Anna Kraxner
Jun 30, 2011
Anna Margaret Kraxner age 89 passed away Thursday June 30 at the North Point Care Center. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to the Holy Trinity Parish School. Margaret as she was known was born on Nov. 29, 1921 in Kansas City, Kansas to Walter Emory and Mayme Brown Smith. She grew up in the Rosedale area...
Grace Shaffer
Jun 30, 2011
Grace J. Shaffer, age 66, of Vassar, Kansas, died Thursday, June 30, 2011 at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on Monday, September 25, 1944 in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Manuel and Martha (House) Baldovino. Grace grew up in Ottawa, moving with her husband for his work in 1964 to St Louis, Missouri, and then...
Della V. Dotson Cowan
Jun 28, 2011
Della Viola Dotson Cowan, age 87,of Independence, MO, passed away on Tuesday June 28, 2011 at John Knox Hospice Care Center, Lee"s Summit, MO. She was born September 19, 1923 at Vandalia, MO, the daughter of Edna Lynn and Porter B. Pratt. She was a loving lady and was blessed with wonderful friends. Della was a sympathetic listener when...
Jane Matzkanin
Jun 26, 2011
Jane Matzkanin, age 89, of Louisburg, KS, died Sunday, June 26, 2011 at the Louisburg Care Center. Jane was born April 13, 1922 in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Joseph Smith and Elsie Deniston. She graduated from Paseo High School and attended Kansas State University and was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. She attended Medical Technical...
Susan K. Shields
Jun 24, 2011
Susan K. Shields, age 68 of Paola, passed away unexpectedly in her home on Wednesday June 24, 2011 Susan was born October 14, 1942 in Kansas City, Missouri to James and Mildred Keeler. She grew up in the Kansas City area and graduated from Southwest High School in 1960. She worked at Midwest Research Institute where she met the...
Jesse Swinehart
Jun 24, 2011
Jesse Everett Swinehart age 70 of Overland Park Kansas formally of Paola passed away June 24th at the Shawnee Mission Hospital. Memorials to the Shawnee Mission Hospital Pastoral Department. Jesse was born on August 23, 1940 in Kansas City Kansas to Daniel and Irene Lindell Swinehart. He grew up in the surrounding communities and in 1961 he enlisted in...
Thelma Mosher
Jun 23, 2011
Mary Thelma Mosher was born on Wednesday, October 9, 1912, at Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of John Henry and Mary (Sprinkle) Woke. She lived northwest of Ottawa, and attended Chapel Hill School. In 1948, she and her husband, Philip, moved to their farm, near Wellsville, living there forty-five years. In 1993, she moved to Ottawa, where she...
Riley Darrel Carter
Jun 23, 2011
Riley Darrel Carter, age 89, of Louisburg, KS, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2011 at the Louisburg Care Center. He was born June 29, 1921 on a farm northeast of Louisburg the son of C.W. and Bessie Whitaker Carter. On September 27, 1947, he was united in marriage to Zilpah Lewis. He enlisted in the United States Navy in...
Robert Lee Hull
Jun 22, 2011
Robert Lee “Bob” Hull, age 87, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. He was born on Tuesday, October 2, 1923, in Ottawa Township, Kansas, the son of Elmer Andrew and Esther Estella (Gilliland) Hull. He was a resident of Ottawa most of his life. Bob graduated from Ottawa High School with...
Joann Elise Smith
Jun 22, 2011
JoAnn Elise Smith was born on Saturday, April 4, 1936, in Long Beach, California. She was the daughter of Montelle Samuel and Ruth Irene (King) Ogg. JoAnn grew up in California, moving to Williamsburg, Kansas from Long Beach in 1996. In April of 2011, JoAnn moved to Ottawa in Franklin County, Kansas, where she made her home until her...
Edwin F. Carlson
Jun 19, 2011
Ed Carlson, 65, of Paola, KS passed away Sunday, June 19, 2011. Edwin was born to Hans and Verna Thomsen Carlson on October 16, 1945 at Swan River, Manitoba, Canada. Edwin was raised in Falls City, Nebraska. He graduated from Falls City High School in 1964 and continued his education at Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska. He graduated in...
Dorothy M. Foote
Jun 19, 2011
Dorothy Marie (Scheer) Foote, age 99, of Bucyrus, KS passed away on June 19, 2011 at Villa St Joseph of Leawood, Kansas where she resided for the past nine years. She was surrounded by her children at the time of her death. The family wishes to thank the staff of Villa Saint Joseph and Odyssey Hospice for their compassionate...
Harlan F. Miller
Jun 15, 2011
Harlan F. Miller, age 81, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, June 15, 2011. He was born on Thursday, January 23, 1930 in Quenemo, Kansas, the son of Roy A. and Ruth L. (Prewitt) Miller. Harlan was a lifelong Franklin County resident. He graduated from Pomona High School with the class of 1949. Harlan was self-employed as a mechanic, owning...
Edith M. Hickerson
Jun 14, 2011
Edith Hickerson age 89, of Raytown, MO, passed away June 14, 2011 at the Louisburg Care Center. She was born November 19, 1921, in Kansas City, MO to William and Armilda Wangler. She was a graduate of Paseo High School. Edith married George Thomas Hickerson on October 12, 1940 and worked for The Jones Store for 26 years in...
Dorothy H. Quinn
Jun 14, 2011
Dorothy was born May 29, 1917 in Louisburg, KS to Henry and Mary Ann Esterman Groh. She grew up in the area and was united in marriage to Clarence John Quinn. Together they worked their family farm. She lived in Paola until moving to Wellsville in 1969 and then back to Paola where she lived from 1972 until 1993....
Max E. Foushee
Jun 14, 2011
Max E. “Pappy” Foushee, age 82, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa. He was born on Saturday, October 6, 1928, in Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of Clarence A. and Cornelia Rebecca (Wright) Foushee. Max is the last of his family. He was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Max...
Eugene "Gene" Cunningham
Jun 11, 2011
Eugene F. “Gene” Cunningham, age 75, of Williamsburg, Kansas, died Saturday, June 11, 2011, at his home. He was born on Thursday, February 13, 1936, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Ora and Ida (Williams) Cunningham. He was raised in Lane and Greeley, Kansas. In early adulthood, he lived in Ottawa, Kansas; Louisville, Kentucky; Minot, North Dakota; and Topeka,...
Susie Goodart
Jun 10, 2011
Susie was born Ramona Sue on May 10, 1949 in Houston Texas to John and Sara Frances Dendy Jordan. She grew up in Alabama and later relocated to Texas. On February 22, 1983 Susie was united in marriage to Brad Goodart in Milam Texas. They lived in Texas before moving to the area in 1986 and to Paola in...
Virginia Rose Bugner
Jun 9, 2011
Virginia Rose Bugner, age 85, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, June 9, 2011, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on Wednesday, May 19, 1926, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of George and Susan (Ternes) Timmermeyer. Virginia grew up in Wichita and also lived in Engles and Jetmoor, Kansas, prior to moving to Ottawa in 1953....
Kaylee Marie Simpson
Jun 8, 2011
Kaylee Marie Simpson, age 66, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on Monday, July 17, 1944, in Tacoma, Washington, the daughter of Michael Earl Levi and Corrine Gertrude (Bench) Whinery. Kaylee grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. She lived and traveled extensively throughout the United States and...
