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Donald Reynolds
May 25, 2012
Donald Devoe Reynolds, 75, Paola, Kansas, died May 25, 2012, in Paola, at the family home. Donald was born February 4, 1937, in Low Gap, Arkansas. He was the youngest of nine children born to Walter and Nora (Waters) Reynolds. He was married to Audrey Ann Roberts on September 28, 1957, in Independence, Missouri. They began their married life...
Mary Whitaker
May 24, 2012
Mary Margaret Whitaker, 98, of Clay Center, Kansas, formerly of Louisburg, died May 24, 2012 at the Clay Center Medical Center. Mary was born May 8, 1914 at Louisburg, Kansas. She was the daughter of Henry and Mary Ann (Esterman) Groh. Mary grew up in Louisburg and where she attended country school. She was united in marriage to Walter...
Merle Lloyd Young, Jr.
May 24, 2012
Merle L. Young, Jr., age 68, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, May 24, 2012, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, KS. He was born on Sunday, February 27, 1944, in Harveyville, Kansas, the son of Myrle L., Sr. and Dorothy (King) Young. Merle was a resident of the Ottawa area since 1962, moving here from Harveyville, Kansas. He attended...
Alma Jasper
May 21, 2012
Alma E. Jasper, age 92, of Noble, OK, formerly of Paola, passed away May 21, 2012 at the Norman Regional Hospital, Norman, OK. Alma was born March 18, 1920 at Judsonia, Arkansas. She was the daughter of William and Louise (Fenske) Stein. She grew up in Plainview, Arkansas where she also attended school. She earned an associate"s degree from...
Mary Helen Smaic
May 20, 2012
Mary Helen (Munich)Smaic 78 years of age, of Hamburg, NY, passed away peacefully on May 15, 2012. Mary was born on May 11, 1934 in Buffalo, New York. She is the daughter of the late Helen and Stojan Munich, and sister of John Munich. Mary is the mother of three sons, Dejan (Judy, daughter in-law), Andrijan and Zoran; grandchildren...
Lauretta Boehm
May 19, 2012
Lauretta Marie Boehm, age 77, of Paola, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Olathe Medical Center. Lauretta was born September 23, 1934 in Paola, Kansas to John Homer and Laura Dodds Harris. She grew up in Paola and graduated from Ursuline Academy in 1952. On October 30 1952, Lauretta was united in marriage to John Boehm in Paola....
Lena Mary Reed
May 17, 2012
Lena Mary Reed, age 93, of Ottawa, died Thursday, May 17, 2012 at the Ottawa Retirement Village. She was born on September 29, 1918, the daughter of John J. and Valvena “Edith” (Bouley) Wuckowitch. She was a lifelong Franklin County resident, moving from the Pomona area into Ottawa in 2007. Lena graduated from Appanoose High School with the class...
Eldon Ernest Minkler
May 16, 2012
Eldon Ernest Minkler was born October 19, 1915 in Smith County Kansas near Reamsville. He departed this life May 16, 2012. He was the oldest son in a family of nine children. Eldon was born a twin. His twin sister, Esther was still born. His parents were Ernest Myron and Bertha Nettie Minkler. In 1935 Eldon left Smith County...
Karen Jeanette Hadsall
May 16, 2012
Karen Jeanette Hadsall, age 68 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012. She was born on Wednesday, January 5, 1944 in Gardner, Kansas, the daughter of Carl Joseph and Chelsa Charlene (Ledom) Yohe. She was a near lifelong Ottawa resident. . Karen attended Ottawa schools. She worked several years as a waitress in local restaurants, including Lee’s Downtowner...
Timotea (Jasso) Oviedo
May 14, 2012
Timotea (Jasso) Oviedo, age 76, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, May 14, 2012 at her home. She was born on Sunday, December 29, 1935 in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco in Mexico, the daughter of Seferino and Lucia (Valdervamo-Prado) Jasso. She lived thirty-five years in Reynosa, Tamaulipas in Mexico, moving to Ottawa in1982. Timotea was a homemaker and worked ten...
A. Margaret Wilson
May 13, 2012
A. Margaret Wilson, age 80 of Melvern, Kansas, died Sunday, May 13, 2012 at Melvern, Kansas. She was born on Tuesday, January 5, 1932 in California, the daughter of Christian and Audrey (Smith) De Velschow. She moved to Honolulu, Hawaii in 1974, Rainier, Oregon in 1976 and followed power plant construction across the country, until moving to Ottawa, Kansas...
Dean E. Kirkland
May 12, 2012
Dean E. Kirkland, age 84, passed away at his home on Paradise Acres in Princeton, Kansas, with his family by his side on May 12, 2012. He was born on May 27, 1927 in Ottawa, Kansas to Frank and Mabel (Freeman) Kirkland. He was a member of the Princeton Christian Church. Dean grew up and attended schools in Franklin...
Violet Burnett
May 8, 2012
Violet Lorraine Jackson Burnett, 88, a former Paola resident, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at Cushing Memorial Hospital in Leavenworth, KS. In spite of having a stroke in the early 1990"s, she continued to live independently in Paola for approximately 20 years thereafter before moving into full time assisted care facility. Violet was born February 24, 1924, in Paola,...
Floyd Massey
May 8, 2012
Floyd Earl "Bill" Massey, 98, a lifetime resident of Miami County, Kansas died May 8, 2012 at Miami County Medical Center. He was born September 14, 1913 near New Lancaster, Kansas, the son of Earl and Ezamiah Amanda (Beckman) Massey. On December 22, 1939 he married Isabelle Juanita Powell of Louisburg, Kansas. Floyd graduated from Fontana High School, Fontana,...
Robert L. Kile
May 8, 2012
Robert L. “Bobbie” Kile, age 72, of Ottawa died Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at his home. He was born on Wednesday, December 6, 1939, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Robert Kendall and June Rose (Kirkland) Kile. Robert grew up in Ottawa and during his working career, lived at many different locations and upon his retirement, returned to Ottawa....
Robert Marlatte
May 6, 2012
Robert James Bob Marlatte, age 91 of Baldwin City, Kansas, died Sunday, May 06, 2012 at Wellsville Retirement Community in Wellsville, KS. He was born on Saturday, November 13, 1920, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Joseph E. and Esther (Meyer) Marlatte. Robert spent most of his life in the Chicago area moving to Roswell, New Mexico in the...
Jacob Morgan
May 4, 2012
Jacob F. Morgan, 32, of Louisburg, KS died May 4, 2012 at his home. Jake was born January 14, 1980 in Kansas City, MO, the son of Scot and Teresa York Morgan. A graduate of Louisburg High School, his passion was working with cars and spending time with his family. He worked as a bounty hunter for a short...
Jane Mcbride
May 3, 2012
Jane was born on Oct. 28, 1950 in Colby, KS to Ed and Stella Bixenman Krannawitter. She was raised on her parents farm near Granfield, KS and graduated from high school in Hoxie, KS. She attended Colby Community Junior College and then received her teaching degree from Fort Hays State University. On July 22, 1972 Jane was united in...
Marvin Lee Rowland
May 2, 2012
Marvin Lee Rowland, age 93, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. He was born Monday, January 20, 1919, in Gower, Missouri, the son of Samuel Clayton and Myrtle Elizabeth (Lee) Rowland. Marvin grew up in Gower, Missouri, leaving in 1941 for the military. He lived in different areas of the...
Nina Cuthbertson
May 1, 2012
Nina Haughn Cuthbertson was born January 29, 1912 on a farm east of Paola to Arthur Boyd and Nettie (Rose) Haughn. She attended Davenport Grade School and Paola High School with the Class of 1930. She was married to Jacob (Art) Cuthbertson on February 3, 1930. Nina was a farm wife and homemaker working alongside her husband at farms...
