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Shirley Sue Lilly
May 10, 2009
Shirley Sue Lilly, age 73, of Osawatomie, Kansas, died Sunday, May 10, 2009. She was born on Monday, April 27, 1936, in Clifton, KS. She was the daughter of Kenneth and Eva Marie Funnell. She has been a resident of Osawatomie since 1995. She grew up in Clifton, and also lived in Wichita from 1955 to 1979, North Carolina...
Joan E. Morgan
May 8, 2009
Joan E. Morgan age 77 of Paola passed away Tuesday at St. Lukes Hospital. Funeral Service will be Saturday May 8th at 2:00 PM the 1st Baptist Church Paola, visitation Friday from 6 to 8:00PM Penwell-Gabel Paola Chapel, burial Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville Kansas, memorials to the Church or American Cancer Society to leave condolences go to Penwellgabel.com Joan was...
William "Bill" Houdashelt
May 6, 2009
William “Bill” Houdashelt, 95, Le Loup, passed away, Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at Wellsville Retirement Community, Wellsville, Kan. He was born Nov. 12, 1913, at Chickapea, Kan., to Charles and Nora Farine Houdashelt. He married Grace DeMaranville May 2, 1937, at Ottawa, Kan. They shared 64 years of marriage until her passing in 2001. He was also preceded in...
Damon Prothe
May 3, 2009
Damon William Prothe, age 88, of Paola, passed away early Sunday morning at his rural Paola home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am, Thursday, May 7, 2009, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Block, KS, and burial will follow the service at Block Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be on Wednesday, May 6, from 6 to 8 pm at...
Gene Norris
May 1, 2009
Walter E. "Gene" Norris, age 79, of Louisburg, Ks. passed away Friday, May 1, 2009 at his home. He was born August 14, 1929 in Independence, Mo., the son of Glen W. and Hazel M. Himes Norris. He was united in marriage to Virginia Renner on Sept. 17, 1950, in Louisburg, KS. He was a member of the United...
Mikeal W. Kraft
May 1, 2009
Mikeal W. Kraft, age 58 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, May 01, 2009 at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka, KS. He was born on Thursday, February 22, 1951 in Ottawa, KS, the son of Thomas A. Kraft and Wanda (Oder) Kraft. He was near a lifelong resident of Ottawa, also living in Garnett, Kansas from 1976 to 1982....
Richard Lee Evans
Apr 30, 2009
Richard Lee Evans, 70, Rantoul, died Thursday, April 30, 2009. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Ruhamah Cemetery, Rantoul. He was born Wednesday, Aug. 3, 1938, at Burlington to Rufus Elmore and Marceline Louise (McVay) Evans. He was a lifelong resident of Rantoul. He graduated from Rantoul High School in 1956. He served as mayor of Rantoul...
Mary Lorraine Bonner
Apr 30, 2009
Mary Lorraine Bonner, age 68, of Paola, KS, passed away on April 30, 2009, at the LifeCare Center in Osawatomie, KS. Funeral Service Monday May 4 at 10AM Holy Trinity Catholic Paola, with visitation Sunday 6:30 to 8:00PM Rosary at 6:00PM at the Penwell-Gabel Paola Chapel, burial Holy Cross Cemetery. To leave condolences go to penwellgabel.com. Mary was born...
Albert "Dusty" Reichard
Apr 29, 2009
Albert Herman “Dusty” Reichard was born on Friday, August 1, 1947. He was the son of Wayne and Edna (Stelter) Reichard. Dusty was born and raised in the Williamsburg/Homewood area, also living in Emporia, Kansas from 1965 to 1970. Following his military service, he moved to the Greenwood area, south of Pomona, Kansas, where he made his home until...
Kenneth R. Redifer
Apr 29, 2009
Kenneth Ray Redifer was born on Tuesday, November 13, 1934, in Moberly, Missouri. He was the only son of Kenneth and Susie (Lorton) Redifer. Kenneth lived in Moberly, Ottawa and Rantoul, Kansas, returning to Ottawa in 1988, where he made his home until his death on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at the age of seventy-four years. In 1959, Kenneth...
Ruth Rhea
Apr 27, 2009
Ruth Agnes Garner Rhea, 96, of Paola, Kansas, passed away surrounded by family on April 27, 2009 at Vintage Park, Paola, Kansas. Graveside services will be May 1, at 11:00 AM, at the Paola Cemetery and a memorial service at 2:00 PM, at Evergreen Events/Lighthouse. Memorials may be made to Heart to Heart Pregnancy Center, 721 " Renshaw, Laramie,...
La Veta Turner
Apr 26, 2009
LaVeta Vieva Turner was born on Saturday, August 22, 1925, in Stanton Township, Kansas. She was the daughter of Charles and Estella Pearl (Smith) Bates. A lifelong resident, LaVeta made her home in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, until her death on Sunday, April 26, 2009, at the age of eighty-three years. She attended Wellsville schools. LaVeta was a homemaker....
Doris Ann Dubois
Apr 25, 2009
Doris Ann Dubois, 79, Paola, lost her life April 25th, 2009, after a long battle with diabetes. Doris was born in Scranton, Kansas on June, 14th, 1929, to Everett and Mildred Rice Jolly. She grew up in Burlingame, Kansas, and graduated from Burlingame High School in 1947. She was married to Lyle Dubois on May 24, 1947, in Olathe,...
Susan Kay Abbott
Apr 23, 2009
Susan Kay “Susie” Abbott was born on Sunday, January 1, 1956, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of William “Bill” and Geraldine “Jerry” (Graffham) Abbott. Except for living in North Carolina for a short time, Susie made her home in Ottawa until her death on Thursday, April 23, 2009, at the age of fifty-three years. She...
Doris I. Lilly
Apr 23, 2009
Doris Illene Lilly, age 93, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, April 23, 2009, at Village Plaza in Ottawa, KS. She was born on Wednesday, September 15, 1915, in Edgerton, KS. She was the daughter of Thomas Clayton and Emma Eunice (Weeks) Hamby. She was an Ottawa resident since 1917. Doris attended Ottawa schools. She was a homemaker. During World...
Paul Dale Styles
Apr 21, 2009
Paul Dale Styles, age 50, of Linn Valley, KS. died April 21, 2009 at Miami County Medical Center, Paola, KS. He was born Jan. 6, 1959 in Roswell, New Mexico, the son of Paul & Aletha Wells Styles. He was united in marriage to Beverly Weers on March 23, 1979 at Sayre, OK. Paul was a truck driver for...
Jean M. Sims
Apr 17, 2009
Jean M. Sims was born on Friday, August 13, 1948, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. She grew up in Ottawa and lived in Pomona, Kansas for twenty-four years, moving to Olathe, Kansas in 2003, where she made her home until her death on Friday, April 17, 2009, at the age of sixty years. Jean graduated from Ottawa High School...
Shawn M. White
Apr 15, 2009
Shawn M.White,19, of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away at his home on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 surrounded by his family. Services will be Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 2:00 PM, with visitation Saturday April 18, from 6:00-8:00PM, at the Penwell-Gable Funeral Home Chapel, Paola, Kansas, 305 North Pearl Street. Memorial may be made to the Childrens Mercy Hospital Hematology-Oncology Unit,...
John Jordan
Apr 15, 2009
Leavenworth National Cemetery Service: Graveside Service Friday, April 17, 2009 9:00 AM Visitation: No Visitation
Lucy Roark
Apr 15, 2009
Lucy Thompson Roark, 87, of Paola, Kansas, passed away April 15, 2009, at Evergreen Community of Johnson County, in Olathe, Kansas. Services will be 1:30 PM Tuesday, April 21, 2009, with visitation prior to the service from 12:30 " 1:30 PM, at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 305 N. Pearl St. Paola, Kansas, 66071. Memorial may be made to Paola United...
