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Frances Louise Ecord
Feb 10, 2003
Frances Louise Ecord was born June 4, 1917, at Garnett, Kansas. She was the daughter of William Thomas and Emma Frances (Donaldson) Tinsley. Frances grew up east of Welda, Kansas, and moved to Franklin County in about 1954. She made her home in Pomona, Kansas, until her death Monday, February 10, 2003, at the age of eighty-five years. She...
Mildred Louise Kreusch
Feb 9, 2003
Mildred Louise Kreusch, age 73, of Ottawa, Kan., died Sunday, February 9, 2003, at her home. She was the daughter of the late Clifford Lyman and the late Viola (McCollum) Lyman. She is also survived by her husband Jack Kreusch; Three Daughters, Carolyn Cramer of Pomona, Kan., Pearl Martin of Blue Springs, Mo. and Jean Thompson of Ottawa, Kan....
Ralph Clark Shepherd
Feb 8, 2003
Ralph Clark Shepherd was born June 5, 1935, on the family farm in Pomona, Kansas. He was the son of Len J. and Dorothy M. (Powers) Shepherd. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, he made his home in Pomona, until his death Saturday, February 8, 2003, at the age of sixty-seven years. Ralph graduated from South Illinois Rural Grade...
Gary John Cargo
Feb 6, 2003
Gary John Cargo, age 60, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, February 6, 2003, his residence. Gary was raised in Idaho. He also lived in California, moving to Ottawa in 1980. He worked on drilling crews in Arizona, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado. Since the 1980`s, he has driven for various trucking companies, presently driving for Penske of Kansas City, Kansas....
Sharon Kay Shepherd
Feb 6, 2003
Sharon Kay Shepherd was born December 28, 1942, at Seattle, Washington. She was the daughter of Ralph Rollin and Nettie Rebecca (Jones) Robinson. In the 1960's, Sharon lived in California. From 1993 to 1995, she lived in Clarksville, Tennessee, and 1980's to 1993, Middlesboro, Kentucky. In 1995, she moved to Pomona, in Franklin County, Kansas, where she made her...
Della Fay Schoonover
Feb 5, 2003
Della Fay Schoonover was born May 30, 1931, at Princeton, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Clarence William and Grace Elizabeth Irene (Hubbard) Miller. Mrs. Schoonover was a near lifelong Ottawa, Kansas resident, moving to California in 1969, living in Los Angeles and San Diego. In 1972, she returned to Ottawa, where she made her home...
Erma Ruth Nitcher
Feb 1, 2003
Erma Ruth Nitcher was born June 20, 1908, at Westboro, in Atchison County, Missouri. She was the daughter of John Ray and Inez E. (Rouse) Lefforge. In 1939, Erma moved to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. In the late 1940's, she moved to the Santa Monica and San Fernando Valley areas in California, and, in the late 1960's, not...
Roy William Lambert
Jan 28, 2003
Roy William Lambert was born on December 14, 1922, in Wellsville, Kansas, to Harvey J. and Fannie Ellen (Ramey) Lambert. His siblings are George P. Lambert, who is deceased, Harvey Lambert, Jr., of Olathe, and Evelyn Starbuck of Topeka. He was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, living in Wellsville and Ottawa, until his death Tuesday, January 28, 2003,...
Helen Dorothy Rempel
Jan 23, 2003
Helen Dorothy Rempel was born December 29, 1926, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of William Arthur and Hattie (Phinney) Shaffer. A long time resident, Helen made her home in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, until her death Thursday, January 23, 2003, at the age of seventy-six years. She attended Homewood and Williamsburg schools through the ninth grade....
Allie Fae Louderback
Jan 22, 2003
Allie Fae Louderback was born December 14, 1975, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of George and Clara (Neibauer) Louderback, Jr. Allie lived in Pomona, Kansas, while attending school. She then moved to Vassar, Kansas, where she lived for one year, before moving to Topeka, in Shawnee County, Kansas, where she made her home the past...
Wilma Louise Cooper
Jan 22, 2003
Wilma Louise Cooper was born on October 31, 1920, in Whiting, Kansas. She was one of the middle children of six born to John Henry and Mary Eunice (Fisher) Davidson. Her siblings are Francis, Irene, Doris, Emmaline, and Lawrence Lee 'Corky.' Wilma grew up in rural Kansas, the Whiting and Horton area before moving to Ottawa in 1955. Wilma...
Lloyd Gaile Wheeler
Jan 16, 2003
Lloyd Gaile Wheeler was born October 8, 1926, at Queens City, Missouri. He was the son of Joel Chipman and Anna Ethel (Hays) Wheeler. From 1960 to 1972, he lived in Rockford, Illinois. In 1972, he moved to Olathe, Kansas, and Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas in 1991, where he made his home until his death Thursday, January 16, 2003,...
George Hoyt Blankenship
Jan 15, 2003
George Hoyt Blankenship was born May 23, 1912, at Ridgley, Missouri. He was the son of Samuel Hoyt and Ola Mae (Hamner) Blankenship. When he was a young boy, he moved with his family to Absarokee, Montana, in 1916, to homestead land. The family returned to Franklin County, Kansas in 1927, because of Mr. Blankenship's father's health. He moved...
Betty Jean Heckman
Dec 30, 2002
Betty Jean (Atchison) Heckman, age 62, of Ottawa, Kansas., died Monday, December 30, 2002, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of the late Homer Atchison and the late Faye Atchison. she was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, living in Williamsburg, Pomona, and Ottawa. Betty graduated from Williamsburg High School with the class of...
Sondra A. Wininger
Dec 29, 2002
Sondra Ann Wininger was born July 11, 1941, in McCune, Kansas. She was the daughter of Vera Ovaltine and Lula (Hall) Spangler. She grew up in McCune, Kansas. After graduating from high school, she moved to Richmond, California. In 1972, she moved back to McCune. In 1986, she moved to Ottawa and, in 1987, she moved to Pomona, in...
Patricia Anne Lawler
Dec 26, 2002
Patricia Anne 'Pat' Lawler was born November 10, 1940, in Orville, Ohio. She was the daughter of Luther Earl and Betty Eileen (Frey) Durst. Pat grew up in Harlingen, Texas and resided in Rockport, Corpus Christi and Kingsville, all in Texas. She also lived outside Parkville, Missouri; in Downers Grove, Illinois; Wichita, Kansas; Austin, Texas; Raytown, Missouri and Paola,...
Byron Faden
Dec 25, 2002
Byron K. Faden was born March 12, 1928, at Richmond, Kansas. He was the son of John and Edith (Funk) Faden. Byron was a long time resident of Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, moving to Trenton, Missouri in 1986, where he made his home until his death Wednesday, December 25, 2002, at the age of seventy-four years. Byron graduated from...
Dorothy Susan Jameson
Dec 25, 2002
Dorothy Susan 'Dottie' Jameson was born March 7, 1916, in rural Lyndon, Kansas. She was the daughter of Charley D. and Nannie A. (Bayer) Kingsborough. She grew up in the Pomona, Kansas area. During World War II, she lived in Topeka and Moran, Kansas. Following her marriage, she moved to the Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas area, where she made...
Margaret Lee Fleming
Dec 25, 2002
Margaret Lee Fleming was born August 16, 1917, south of Centropolis in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Joseph Turner and Ruby (VanBriggle) Shipps. She grew up in Franklin County, moving to Ottawa, Kansas, after her marriage, where she made her home until her death Wednesday, December 25, 2002, at the age of eighty-five years. Margaret graduated...
Opal Maxine Farrell
Dec 24, 2002
Opal Maxine (Hudson) Farrell, age 82, of Wellsville, Kansas., died Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at the Wellsville Manor Care Center in Wellsville. She was the daughter of the late David Hudson and the late Lola (Gaddis) Hudson. Opal grew up in LeLoup and Ottawa, living most of her life in Ottawa. She was a homemaker working part-time as a...
