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Rose Marceline Ralston
Oct 10, 2005
Rose Marceline 'Marty' Ralston was born on Monday, June 2, 1924, in Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of Emile J. and Clara (Shawver) Barnes. A lifelong resident, except for the years between 1951 and 1957, when she and her family moved several times with Jim's work in construction, Marty made her home in Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas,...
Harry Milton Tucker
Oct 9, 2005
A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, Milton grew up in Williamsburg, moving to Princeton in 1949, and Ottawa in 1960. Milton graduated from Williamsburg High School with the class of 1942. He was a welder for the Santa Fe Railroad thirty-three years, mostly based in Chanute, Kansas, retiring in 1986. He was also a lifelong farmer and cattleman. He...
Eugene M. Stevenson
Oct 6, 2005
Eugene Merton 'Gene' Stevenson was born on Thursday, December 8th, 1932, in Richmond, Kansas. He was the son of Merton Ralph and Dorothy M. (Macklin) Stevenson. Gene lived in Kansas City, Missouri from 1956 to 1970, and Hillsdale, Kansas eight years, prior to moving to Wellsville, in Miami County, Kansas in 1978, where he made his home, until his...
Miriam Bertha Johnson
Oct 4, 2005
Miriam Bertha Johnson was born on Thursday, August 5th, 1920, in Osawatomie, Kansas. She was the daughter of Eugene E. and Emily Mae (Coffelt) Potter. Miriam grew up and lived in Osawatomie, until moving to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1941. She followed her husband's military service, returning to Osawatomie in 1946. They moved to Paola in 1953 and Princeton...
Dorothy Louise Rice
Oct 3, 2005
RESIDENCE HISTORY: Dorothy lived in Ottawa from 1981 until moving to Howard, Kansas in 2002. She grew up in Iola,Kansas, moving to Wichita, Kansas in 1948, where she resided until 1961. From 1961 to 1974, she lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, returning to Wichita in 1974, prior to her move to Ottawa in 1981. EDUCATION: Dorothy attended Iola High School,...
Karlena Kay Branson
Oct 3, 2005
Karlena Kay Branson was born on Wednesday, November 26th, 1969, in Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of Dave and Janet S. (Johnson) Diamond. Karlena was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. She made her home in Richmond, Kansas, until her death Monday, October 3, 2005, at the age of thirty-five years, due to her illness of diabetes. Karlena...
Vernon Enos Honn
Sep 30, 2005
Vernon Enos Honn, 78 ,of Ottawa, Kansas died on Friday, September 30, 2005 at his home He was the son of Enos Honn(deceased) and Grace (Burnett) Honn(deceased). He was born on Tuesday, October 26, 1926, in Ottawa. Mr. Honn was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Vernon attended Ottawa High School and earned his General Education Development diploma following his military...
Helen Nadine Larkin
Sep 29, 2005
Nadine was a near lifelong Ottawa resident. Nadine attended Ottawa schools. She worked a short time at a PX in Alaska. She also worked as a waitress; at Montgomery Ward; Parmalee; Pamida; and Wal-Mart; and owned Mode O`Day dress shop, all in Ottawa. Nadine was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Ottawa, and past member of Aerie Lodge...
Marlin C. Mooney
Sep 22, 2005
RESIDENCE HISTORY: Marlin was a lifelong Quenemo resident. OCCUPATION: Marlin was a farmer from 1946 until 1980 and also worked seventeen years as a welder at Skyhook in Ottawa, retiring in 1980. After his retirement he owned and managed rental properties GOVERNMENT SERVICE: Marlin served during World War II in the 2133rd Army Air Force Base Unit from May...
Laverne Frances Lyons
Sep 15, 2005
Laverne Frances Lyons was born on Tuesday, November 13, 1917, in Princeton, Kansas. She was the daughter of Claude Clarence and Mary Myrtle (Henderson) Spencer. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, Laverne made her home in Princeton, until her death Thursday, September 15, 2005, at the age of eighty-seven years. Laverne graduated from Princeton High School with the class...
Roy Lee Spencer
Sep 12, 2005
Roy Lee Spencer was born Monday, July 18, 1921, in Parker, Kansas. He was the son of Robert Earl and Grace Mae (Nolte) Spencer. Roy grew up in rural Parker, moving to the Princeton, Kansas area in 1947, where he made his home until his death Monday, September 12, 2005, at the age of eighty-four years. Roy graduated from...
William Myles Abbott
Sep 2, 2005
Bill was a lifelong resident of Ottawa. Bill attended Tawney Grade School and Ottawa High School. He received his G.E.D. in 1945 while in the Army. He worked at Weidner`s Service Station; Ottawa Co-op; Ford`s Parts; Coleman & Morgan Construction in the early 1960`s; maintenance at Ottawa University sixteen years, in the mid 1960`s to late 1970`s; Duke Manufacturing...
Marion Albert Schmoe
Aug 26, 2005
Marion moved with his family in 1907 from Indiana to DeSoto, Kansas, to Prairie Center, Kansas, and to Ottawa in 1913. He lived in Rantoul, Kansas from 1927 until moving to Richmond in 1965. Marion was a farmer, then worked at Hercules Powder Plant in the 40`s. He then returned to farming and worked construction and oil fields; and...
Peggy Darlene Weekley
Aug 24, 2005
Peggy Darlene Weekley was born Thursday, December 17, 1936, in Baldwin City, Kansas. She was the daughter of Carl and Charlene (Ledom) Yohe. Peggy lived in Ottawa for several years, moving to Topeka in 1972. In 1982, Peggy moved to Auburn, Kansas, where she made her home, until her death Wednesday, August 24, 2005, at the age of sixty-eight...
Vern Sink
Aug 23, 2005
Vern Sink was born on Wednesday, January 5, 1910, north of Pomona, in Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of John Henry and Laura Ellen (Bean) Sink. Vern was a near lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. He moved to Newton, Kansas four years ago, where he made his home until his death Tuesday, August 23, 2005, at the...
Minnie Elva Allen
Aug 20, 2005
Minnie Elva Allen was born Wednesday, October 6, 1915, in Farlinville, Kansas, the daughter of Wyatt W. and Sarah F. (Ross) Johnson. She grew up in the Lane, Kansas area then moved to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, where she made her home until her death Saturday, August 20, 2005, at the age of eighty-nine years. Minnie graduated from...
Charles Burns
Aug 16, 2005
Charles 'Charlie' Burns was born Wednesday, March 17, 1926, in Pomona, Kansas, the son of Emma May Brown. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, Charlie made his home in Ottawa, until his death Tuesday, August 16, 2005, at the age of seventy-nine years. He worked eighteen years for Dwight Haworth Construction, of Ottawa; around ten years for Hamm's Construction,...
Marjorie Eastman Ott
Aug 10, 2005
Marjorie Eastman 'Marge' Ott was born Wednesday, December 26, 1917, in Matfield Green, Kansas. She was the daughter of Daniel Webster and Emma (Selves) Eastman. Marge grew up in Matfield Green and later lived there for about five years. She also lived in Illinois, Nebraska, Wichita, and at Osage County Lake for seventeen years where they owned a marina....
Jeanette Helen Bien
Aug 1, 2005
Jeanette Helen Bien was born Tuesday, July 5, 1927, in Cayuga, North Dakota, the daughter of Edward and Agnes (Pieterick) Slaby. Jeanette lived in Portland, Oregon, moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1946, where she made her home, until her death Monday, August 1, 2005, at the age of seventy-eight years. She attended high school in Cayuga,...
James Albert Levalley
Aug 1, 2005
James Albert LeValley, 59 ,of Topeka, Kansas died on Monday, August 1, 2005 at Topeka Community Health Care Center in Topeka, Kansas. He was the son of James LeValley and Mary (Toumberlin) LeValley . He was born on Thursday, December 6, 1945, in Ottawa, Kansas. During his life, he resided in Ottawa and Topeka. James attended Ottawa High School....
