Jan 23, 2012

Joshua Ray Josh Evans, age 17, of Lane, Kansas, died Monday, January 23, 2012. He was born on Saturday, August 13, 1994, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Clarence and Billie Rae (Ybarra) Evans. He was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. Josh attended Ottawa and Central Heights schools. He worked as a rig operator for Lone Star...

Jan 22, 2012

Jan 19, 2012

Joe S. Darby Lee, age 82, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, January 19, 2012, at Richmond Care Center in Richmond, Kansas. He was born on Monday, November 11, 1929, in Timmonsville, South Carolina, the son of Soloman and Jettie (Pender) Lee. He was a resident of Ottawa since 1968, moving from California. He served twenty years in the United...

Jan 16, 2012

Letha Nicolodi, age 89, of Paola, Kansas, died Monday, January 16, 2012 at North Point Skilled Nursing in Paola. Letha was born April 2, 1922 at Hoisington, Kansas. She was one of five children born to Daniel Jackson and Ruth Marie (Cravens) Truitt. She was married to John Fred Nicolodi on May 9, 1953 at Wheatland, California. They made...

Jan 16, 2012

Coleen Edith Brown, 84, passed away Monday, January 16, 2012 at her daughter"s home. Coleen was born September 25, 1927 to Harry Friend Townsend and Veva Etta Patterson Townsend in Marshalltown, Iowa. She graduated in 1946 from Newton Senior High School. On June 9, 1946 she was married to Marion Lee Brown in Sheraton, Iowa. She worked at Maytag...

Jan 16, 2012

William Calvin Bill Finch, age 81, died Monday, January 16, 2012, at Osage Nursing Center. He was born on Monday, February 17, 1930, in Princeton, Kansas, the son of Ernest Hamilton and Mary Gladys (O'Neal) Finch. Bill was a lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas. He graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1948 and attended Pittsburg...

Jan 15, 2012

Willis W. Bill Gilliland, age 69, of Lyndon, Kansas, died Sunday, January 15, 2012, at Vintage Park of Osage City. He was born on Thursday, September 3, 1942, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of Willis Arthur and Mabel Louise (Smith) Gilliland. He moved from the Ottawa area to Lyndon, Kansas in 1984, and Osage City...

Jan 14, 2012

Dean J. Sauer, 87, of Ottawa, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2012, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Services are planned for 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at Dengel & Son Mortuary in Ottawa, with burial at Highland Cemetery. Mr. Sauer will lie in state at Dengel & Son Mortuary after 9:00 a.m. Tuesday to the...

Jan 13, 2012

Delores Jean Ledom-Cox was born on Wednesday, June 24, 1925, in Horton, Kansas. She was the daughter of Floyd Eugene and Effie Alberta (Whittington) Stansbarger. Delores was raised in the Kansas City area, also living in Lawrence, Kansas; Fullerton, California; Arizona; and Texas. She moved to Ottawa, Kansas in 1951 and Wellsville, Kansas in 2009, where she made her...

Jan 11, 2012

Willena A. Boehm, age 81, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at Ottawa Retirement Village. She was born on Wednesday, May 21, 1930, in Colony, Kansas, the daughter of W. W. “Bill” and Frances Anona (Yates) Simpson. Willena grew up in Colony and after her first marriage, she and her first husband, Ray Holloway, lived in Iola...

Jan 10, 2012

Janet Panner Lewis Janet was born October 20, 1928 to Elmer N. and Irene Murphy Panner. She was raised and attended schools in Shawnee, Oklahoma with her older brother, Owen M. Panner, and older sister, Mary Anne Panner Price. She attended Oklahoma University, where she met her husband to be, Ted E. Lewis, who had just returned from serving...

Jan 8, 2012

Kenneth Herbert Waite, age 92, of Louisburg, KS, died January 8, 2012 at Louisburg Care Center, Louisburg, KS. He was born June 17, 1919 in Columbia, MO, the son of Hiram and Mary Katherine Hooper Waite. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Wells on March 8, 1949 at Paola, KS. Kenny graduated with the class of 1936 from...

Jan 7, 2012

William M. Bill Lute, Sr., age 74, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, January 7, 2012. He was born on Monday, August 30, 1937, in Williford, Arkansas, the son of Walter and Mary (Fletcher) Lute. He was a resident of Ottawa since the mid 1980’s, moving from Wellsville, Kansas. Prior to Wellsville, he lived in Kansas City, Kansas. Bill was...

Jan 7, 2012

Jay C. Seamands, age 60, passed away on January 7, 2012, at his home. Jay C. Seamands was born January 17, 1951 in Gardner, Kansas to Chester Ray Seamands and Ellen Grace (Herndon) Seamands. Jay served in the United States Army as a Seargant during the Vietnam War and was a member of the Paola VFW Post 3712. He...

Jan 6, 2012

Loretta Jean Edwards, age 52, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, January 6, 2012. She was born on Monday, October 12, 1959, in Liberty, Missouri, the daughter of Edgar and Miriam (Potter) Johnson. She was a resident of Garnett, Kansas for many years prior to moving to Ottawa, where she made her home the past three years. Loretta graduated from...

Jan 6, 2012

James Loren “Jim” Thomas, 73, Pomona, died peacefully at his home on Friday, January 6, 2012 with his loving family by his side. He was born on Monday, April 18, 1938, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Wilbur Milton and Ruth Louisa (Alexander) Thomas. He grew up in Garnett along with four brothers. After graduating from Garnett High School...

Jan 6, 2012

James J. Spitzenberger, age 96, of Osawatomie, Kansas passed away Friday January 6, 2012 at Vintage Park in Osawatomie. Graveside Service will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at Paola Cemetery. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home Paola Chapel. Memorial contributions can be made to Osawatomie Plum Creek Church...

Jan 6, 2012

Robert B. Runyan, age 68, of Fort Worth, Texas died January 6, 2012 at Butner, North Carolina. He was born on October 25, 1943 at Kansas City, MO, the son of Ward Boyd and Bernice Allene Runyan. He attended Louisburg Elementary school through the fifth grade. The family moved to Paola, Kansas where he graduated from Paola High School...

Jan 4, 2012

Richard D. “Jonsey” Jones, Sr., was born on Sunday, June 2, 1929, in Osawatomie, Kansas. He was the son of David Riley and Estella (McKenzie) Jones. He was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, moving from Williamsburg, Kansas to Ottawa in 1983, where he made his home until his death on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at the age of...

Jan 4, 2012

Robert James “Jim” DeVore, 80, of Newton, died Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at his home. He was born on June 28, 1931 in Lower Drew, Ontario, Canada. The son of James G. “Shine” DeVore and Olive Holtom DeVore. The family lived in Wyandotte, Michigan for several years before moving to Ottawa, Ks., where Jim attended schools. During the Korean...