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Violet Hazel Sleichter
May 23, 2003
Violet Hazel Sleichter was born March 20, 1913, at Michigan, North Dakota. She was the daughter of Arthur and Madge (Crowell) Lukins. In 1957, Violet moved to Pomona, Kansas, and Mission, Texas, in 1972. In 1998, she moved to Newtown, Missouri, where she made her home until her death Friday, May 23, 2003, at the age of ninety years....
Dorothy Jeanne Roth
May 21, 2003
Dorothy Jeanne (Baldwin) Roth, age 74, of Ottawa, Kansas., died Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was the daughter of the late John Baldwin and the late Clara (Finch) Baldwin. Jeanne was a lifelong Ottawa resident. She graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1947. Jeanne was a lifelong homemaker. Jeanne...
Esther Grace Miller
May 18, 2003
Esther Grace (Mock) Miller, age 87, of Ottawa, Kan., died Sunday, May 18, 2003, at Brandon Woods Retirement Comm. in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born December 7, 1915 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late Howard Mock and the late Laura (Magnes) Mock. Esther was a near lifelong resident of Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, moving to Ottawa, Kansas...
Rex Alden Myers
May 13, 2003
Rex Alden Myers was born June 9, 1936, in the Centropolis Community of Kansas. He was the son of Fred and Lela (Patton) Myers. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, he lived in Ottawa the past forty-three years, until his death Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at the age of sixty-six years. Rex graduated from Appanoose High School with the...
Thelma Jane Tallman
May 9, 2003
Thelma Jane Tallman was born November 15, 1909, in Meta, Missouri. She was the daughter of George and Etta (Barnhart) Orr. She lived in Kansas City, Missouri, before moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1931, where she made her home until her death Friday, May 9, 2003, at the age of ninety-three years. She was co-owner, with...
William Robert Weber
May 1, 2003
Rev. William Robert Weber was born on November 12, 1926, at Nebraska City, Nebraska, to William O. and Lottie M. (Secord) Weber. His siblings are Roy A. Weber, deceased, and Wanda Valasek of Omaha, Nebraska. Pastor Weber lived in Nebraska City and Omaha in Nebraska, before moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1951, where he made his...
Bertha C. Magee
Apr 30, 2003
Bertha Catherine Magee was born September 18, 1921, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Carl and Elsie Elizabeth (Smith) Richardson. Bertha lived in Ottawa, Wichita and Garnett, before moving to Monett, Missouri in October of 1995, where she made her home until her death Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at the age of eighty-one years....
Alvin Francis Houston
Apr 26, 2003
RESIDENCE HISTORY: Bud was a longtime resident of Franklin County. He moved to Franklin County from Menlo, Kansas in the 1930`s. He also lived in California in 1958. EDUCATION: He graduated from Appanoose High School with the class of 1937. OCCUPATION & BUSINESS: Bud owned and operated a dairy farm. He moved to California in 1958, where he worked...
Floyd Elmer Higdon
Apr 22, 2003
Floyd Elmer Higdon was born December 28, 1936, at Lane, Kansas. He was the son of C. Evrett and Mildred Mae (Carter) Higdon. A lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas, he made his home in Pomona, until his death Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at the age of sixty-six years. Floyd graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of...
Edith Ellen Ratzlaff
Apr 19, 2003
Edith Ellen Ratzlaff was born January 15, 1921, in the Appanoose community, north of Pomona, Kansas, where she grew up. She was the daughter of Clyde E. and Lura A. (Beard) Hetrick. She was a lifelong resident of Franklin County, until moving to Waverly, in Coffey County, Kansas, in 1986, where she made her home until her death Saturday,...
Betty Jane Prentice
Apr 18, 2003
Betty Jane Prentice was born February 26, 1923, at Welda, Kansas. She was the daughter of Alanzo A. and Mable Loraine (Martin) Hendrickson. A lifelong resident, Betty made her home in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, until her death Friday, April 18, 2003, at the age of eighty years old. She graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of...
Janet M. Logan
Apr 17, 2003
Janet M. (Bevilhymer) Logan, age 63, of Quenemo, Kan., died Thursday, April 17, 2003, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kan. . She was the daughter of the late Clair Bevilhymer and the late Lucille (Dunn) Bevilhymer. She is survived by her husband Alvin Logan; one daughter, Linda Logan of Miami, Florida.; one son, Roger Logan of Indianapolis, Indiana....
Rosa Lee Scott
Apr 15, 2003
Rosa Lee Scott was born April 4, 1934, in Quinton, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of William and Dovie (Wadkins) Wimberley. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, she made her home in Pomona, until her death Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at the age of sixty-nine years. As a child, Rosa attended Ottawa schools. she was a lifelong homemaker and...
Irene Opal Symons
Apr 12, 2003
Irene Opal Symons was born October 2, 1906, on the family farm two and one-half miles southeast of Centropolis, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Ruben Oliver and Alber Lina (Nelson) Slavens. In the late 1930's and early 1940's, Irene lived in Naches, Washington, Ordnance, Oregon, and Paso Robles, California. She lived most of her life...
Kenneth Verne Morrow
Apr 10, 2003
Kenneth V. 'Ken' Morrow was born August 13, 1928, in Burlington, Kansas. He was the son of Ross and Ethel (Hanson) Morrow. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, Ken previously lived in Princeton, then Williamsburg, before moving to Ottawa in 1975, where he made his home until his death Thursday, April 10, 2003, at the age of seventy-four years....
Debra Sue Russell
Apr 8, 2003
Debra Sue `Debbie` Russell was born June 30, 1965, at Garnett, Kansas. She was the daughter of Sharon (Hermreck) Brady. Debbie was a resident of Winfield, Kansas, for thirty-one years, before moving to Hartford, Kansas, where she made her home, until her death Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at the age of thirty-seven years. Debbie was a loving and caring...
Ralph Lee Masters
Apr 8, 2003
Ralph Lee Masters was born July 20, 1928, at Kansas City, Kansas. He was the son of Edgar Louis and May Mary (Bedsaul) Masters. Ralph was a near lifelong Kansas City, Kansas resident. He had previously lived in Louisburg, Kansas and Branson, Missouri. He moved to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 2003, where he made his home, until...
James William Eckard
Apr 7, 2003
James William Eckard was born February 8, 1938, at Kansas City, Kansas. He was the son of Cecil and Dora (Griffith) Eckard. He grew up in Kansas City. During his military service, he lived in Texas for two years, then returned to Kansas City. In 1967, he moved to Princeton, in Franklin County, Kansas, where he made his home,...
