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Nellie M. Morris
Jun 6, 2007
Nellie Morris, 94, Ottawa, died Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at the Richmond Care Center, Richmond. She was born Sept. 6, 1912, in Franklin County to William Edward and Maud (Hamilton) O'Neal. She was a lifetime resident of Franklin County and had lived in the same house in Ottawa since 1945, relocating to Richmond in 2006. She was a homemaker....
Bruce Camp Starks
Jun 4, 2007
He grew up in Waco, Texas, lived in Lawrence, Kansas, and settled in Ottawa, Kansas. Bruce graduated from Lawrence High School and attended the University of Kansas and Emporia State University. He was a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service in Ottawa from 1964 to retirement October 2, 1992. He was a member of St. Paul AME...
James Dale Melroy
Jun 4, 2007
James Dale Melroy, 73, Ottawa, died Monday, June 4, 2007, at his home. He was born Dec. 26, 1933, at Ottawa, to Thomas M. and Iris I. (Slane) Melroy. He was a lifelong Ottawa resident. He graduated from Ottawa High School in 1951. He was a member of the United States Army from 1954 to 1955 in the 79th...
Howard Lee Newkirk
Jun 3, 2007
Howard Lee Newkirk was born on Wednesday, February 25, 1925, in Kiowa, Kansas. He was the son of David and Mattie (Brown) Newkirk. Howard lived in Independence, Missouri for thirty years and in Ottawa for fifteen before moving to the Lyndon, Kansas area in 1994, where he made his home until his death on Sunday, June 3, 2007 at...
Joe Cox
Jun 3, 2007
Joe Cox was born on Saturday, September 4, 1926, in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the son of Richard L. and Mary E. (Williams) Cox. Joe lived in the Lee's Summit, Missouri and Kansas City areas before moving to Ottawa in 1985. Earlier this year, Joe moved to Pittsburg, Kansas, where he made his home until his death on...
Drewcilla Craft
Jun 3, 2007
Drewcilla Craft was born on Wednesday, May 11, 1921, in Hartville, Missouri. She was the daughter of Clarence and Rema (Oliver) Farley. Drewcilla lived in Hartville, Missouri until moving to Kansas City, Missouri in 1941 and Ottawa in 1997, where she made her home until her death on Sunday, June 3, 2007, at the age of eighty-six years. She...
Alfred Rudolph Jahn
May 31, 2007
Alfred Rudolph Jahn was born on April 4, 1918 in Dresden, Germany. He was the son of George Eugene and Emma Bertha (Ullbrich) Jahn. Alfred lived in Dresden, Germany until the age of thirteen, moving to Brooklyn, New York in 1931, Westfield, New Jersey in 1961,Valatie, New York in 1973, and Edmonton, Alberta in Canada in 1985 before moving...
Lela Rose Buehler
May 27, 2007
Lela Rose Buehler, 74, Ottawa, died Sunday, May 27, 2007, at Village Manor Nursing Home, Ottawa. She was born Jan. 4, 1933, at Waverly to Vernon and Rose (Thimmesch) Samsel. She lived in Waverly until she moved to Ottawa in 1953. She graduated from Waverly High School in 1950. She worked as a cook at L&L Cafe, Ottawa, for...
James E. Hollon
May 26, 2007
James E. `Jimmy` Hollon, Jr., 62, of Pomona, Kansas died on Saturday, May 26, 2007 at his home in Pomona, Kansas. He was the son of James and Betty Jean (Caleb) Hollon. He was born on Sunday, October 28, 1944, in, Ottawa, Kansas. Jimmy was a life-long Franklin County resident, living in Ottawa, Rantoul and Pomona. He attended schools...
Ruth Lockman Jester
May 24, 2007
Ruth Olivia Lockman Jester 1928-2007 Ruth Olivia Lockman Jester, 79, of Louisburg, Kansas went to be with the Lord on December 5, 2007 She was born May 24, 1928 in Gordon, Wisconsin. Her parents were Raye and Olivia Lockman and she had three older brothers, all of whom have preceded her in death. Ruth worked for a short time...
Thelma Louise Edgecomb
May 23, 2007
Louise was a near lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. She graduated from Williamsburg High School with the class of 1937. As a young woman, Louise worked as a beautician in Topeka and later owned a beauty shop in Williamsburg. She worked in the composing department at the Ottawa Herald from January 7, 1974, until retiring December 31, 1986, and...
Johanna Mary Wichman
May 23, 2007
Johanna M. Wichman, 92, Richmond, died Wednesday, May 23, 2007, at the Richmond Care Center. A funeral mass will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Therese Catholic Church, Richmond. She was born June 21, 1914, at Baileyville to Henry and Agnes (Bockerstette) Tangeman. Johanna lived near Seneca, Kansas, moving to Valley Falls, Kansas in 1950, and Richmond, Kansas in...
Sharon Kaye Bond
May 11, 2007
Sharon Kaye Bond, 75, Ottawa, died Friday, May 11, 2007, at Village Manor Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 11, 1932, at Ottawa to Ottawa Everett and Leona Alta (Daugherty) Baker. Sharon was a lifelong resident of Ottawa. She attended Ottawa schools. Sharon was a homemaker and, from 1970 through 1977, worked with her husband at the Franklin County...
Wilbur Richardson
May 10, 2007
Wilbur Johnson 'Jim' Richardson was born on Saturday, January 26, 1924, in Waverly, Kansas. He was the son of Clyde and Effie (Johnson) Richardson. Jim grew up in Waverly. He and Marjorie lived in Emporia; Kansas City, Kansas; and various locations in Oklahoma, moving to Ottawa in 1954, where he made his home until his death on Thursday, May...
Eulah Dorene Rigsby
May 7, 2007
Eulah was a lifelong resident of Olpe, Kansas, moving to Ottawa in 2004. Following high school, Eulah graduated from Tulsa (Oklahoma) Business College. She was a homemaker. In the late 1940`s, she worked at Steffes Meat Locker in Olpe as a meat cutter. She was also secretary and office manager for Lyon County Farm Bureau for fifteen years in...
Frances Fern Gish
May 4, 2007
Frances Fern Gish, 90, Ottawa, died Friday, May 4, 2007, at Aldersgate Nursing Home, Topeka. She was born Dec. 4, 1916, at Bazine to Frank and Rose (Cole) Meyers. Frances grew up and lived in Bazine, Kansas until moving to Ottawa in 1963. She graduated from Bazine High School with the class of 1934 and attended Ft. Hays College....
