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Lois Elaine Palenske
Mar 8, 2004
Lois Elaine 'Fritz' Palenske was born December 23, 1941, at Marshall, Missouri. She was the daughter of Ralph Finis and Helen Louise (Hinton) Nichols. Lois grew up in Missouri, moving to Topeka, Kansas in 1968, Carbondale in 1970, Osage City in 1983, and Salina in 2000, where she made her home, until her death Monday, March 8, 2004, at...
Etna Elizabeth Yerkes
Mar 6, 2004
Etna Elizabeth Yerkes was born January 3, 1907, at Lane, Kansas. She was the daughter of Abraham and Bertha (Hodge) Lynn. Etna was a lifelong resident of Franklin and Miami Counties, living in the Lane community, and moving into Ottawa in 1971, where she made her home, until her death Saturday, March 6, 2004, at the age of ninety-seven...
Mildred Pauline Clark
Mar 5, 2004
Mildred Pauline (Rams) Clark, age 90, of Wellsville, Kan., died Friday, March 5, 2004, at Wellsville Manor Care Center in Wellsville, Kan. She was the daughter of the late Mr. Rams and the late Pauline Rams. She is also survived by her Two Sons, Son-Dale Clark of Wellsville, Kan. Son-Gary Clark of Ca RESIDENCE HISTORY: She lived in Wellsville...
Lawrence Allen Blakeley
Mar 3, 2004
Lawrence Allen Blakeley, 79 ,of Ottawa, KS died Wednesday, March 3, 2004 at his home. Lawrence grew up in Wisconsin and moved to this area in the fall of 1948. Lawrence graduated from Williams Bay High School in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, with the class of 1941 and from Kansas University in 1952 with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in...
David Dean Weaver
Mar 2, 2004
David Dean Weaver, age 61, of Ottawa, Kan., died Tuesday, March 2, 2004. He was the son of the late Louis Weaver and the late Marjorie (McGuire) Weaver. He was a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Missouri, before moving to Ottawa in 1992. Dave attended Raytown High School. He later earned his General Equivalency Diploma. He was a lifelong...
Wilma Adeline Scott
Mar 2, 2004
RESIDENCE HISTORY: Adeline grew up in the Madison, Kansas area until the age of fourteen, when her family moved to Wellsville. After her marriage, she and her husband lived on a farm north of Ottawa until 1978, when they moved into Ottawa. She moved to Emporia, Kansas, in the fall of 1995. EDUCATION: Adeline graduated from Wellsville High School...
Jerry Lee Mccullough
Mar 2, 2004
Jerry Lee McCullough, age 67, of Ottawa, Kan., died Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at St. Luke`s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He was born January 5, 1937 at Paola, Kansas. He was the son of the late Floyd McCullough and Alice (Fulks) McCullough. Mr. McCullough was raised in Ottawa. After college, he moved to Great Bend, where he lived...
Donald Thielan Godfrey
Feb 26, 2004
Donald Thielan Godfrey, age 75, of Richmond, Kan., died Thursday, February 26, 2004, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kan. He was the son of the late Warren Godfrey and the late Ruby (O`Rear) Godfrey. He has been a resident of Rural Richmond since 1960, moving there from Louisburg. He had moved to Louisburg from Amoret, Missouri, in the...
Herbert L. Downey
Feb 11, 2004
Herbert L. 'Herb' Downey was born November 12, 1916, in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the son of Carver J. and Gladys I. (Dunlap) Downey. He lived most of his life in rural Franklin and Miami Counties, moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1984, where he made his home until his death Wednesday, February 11, 2004, at...
Gerry Ann Getty
Feb 11, 2004
Gerry Ann (Roeder) Getty, 53, of Ottawa, Kansas, died after an extended illness on Wednesday, February 11, 2004, at the University of Kansas Hospital. She was born July 21, 1950, to Mathias and Marie Roeder of rural Seneca. She grew up in rural Nemaha County on a dairy farm with three brothers and two sisters. After graduating from high...
Willard Walter Rodgers
Feb 5, 2004
Willard Walter `Willie` Rodgers was born December 9, 1927, at Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of Walter H. and Vinnie (DeWald) Rodgers. A lifelong resident, Willie made his home in Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, until his death Thursday, February 5, 2004, at the age of seventy-six years. Willie graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of...
Richard Lee Turner
Feb 4, 2004
Richard Lee Turner was born April 30, 1938, at Effingham, Kansas. He was the son of Wilber C. and Eunice (Lynn) Turner. In the early 1970's and 1980's, Richard lived in Whittier, California, and Wellsville, Kansas, from 1982 to 1993. He moved to Pomona, Kansas, in 1993, and Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1998, where he made his...
Albert H Barnhart
Feb 4, 2004
Albert H. Barnhart was born July 20, 1920, northwest of Centropolis, Kansas. He was the son of Noah and Teacie (Sink) Barnhart. Albert grew up on the family farm and graduated from Appanoose High School with the class of 1938. Albert moved to his present farm northwest of Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in March of 1945, where he...
Charles Richard Mason
Feb 2, 2004
Charles Richard 'Charlie' Mason was born July 25, 1932, in Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of Henry and Carrie Dora (Marks) Mason. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, Charlie made his home in Ottawa, until his death Monday, February 2, 2004, at the age of seventy-one years. He was employed as Manager with Union Gas Company, Ottawa,...
Naomi Mae Fritts
Jan 31, 2004
Naomi Mae Fritts was born March 19, 1921, at Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of Charles Dewey and Anna A. (Oman) Funk. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, Naomi made her home in Ottawa, until her death Saturday, January 31, 2004, at the age of eighty-two years. She attended Eugene Field Grade School, Oakland Rural Grade School and...
William Dale Barkley
Jan 27, 2004
William Dale 'Bill' Barkley was born February 16, 1955, at Riverside, California. He was the son of Robert and Josephine (Maxwell) Barkley. Bill was raised in the Centropolis area and was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, until his death Tuesday, January 27, 2004, at the age of forty-eight years. Bill graduated from Pomona High School with the class...
Ruby Irene Scrivner
Jan 26, 2004
Ruby Irene Scrivner was born July 1, 1921, at Murry, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Frank David and Shirley Marie (Smithers) Sanderson. From 1950 to 1967, Ruby was a resident of Kansas City, Missouri. She moved to Brumley, Missouri, in 1967, and Garnett, Kansas, in 1989. For the past six months, Ruby has been a resident of Ottawa,...
Earleen Fay Brown
Jan 21, 2004
Earleen Fay Brown was born November 23, 1924, at Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of Cyde Earl and Leta Veva (Leach) Cook. She lived in several states during her life, including Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania, one year; Valatie, New York, one year; Santa Fe, New Mexico, five years; Chillicothe, Missouri, one year; Abbotsford, Wisconsin; several years in Oklahoma; and...
Lily Maxine Baldwin
Jan 20, 2004
Lily Maxine Baldwin was born March 7, 1914, at Seybert, in Dade County, Missouri. She was the daughter of Silas E. and Mary M. (Marcum) Shaw. A near lifelong resident, Maxine moved at the age of four years with her family to the Franklin County, Kansas area. She made her home in Ottawa, until her death Tuesday, January 20,...
Rolland Phelon Ferris
Jan 19, 2004
Rolland Phelon Ferris, Sr. was born June 1, 1917, at Lyndon, Kansas. He was the son of Robert Franklin and Florence (Phelon) Ferris. Rolland lived most of his life in Osage and Franklin Counties in Kansas. He moved into Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1990, where he made his home, until his death Monday, January 19, 2004, at...
