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June Helen Orr
Sep 2, 2003
June Helen Bloomer-Orr was born March 2, 1939, at Peoria, Kansas. She was the daughter of Carl Henry and Verdie Helen (Tucker) Bloomer. A lifelong resident, she made her home in Rantoul, Franklin County, Kansas, until her death Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at the age of sixty-four years. June graduated from Rantoul High School with the class of 1956....
William Francis Critchfield
Sep 2, 2003
W. F. 'Bill' Critchfield was born October 11, 1916. He was the son of Thomas Waller and Minnie Lou (Murray) Critchfield. Bill grew up in Effingham, Kansas. He later lived in Overland Park, Kansas; South Dakota; Arlington, Texas; Iowa; Louisiana; South Carolina; Georgia; Florida; Kentucky; Nevada; and Alaska, retiring in Ottawa, Kansas in 1989, where he made his home...
Nelma Ruth Brown
Aug 28, 2003
Nelma Ruth (McClendon) Brown, age 67, of Ottawa, Kan., died Thursday, August 28, 2003, at Select Specialty Hospital in Overland Park, Kan. She was the daughter of the late Toney McClendon and the late Ruby (Firestine) McClendon-Skiles. She moved to the Ottawa area in 1969, moving from the Lawrence area. She was a lifelong homemaker. In the 1970's and...
Sonia Lynn Hutchinson
Aug 28, 2003
Sonia Lynn Hutchinson was born December 11, 1956, at Emporia, Kansas. She was the daughter of Jack L. and Pat M. (Ross) Hutchinson. Sonia lived in Ottawa, Kansas for twenty-eight years, moving to Rantoul, in Franklin County, Kansas in September of 2002, where she made her home until her death Thursday, August 28, 2003, at the age of forty-six...
Maxine Virginia Arnold
Aug 21, 2003
Maxine Virginia Arnold was born November 21, 1918, at West Plains, Missouri. She was the daughter of Floyd and Sybil (Dye) Taylor. Maxine lived in Olathe and Chanute, Kansas, moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1950, where she made her home until her death Thursday, August 21, 2003, at the age of eighty-four years. She graduated from...
Jean Marie Floersch
Aug 19, 2003
Jean Marie Floersch was born September 19, 1930, at Emerald, Kansas, the daughter of Emmett and Mary (Bauer) McGrath. She grew up on a farm near Delia, Kansas, moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1959, where she made her home until her death Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at the age of seventy-two years. Jean graduated from Delia...
Betty Shaffer
Aug 13, 2003
Betty Jo Shaffer was born June 15, 1939, in Franklin County, Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of John Roderick and Ruth Estalene (Sellers) Allen. A lifelong resident, Betty made her home in Ottawa, until her death Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at the age of sixty-four years. Betty graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1957. She...
Alfred William Altic
Aug 13, 2003
Alfred William Altic was born June 4, 1916, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of William Penn and Sadie Jane (Wray) Altic. He was a lifelong resident of the Centropolis and Appanoose community and made his home in rural Pomona, in Franklin County, Kansas, until his death Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at the age of...
Lois Edith Doty
Aug 9, 2003
Lois Edith Doty was born October 15, 1932, at Quenemo, Kansas. She was the daughter of Roy Raymond and Jeanette Rose (Colston) Mollett. She lived in Herington, Kansas for a period of time and was a near lifelong resident of Quenemo, Kansas, where she made her home until her death Saturday, August 9, 2003, at the age of seventy...
Arnel Eugene Horne
Aug 3, 2003
Arnel Eugene Horne, age 63, of Williamsburg, Kansas, died Sunday, August 3, 2003, at his residence. He was the son of the late Arnel Horne and the late Hattie (Mitchen) Horne. Gene was a lifelong resident of Williamsburg, Kansas. He was a welder, retiring in 2002. He worked for Berico Industries in Waverly from 1975 to 1985. He also...
Everett Edward Hunter
Aug 2, 2003
Everett Edward Hunter, age 74, of Pomona, Kansas., died Saturday, August 2, 2003, at his residence in Pomona Everett moved with his family when he was twelve years old to San Diego, California, leaving there when he entered the military. He moved to Pomona, Kansas in 1976. He attended San Diego schools. Mr. Hunter worked twenty-seven years as a...
Ernest Henry Roecker
Jul 31, 2003
Ernest Henry Roecker was born June 4, 1913, at Greeley, in Anderson County, Kansas. He was the son of Peter Jacob and Mary Theresa (Feuerborn) Roecker. Ernest grew up in Greeley, Kansas. He also lived in Ottawa, Kansas, for a year, before moving to the Peoria Community in 1961, where he made his home until his death Thursday, July...
James Grover Oestreicher
Jul 31, 2003
James Grover 'Ace' Oestreicher was born January 31, 1913, at Princeton, Kansas. He was the son of Al and Agnes (Levelle) Oestreicher. He grew up in Princeton and later lived in Kansas City, and Richland, Washington. In 1950, he returned to the Princeton-Richmond area, where he made his home until his death Thursday, July 31, 2003, at the age...
Eleanor Moyer Lloyd
Jul 29, 2003
Eleanor Moyer (Lloyd) Lloyd, age 99, of Ottawa, Kan., died Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa, Kan. . She was the daughter of the late Albert Lloyd and the late Cora Lloyd. She is also survived by her One Brother, Brother-Evan S. Lloyd of Pittsburg, Kan. Arrangements are being handled by Dengel & Son...
Andrew James Mietchen
Jul 26, 2003
Andrew James 'Andy' Mietchen was born May 25, 1921, at Waverly, Kansas. He was the son of Fritz Oscar and Myrtle Iva (Vaughn) Mietchen. Andy grew up in Waverly, Kansas, moving to Wichita, Kansas, where he lived for five years. Following his military service, he lived in Waverly, until moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1947, where...
Della Cheasbro
Jul 25, 2003
Della Cheasbro was born on April 18, 1907, at Winston, Missouri, to William and Bessie (Taylor) Palmer. Her siblings are Lena Palmer, Gladys Middleton, Edna Kenagy, and Alva Palmer, who are all deceased. Della was a near lifelong Franklin County resident, moving from their farm, northeast of Ottawa into Ottawa in 1972, living in her own home until August...
Earl Kenneth Pennington
Jul 25, 2003
Earl Kenneth Pennington was born August 15, 1924, at Kansas City, Kansas. He was the son of Pless and Clora Bell (Jones) Pennington. Earl grew up in Douglas, Kansas, moving to Kansas City, Missouri in 1942, Bucyrus, Kansas in 1944 and Wagstaff, Kansas in 1946. In 1948, he moved to Rantoul, Kansas, where he made his home until his...
Ann Baber
Jul 24, 2003
Ann E. Baber was born April 9, 1919, at Walnut, Kansas. She was the daughter of Alfred and Sadie (Umphenour) Ellis. She grew up in Walnut and Hepler, Kansas. She later lived in Ft. Scott. In 1953 she moved to Larned, Kansas, moving in 1972 to Ottawa, where she made her home, until her death Thursday, July 24, 2003,...
Robert B. Hollon
Jul 23, 2003
Robert Burney 'Bob' Hollon was born June 3, 1934, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of James William and Opal (Harris) Hollon. Except for five years living in Osawatomie, Kansas, Bob was a lifelong resident of Ottawa, until his death Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at the age of sixty-nine years. He graduated from Ottawa High...
Timothy Joseph Grosdidier
Jul 17, 2003
Timothy Joseph Grosdidier, age 50, of Anaheim, California., died Thursday, July 17, 2003, at his residence in Anaheim. He was the son of Albert Grosdidier and the late Bessie Grosdidier. He was a longtime resident of Pomona, moving to Los Angeles, California in 1970. Timothy graduated from Pomona High School with the class of 1970. He owned and operated...
