Leroy J. Niebaum
Jan 18, 2011
LeRoy James Niebaum, 88, of Louisburg, KS died Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at his home. He was born on December 7, 1922 in Rome, KS, the son of Otto and Mabel May Rowan Niebaum. He was united in marriage to Virginia Lucille Hollensbe on March 8, 1946. He was a carpenter, building houses in the Kansas City and Miami...
Roger Dean Shambaugh
Jan 16, 2011
Roger Dean Shambaugh, age 55, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Sunday, January 16, 2011. He was born on Wednesday, February 16, 1955, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Cloy Edward and Evalyn (Collins) Shambaugh. He has been a resident of Ottawa since 1969, moving from Paola, Kansas. Roger graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1975. He served...
Cecilia Reyes
Jan 15, 2011
Cecilia M. Reyes, age 86, of Garnett, Kansas, formerly of Ottawa, died Saturday, January 15, 2011, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on Thursday, September 10, 1924, in Ottawa, the daughter of Andres Martinez and Amada (Demis) Martinez. Cecilia was a lifelong Ottawa resident, moving to Garnett in 2006. She worked twenty-nine years as a...
Laura Louise Ohlmeier
Jan 13, 2011
Laura was born on November 8, 1918 in Paola, KS to Herman and Lena (Prothe) Koelsch, the youngest of five girls. She was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church at Block where she was a faithful member her entire life. On Nov. 11, 1939 she married Erwin Ohlmeier and they were blessed with three children. Erwin preceded...
Roberta Hage
Jan 13, 2011
Roberta Lee Hage, 63, of Bella Vista, AR, formerly of Miami County KS, passed away January 13th, 2011 in Bentonville, AR. Roberta was born on July 24, 1947 in Needles, CA to Robert Lee and Rose Irene (Halford) Coppenbarger. She went on to run the Paola Skating Rink for over 20 years. Her hobbies included chrocheting, reading, and spending...
Dorothy Kiser
Jan 12, 2011
Dorothy Jean Kiser passed away on January 12, 2011, in the presence of her children, at the Kansas City Hospice House, after a courageous battle with cancer. Dorothy was born in Fontana, KS on June 21, 1923 and was the daughter of the former Miami County Sheriff, Edward Schlotman and his wife Della. Her family moved to Paola, where...
Steve J. O'Keefe
Jan 12, 2011
STEVE J. O"KEEFE Steve O"Keefe, 67 passed away January 12, 2011 with his family by his side. Steve was born September 28, 1943. He was the fourth of eleven children born to Vincent and Louise Vaughn O"Keefe and the fourth generation to be raised on the family farm in Bucyrus, Kansas. After high school, Steve attended Rockhurst University before...
Carolyn Quinn
Jan 10, 2011
Carolyn J. Quinn, age 66, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, January 10, 2011, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on Tuesday, August 15, 1944, in Salida, Colorado, the daughter of Charles and Rose (Marquis) Gregory. She was raised in Colorado. She also lived in Oklahoma prior to moving to Ottawa in the mid 1990’s. She...
Kathleen M. Bessenbacher
Jan 10, 2011
Kathleen M. Bessenbacher, 86, of Independence, MO died Monday, January 10, 2011, of a massive stroke at Centerpoint Medical Center, Independence, MO. Kathleen was born and raised in Bucyrus, KS, the daughter of Beal B. Furgason and Edna L. Oldham Furgason. She spent her adult life in the Kansas City and Independence, Missouri area. She was employed at General...
Howard H. Johnson
Jan 9, 2011
Howard H. Johnson, age 96, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Sunday, January 9, 2011, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. He was born on Wednesday, August 26, 1914, in Lindsborg, Kansas, the son of Eban and Dora (Herman) Johnson. He lived in Lindsborg until his marriage, moving to Ottawa. He lived at Ottawa Retirement Village in his later years. Howard...
Melissa Kay (Mcclendon) Mallory
Jan 7, 2011
Melissa Kay (McClendon) Mallory, age 25, of Carbondale, Kansas, died Friday, January 7, 2011. She was born on Thursday, December 12, 1985, in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Tony Ray McClendon and Roxanne Kay (Smith) McClendon-DeJarnette. She was a near lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas, living in Iola, Holton and Carbondale. Melissa was an honor student and 2004...
Bryan Blann
Jan 5, 2011
Bryan R. Blann age 45 of Paola passed away Wednesday January 5 after an automobile accident in Miami County. Memorials to the Bryan Blann Memorial Fund in care of the funeral home 305 N. Pearl Paola, KS 66071. Bryan was born on July 2, 1965 in Kansas City, Kansas to Charles and Donnie Young Blann. He graduated from the...
Donald E. Woodward
Jan 4, 2011
Donald Eugene Woodward, age 86, of Ottawa, died Tuesday, January 4, 2011, at Village Manor Nursing Home. He was born on Monday, June 23, 1924, in Melvern, Kansas, the son of Elmer B. and Lula (Lightle) Woodward. Don lived in Ottawa since 1942. Don worked fifteen years as a mechanic for Town & Country Supply and then part-time until...
Warren Earl Milton
Jan 3, 2011
Warren E. Bud Milton, age 87, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, January 3, 2011. He was born on Wednesday, June 13, 1923, in Parker, Kansas, the son of John A. and Tessie (Adams) Milton. He was a lifelong resident of Ottawa. Bud graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1941. Following military service, he started farming in...
Medora A. Hoge
Jan 3, 2011
Medora Davidson Hoge, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, January 3, 2011, at her home, following her courageous struggle with ovarian cancer. She was born on Wednesday, July 2, in Merriam, Kansas, the daughter of John Archibald Davidson and Mabel (Brackmann) Davidson. She moved from Merriam to Overland Park, Kansas, prior to moving to Ottawa in 1990. Medora graduated from...
Mildred Louise Porter
Jan 2, 2011
Mildred Louise “Mickey” Porter, age 90, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Sunday, January 2, 2011, at Christian Care Cottage in Ottawa. She was born on Saturday, October 2, 1920, the daughter of Anton W. and Teresa (Straufuss) Mages. She was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Mickey graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1940. She was a homemaker. She...
Patrick L. Elwood
Jan 1, 2011
Patrick Elwood age 47, of Overbrook, Kansas left us on Saturday, January 1, 2011 at Skaggs Regional Medical Center in Branson, MO. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 6, 2011 at the Bucyrus Methodist Church. Burial to follow in the Bucyrus Cemetery, Bucyrus, KS. Visitation will be from 5:00 " 8:00 p.m. January 5, at...
Frank H. Medlin
Dec 30, 2010
Frank H. Medlin, age 82 of Paola, passed away Thurs., Dec. 30, 2010 at the Louisburg Care Center in Louisburg, Kansas. Memorials may be made to Olathe Hospice. Frank was born June 2, 1928 in Marshville, Missouri to Jasper and Cella Cook Medlin. At the age of 3 his mother passed away and he was raised by Ida Medlin....
James V. Mckinsey
Dec 30, 2010
James V. (Jim) McKinsey, age 79, Linn Valley, KS, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, December 30, 2010. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at the Outpost Cowboy Church 33565 Metcalf Road Louisburg, KS. 66053. Visitation will be held from 5:00 " 8:00 p.m. Monday at Penwell " Gabel Louisburg Chapel. Burial...
Bonnie Smith
Dec 29, 2010
Bonnie Nell Smith, age 75, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 29, 2010, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on Friday, May 24, 1935, in Wellington, Kansas, the daughter of Milo Franklin Cain and Minnie May (Fultz) Cain. She has been a resident of Ottawa since 1981, moving from Wichita, Kansas. She worked in...
