Elsie Flake
Mar 10, 2012
Elsie Clara Flake, 87, of Paola, Kansas passed away March 10, 2012 at her home. Elsie was born September 30, 1924 in Hope, Kansas to Arnold and Emma Wangerin Schlesener. Elsie was a care giver for the Cooker family for many years before their passing. On August 25, 1962 she was united in marriage to Ed Flake in Marshfield,...
Leo Trageser
Mar 8, 2012
Leo "Sam" Charles Trageser, 87, of Paola, Kansas, died March 8, 2012 at his home. Sam was born February 20, 1925 at Wea, Kansas. He was the youngest of eight children born to Joseph and Bertha (Schecher) Trageser. He graduated from Wea High School with the Class of 1941. Sam was united in marriage to Irene Schwein on July...
Rosie V. Henry
Mar 7, 2012
Rosie V. Henry, age 89, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at Village West in Ottawa. She was born on Thursday, April 6, 1922, in Rantoul, Kansas, the daughter of James and Hildred (McKinley) Finch. She grew up and lived in the Rantoul community until the age of nineteen. She was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident,...
Clarence Walter Koch
Mar 6, 2012
Clarence Walter Koch, age 85, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Ottawa Retirement Village in Ottawa, Kansas. He was born on Sunday, November 14, 1926, in Homewood, Kansas, the son of John and Ethel (Dickerson) Koch. He was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. Clarence attended Ottawa schools and graduated from Williamsburg High School in Williamsburg,...
Stella Maxine Collins
Mar 5, 2012
Stella Maxine Collins, age 90, of Tarboro, North Carolina, died Monday, March 5, 2012, at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital in Tarboro, North Carolina. She was born on Sunday, December 18, 1921, in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of William Franklin and Mabel (Crocker) Hazen. She moved to Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina in 2003 and Tarboro, North Carolina in 2009. She was...
Garry L. Stevenson
Mar 5, 2012
Garry Lee Stevenson, age 79, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, March 5, 2012, at Wellsville Retirement Community in Wellsville, Kansas. He was born on Saturday, January 28, 1933, in Lane, Kansas, the son of William “Bill” and Linnette (Miskimen) Stevenson. He lived in Lane and Osawatomie, moving to Ottawa in 1958. Garry graduated from Osawatomie High School with the...
David R. Burgoon
Mar 2, 2012
David R. Burgoon, age 86, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, March 2, 2012, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. He was born on Monday, October 12, 1925, in Rantoul, Kansas, the son of Rolla Clarence and Mildred Rae (Dawson) Burgoon. He was a lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas David graduated from Wellsville High School with the class...
Allen Asher
Mar 2, 2012
Allen Levi Asher, age 81, passed away peacefully on March 2, 2012 in Phoenix, AZ. Allen was born to Archie and Lois Asher on September 10, 1930 in Atchison, KS. Allen grew up in Effingham, KS and upon graduation joined the Navy in 1948 and was trained as a laboratory technician. After the Navy Allen attended the University of...
James M. Hood
Mar 2, 2012
James M. Hood age 71 of Paola, Kansas passed away March 2, at the Life Care Facility in Osawatomie, Kansas. Memorials to the American Kidney Foundation. James was born June 29, 1940 in Kansas City, Kansas to Orville Ray and Neva McManis Hood. He grew up and lived in Paola his entire life graduating from Paola High School in...
Raymond Bingham
Mar 2, 2012
Raymond Bingham, age 86, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, March 2, 2012, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas. He was born on Sunday, June 28, 1925, in Lebanon, Tennessee, the son of Richard and Mary (Adams) Bingham. He lived in Ottawa since 1995, moving here from Mesa, Arizona. He was a lifelong welder, working at General Motors/Aircraft and...
Steven Orr
Mar 1, 2012
Steven E. Orr, 58, passed away at Olathe Medical Center on March 1, 2012. Steven Orr was born November 3, 1953 to Coy Orr and Wanda Smith Clark in Goodrich, Kansas. He enjoyed the outdoors and liked to hunt and fish. He did a lot of camping and spent at lot of time at the lake. Steven also enjoyed...
Lavina M. Fry
Mar 1, 2012
Lavina M. Fry age 90, of Louisburg, KS, went to be in God"s care on March 1, 2012. She was born Lavina Marie Shepherd on November 27, 1921. Her parents Frank E. and Gloria A. Shepherd made their home on a farm in Hartford, KS. Lavina"s mother died when she was only a few months old. She continued to...
Leona Dennis
Feb 29, 2012
Leona Dennis, age 64, of Osawatomie, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at the Olathe Medical Center. Leona was born August 13, 1947 in Miami County, Kansas. She was the oldest of five children. Leona"s birth mother, Pauline (Oram) McRoberts died in 1948 while giving birth to a son. The baby also died at birth. Leona was raised by...
Gloria Dee Vallier
Feb 27, 2012
Gloria D. Vallier, age 89, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Monday, February 27, 2012, in Merritt Island, Florida. She was born on Thursday, December 28, 1922, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, the daughter of Vernon Jacob Berger and Hilda Christine (Quigley) Berger. She has been a resident of Florida since 2008, moving from Kansas City, Missouri, where she lived for...
Arthur Hale Parker
Feb 26, 2012
Arthur Hale Parker died Feb. 26, 2012, at his home in Middle Amana, Iowa. He was born January 23, 1933, in Kansas City, KS to Ernest Robert & Ada May (Schillington) Parker. He grew up in Kansas City and graduated Rosedale High School in 1951. He attended college before entering the work force, working for IBM for 25 years....
Richard D. Berger
Feb 26, 2012
Richard D. Berger, age 72, of Pomona, Kansas, died Sunday, February 26, 2012. He was born on Friday, September 29, 1939, in Richmond, Kansas, the son of Vernon J. and Esther P. (Gray) Berger. He was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. Richard attended Richmond High School and earned his G.E.D. while serving in the military. Richard served in...
Barbara Diviney
Feb 26, 2012
Barbara Jean Diviney (Nee Young), 85, passed away Sunday February 26, 2012 at North Point Skilled Nursing, Paola, KS. Barbara was born March 13, 1926 in Carrington, ND to Archie M. Young and Alma M. Silvus. Always an independent woman, Barbara was an accomplished homemaker, a member of Eastern Star, and an avid bridge and dominos player. After moving...
Evea Eleanor Bailey
Feb 24, 2012
Evea Eleanor Blanton York Brewer Bailey, age 97, of Louisburg, KS, passed away Friday, February 24, 2012 at Villa Saint Francis, Olathe, KS. Eleanor was born October 8, 1914 in Kansas City, MO., the daughter of W.H. Blanton and Martha Ona Williams Blanton. She was united in marriage to James Herschel York on December 23, 1929 in Atchison,KS. This...
Darrell Bourque
Feb 22, 2012
Darrell J. Bourque, age 65, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 22, 2012. He was born on Tuesday, January 21, 1947, in Dover, New Jersey, the son of Joseph George and Doris E. (Carr) Bourque. He has been a resident of Ottawa since 1965, moving from Succasunna, New Jersey. Darrell graduated from Roxbury High School in Succasunna, New Jersey,...
Max Eugene Randel
Feb 22, 2012
Max Eugene Randel, age 83, of Williamsburg, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 22, 2012. He was born on Friday, December 28, 1928, in Harris, Kansas, the son of Ira G. and Margaret (Rea) Randel. He was a lifelong resident of Williamsburg. Max graduated from Williamsburg High School with the class of 1947. He was a lifelong farmer and rancher working...
