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Helen Lucile Heathman
Jun 22, 2012
Helen Lucile Heathman, age 87, of Overland Park, Kansas, died Friday, June 22, 2012 in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born on September 17, 1924 in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Frank Lewis and Stella Nevada (Ross) Smith. She grew up in Iola, Kansas; moved to Ottawa, Kansas in December, 1945, and to Overland Park, Kansas in 2006. Helen...
Roger Blaine Noah
Jun 21, 2012
Rev. Roger Blaine Noah, age 70, of Ottawa, Kanas, died Thursday, June 21, 2012 at Wellsville Kansas. He was born February 13, 1942 at Hays, Kansas, the son of George Monroe and Viola G. (Hilgers) Noah. He graduated from Plainville High School in 1960, attended Ft. Hays State College, graduated from Baker University in 1979 and St. Paul’s School...
Lorraine Manlove
Jun 20, 2012
Lorraine Darlene Manlove age 84, passed away on June 20, 2012 at the Sweet Life Center at Rosehill in Shawnee, Kansas. Darlene, as she was known for, was born on November 6, 1927 in Ottawa, Kansas to Roy Alfred and Nellie Rose Howell. She graduated from Wellsville High in 1945. Darlene was united in marriage on May 26, 1946...
Donald W. "Don" Elder
Jun 18, 2012
Donald W. Elder, age 84, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Monday, June 18, 2012. He was born on Sunday, April 1, 1928, in Udall, Kansas, the son of Thomas Landon and Ella Faye (McClelland) Elder. Don was a near lifelong resident of Ottawa. Don worked twenty years with Sunflower Ordinance Plant, four years with Ottawa Truck and seven years...
Sylvia Gander
Jun 17, 2012
Sylvia "Sue" Gander, age 66, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2012 at Osage City Care Center, Osage City, Kansas. Sue was born on May 15, 1946 in Paola, Kansas to Noel and Margaret "Peggy" Krueger Wright. She attended Osawatomie High School and worked at the local grocery store in the meat department as a packager. She also worked for...
Harvey Howard
Jun 15, 2012
Harvey Ursal Howard age 81, of Louisburg, KS, passed away June 15, 2012 at Olathe Medical Center of respiratory failure. He was born July 18, 1930 in Wynnewood, Oklahoma to Ursal and Dorothy Coffey Howard. He was raised in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma and at the age of 16 he enlisted in the United States Navy. He served as a...
Fred L. Yeager
Jun 13, 2012
Fred LeRoy Yeager, 98, of Louisburg, KS, died June 13, 2012 at Richmond Health Care Center, Richmond, KS. He was born October 21, 1913 in Kansas City, KS, the son of Fred and Mabel (Lugar) Yeager. He was united in marriage to Vivian Odam in 1933. Fred worked as a heavy Equipment Operator until his retirement. He was preceded...
Sue Scherman
Jun 13, 2012
Sue O. Scherman, age 84, of Paola, passed away on June 13, 2012 at Villa St. Francis Care Center in Olathe. Sue was born July 19, 1927 in Seoul, Korea to Chong Mun Hong and Bong Hi Yim. She grew up in Korea and on January 13, 1965, she was united in marriage to Donald Scherman. They made their...
John H. Knapp
Jun 12, 2012
John H. Knapp, 86, of Bucyrus, KS died June 12, 2012 at his home. He was born June 24, 1925 in Kansas City, Mo, the son of Frank and Lillian (Huffman) Knapp. He was united in marriage to Dorothy J. Brummel on June 17, 1946 in Kansas City, MO. John served his country in the United States Marine Corps...
Elvin "Leroy" Krafft
Jun 12, 2012
Leroy Krafft was born on Wednesday, July 15, 1936 in Phillipsburg, Kansas. He was the son of Alvin and Thelma (Randolph) Krafft. Leroy was a near lifelong resident of Goodland, Kansas, moving to Wellsville, Kansas in April of 2012, where he made his home until his death on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at the age of seventy-five years. He...
Mildred "Midge" Pelton
Jun 8, 2012
Mildred A. “Midge”, “Millie”, Pelton, age 84, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, June 8, 2012, at Christian Care Cottage in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on Tuesday, October 18, 1927, in Orrington, Maine, the daughter of Harry and Inez (Parker) Bowden, the last in her family of ten children. Midge grew up in Orrington, Maine and also lived in...
Carol Chitwood
Jun 7, 2012
Carol was born on October 29, 1934 in Linn County, Kansas to Millard Wiley and Opal (Hauser) Mathews. She is a lifelong resident of the area, graduating from Parker High in 1952 and attended Kansas City Missouri Business College. On September 1, 1954, Carol was united in marriage to Max Dean Chitwood . They made their home in Osawatomie,...
Jewell Spratt
Jun 5, 2012
Jewell Spratt, age 82, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, June 5, 2012, in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on Monday, November 11, 1929, in Imes, Kansas, the daughter of Stanley C. and Josephine (Yerkes) Phillips. Jewell was a lifelong Franklin County resident. She graduated from Rantoul High School with the class of 1947. In the late 1950’s and early...
Dr. Claude Norcross
Jun 3, 2012
Dr. Claude E. Norcross, 90, of Drexel, MO, died June 3, 2012, at Louisburg Care Center, Louisburg, KS. He was born July 29, 1921, at Norris, MO, in Henry County, the son of Calvin Edward and Gladys Edna (Rogers) Norcross. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Osborn on August 1, 1943, in Drexel, MO. Claude served in the...
Dr. William H. Hay
Jun 1, 2012
Dr. William H. Hay, age 87 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, June 1, 2012 at Ottawa. He was born on Tuesday, February 10, 1925 in Eskridge, Kansas he was the son of Robert Louis and Bessie Mima (Buck) Hay. Dr. Hay lived in Ottawa since 1958 moving here from Manhattan, Kansas He graduated from Neodesha High School in Neodesha,...
Roy H. Bickerstaff
Jun 1, 2012
Roy H. Bickerstaff, age 74, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, June 1, 2012, in Ottawa, Kansas. He was born on Tuesday, May 24, 1938, in Imes, Kansas, the son of Edgar Earl and Katie (Bible) Bickerstaff. He was a lifelong Franklin County, Ottawa area resident. Roy was employed by Ottawa Truck for 37 years starting in the mid 1960”s...
Lorraine Whitaker
Jun 1, 2012
Lorraine Schmidt Whitaker lived out her final 10 years in the home and under the care of her eldest daughter Kathryn Spragens. She is also survived by her son William "Bill" Whitaker, daughter Elizabeth "Betsi" Schimpf and grandchildren Leslie Langtry, Laura Whitaker, Lisa Spragens, Richard Schimpf, Julie Kheres, Drew Schimpf, Meredith Kopinski, William J. Whitaker and their families that...
William Reynolds
May 28, 2012
Memorial Day morning, May 28th, 2012, William Arthur Reynolds, of rural Miami County, passed away at Saint Luke"s Plaza Hospital. Known as "Bill", he enjoyed being surrounded by his family, friends and especially the hospital staff until the last second telling jokes and reminiscing. Bill was born on the 21st of July 1925 on the Reynolds Paola Farm to...
Joshua Lee Mccord
May 27, 2012
Joshua Lee McCord was born on Wednesday, November 2, 1988 in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Richard, Jr. and Ronda (Weidner) McCord. He was a lifelong resident of Ottawa, Kansas, where he made his home until his death on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at the age of twenty-three years, six months and twenty-five days. Joshua graduated from Ottawa High...
Barbara J. Callahan
May 27, 2012
Barbara J. Callahan, age 69, of Waverly, Kansas, died at the Midland Care Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on Saturday, December 5, 1942 in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Philomena (Forge) Bollin. Barbara has lived in Waverly, Kansas since 1995 moving there from Kansas City, Kansas where she lived most of her life. Barbara...
