Ron Nicholas
Jul 7, 2012
Ron Nicholas, age 68, of Waverly, Kansas, died Saturday, July 7, 2012. He was born on Wednesday, June 7, 1944, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Wayne and Bessie (Withington) Nicholas. Ron was a Shawnee, Kansas resident for 30 years, prior to moving to rural Waverly in 1996. Ron attended Shawnee Mission North High School graduating with the...
Charles Lester Snouffer
Jul 6, 2012
Charles Lester Snouffer of Louisburg, Kansas, passed away July 6, 2012 at North Point Skilled Nursing Care in Paola, Kansas at the age of 97. Lester was born May 12, 1915, to Verlin V. and Mary Alice Phillips Snouffer, on the family farm near Somerset, Kansas, becoming the third generation of Snouffers to live there. Two of his great-grandchildren...
Kylee Jo Mader
Jun 28, 2012
Kylee Jo Mader, 19 years old, of Paola, KS, passed away Thursday, June 28, 2012. Kylee was born August 25, 1992, in Shawnee, KS, to parents Jeff and Gayla (McGlynn) Mader. She attended Hillsdale Elementary School, Paola Middle School and graduated from Paola High School in 2010. Kylee Jo went on to Johnson County Community College where she was...
Mary Beverley Willoughby
Jun 25, 2012
Mary Beverley Willoughby, age 71, of Ottawa, Kansas departed this earth on Monday, June 25, 2012. She is survived by her son, Robin Golden and Mary’s common law husband, Kenneth L. Hopkins of the home. She is also survived by her daughters, Paula Stubblefield and Melinda Calumet; six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Mary is preceded in death by...
Lola E. Beets
Jun 24, 2012
Lola E. Spratt-Beets, age 85, of Rantoul, Kansas, died Sunday, June 24, 2012, in Rantoul, Kansas. She was born on Saturday, January 1, 1927, in Paola, Kansas, the daughter of Clyde J. and Edith V. (Edgell) Beets-Bartlett. Lola was a lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas, living in the Rantoul area for many years. Lola attended grade school at...
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,...
