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Larry R. Franklin
Jan 26, 2013
Larry R. Franklin, age 62, of Louisburg, KS, passed away, Saturday, January 26, 2013 at his home. Larry was born, in Kansas City, Missouri on September 8, 1950, to Leroy and Margaret Franklin. At the age of 10 his family moved to rural Louisburg. Here Larry attended school and graduated from Louisburg High School in 1968, and lived the...
Jeffery Clyde Brewer
Jan 25, 2013
Jeffery Clyde "Jeff" Brewer, 51 of Bella Vista, Arkansas passed away Friday, January 25, 2013 at Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale, Arkansas, from a rare form of cancer. He was born on October 9, 1961 in Paola, Kansas to Clyde Fred and Ruby Marie Corey Brewer. Jeff was owner and operator of Brewer"s Corral Supply in Hiwasse, Arkansas...
Murney Marie Showalter
Jan 24, 2013
Murney Marie Showalter, age 91 of Ottawa, Kansas, died peacefully with her family by her side Thursday, January 24, 2013 at Ransom Memorial Hospital. She was born on Wednesday, September 7, 1921 in Williamsburg, Kansas, the daughter of Albert Fredrick and Bonnie Sarah (Mozley) Hart. Murney was a lifelong resident of Franklin County moving to Ottawa in 1946. She...
Beth Gentry
Jan 24, 2013
Alberta Elizabeth “Beth” Gentry was born on Wednesday, February 18, 1925 in Richter, Kansas. She was the daughter of John Charles and Dessie (Duvall) Briles. A lifelong resident, Beth made her home in Ottawa until her death on Thursday, January 24, 2013, at the age of eighty-seven years. She graduated from Pomona High School and Emporia State University. On...
Ruth Frances Lancaster
Jan 23, 2013
Ruth F. Lancaster, age 94 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at Ottawa Retirement Village. She was born on Sunday, November 24, 1918 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Aaron Lewis and Bertha Frances (Gardner) Hougland. She was a near lifelong Ottawa resident. Ruth graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1937. She was...
Frances Smithey
Jan 22, 2013
Frances LaFaye Smithey, 72, of Kansas City, Kansas, passed away peacefully, at Louisburg Nursing Home and Rehabilitation on Tuesday January 22, surrounded by her daughter, son-in-law and best friend. Fran was an accountant for most of her life. Her pride and joy was her home that she was perpetually redecorating. She enjoyed watching television, her favorite show was Judge...
Alfred D. Dockstader
Jan 21, 2013
Alfred D. Dockstader, age 93, of Spring Hill, formerly of Louisburg passed away January 22, 2013 at the Golden Living Center, Spring Hill. Alfred was born May 31, 1919 in Chrisman , IL to Albert and Lillian (Critton) Dockstader. He was raised in the Girard and Rantoul area. He enlisted in the United States Navy, in May of 1944...
Martha Jean Good
Jan 21, 2013
Martha Jean Carter Good, 88, Louisburg, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 21, with the love of her family surrounding her. Martha was born November 25, 1924, the daughter of Clarence and Elizabeth (Bessie) Emmaline Whitaker Carter. She graduated from Louisburg in 1942 and from the Kansas City Business College during war-time. Then she worked in Kansas City for...
Paul D. Arnett
Jan 21, 2013
Paul D. Arnett, age 62 of Pomona, Kansas died Monday, January 21, 2013 at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. He was born on Tuesday, September 19, 1950, in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Philip and Cleota (Bair) Arnett. Paul lived in Pomona, Kansas, moving to Wilson, Kansas from 1983 to 1997, returning to Pomona, Kansas in 1998. He...
June Sandridge
Jan 18, 2013
June F. Sandridge, age 91, of Paola, Kansas, died January 18, 2013 at North Point Skilled Nursing in Paola. June was born September 19, 1921 at Baldwin City, Kansas. She was the daughter of Philo Karl and Mary Etta (Beckerdite) Beck. She grew up in Baldwin City and graduated from Baldwin City High School. She was united in marriage...
Bill Vivers
Jan 18, 2013
Bill B. Vivers, 83, of Paola Kansas died January 18, 2013 at Olathe Medical Center. He was born October 26, 1929 in Coffeyville Kansas to Harold and Dorothy (King) Vivers. He graduated from Coffeyville High School in 1948 and attended Tulsa University where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity. He received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from...
Bernard Armstrong
Jan 17, 2013
Bernard Gayton Armstrong, age 76 of Bucyrus, KS passed away January 17, 2013 at his home. He was born to Fredrick Gayton and Dorothy Baumgartel Armstrong on February 12, 1936 in Havre MT. He attended Havre Schools and enlisted in the United States Navy in 1954. After graduating from High School and Corpsman Training in 1955 at Great Lakes,...
Harriett Ann Bechtle
Jan 16, 2013
Harriett Ann Bechtle, age 67, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 16, 2013. She was born on Thursday, August 16, 1945 in Ottawa, the daughter of Chester Nathan and Gertrude Alvena (Wendorff) Bechtle. She has lived in Ottawa since 2007 moving from La Cygne, Kansas. During her career she had lived in many locations including Shawnee Mission, Kansas; Council...
Lee Chambers
Jan 16, 2013
Lee Chambers, age 82 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 16, 2013. He was born on Monday, October 6, 1930, in Homewood, Kansas, the son of Benjamin and Dorothy (Minnick) Chambers. Lee was a near lifelong Ottawa resident. He has lived at the Sunflower Plaza for the last two years. When he was younger he lived in Topeka and...
Ronda D. (Early) Watson
Jan 15, 2013
Ronda D. (Early) Watson, age 34 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 15, 2013. She was born on Wednesday, October 18, 1978, in Emporia, Kansas, the only child of Ronnie Dean and Sheila Diane (Donley) Early. Ronda has lived in Ottawa since the age of five moving from Burlington, Kansas. She attended Ottawa High School with the class of...
Otto Hammann
Jan 15, 2013
Otto Heinrich Hammann, age 88 of Overland Park, KS, passed away January 15, 2013. He was born on December 13, 1924 in Lachen/Pfalz, Germany. He was preceded in death by his wife, Gisela Hammann, and is survived by 2 step-daughters, Gabriele Deramus, Stilwell, Kansas, and Charlotte Linhart, Munich, Germany. As an architect and engineer, while living in Germany after...
Dolores J. Demoret
Jan 12, 2013
Dolores J. Demoret, age 84 of Williamsburg, Kansas, died Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on Monday, March 26, 1928 in Jefferson City, Missouri, the daughter of Hugh and Blanche (Faulkner) Tarbet. She has been a near lifelong resident of Franklin and Osage County. Dolores graduated from Princeton High School with...
Roger William Millbern
Jan 11, 2013
Roger William Millbern, age 69 of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Friday, January 11, 2013. He was born on Friday, February 26, 1943 in Vinland, Kansas, the son of Jerald and Frances (Cooley) Millbern. Roger was a lifelong Franklin County, Ottawa resident. He graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1961. On June 28, 1975 Roger was united...
Lawrence J. Guenther
Jan 11, 2013
Lawrence James Guenther, 85, died Friday, January 11, 2013 at North Point Skilled Nursing Facility in Paola, Kansas. Lawrence was born April 2, 1927 in Gary, Indiana the youngest of nine children, born to Theodore and Lillian (Janssen) Guenther. A child of the depression era, Lawrence grew up in the Gary and Fort Wayne, Indiana areas. During his teenage...
Evelyn J. Watts
Jan 9, 2013
Evelyn Josephine Watts, age 83 of Ottawa, Kansas, died January 9, 2013 at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on Friday, September 20, 1929 in Olpe, Kansas the daughter of John G. and Anna C. (Scheve) Nuessen. She grew up in Olpe, Kansas later moving to Franklin County where she lived most of her life, residing...
