Leroy Ira Thompson
Feb 3, 2006
RESIDENCE HISTORY: LeRoy moved with his family when he was ten years old from Wallace County to Franklin County and lived here with the exception of six years in Montezuma, Kansas. He lived in Ottawa since 1967. EDUCATION: He graduated from Pomona High School, Pomona, Kansas. OCCUPATION & BUSINESS: LeRoy worked thirty years as a station engineer for City...
Fred Heathman
Feb 3, 2006
Frederick Junior 'Fred' Heathman was born on Monday, May 24, 1926, in LaHarpe, Kansas. He was the son of Frederick L. and Tena (Dow) Heathman. Fred grew up in LaHarpe, moving to Ottawa in 1943, in Franklin County, Kansas, where he made his home, until his death on Friday, February 3, 2006, at the age of seventy-nine years. Fred...
Leroy Ira Thompson
Feb 3, 2006
LeRoy moved with his family when he was ten years old from Wallace County to Franklin County and lived here with the exception of six years in Montezuma, Kansas. He lived in Ottawa since 1967. He graduated from Pomona High School, Pomona, Kansas. LeRoy worked thirty years as a station engineer for City Service Gas Company, retiring in 1980....
Raymond M. Wallace
Jan 31, 2006
He has lived in Lawrence since 1983. He previously lived in Shawnee twenty years and Franklin County, Kansas, prior to joining the service. attended Ottawa schools. He was a railroad dispatcher for the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad thirty-seven years, working out of Topeka and Kansas City, Kansas, retiring in 1983. Raymond served in the Army Air Corp...
Milton Douglas Durbin
Jan 31, 2006
He was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Doug graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1968. Following high school, he attended Ottawa University and Kansas University. Later, he received his E.M.T. Certification from Neosho County Community College. He was a Captain of Security for Wacken Hut, of Kansas City, Missouri, retiring in 2003. He also taught safety classes...
Mildred Anne Nance
Jan 30, 2006
Mildred Anne 'Millie' Nance was born on Wednesday, May 2, 1956, in Omaha, Nebraska. She was the daughter of Kenneth and Margaret (Richter) Nance. Millie grew up in Denver, Colorado. Eleven years ago, she moved to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, where she made her home, until her death on Monday, January 30, 2006, at the age of forty-nine...
Anna Mae Reams
Jan 30, 2006
Anna Mae Reams was born on Friday, December 4, 1914, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of George Dewitt and Edith K. (Richardson) Burnett. A lifelong resident, Anna Mae made her home in Ottawa, until her death on Monday, January 30, 2006, at the age of ninety-one years. Anna Mae attended Ottawa schools. She worked about...
Mildred Lorraine Rechtfertig
Jan 30, 2006
Mildred Lorraine Rechtfertig was born on Thursday, August 30, 1917, in Waterloo, Iowa. She was the daughter of Edwin and Clara (Nemmers) Larson. Mildred lived sixty years in Waterloo, before moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1978, where she made her home, until her death on Monday, January 30, 2006, at the age of eighty-eight years. Mildred...
Iva Jane Houston
Jan 30, 2006
Iva Jane Houston was born on Friday, April 9, 1920, in Menlo, Kansas. She was the daughter of Marion Walter and Mary Eliza (Drinnen) Houston. Iva Jane grew up in Menlo. At the age of ten, she moved with her family to the family farm in the Appanoose area of western Franklin County, where she made her home, until...
Melisssa Garrett
Jan 28, 2006
Melissa Janell Garrett entered this world on Monday, June 2, 1980, in Ottawa, Kansas, a happy baby with the sweetest disposition, whether she was playing, laying down for a nap or waking up to brighten your day. She grew up in Lawrence and Ottawa, learning lessons that served her well, evolving into a wonderful woman with characteristics and qualities...
Melisssa Garrett
Jan 28, 2006
Melissa Janell Garrett entered this world on Monday, June 2, 1980, in Ottawa, Kansas, a happy baby with the sweetest disposition, whether she was playing, laying down for a nap or waking up to brighten your day. She grew up in Lawrence and Ottawa, learning lessons that served her well, evolving into a wonderful woman with characteristics and qualities...
Waunita Mae Happy
Jan 27, 2006
Waunita Mae Happy was born on Saturday, June 11, 1921, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of William Ira and Edith (Barr) Happy. She moved from Ottawa to Shawnee Mission, Kansas, where she made her home the last thirty-five years, until her death on Friday, January 27, 2006, at the age of eighty-four years. Waunita graduated...
Eunice Marie Brockus
Jan 21, 2006
Eunice Marie Brockus was born on Thursday, July 9, 1925, in Rantoul, Kansas. She was the daughter of James and Hildred (McKinley) Finch. A lifelong resident, Eunice made her home in Rantoul, Franklin County, Kansas, until her death on Saturday, January 21, 2006, at the age of eighty years. Eunice was a homemaker. An excellent cook, she enjoyed preparing...
Lonnie Albert Smith
Jan 20, 2006
Lonnie Albert Smith was born Friday, January 19, 1962, in St. Joseph, Missouri. He was the son of Billie Gene Smith, Sr. and Beulah Marie (Engerman) Smith. Lonnie moved from Missouri to Colorado; Lebo, Kansas; and the Centropolis area in Franklin County, Kansas in 1989, where he made his home, until his death Friday, January 20, 2006, at the...
John C. Giager
Jan 20, 2006
John Christopher Giager was born on Friday, June 1, 1979, in Garnett, Kansas. He was the son of John and Renee' (Roecker) Giager. He grew up in Osawatomie and rural Paola. In 1992, he moved to Richmond, Kansas, where he made his home, until his death Friday, January 20, 2006, at the age of twenty-six years. John attended Central...
Claude Delbert Vansickle
Jan 13, 2006
Claude Delbert VanSickle was born on Friday, December 12, 1930, in Henry, South Dakota. He was the son of Claude Volney and Mabel Lee (McRoden) VanSickle. Claude lived in South Dakota until joining the Navy. He moved to this area following his military service, where he made his home in Richmond for twenty years and Princeton, in Franklin County,...
Beulah Irene Mccurdy
Jan 9, 2006
Beulah Irene McCurdy was born Tuesday, June 7, 1904, in Elk County, near Elk Falls, Kansas. She was the daughter of Frank and Nancy (Cunningham) Richeson. Beulah lived with her family in Idaho for about two years, and Oklahoma. In 1915, they moved to the Williamsburg, Kansas area, where she made her home, until her death Monday, January 9,...
Louis James Carter
Dec 27, 2005
Louis J. Carter, 70 ,of Rantoul, Kansas died on Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. He was the son of Hazel Carter. He was born on Monday, December 31, 1934, in Kansas City, Missouri. Louis was raised by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Carter, in Paola, Kansas. He also lived in Fontana and...
Myrna Rose Stoneking
Dec 23, 2005
Myrna Rose Stoneking was born on Saturday, February 21, 1931, in Climax, Kansas. She was the daughter of Roy and Myrtle I. (Neal) Brown. Myrna lived in Burnt Prairie, Illinois, moving to Ottawa, Kansas, in 1967. In 1973, she moved to Pomona, in Franklin County, Kansas, where she made her home, until her death on Friday, December 23, 2005,...
Elizabeth Pearl Slankard
Dec 20, 2005
Elizabeth Pearl 'Beth' Slankard was born on Monday, January 7, 1935, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Robert Allen and Edith Pearl (Griffin) Reed. A lifelong resident, she made her home in Pomona, Kansas, until her death on Tuesday, December 20, 2005, at the age of seventy years. Beth graduated from Pomona High School with the...
