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...
Fred Joseph Mcfarland
Mar 21, 2013
Fred Joseph McFarland, age 86, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2013, at his home in Princeton, Kansas, with his family at his side. He was born on Saturday, January 29, 1927, the son of Fred and Oneita (Hodges) McFarland. Fred has resided in Princeton for the last twenty-three years moving there from his farm south of Ottawa where he...
Charles Edward Gorges Sr.
Mar 20, 2013
Charles Edward Gorges, Sr., age 82, of Hillsdale, Kansas passed away unexpectedly March 21, 2013 at his home. Charles was born on October 4, 1930 in Wichita to Anthony and Melissa Krump Gorges. He grew up in the Wichita area and after high school enlisted in the United States Army October 28, 1952 and received his honorable discharge on...
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...
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...
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...
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...
