Wynona Lamoyne Vansickle
Oct 20, 2011
Wynona LaMoyne VanSickle, age 74, of Princeton, Kansas, died Thursday, October 20, 2011, at Ottawa Retirement Village in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on Monday, July 26, 1937, in Logan, Iowa, the daughter of Merle W. and Kathryn V. (Walters) Heckman. Wynona lived in Logan, Iowa until the age of eight, moving to Ottawa in 1944, and to Princeton...
Tom Porter
Oct 19, 2011
Thomas F. Porter age 88 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at Richmond Care Center in Richmond, KS. He was born on Thursday, December 14, 1922 in Ottawa, KS, the son of Charles and Katherine (Shiras) Porter. He was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Tom graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1940, attended his freshman...
Mell D. Martin
Oct 19, 2011
Mell D. Martin, age 82, of Pomona, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at Select Specialty Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on Wednesday, March 27, 1929, in Estalene, Texas, the son of William and Virgie (Ward) Martin. He lived in Pomona since 2007, moving from Ottawa, where he had lived since 1996. He previously...
Rev. Raymond W. Raley
Oct 17, 2011
Rev. Raymond W. “Ray” Raley, age 85, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, October 17, 2011, at Richmond Healthcare in Richmond, Kansas. He was born on Friday, April 23, 1926, in Pueblo, Colorado, the son of John F. and Susie M. (Thompson) Raley. Ray was raised in Pueblo, Colorado. In 1951, he married and moved to Salida for three years...
Trinda Johnson
Oct 16, 2011
TRINDA I. JOHNSON Trinda I. Johnson, 91, of Paola, formerly of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Sunday October 16, 2011 at Miami County Medical Center. Trinda was born to Herbert and Madeline Moore Cunning on October 25, 1919 in Jamaica, West Indies. She lived most of her life in Kansas City, Missouri where she worked as a hair dresser,...
Christine J. Dillingham
Oct 13, 2011
Christine Joyce Dillingham, age 64, of Louisburg, Kansas, died October 13, 2011 at Northland Long Term Acute Care Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born June 21, 1947 at Cherryville, Missouri. She was the oldest of four daughters born to Marvin Sutherlin and Clara Mae (Caron) Sutherlin Williams. She graduated from high school in 1965 when she was...
Russel Wayne Geist
Oct 12, 2011
Russel Wayne Geist, age 28, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. He was born on Friday, November 5, 1982, in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Rick Geist and Rhonda J. (Dryden) Geist-Thomas. He was a lifelong resident of Ottawa. Russel graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 2002. Since...
Edwin D. Morrison
Oct 10, 2011
Edwin D. Morrison, 81, of Ozawkie, KS died on October 10, 2011 at Stormont Vail Health Care Center, Topeka, KS. He was born June 26, 1930 in Kansas City, MO, the son of Albert E. and Gladys L. (Perkins) Morrison. He was united in marriage to Joyce Meyer on May 3, 1959 in Holton, KS. Edwin worked for Adams...
Hazel Irene Coffman
Oct 3, 2011
Hazel Irene Coffman, age 92, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, October 3, 2011, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa. She was born on Tuesday, September 9, 1919, in Oskaloosa, Kansas, the daughter of Benjamin Harrison and Margaret Jane (Hartman) Ray. She lived in Lawrence and Paola before moving to Ottawa in May of 1959. Hazel attended schools in...
Ruth Matthew
Oct 2, 2011
Ruth Marie Matthew age 37 passed away at the KU Medical Center after an attempted liver transplant.(cremation) Ruth was born in Athens, Greece to Thomas and Theresa Brenner Morrison. Survivors are her mother Theresa Morrison of Paola, daughter Marissa Greenwell of the home, sister Lisa and her husband Jason Wilson of Overland Park Kansas. She will be greatly missed...
Berniece Dickey
Oct 2, 2011
Berniece R. Dickey, age 91 of Paola, passed away October 2nd at her home in Paola. "Toots," as she was known, was born July 22, 1920 in Paola Kansas to David Scott Lentz and Beulah Lentz, whose maiden name was Rohrer. She went to school at the school house in Wagstaff and graduated from Paola High School. On September...
William Allender
Sep 30, 2011
William Allender age 54 died in an automobile accident in Miami County Friday Sept 30. He was born on December 4, 1956 in Redondo Beach, California to Clifford and Marion Brunening Allender. Survivors are a son Ben Chalfant of Eufaula, Oklahoma, daughter Tasha Lanae, one brother Darrell Seaton of Ottawa, and a sister Deborah Burgoon of Paola.
Mary Adel Harmon Horstick
Sep 27, 2011
Mary Adel Horstick, age 79, of Richmond, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 27, 2011, at Richmond Care Center. She was born on Wednesday, April 13, 1932, in Manhattan, Kansas, the daughter of Dr. John Millard and Hazel Marie (Sweet) Harmon. Mary grew up in Auburndale, Massachusetts, and moved to Kansas to attend Kansas State University and teach in Ottawa. Since...
Nancy Lea Sanders
Sep 26, 2011
Nancy Lea Sanders, age 60, of Topeka, Kansas, formerly of Ottawa, died Monday, September 26, 2011, at Westwood Manor Nursing Home in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on Friday, April 13, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Michael Francis and Alberta Mary (Meyer) Wolfe. She was a resident of Topeka since February of 2008, moving from Ottawa. She...
Roger Dean Nance
Sep 25, 2011
Roger Dean Nance was born on Monday, September 15, 1947, in Norfolk, Nebraska. He was the son of Kenneth L. and Margaret A. (Richter) Nance. Roger was a resident of Denver, Colorado, prior to moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1965, where he made his home until his death on Sunday, September 25, 2011, at the age...
Irene Renzenberger
Sep 22, 2011
Irene Renzenberger was born on Tuesday, June 23, 1923, in Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. She was the daughter of William J. and Matilda (Lickteig) Rommelfanger. Irene grew up in Greeley, Kansas; moved to Garnett in 1945 and to Ottawa in 1991, where she made her home until her death on Thursday, September 22, 2011, at the age of eighty-eight...
Jerry Coffman
Sep 19, 2011
Jerry Lee Coffman age 33 of Paola, passed away at his home on Monday Sept. 19, 2011. In leiu of flowers memorials may be made to the Miami County 4-H Foundation/Coffman Scholarship Fund, the Miami County EMS, or your choice in care of Penwell-Gabel Paola, 305 N. Pearl , Paola KS., 66071. Jerry was born on Aug.23, 1978 in...
George J. Sell
Sep 17, 2011
George J. Sell, 91, of Stilwell, KS passed away Saturday, September 17, 2011 at St. Luke"s South Hospital, Overland Park, KS. He was born June 24, 1920 at Rush Center, KS, the son of William and Clara Rose (Panek) Sell. He was united in marriage to Wanema Hope Schoonover on January 1, 1947 in Kansas City, KS. George worked...
B. Lorene Ricketts
Sep 17, 2011
Beulah Lorene Ricketts age 82 of Osawatomie, passed away Sept. 17 at the Villa St. Francis facility in Olathe. Memorial contributions can be made to the Catholic Community Hospice in lieu of flowers. Lorene as she was known was born Oct 26, 1928 in Paola Kansas to Clifford and Stella Henness Ray. She graduated from Paola High School in...
Fleta I. Heck
Sep 17, 2011
Fleta I. Heck, age 86, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, September 17, 2011, in Ottawa. She was born on Thursday, July 16, 1925, in Council Grove, Kansas, the daughter of Oscar Albert and Pearl Rose (Berry) Butter. She was a resident of Ottawa since 1947. Fleta graduated from Williamsburg High School with the class of 1943. She was a...
