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Jesse Rolin Walbridge
Mar 10, 2003
Jesse R. Walbridge, age 83, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, March 10, 2003, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa. He has lived in Ottawa thirty-five years. He grew up in McClouth, Kansas, and also lived in Lawrence, Kansas. Jesse graduated from McClouth High School with the class of 1937. He was a lifelong plumber, working at the University...
Gladys Mae Spooner
Mar 7, 2003
Gladys Mae (Johnson) Spooner, age 92, of Coppell, Texas, died Friday, March 7, 2003, at CLC Woodridge Nursing Home in Grapevine, Texas. She was the daughter of the late Robert Johnson and the late Daisy (McGuire) Johnson. She is also survived by her daughter-Marilynn Cradduck of Coppell, Texas, Son-Charles Spooner of Kansas City, Missouri and Son-Max Spooner of Cody,...
Eileen Adele Bowman
Mar 6, 2003
Eileen Adele Bowman was born February 13, 1928, at Pomona, Kansas. She was the daughter of William Oscar and Ella Emma (Wittman) Cain. A lifelong resident, Eileen made her home in Pomona, until her death Thursday, March 6, 2003, at the age of seventy-five years. Eileen graduated from Pomona High School with the class of 1946 and attended business...
Robert L. Shields
Mar 6, 2003
Robert L. 'Bob' Shields was born September 1, 1931, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of Ted and Dorothy (Bruce) Shields. Bob grew up on a farm outside of Wellsville, Kansas. He lived briefly in Paola, Kansas, following his marriage, and moved to Ottawa in 1959, where he made his home until his death Thursday,...
Lois Alecia Burroughs
Mar 4, 2003
Lois Alecia (Severns) Burroughs, age 92, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. She was the daughter of the late Abraham Severns and the late Emma (Handley) Severns. She is survived by her one son, Don K. Burroughs and his wife Ruby of Ottawa. In 1989, Lois moved to Ottawa from the...
Sandra Jewell Wolfe
Mar 4, 2003
Sandra Jewell 'Sandy' Wolfe was born June 13, 1944, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of John Calvert and A. Loraine (Browning) Elder. Sandy grew up in Ottawa. For a period of time, she lived in Arizona, before moving to Topeka, Kansas, where she made her home until her death Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at...
Lorena White
Mar 1, 2003
Lorena White was born April 22, 1909, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of James A. and Cora Bell (Jones) Jones. She was a lifelong resident of Ottawa, moving to Lawrence, Kansas in 1999, then to Ava, Missouri, where she made her home until her death Saturday, March 1, 2003, at the age of ninety-three...
Celia Pauline Taylor
Feb 25, 2003
Celia Pauline (Wolsey) Taylor, age 80, of Williamsburg, Kansas., died Tuesday, February 25, 2003, at Kingfisher Regional Hospital in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Pauline grew up in Oklahoma and moved with her husband's construction work until moving to Gardner, Kansas in 1950 and to Williamsburg, Kansas in 1997. She attended Watonga (Oklahoma) High School. On November 5, 1942 Pauline was united...
Opal Fredda With
Feb 20, 2003
Opal Fredda With was born April 27, 1944, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Harry Edward and Ina Bertha (Camp) Reekie. A longtime Franklin County, Kansas resident, she lived in Williamsburg for six years, moving to Vassar over a year ago, where she made her home until her death Thursday, February 20, 2003, at...
Allia Mae Woodsum
Feb 14, 2003
Allia Mae Woodsum was born April 5, 1915, at Princeton, Missouri. She was the daughter of Wallace Edward and Leo Alma (Powell) Mantlo. She moved from northern Missouri to Pomona, Kansas, as a child. After her marriage, she moved to the Centropolis, Kansas, area, where she made her home until her death Friday, February 14, 2003, at the age...
Lillian Mae Feuerborn
Feb 13, 2003
Lillian Mae 'Peg' Feuerborn was born August 24, 1905, at Chanute, Kansas. She was the daughter of Myrtle Huffman. She was raised in Chanute. After marriage, she lived in Bush City, Kansas, Rantoul, Kansas, Camden Point, Missouri, Ottawa, Kansas, and Globe, Arizona, before moving to Falls City, Nebraska, in 1990, where she made her home until her death Thursday,...
Eugene Vernon Yohe
Feb 10, 2003
Eugene Vernon Yohe, age 80, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, February 10, 2003, at Richmond Care Center in Richmond, Kansas. Gene has lived in the Ottawa area since 1961, moving here from California. He had moved to California from Ottawa in 1955. He worked as a switchman for Union Pacific in California, and Missouri Pacific in the early 1960's....
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,...
