Edith Ohlmeier
May 1, 2011
Edith Sinclair Ohlmeier, 95, passed away May 1, 2011, at North Point Nursing Center, Paola. Edith was born December 19, 1915, the only daughter of Ed and Blanche Brotemarkle Sinclair at their rural Paola farm. She graduated from Beaver Creek School and Paola High School, as valedictorian of the class of 1933. Since her family never owned a motorized...
John Hunter Sr.
May 1, 2011
John E. Hunter Sr. age 73 of Paola passed away May 1, 2011 at the KC Hospice House, Kansas City, MO. Contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church, or KC Hospice House. John was born on July 24, 1937 in Salina Kansas to John and Ruby Elliott Hunter. He grew up in Sheldon Missouri and graduated from...
Charles Graybill
Apr 30, 2011
Charles H. Chuck Graybill, age 80, of Princeton, Kansas, died Saturday, April 30, 2011. He was born on Monday, May 26, 1930, in Montgomery County, Ohio, the son of Henry A. and Nannie M. (Huffman) Graybill. He lived in Princeton the past thirty years, moving from Prairie Village, Kansas. He was born and raised in Ohio, living in many...
John E. Lee
Apr 29, 2011
John E. Lee, age 71, of Richmond, Kansas, died Friday, April 29, 2011, at Richmond Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Richmond, Kansas. He was born on Monday, November 6, 1939, in Nevada, Missouri, the son of Willard and Margaret (Riley) Lee. He was a lifelong resident of the Richmond area. John graduated from Lane High School with the class...
Raymond Parr
Apr 28, 2011
Raymond Franklin Parr age 88 of Wellsville Kansas passed away April 28th at his home. Memorials may be made to the Olathe Hospice. Raymond was born on March 13, 1923 in Kanawha, Iowa to William and Lila Wicks Parr. He grew up in Missouri and moved to Minnesota his junior year and graduated from Elkton High School. On December...
Vera Elizabeth Ware
Apr 28, 2011
Vera Elizabeth Ware, age 91, of Topeka, Kansas, died Thursday, April 28, 2011, at Topeka Presbyterian Manor in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on Thursday, August 14, 1919, in Franklin County, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur Ray and Carrie Elizabeth (Landis) Stevenson. Vera was a lifelong resident of Franklin County until moving to Topeka in the early 1990’s. Vera...
Donald E. Peuser
Apr 28, 2011
Donald Eugene Peuser, 80, of Bucyrus, KS, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2011 at Saint Luke"s Hospital. Donald was the fourth of six children born to George and Alma Miller Peuser on April 13, 1931. Donald was raised on a family farm near Bucyrus, Kansas. He graduated from Wea High School in 1948 and in 1955 he enlisted in...
Patricia Sue Likes
Apr 26, 2011
Patricia Sue “Patti” (Callahan) Likes, age 41, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away quietly with her family surrounding her on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born on Monday, October 27, 1969, in Ottawa, the daughter of Danny and Delpha (Stecher) Callahan. She was a lifelong resident of Ottawa....
Bryce Schendel, Jace Best, Ayden Best, And Zoey Schendel
Apr 25, 2011
Funeral Services for Bryce S. Schendel, age 25 years, Jace D. Best, age six years, Ayden L. Best, age five years, and Zoey S. Schendel, age four months, of Richmond, Kansas, who died Monday, April 25, 2011, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, May 2, 2011, at Ottawa University Chapel, 1001 S. Cedar, in Ottawa, with burial...
Carmen James Graika
Apr 25, 2011
Carmen James Graika, age 80, of Pomona, Kansas, died Monday, April 25, 2011, at Wellsville Retirement Community in Wellsville, Kansas. He was born on Monday, September 22, 1930, in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. He was the son of John Francis and Violet (Kvanvig) Graika. Raised in South Dakota and resided in Minnesota, Wisconsin, California, Alaska and Kansas. In 1963,...
Marvin B. Clark
Apr 20, 2011
Marvin B. Clark age 89 of Paola passed away April 20, 2011 at the St Bernadette Assisted Living facility,in Centennial Colorado. Marvin was born December 21, 1921 in Wheaton Kansas to John R. and Mabel Brown Clark. He graduated from Wamego High School in 1939. He was active in the Pottawatomie County 4-H Club, and served as President of...
Alfred Duethman
Apr 20, 2011
Alfred E. Duethman age 89 of Paola passed away at his home on April 20, 2011. Memorials may be made to the Heartland Hospice or the St Mary"s Food Kitchen. Al was born on May 19, 1921 in Westphalia, Kansas to Joseph A. and Mary A. Osterholt Duethman. He graduated from Westphalia High School and attended Kansas State Teachers...
Zola Mae Sand
Apr 19, 2011
Zola Mae Sand was born on Saturday, July 15, 1922, five miles east of Princeton, Kansas. She was the daughter of Clarence A. and Cornelia Rebecca (Wright) Foushee. When Zola was two and a half years old, her family moved to rural Ottawa. After her marriage, she and Ralph lived in Green, Kansas for two years, moving back to...
Hayward J. "Hub" Brill
Apr 19, 2011
Hayward J. “Hub” Brill was born on Monday, March 2, 1925, in Elk Falls, Kansas, the son of Paul T. and Victoria (Christensen) Brill. A resident since 1946, Hub made his home in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, until his death on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at the age of eighty-six years. He graduated from Elk Falls High School in...
Nancy Lee Hull
Apr 18, 2011
Nancy Lee Hull was born on Sunday, August 19, 1934, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Lloyd Ashley and Jennie Beatrice (Rearden) Connaway. Nancy grew up in Kansas City, moving with her family to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1950, where she made her home until her death on Monday, April 18, 2011, at the age of...
Mildred Mitchell
Apr 18, 2011
Mildred was born on April 30, 1922 in Ault, Colorado to Samuel and Bertha Wilkinson Frazier. She attended school in Dade County Missouri. On Oct. 22, 1938 she was united in marriage to Johnie Mitchell in Ozark, Missouri. Together they had 10 children. Mildred worked all of her life and her last employment was with the White Haven Motel...
Nancy Pinet
Apr 16, 2011
Nancy Pinet, age 78, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Village West in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on Tuesday, March 28, 1933, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Donald G. and M. Irene (Larson) Hassebroek. Nancy moved with her family from Topeka to Riley, Kansas in 1937. She moved to Ottawa in 1958. She graduated...
Wayne Wheeler
Apr 15, 2011
Wayne Wheeler Jr. age 80 of Paola passed away at the Olathe Medical Center on Friday April 15. (cremation) Private Services.Local Survivor is his wife Janette Wheeler of Paola.
John Maynard
Apr 13, 2011
John Edward Maynard, age, 81 of Louisburg, KS passed away April 13, 2011 at Manor Care of Overland Park, KS. He was born on October 10, 1929, the son of Frank E. and Elsie R. (Huffman) Maynard. Ed was drafted in the United States Army on the 14th day of May, 1951. His initial training in the Army took...
George William Franks, Jr.
Apr 12, 2011
George William Franks, Jr., age 92, of Ottawa, formerly of Quenemo, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on Sunday, May 19, 1918, in Hill City, Kansas, the son of George William Franks, Sr. and Stella Alice (Wollem) Franks. In 1936, he moved to Ottawa from Limon, Colorado, and...
