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Pearl R. Winters
Jan 26, 2010
Pearl R. Winters, age 79 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa, KS. She was born on Friday, March 21, 1930 in Ottawa, the daughter of Percie E. and Emma Josephine (Osborn) Winters. She was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Pearl attended Ottawa High School with the class of 1950. She worked...
Lavern Hanson
Jan 24, 2010
LaVern Hanson, 84, passed away January 24, 2010 at North Point Skilled Nursing Center. Vern was born June 13, 1925 in Marysville, Missouri to Clifford and Eliza Masner Hanson. He graduated from Leonardville High School after service 2 years in the U.S. Coast Guard during WWII. After high school, he attended the Kansas City School of Mortuary Sciences. He...
Wayne Arthur O'Neil
Jan 24, 2010
Wayne Arthur O’Neil, age 88, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Sunday, January 24, 2010, at Richmond Care Center in Richmond, Kansas. He was born on Tuesday, March 15, 1921, in Wellsville, Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of Paul John and Edith Mae (Pearson) O’Neil. Wayne lived in Independence, Missouri from 1953 until 1980, moving to Tucson, Arizona for...
Dorothy E. Poston
Jan 23, 2010
Dorothy E Poston age 91, of Paola Kansas, passed away Saturday January 23, 2010 at her nephew"s home. Dorothy was born on May 17, 1918 in Odessa, Missouri to Clay C. Eagan and Jenny Marie Caldwell Eagan. She grew up and graduated from North East High School, Kansas City, MO. She became a wife homemaker and mother of two...
Vernon Chesbro
Jan 23, 2010
Vern Chesbro, 84, was born on October 1, 1925 at the old Ottawa Hospital. He died Saturday, January 23, 2010 at his home in Ottawa. On Wednesday, January 27th, a small funeral for family and close friends will be held at Grace Episcopal Church in Ottawa, followed by a public memorial celebration of Vern’s life to be held at...
Freida Blake
Jan 23, 2010
Freida M. Blake age 86 of Paola passed away Saturday January 23rd at the Olathe Medical Center (cremation). Graveside Memorial Lawn Cemetery Parsons, Kansas pending. Memorial Lawn Cemetery Service: Services Pending Visitation: No Visitation
Johnnie Modeen Franklin
Jan 22, 2010
Mrs. Johnnie Modeen Franklin, of Wellsville, Kansas, died Friday, January 22, 2010, in Kansas City, MO. She was the daughter of Delbert and Mattie Grace (Shumate) Cooley. She has been a resident of Wellsville since August of 2005, moving from Madisonville, Kentucky, where she had lived since 1990. She spent much of her life following her husband’s military career...
Gracie Cramer
Jan 20, 2010
Gracie Cramer, 89, passed away January 20, 2010 at Golden Living Center in Spring Hill, Kansas. She was born May 15, 1920 in Paola, Kansas to Harold Leroy Dickey Sr. and Mabel Bell Andrews Dickey. Gracie worked for many years as a cashier at Sutherlands grocery store in Paola. Her hobbies included watching WWC wrestling every week, doing crossword...
Martin "Scotty" Scott
Jan 18, 2010
Martin E. “Scotty” Scott, age 80, of Pomona, Kansas, died Monday, January 18, 2010, at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, KS. He was born on Friday, December 27, 1929, in Detroit, Michigan. He was the son of Edward Scott and Martha (Pummill) Scott. He was a resident of Pomona since 1973, moving from Lenexa. He previously lived in...
Lucy Crawford
Jan 18, 2010
Lucy Crawford age 83 of Paola passed away Monday, Jan 18, 2010, at the North Point Care Center. Lucy Crawford was born March 25, 1926 in Westline MO., to John Watson and Sarah Malinda Mills Smith. She was united in marriage to Murrel Crawford on Jan. 31, 1946 in Paola, Kansas. Lucy was a Health Care Provider at Medical...
Colleen Webb
Jan 17, 2010
Colleen Webb, age 74 of Richmond, Kansas, died Thursday, January 17, 2010 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Shawnee Mission, KS. She was born on Sunday, November 17, 1935 in Nebraska, the daughter of Glen and Orgretta (Washburn) Bethune. She grew up in Lamar, Missouri and Iantha, Missouri. After high school she moved to Kansas City, Kansas, then...
Dianne Marie Winsky
Jan 17, 2010
Dianne Winsky, age 68, died Sunday, January 17, 2010, at her home in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on Tuesday, September 9, 1941, in Hoisington, Kansas. She was the youngest child of George and Margaret (Ernst) Tauscher. She has been a resident of Ottawa since 1977. Dianne graduated from Hoisington High School with the class of 1960. She graduated...
James "Jim" Stottlemire
Jan 17, 2010
James M. Jim Stottlemire, age 65, of Rantoul, Kansas, died Sunday, January 17, 2010. He was born on Monday, March 20, 1944, in Rantoul, Kansas. He was the son of Glenn M. and Eva M. (Welton) Stottlemire. He was a lifelong resident of Rantoul. James graduated from Olathe High School with the class of 1963. From 1970 to 1976,...
Max "Bill" Seymour
Jan 16, 2010
Max W. “Bill” Seymour, age 76 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, KS. He was born on Wednesday, May 10, 1933 in Princeton, KS, the son of Benjamin M. and Lucille (Kinder) Seymour. He was a lifelong Franklin County resident, moving from Princeton to Ottawa with his family as an infant....
Fern Fort
Jan 16, 2010
Fern L. Fort, age 84 of Paola, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 16, 2010 in the care and comfort of her six children. She was born in Paola, KS on April 1, 1925 to John William and Laura Elizabeth Henness Homrighausen. Fern was raised in rural Paola where she attended Davenport School and graduated in 1942 from Paola...
Verna Sue Thomas
Jan 16, 2010
Verna Sue Coltrin Thomas, 74, longtime resident of Louisburg, Kansas, died Saturday morning, January 16, 2010. Sue, as she was more commonly known, was born to Ted J. and Margery O. Coltrin in Kansas City MO on February 21, 1935. As a graduate of Louisburg High School in 1953, Sue worked for Trans World Airlines for over 40 years...
Wanda May Mcelfresh-Estabrooks
Jan 13, 2010
Wanda May McElfresh-Estabrooks, age 59, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 13, 2010. She was born on Monday, March 6, 1950, in Emporia, Kansas. She was the daughter of Floyd and Willma (Brim) McElfresh. She was raised three miles west of Williamsburg in Osage County and also lived in Kansas City, Missouri, Topeka and Melvern, Kansas, moving to Ottawa...
Harold "Cliff" C. Baker
Jan 12, 2010
Harold C. Clilff Baker, age 55, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010. He was born on Thursday, June 10, 1954, in Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of Nilo L. and Mary Lou (McCurdy) Baker. He was a lifelong resident of Ottawa. Cliff attended Ottawa schools, earning his G.E.D. In the 1980’s, Cliff worked in the fabrication...
Avalon "Avie" Reeves
Jan 12, 2010
Avalon Joyce Reeves, 76, of Paola, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at Olathe Medical Center surrounded by family. Visitation is 6-8 pm Thursday and memorial service at 10:30 a.m. Friday. All services will be at the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 305 North Pearl, Paola, KS 66071. Avalon was born March 4, 1933 in Spring Hill, Kansas to...
Lorene Lillian Blunk
Jan 11, 2010
Our loving mother, Lorene L. Blunk, age 89, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 11, 2010. She was born on Friday, June 18, 1920, in Moline, Kansas, the daughter of Elmer and Grace (Jackson) Shaw. She lived in Chanute, Kansas until 1956, moving to Ottawa, where she made her home until her death. Lorene graduated from...
