Apr 26, 2005

George Paul Ferguson was born January 7, 1925, at Chapman, Kansas. He was the son of George E. and Ella Anna (Fiest) Ferguson. He moved to Franklin County, Kansas in 1938. He also resided in California a few years. George returned to Franklin County, moving to Ottawa in 1987, where he made his home, until his death Tuesday, April...

Apr 24, 2005

She lived in Ottawa the past two years. From 1998 to 2003, she lived in Wheatland, Missouri;1986 to 1989, Olathe, Kansas; 1962 to 1986, Mont Vernon, New Hampshire; and 1939 to 1962, Marshfield, Massachusetts. Janet graduated from Quincy (Massachusetts) High School. She was a homemaker. She also owned and operated a General Store in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, from...

Apr 20, 2005

Frank Daniel 'Dan' Fogle, Sr. was born August 26, 1903, in rural Baldwin, Kansas. He was the son of Arza Bracken Fogle, Sr. and Alice S. (Scott) Fogle. Dan's family moved when he was small to the Williamsburg, Kansas area. A resident since 1938, Dan made his home in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, until his death Wednesday, April 20,...

Apr 17, 2005

She was a lifelong Ottawa resident. She was a homemaker. She also helped with the family businesses and worked for Parmalee Manufacturing several years, retiring in the late 1980`s. She was a former member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Ottawa and a life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Post #5901 Auxiliary of Ottawa. On March 14, 1956,...

Apr 17, 2005

RESIDENCE HISTORY: He was a lifelong Ottawa resident. OCCUPATION & BUSINESS: He was currently employed as a trackman for BNSF (Burlington, Northern, Sante Fe) Railroad, where he has worked for thirty years. MEMBERSHIPS: He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Ottawa and the local union for Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees (B.M.W.E.). MARRIAGE: In 1971,...

Apr 12, 2005

Shirley was a resident of Jackson County for forty years until a recent move to Franklin County. Kansas. Shirley graduated from Appanoose High School. She was employed at Hallmark Cards in Lawrence and was also a homemaker. On August 16, 1963, Shirley was united in marriage with Ralph Francis Rosa at Richter, Kansas. He survives of their home. SERVICES:...

Apr 12, 2005

She was a lifelong resident of Pomona. Betty attended Boyd School and earned her Certificate of Art from Ottawa University. She was a homemaker. She was also employed as a seamstress by H. D. Lee, of Ottawa, for several years. She was a member of Pomona United Methodist Church. On August 22, 1947, Betty was united in marriage with...

Apr 11, 2005

RESIDENCE HISTORY: He grew up in Ottawa. After graduating from Kansas University, Lawrence, he moved to the Chicago area, then to the Kansas City area in 1955, returning to Ottawa in 2001. EDUCATION: Gerald graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1939 and Ottawa University with the class of 1943. He completed graduate school at Kansas University,...

Apr 10, 2005

Mr. Wards has lived in Olathe, Kansas, since 1955, moving there from Bucyrus, Kansas. He had also lived in Quenemo, Kansas. He was a lifelong farmer. Since 1953, he was a plant operator at the Johnson County Waste Water Plant, retiring in 1987. On November 29, 1935, Eugene was united in marriage with Lala F. Fanning at Lyndon. She...

Apr 6, 2005

He was a lifetime resident of the Homewood area in Franklin County, Kansas. Martin attended Homewood Grade School and Ottawa High School. Mr. Reh was a retired farmer and stockman. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Ottawa, Pioneer Plus and Ottawa Promenaders Square Dance Clubs, and charter member of Ottawa Co-op Association. On November 26,...

Apr 3, 2005

Ruby grew up and lived in the Gardner and Edgerton, Kansas area until after her marriage, moving to Westwood in the Kansas City area, and to Ottawa in April of 1967. They lived in Ottawa for three years before moving to Pomona. In 1999, she moved to Osage City, Kansas. She graduated from Gardner High School in Gardner, Kansas...

Apr 2, 2005

Mar 28, 2005

Caleb was a lifelong resident of Pomona. Caleb was presently a Junior at Pomona High School. SERVICES: Graveside services will be held at Muncie Indian Cemetery at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 1, 2005. OFFICIATING CLERGY: Rev. Bill Driver. IN STATE: Friends may pay their respects to Caleb at the Dengel & Son Mortuary after 5:00 p.m. Wednesday to...

Mar 25, 2005

Bernice grew up in Clay Center, Kansas, moving to Topeka, Harveyville, and Osage City. In September of 2000, she moved to Ottawa. She graduated from Clay Center (Kansas) High School with the class of 1923. Bernice worked as a receptionist at a doctor`s office, helped her husband at his car dealership, and, at one time, managed an apartment house...

Mar 25, 2005

Gertrude lived twenty years in Napton, Missouri, five years in St. Louis, Missouri, twenty years in the Kansas City area and forty years in Ottawa, Kansas. Gertrude graduated from Napton High School in Napton, Missouri with the class of 1938. Gertrude was a homemaker. Gertrude was a member of the Methodist Church. On June 29, 1939 Gertrude was united...

Mar 22, 2005

Rosa moved with her family in 1910 to Amoret, Missouri; Foster, Missouri in 1912; and Hutchinson, Kansas in 1930, returning to Foster for a short time before her marriage. After her marriage, she and Ellis moved to a little farm northwest of Pleasanton, Kansas. Several years later, they sold their farm and traveled through the western states, visiting relatives...

Mar 15, 2005

William F. 'Bill' Ogle was born March 20, 1931, at Vassar, Kansas. He was the son of William Wilson and Bertha Grace (Barber) Ogle. Bill grew up in the Michigan Valley, Kansas area, moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1953, where he made his home until his death Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at the age of seventy-three...

Mar 13, 2005

Brownie was a lifelong resident of Pomona, Kansas. He attended school in Pomona, and at Ottawa High with the class of 1945, later earning his GED. Brownie was a livestock, dairy, and crop farmer. In the early 1960`s, he worked for Sunflower Ammunition Plant in DeSoto. In the late 1960`s and early 1970`s, he managed the Williamsburg Lumber Yard....

Mar 12, 2005

RESIDENCE HISTORY: Following his military service, he moved to California in November of 1969. The last eighteen years, he lived in Hawthorne, California. EDUCATION: Bill graduated from Altamont (Kansas) High School with the class of 1961 and El Camino Junior College in Torrance, California, in the 1970`s, majoring in air conditioning and refrigerator maintenance. OCCUPATION & BUSINESS: He was...

Mar 11, 2005

John was a near lifelong Ottawa resident. In recent years he has resided at Heart to Heart in Pomona. He attended Ottawa High School with the class of 1964. John was self-employed as a landscaper and also operated an antique shop. John was a member of the United Methodist Church of Ottawa and was a life member of the...