Ida Darby
Mar 14, 2010
Ida L. Darby, age 71 of Paola, passed away at the Olathe Medical Center Sunday, March 14. She was born on Nov. 20, 1938 in Junction City, Kansas to Charles Edward and Thelma Leona Bogart Day. She grew up in Junction City and on July 24, 1955 she was united in marriage to Donald Darby in Junction City. To...
Elizabeth Stephens
Mar 11, 2010
Elizabeth (Betty) Mary Stephens, 89, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother and long-time resident of the Kansas City and Paola, Kansas area passed away March 11, 2010 at Delmar Gardens in Overland Park. She was born on October 21, 1920 in Chicago, Ill to Lawrence and Celia Smith Tobin. She attended and graduated from Ohio State University in 1942 where...
Judith A. Fox
Mar 11, 2010
Judith A. “Judy” Fox, age 74, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, March 11, 2010. She was born on Monday, January 13, 1936, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was the daughter of John L. Hanscum, Sr. and Loraine B. (Smith) Hanscum. She lived in the Shawnee Mission area most of her life, moving from Overland Park, Kansas to Ottawa in...
Mary Dillard
Mar 10, 2010
Mary was born April 3, 1949 in Paola KS. To James and Lillian Achey Pearce. She spent most of her life in Paola. On Nov. 24, 1967 Mary was united in marriage to Frank Dillard Jr. in Osawatomie, KS. She was a CMA and worked at the local nursing homes for many years before failing health caused her to...
Lavern Wilson
Mar 7, 2010
LaVern Wilson, 89, of Paola passed away March 7th, 2010 at Olathe Medical Center. He was born near Fontana, Kansas on November 5, 1920 to Lester and Winifred Rainey Wilson. LaVern was blessed with his marriage of 68 years to Vivian Wiseman Wilson. They were married on November 26, 1941 in Fontana. LaVern was a member of the Trinity...
Albert W. Parker
Mar 6, 2010
Albert W. Parker was born Nov. 27, 1922, in Knoxville, Tenn. He was the son of Albert and Mary (Smith) Parker. He was a resident of Ottawa at the time of his death on March 6, 2010, at the age of 87 years. Albert was active for many years in the electronics field and worked at the Nevada Test...
Berneda Moore
Mar 1, 2010
Berneda Leota Moore, a long time Paola resident passed away March 1, 2010 at the age of 94. She was born March 12, 1915 north of Ramona, KS, the daughter of Dr. G.H. "Hank" and Mary Lillian Poe Kleopfer. She started her education at Rosebank School, a one room school that taught all 8 grades where they began each...
Sharon Jones
Feb 28, 2010
On February 28, 2010, Sharon 'Sherry' R. Jones, died very suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage. Her death came much too soon for all those who are mourning her loss. She was born in Long Beach, CA on March 28, 1944, and spent her earliest years in Paola, KS with her extended family who operated the Wilson and Son Funeral...
James Rhoades
Feb 28, 2010
James Earl Rhoades age 64 of Greeley Kansas passed away unexpectedly at his home Sunday Feb. 28th . Memorials to the James Rhoades Memorial Fund. To leave condolences go to www.penwellgabelpaola.com. James was born March 13, 1945 in Paola Kansas to Robert and Ethel Rhoades England. He attended high school in Wichita and in 1962 inlisted in the Airforce...
Philip B. Tesh
Feb 27, 2010
Philip Bruce Tesh 2/18/1943 " 2/27/2010 Phil Tesh, 67, was born to Bruce and Flora Lee Payne Tesh of Winston-Salem and Mount Airy, NC and died from lung cancer at his home in Louisburg, KS. After high school in Winston-Salem, Phil entered basic training with the Marine Corps at Parris Island, SC. During his 20 year career in the...
Donald Peckman
Feb 25, 2010
Donald Dean Peckman, age 82 of Paola, Kansas passed away Thurs., Feb. 25th at his home in the rural Block Community. Don was born on December 10, 1927 in the Block Community to Carl and Ida Minden Peckman, and lived his entire life in the area, and was confirmed and baptized at the Block Trinity Lutheran Church. On July...
Meda Evinger
Feb 23, 2010
Meda Mae Evinger age 86 of Eudora passed away Mon. Feb. 23 at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Meda was born Jan. 31, 1924 in Paola Kansas to Noah Wesley and Zula Ethel Huston McRoberts. She has lived in Douglas County most of her life . On March 23, 1945 she was united in marriage to Lawrence O. Evinger in...
Twila Frye
Feb 22, 2010
Twila Jayne Sims Frye, 73, of Paola, Kansas passed away Monday, February 22, 2010 at Olathe Medical Center. She was born east of Paola on the Agnes Williams farm on March 11, 1936, the only child of Charlie Louis and Thelma Pearl Hollinger Sims. Twila grew up and lived in the Paola area all of her life; she started...
Earline Murray
Feb 20, 2010
Earline was born Feb. 14, 1928 in Kansas City, Kan. to Thomas Earl and Helen Marguerite Brown. She was a member of the 1945 class at North Kansas City High School, where she was a class officer, cheerleader and homecoming queen. After school, she was a secretary at St. Luke"s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. On March 16, 1949,...
Barbara Cleary
Feb 19, 2010
Barbara Jean Cleary passed away at her home on February 19. Cremation. Barbara Cleary began exploring the versatile and challenging medium of watercolor in 1965. Born and raised in Oklahoma, Barbara held degrees from the University of Oklahoma and Central State University with additional hours from Kansas State University, Southwestern College, University of Wyoming, and Louisiana Tech University. She...
Jessica Dawn Sligar
Feb 18, 2010
Jessica Dawn Sligar, age 29, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, February 18, 2010, at University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born on Wednesday, January 28, 1981, in Gainesville, Texas. She was the daughter of Daniel and Connie (Coleman) Parker. She lived in Gainesville until 1982; Altoona, Kansas from 1983 to 1985; Independence, Kansas 1986...
Ethel Marie Cade
Feb 18, 2010
Ethel Marie Cade was born on May 5, 1910, in Pomona, Kansas. She was the daughter of Elmer and Nettie (Lowell) Swallow. Ethel was a lifelong resident of Pomona until moving to Emporia in 1992, where she made her home until her death on Thursday, February 18, 2010, at the age of ninety-nine years. She graduated from Boyd Elementary...
Mollie Jo Parkin
Feb 18, 2010
Mollie Jo Parkin, 73, died February 18, 2010, at her home. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, February 22, 2010 at Dengel and Sons Mortuary, Ottawa, Kansas. She was born July 15, 1936, at a farmhouse near Pomona, Kansas, and was a lifelong resident of the area. She was the daughter of Clark Everett and Mary Marie (Eubank) Shepheard....
Walter G. Stringham
Feb 17, 2010
Walter G. Stringham, age 79, of Bucyrus, KS died February 17, 2010 at Kansas City, Mo. He was born Feb. 25, 1930 in Osawatomie, KS, the son of Willard S. and Lillian (Henry) Stringham. He was united in marriage to Evelyn L. Stringham on February 25, 1967 in Prairie Village, KS. Walter worked in the lumberyard business until retiring...
Noah M. Mann
Feb 17, 2010
Noah Michael Mann was born on Monday, February 12, 1973, in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Ron Mann and Sherry (Covert) Van Buren. He grew up in the Kansas City area, in Grandview and Parkville, Missouri, later living in Ottawa and Lawrence, moving to Baldwin City, Kansas in 1993, where he made his home until his death on Wednesday,...
