Owen "Gene" E. Atchison
Jul 24, 2010
Owen E. “Gene” Atchison, age 84, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, July 24, 2010, at Colmery-O'Neill Veterans Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas. He was born on Wednesday, November 22, 1925, in Pomona, Kansas. He was the son of Murrel Owen and Betty Ann (Martin) Atchison. He was a near lifelong resident of Franklin County. Gene attended schools in the...
Deputy Sam A. Smith
Jul 23, 2010
Samuel Adam Smith was born May 19, 1988 in Sylmar, California to Kathleen (Shannon) Smith and Scott Smith. He moved to Ottawa, Kansas in 1990. He attended Sacred Heart through fifth grade. Sam was an active member of his community at an early age. Sam attended Ottawa Middle School where he was part of the Youth Action Council. Sam...
John Glenn Richardson
Jul 20, 2010
John Glenn Richardson, 94, died July 20, 2010 at Louisburg Care Center. He was born November 7, 1915 at Louisburg, KS, the only son of Lon Lee and Vera (Corbin) Richardson. He was raised in Edgerton, KS and married a 20 year old school teacher in 1935. John lived in the Kansas City areas from 1947 to 1970, the...
Eugene "Gene" Fredrick Hart
Jul 20, 2010
Eugene Fredrick “Gene” Hart, age 89, of Pomona, Kansas died Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa. He was born on Thursday, August 12, 1920, south of Williamsburg, Kansas, the son of Albert Fredrick and Bonnie Sarah (Mozley) Hart. Gene lived south of Williamsburg, Kansas until 1949, moving to his present address six miles south...
Elaine Marez
Jul 19, 2010
Elaine Marez, age 57, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, July 19, 2010. She was born on Monday, April 27, 1953, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Raymond Eugene and Irene (Kueser) Wittman. She grew up in Garnett, moving to Ottawa in the early 1970’s. Elaine graduated from Garnett High School with the class of 1971. She then attended beauty...
Leah Nadine Cawby
Jul 17, 2010
Leah Nadine Cawby, age 90, formerly of Paola, Fontana and Louisburg, KS., passed away Saturday, July 17, 2010 at the Life Care Center, Osawatomie,KS. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at Penwell-Gabel Paola Chapel, burial to follow in the Fontana Cemetery, Fontana, KS. Friends may call 9:00 " 11:00 a.m. Tuesday prior to service time...
Larry Noble
Jul 14, 2010
Larry D. Noble, age 53 of Paola, passed away at his home July 14, 2010 (cremation). Larry was born Sept. 11, 1956 in Paola, Kansas to James and Josephine Noble. He was employed by Taylor Forge as a fabricator. He also worked as a fabricator in the field working in Iowa, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. He later was employed...
Janice Blanc
Jul 14, 2010
Janice V. Becktol Blanc, or "Mimi" as she became known as a grandmother, passed away July 14, 2010 in Gardner, KS at the age of 60. Janice was born October 5, 1949 in El Reno, OK to Frank and Lida Lesperance Becktol. She graduated from El Reno high school in 1967 before going on to attend Warr Acres Beauty...
June D. Shenk
Jul 13, 2010
June D. Shenk, age 77 of Thorofare, NJ, formerly of Ottawa, died Tuesday, July, 13, 2010. She was born on Sunday, Feb. 5, 1933 in Woodbury, New Jersey, the daughter of William and Helen (Parker) White. She grew up in New Jersey and later moved to Ottawa living there twenty-six years returning to New Jersey in 1985. June was...
Alva Lee Powell
Jul 12, 2010
Alva Lee Powell, 97, Paola, passed away July 12, 2010, at his home. Alva Lee was born December 5, 1912, in the mining camp of Liberty, Colorado. He was the son of Joseph Andrew and Myrtle Ione Stevenson Powell. He and his brother and three sisters were orphaned when his parents died within 3 months of each other in...
George Garrison Jr.
Jul 10, 2010
George M. Garrison, Jr., 88 of Osawatomie, KS passed away July 10 at Life Care Center of Osawatomie. George was born on February 24, 1922 to George M. Sr. and Susie Bledsoe Garrison in Lomine, MO. On May 9, 1942 he was united in marriage to Martha Virginia Overly in Boonville, MO; to this union two children were born....
Ruby Helen Provencal
Jul 10, 2010
Ruby Helen Provencal was born on Friday, August 8, 1924, in Geary County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Edward William and Ella Wilhelmina (Knopp) Biegert. Ruby lived in Geary County, south of Junction City, Kansas until her marriage. They moved about twenty or thirty times while her husband was in the military, including tours of duty in Germany...
Ilo Bullock - Price
Jul 6, 2010
Ilo Irene Bullock-Price was born on Wednesday, October 30, 1912, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Fount and Mayme (Hunt) Bullock. A lifelong resident, Ilo made her home in Ottawa until her death on Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the age of ninety-seven years. Ilo graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1930...
Ann "Judy" Savage
Jul 6, 2010
Today heaven is rejoicing because they have a new soprano in the choir. A born again believer in Jesus Christ, Judith (Judy) Ann Savage, age 71, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Judy was born April 11, 1939 in Ft. Scott, KS. Judy was the daughter of Jesse and Edith (Lottie) Durbin (Fulton,...
Margaret J. Donker
Jul 5, 2010
Margaret J. Donker was born at home near Beloit , Kansas , on August 1, 1928. She died at her Ottawa home on July 5, 2010. All her life, “home” was her focus. Peg’s talents and efforts were to nurture her family (husband, Norman, and children, Nancy and David), and to create beauty to surround them, inside her manicured...
Charles Cauthon
Jul 5, 2010
Charles L. Cauthon, age 64 of Kansas City MO, passed away at his home July 5th. Charles was born in Kansas City, Kansas on Oct. 24, 1945 to Gus and Laura Shields Cauthon. He attended high school in Wichita and enlisted in the United States Army in 1965 and served during the Vietnam War and was given an honorable...
John "Jack" J. Kreusch
Jul 3, 2010
John J. Jack Kreusch, age 78, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, July 3, 2010, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. He was born on Thursday, September 17, 1931, in Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of Frank and Edna B. (Higgins) Kreusch. He was a resident of Ottawa since 1969, moving from Pomona, Kansas. He lived in the...
Hazel Clark
Jul 3, 2010
Hazel Frances Clark, 95, of Paola, KS passed away July 3, 2010 at her home. Hazel was born July 22, 1914. Cremation is planned. Hazel was active in the Paola Community; she was a member of the First Lutheran Church and the Baker"s Club; she loved her ceramics, for which she won several blue ribbons for at the Miami...
Douglas Watts
Jun 30, 2010
Douglas Wayne Toad Watts was born on Tuesday, September 12, 1961, in Topeka, Kansas. He was the son of Floyd Elton “John” and Patty Ann (O’Connor) Watts. Except for living in Glen Rose, Texas from 1984 to 1986, Toad was a near lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas, until his death on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, at the age...
Lois E. Manfredi
Jun 30, 2010
Lois E. Manfredi, age 93, Overland Park, Kansas, died Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at Royal Terrace Care Center, Olathe, KS. Graveside service will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, July 12th, ,2010, at the Engelwood Cemetery, Clinton, MO. Lois was born November, 22, 1916 at Coal, MO, the daughter of James and Ethel (Minnick) Raney. She was united in marriage to...
