life to the study, teaching and sharing of the gospel message in Ottawa and, in retirement, in Dallas through his activities at church. He was a 35 year religion professor and department chair at...
Donald Mcmahan
Mar 2, 2013
Donald L. McMahan age 75 of Paola passed away March 2, 2013 at the North Point Skilled Nursing Home. He was born on November 8, 1937 in Gardner Kansas to Charles A. and Thelma Bivins McMahan. Don enjoyed farming the family farm with his brother Charles and enjoyed working outdoors in the landscaping business. He was a very quiet...
Venus S. Redman
Mar 2, 2013
Venus S. Redman, age 49 of Wellsville, Kansas, died Saturday, March 2, 2013. She was born on Friday, July 26, 1963, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Mark and Lucy (McWilliams) Fisher. Venus has lived in Wellsville since 2000, moving from Haughton, Louisiana. She was a lifelong homemaker. She is survived by: Parents – Lucy and William Hewitt...
