William "Bill" Henningsen
Jul 19, 2011
William “Bill” Henningsen, age 58, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at his residence. He was born on Thursday, March 5, 1953, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Henry Edward and Mary Catherine (Towey) Henningsen. Bill has been a resident of Ottawa since 1991. From 1953 to 1975, he lived in Omaha, Nebraska; and, 1975 to 1991,...
Lester Debrick
Jul 19, 2011
Lester L. Debrick passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on July 19, 2011. He was born on November 3, 1918 to John Gustaf and Emilie Koopman Debrick, the oldest of four children. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church on November 24, 1918. Lester attended Mobley School for a year before continuing his elementary education and...
Harvey Barnett
Jul 17, 2011
HARVEY JAY BARNETT Harvey Jay Barnett, 100, of Paola, KS, passed away July 17, 2011 at North Point Nursing Facility. Harvey was born October 20, 1910, son of Roy and Anna Alpert Barnett. He attended grade school at the Lone Elm country school. He married Edna Alberta Hollinger October 23, 1932. They lived their entire married life at the...
Raymond H. Berckefeldt
Jul 16, 2011
Raymond Hoit Berckefeldt age 81, of Spring Hill, KS, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2011 at the Assisted Lifestyles of Blackhawk. Raymond was born July 17, 1929 in Fredonia, KS the son of Ernst Richard Karl and Elizabeth (Jackson) von Berckefeldt. He served his country in the United States Army Signal Corp. He trained in Fort Monmouth, NJ, and...
Thomas E. Peak
Jul 15, 2011
Thomas Peak passed away July 15 at the Miami County Medical Center. Thomas Eugene Peak was born March 15, 1932 in Pittsburg, KS to William Francis and Goldia Irene Dilley Peak. The family moved to Paola, KS soon after and Tom grew up in Paola. His mother died in 1936 when he was four and he spent summers with...
Eunice F. "Sissy" Lantz
Jul 15, 2011
Eunice Fern “Sissy” Lantz, age 100, of Princeton, Kansas, died Friday, July 15, 2011, at Ottawa Retirement Village, Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on Monday, June 5, 1911, in Princeton, Kansas, the daughter of Walter E. Lloyd and Nora Mae (Henderson) Lloyd - Witt. Eunice was a lifelong Princeton, Kansas resident with the exception of about six years living...
Michael Jay Allen
Jul 15, 2011
Michael J. Allen, age 44, of Wellsville, Kansas, died Friday, July 15, 2011, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. He was born on Tuesday, June 27, 1967, in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Brice Francis Allen and Patricia Ann Routh. He lived in Eudora, Lawrence, and Baldwin City, Kansas, moving to Wellsville in 1997. Michael attended schools in...
Nova E. Homrighausen
Jul 14, 2011
Nova Ellen Keeton Homrighausen age 101 of Paola, passed away Thursday evening July 14, 2011 at North Point Skilled Nursing Center in Paola. She was born Nov. 18, 1909 in rural Miami County, KS, the daughter of Charley E. and Ada G. Weaver Keeton. She grew up in the Paola area and attended Paola High School, graduating in 1928....
Bob Jackson
Jul 14, 2011
Bob Jackson, age 51, of Bucyrus, Kansas, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2011 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Bob was born November 5, 1959 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of John and Barbara Webb Jackson. He has lived in Bucyrus, KS for the past 34 years, and was a 1977 graduate of Southwest High School Kansas City,...
Dennis F. Walters
Jul 12, 2011
Dennis F. Walters, age 73, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011. He was born on Sunday, October 3, 1937, in Catherine, Kansas, one of five children born to Marcellus and Severina (Karlin) Walters. He moved to Ottawa in 2005 from Hays, Kansas. He also resided in Russell, Great Bend, Garden City, and Pratt, Kansas. Dennis graduated from...
Carol Lagoski
Jul 10, 2011
Carol Ladine Lagoski age 70 of Paola passed away Sunday July 10, 2011 at her home.(cremation) Private family services at the home. Carol was born Jan. 17, 1941 in Lynchburg, Virginia to James and Iva Braun Carl. She was united in marriage to Anthony Lagoski on June 3, 1961 in Overland Park Kansas. She worked in miscellaneous sales positions,...
Mary Beth Johnston
Jul 10, 2011
Mary Beth Johnston age 67 of Gardner formally of Wellsville, Kansas passed away at her home after a battle with lung cancer. (cremation) A celebration of life will be schedule at a later date. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Mary Beth was born Aug. 18, 1943 in Welch, West Virginia to William and Reicle Henson....
Frances E. Jackson
Jul 8, 2011
Frances E. Jackson, 82, of Lenexa, KS, formerly of Paola, KS, passed away peacefully surrounded by family, Friday, July 8, 2011. She now rests joyously with her beloved husband, three preceded children and twin grandsons in the presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer"s Association. Frances was born November 11, 1928,...
Evelyn E. Whitley
Jul 7, 2011
Evelyn was born October 7, 1915 in Nevada, MO, the daughter of Ernest and Lillie Branstetter Ridgeway. She was united in marriage to Joseph S. Whitley on April 9, 1934 at Harrisonville, MO. She had lived in Louisburg, Overland Park, Somerset and Paola before retiring in 2008. She and her husband owned and operated Joes Drive In " in...
Edward A. Slot
Jul 6, 2011
Edward Alan Slot, 63, of Louisburg , KS passed away peacefully in his sleep on July 6, 2011. He had been in ill health for several years. Ed was born October 16, 1947 at Beatrice, Nebraska. He was the only son of John and Velma (Winkle) Slot and the third of their five children. Ed graduated from York High...
Mary Ann Peterson
Jul 3, 2011
Mary Ann Peterson, 72, passed away surrounded by those that adored her, on Sunday, July 3, 2011. She was born on August 19, 1938 to Paul and Mary Woodside Hinds in Kansas City, and grew up in Prairie Village, where she graduated from Shawnee Mission High School in 1956. On April 26, 1958, she married Gerald Peterson, Sr., raised...
Diana Stults
Jul 2, 2011
Diana F. Stults age 55 of Osawatomie, passed away July 2 at her home. Memorials may be made to the Diana Stults Memorial Fund Diana was born Sept. 29 1955 in Paola Kansas to Dwayne and Carolee Smothers Hoffman. She grew up in Paola and graduated from Paola High School in 1974. On Aug. 27, 1978 she was united...
Madison Elizabeth Smith
Jul 1, 2011
Madison Elizabeth Madi” Smith, age 9, of Pomona, Kansas, died July 1, 2011, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born on Thursday, May 23, 2002, in Lawrence, Kansas. She was the daughter of Robert C. Rob and Julie Diane (Conrady) Smith. She was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. Madi just completed the third grade at Appanoose Elementary School...
Joyce Anne Hennessey
Jul 1, 2011
Joyce Anne (Cayce) Hennessey, age 71, of Ottawa, KS went to heaven Friday, July 1, 2011 from Olathe Medical Center. She was born on Sunday, May 26, 1940 in Houston, TX the daughter of Forest Hillyer and Ruby Dollie (Swearingen) Cayce. A Texas grown girl, her daddy called her, “His Yellow Rose of TEXAS.” She was always a Texan...
James F. Moser Sr.
Jul 1, 2011
James Francis Moser Sr. age 63 of Paola, passed away July 1, 2011 at his home. Memorials to the Miami County Cancer Society or the Miami County Veterans Assoc. James was born July 4, 1947 in Paola Kansas to John and Wilma Moser. On Aug 20, 1976 he was united in marriage to Janet R. Brewer. James loved spending...
