James L. Thomas
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...
James Spitzenberger
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...
Robert B. Runyan
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...
Richard D. "Jonsey" Jones, Sr.
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...
Robert James Devore
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...
Virgil D. Chambers
Jan 3, 2012
Virgil D. Chambers, age 77, of Ottawa, Kansas, died at his home on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. He was born on Tuesday, December 25, 1934, in Pomona, Kansas. He was the son of Clyde J. and Eva M. (Whitaker) Chambers. He was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. Virgil graduated from Pomona High School with the class of 1952....
Deanie M. Duncan
Dec 31, 2011
Deanie M. (Stanford) Duncan, age 78, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, December 31, 2011, at Ottawa Retirement Village. She was born on Sunday, June 4, 1933, in Savonburg, Kansas, the daughter of William J. and Cleona Bell (Adams) Stanford. She was born and raised in Allen County, Kansas. From 1973 to 1985, she lived in Freeport, Texas, moving to...
Mary Rose Peuser
Dec 29, 2011
Mary Rose Peuser, 80, passed away December 29, 2011 at Olathe Medical Center. Memorials may be made to the Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Mary Rose was born on April 29, 1931 in Basalt, Colorado to Walter J. and Eva Marie Letty Hyrup. She graduated from Basalt Union High School, she then attended St. Mary"s College in Leavenworth, Kansas and...
Margie Thompson
Dec 29, 2011
Margie Thompson, 89,long time resident of Osawatomie, passed away December 29, 2011 at Vintage Park At Paola, Paola, Kansas. Graveside Service,Thursday January 5, 2:00 PM at the Osawatomie Cemetery, Osawatomie, Kansas. Margie was born April 16, 1922 in Alexander, Kansas. She was the sixth of eight children born to Gus William and Lillie Mae Hulse Geckles. She graduated from...
Kenneth "Ken" Hardin
Dec 28, 2011
Kenneth Ken Hardin, age 81, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 28, 2011. He was born on Tuesday, October 28, 1930, in Slater, Missouri. He was a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Kansas, moving to Ottawa in 2006. Ken graduated from Slater High School. He was employed at Owens Corning Fiberglass in Kansas City, Kansas forty-one years. Ken served...
John Pinkerton
Dec 25, 2011
John Edward Pinkerton, 58 of Paola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 25, 2011, at Olathe Medical Center. John was born August 2, 1953, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Wayne and Patricia Pinkerton. John grew up a typical farm boy, hunting, trapping, fishing and raising award-winning (even Grand Champion) farm animals. He graduated from Blue Springs High School in 1971...
Kenny Shelton
Dec 25, 2011
Kenny Shelton, age 80, of Louisburg, KS passed away on December 25, 2011 at his home. He was born in Hazard, KY on April 27, 1931, the son of Bart and Mable (Candler) Shelton. He moved to the Topeka, KS area at the age of 19 then moved to Louisburg in 1971. He was united in marriage to Mary...
Naomi Mccullough
Dec 24, 2011
Naomi L. McCullough, 87, died on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24, 2011) at Pleasantview Nursing Home in Willmar, MN. She was born on March 5, 1924 at the farmhouse in rural Beagle, Kansas to Roy and Edna (Baird) Smith. She met Harry P. McCullough Jr. and married in 1945 after he had returned from World War II. They resided in...
James H. Bellinger
Dec 21, 2011
James H. Jim Bellinger, age 61, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 21, 2011. He was born on Friday, January 20, 1950 in Slayton, Minnesota. He was the son of Freemon and Rensina (Schuur) Bellinger. Jim grew up in Wellsville, Kansas, moving to Rantoul, Kansas then to Ottawa, where he made his home the past thirty years. He graduated...
Karen Sue Cannady
Dec 20, 2011
Karen Sue Cannady, age 59, of Independence, Missouri, died Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at Centerpointe Medical Center in Independence, Missouri. She was born on Saturday, October 18, 1952, in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Harlan and Frances (Talley) Cannady. Karen lived all her life in Princeton, Kansas, until moving to Independence, Missouri twenty years ago. Karen graduated from Central...
Wayne V. Woody
Dec 20, 2011
Wayne V. Woody was born on Wednesday, June 24, 1931, in Salina, Kansas. He was the son of Clayton and Viola (Hinchman) Woody. Wayne grew up in Barnard, Kansas on the Woody Hereford Ranch. He and his family lived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Peoria, Illinois, Sioux City, Iowa and Springfield, Illinois, prior to retiring to Baldwin City, Kansas in 1986,...
Patricia M. Ebert
Dec 20, 2011
Patricia M. “Pat” Ebert, age 83, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at Christian Care Cottage in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on Thursday, November 8, 1928, in Elk River, Minnesota, the daughter of Alan and Ethelyn (Parker) Barstow. She lived in Castroville and San Antonio, Texas for twenty years, prior to moving to Ottawa in Franklin...
Georgie Cartwright
Dec 18, 2011
Georgie Louise Cartwright age 92 of Browns Valley, California passed away December 18, 2011 at River Valley Care Center in Live Oak, California. Born July 7, 1919 to James and Ada Huston in Olathe, Kansas she was a Yuba Sutter, California resident for 12 years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Hallwood Nazarene Church. Survivors include...
Patricia Noll
Dec 18, 2011
Patricia Ann Noll, 52, of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away Sunday December 18, 2011 at Kansas City Hospice House after several years of failing health. Patricia was born to Walter and Gloria (Machalk) Noll August 8, 1959 in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated from Prairie View High School in 1977 and attended college at Houston, TX, ECPI College, and DeVry....
Anthony Allen Floyd
Dec 16, 2011
Anthony Allen Floyd age 20 passed away December 16 at the Olathe Medical Center. He was born on April 10, 1991 in Overland Park Kansas to Charles Edward Floyd and Sherry Gibson. Anthony graduated from Paola High School in 2009 and was working for the Home Team of Kansas Health Care as a Home Health Care Aid. His hobbies...
