Dec 15, 2004

He lived in Topeka, Kansas a short time prior to moving to Ottawa in the early 1930`s. Mr. Garcia left school at an early age to support his family. In 1924, he was employed as a laborer for the Santa Fe Railroad forty-six years, retiring in 1970. He attended church at the Old Mexican Mission in his early years,...

Dec 13, 2004

Rebecca Lynn 'Becky' DePriest was born July 12, 1955, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Othal Lee and Ruth Marie (Peugh) DePriest. Following high school, Becky moved from Ottawa to Emporia, Kansas, and, in 1985, to Sacramento, California. She returned to Ottawa in 1993, where she made her home, until her death Monday, December...

Dec 2, 2004

She lived in Garnett prior to moving to Princeton in 1942, where she lived at the same location until moving to Wichita three years ago. Ada graduated from Garnett High School with the class of 1932. She was employed as a seamstress for H.D. Lee in Ottawa from April of 1955 to January of 1976. She was a member...

Dec 1, 2004

Georgia Annetta Stevanus was born May 9, 1910, at Richards, Missouri. She was the daughter of Thomas G. and Cora (Koonz) Strole. Georgia lived in Fulton, Kansas from 1910 until moving to Pleasanton, Kansas in 1943. In 1997, she moved to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, where she made her home, until her death Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at...

Nov 30, 2004

Jerry Eugene Hoyt was born July 8, 1944, at Prescott, Kansas. He was the son of Lester A. and Mary (Campbell) Hoyt. He lived in Lansing, Kansas, moving to the Pomona, Kansas area close to thirty-five years ago, where he made his home, until his death Tuesday, November 30, 2004, at the age of sixty years. Jerry graduated from...

Nov 25, 2004

Alvin Fremont Currant was born January 30, 1938, at Overbrook, Kansas. He was the son of Ivan F. and Elva M. (Grammer) Currant. Alvin moved from the Overbrook area to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1959, where he made his home, until his death Thursday, November 25, 2004, at the age of sixty-six years. He worked as a...

Nov 23, 2004

Frieda Lenora Foltz was born July 31, 1935, at Princeton, Kansas. She was the daughter of Memory E. and Julia Margaret (Kissinger) Kochenower. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, Frieda made her home in Ottawa, until her death Tuesday, November 23, 2004, at the age of sixty-nine years. Frieda attended Acorn School and graduated from Princeton High School with...

Nov 21, 2004

Linda Sue Miller was born March 4, 1945, in Richmond, California. She was the daughter of Ewltia and Juanita (Jackson) Robinson. A lifelong resident, Linda made her home in Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, until her death Sunday, November 21, 2004, at the age of fifty-nine years. Linda attended Ottawa High School with the class of 1963. She was...

Nov 19, 2004

Eleanor grew up and lived in Oakland, California until 1974. After she and her husband retired, they moved to Pomona. In 1975, they bought a farm north of Ottawa on Hwy. 59, where they grew and sold vegetables for many years. She was a lifelong homemaker and farmer`s wife. She also worked many years in a brake and battery...

Nov 17, 2004

She grew up in Richmond, moved to Kansas City, Kansas, Washington, D.C., Olathe, Kansas,and Eufala, Oklahoma, returning to Franklin County, Kansas in 1947. Ruth graduated from Richmond High School in 1939. Following high school graduation, she was employed at Methodist Publishing Book House as a secretary. She was also a housewife and homemaker; worked for the War Department during...

Nov 14, 2004

Nikki Michele Sumner-Lehman was born March 2, 1971, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Dennis and Cathy (Kammer) Sumner. Nikki was a lifelong Franklin County and Osage County resident. She grew up in Pomona, moving to Ottawa after graduating from high school. From Ottawa, she moved to Osage City, Kansas, where she made her...

Nov 6, 2004

Jesse Roy Hamblin was born November 16, 1929, at Montrose, Colorado. He was the son of Charles D. and Minnie L. (Barks) Hamblin. Jesse grew up in Olathe, Colorado. He lived in Bakersfield, California fourteen years, moving to Richmond, Kansas in 1995. In 2000, he moved to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, where he made his home until his...

Nov 4, 2004

Robert Arthur Filby was born July 28, 1923, at Junction City, Kansas, the son of William McKinley and Nora Enola (Stebbins) Filby. Robert moved to Ottawa from Junction City, Kansas in 1939. Following his years in the military, he moved to Maryland Heights, Missouri in 1976, and Collierville, Tennessee in 2000, where he made his home until his death...

Nov 1, 2004

She lived in Wellsburg, West Virginia; Homestead, Florida; Minot, North Dakota; and Palm Harbor, Florida. She moved to Eudora, Kansas in 1999. Trudy graduated from Wellsburg (West Virginia) High School with the class of 1961. In 1995, she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from University of South Florida, with an emphasis in Women`s Studies. Trudy was...

Oct 30, 2004

He lived in Beebe, Arkansas seventeen years, moving to Pryor, Oklahoma in March of 2004. Jack attended Kansas City, Kansas and Pomona, Kansas schools. He quit high school when he was a sophomore and earned his GED while serving in the Army. He was an electrician for TWA twenty-one years, retiring in 1986. Jack served in the United States...

Oct 30, 2004

Edith was a near lifelong resident of Ottawa, moving here in 1940 from the Garnett area. In 1997 she moved to Olathe. She graduated from Garnett High School. Edith worked as Deputy Register of Deeds for Franklin County, retiring in 1984. She also worked at Ogg`s Market in Ottawa as a Cashier for many years. She was a member...

Oct 24, 2004

Oct 24, 2004

Waneta grew up and lived in Kincaid, Kansas. Soon after her marriage they lived a short time in Smith County, Kansas before moving in April 1937 to the plains of Colorado east of Colorado Springs, where they lived almost forty years. In 1972, they left the farm to live in Florence, Colorado until moving in November 1975 to the...

Oct 22, 2004

Doris R. (Bishop) Colbern - Robbins, age 84, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, October 22, 2004, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa. She was born August 7, 1920 at New Hampton, Missouri, the daughter of Floyd and Carrie Bell (Denny) Bishop. Doris was a lifelong Ottawa, Kansas resident. Doris graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of...

Oct 14, 2004

Thomas William Marks was born December 1, 1939, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of William J. and Hazel Winnie (Dawson) Marks. He grew up in the rural Ottawa area. From 1968 to 1972, he lived in San Bernardino, California. In 1975, he moved to the Denver, Colorado area, returning to Ottawa in 1999, where...