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Sylvia Bernice Crane
Jul 21, 2002
Sylvia Bernice Crane was born May 9, 1919, at Quenemo, Kansas. She was the daughter of Jesse and Maude (Murrin) Heilman. A lifelong resident, she made her home in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, until her death Sunday, July 21, 2002, at the age of eighty-three years. She was a lifelong homemaker. She also worked as a seamstress for H....
June Brice Willhite
Jul 21, 2002
June Brice Willhite was born June 2, 1934, at Hymer, Kansas. He was the son of Desmond Robert and Lena Mae (Blackburn) Willhite. June has been a rural Franklin County, Kansas resident since 1936, moving to Ottawa in 1962, where he made his home until his death Sunday, July 21, 2002, at the age of sixty-eight years. He attended...
Douglas Ray Fairchild
Jul 19, 2002
Douglas Ray Fairchild, age 41, of Anchorage, Alaska, died Friday, July 19, 2002, at his residence. He was the son of the late Doug Lawson and Dottie Bethell. He grew up in the Baldwin City and Wellsville area, residing in Franklin County until moving to Alaska in 1991, where he made his home until he died of a heart...
Mildred Evelyn Rhule
Jul 18, 2002
Mildred Evelyn Harrell-Rhule was born July 5, 1926, at Pomona, Kansas. She was the daughter of Aaron L. and Bertha (Gardner) Hougland. Mrs. Rhule was a resident of Kansas City, Missouri for many years, moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1990, where she made her home until her death Thursday, July 18, 2002, at the age of...
Allen Alterman
Jul 18, 2002
Allan Albert Alterman was born June 17, 1933, at Dartian, Missouri. He was the son of Albert W. and Frances (Byers) Alterman. He lived in Ottawa for many years, moving to Kansas City, Kansas, where he made his home the last twenty-five years, until his death Thursday, July 18, 2002, at the age of sixty-nine years. Allan graduated from...
Raymond L. Kinsley
Jul 16, 2002
Raymond L. Kinsley, age 78, of Baldwin City, Kan., died Tuesday, July 16, 2002, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kan. He has lived in the Centropolis Community for the past forty years, moving from Douglas County, Kansas. He was a self-employed residential contractor for thirty-five years, retiring in 1980. Mr. Kinsley was a lifelong member of Eight Mile...
Leona Mae Waddle
Jul 16, 2002
Leona Mae Waddle was born October 14, 1941, at Osawatomie, Kansas. She was the daughter of Floyd and Dorothy (Head) Waddle. She was a long time resident of Franklin County, Kansas, living in Lane, Princeton and Homewood, moving to Branson, Mo. in 1995 and Rockaway Beach, Mo. in 1999, where she made her home until her death Tuesday, July...
Melvin Henry Williamson
Jul 9, 2002
Melvin Henry Williamson, age 83, of Princeton, Kan., died Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan. Williamson was employed by University of Kansas. He was the son of the late John Williamson and the late Grace (Becks) Williamson. He has lived in Princeton, Kansas since 1982, moving there from Lawrence, where he had lived since...
Vincent Leroy Johnson
Jul 6, 2002
Vincent Leroy Johnson was born September 20, 1915, at Curlew, Iowa. He was the son of Archibald Duncan and Vina L. (Ziedler) Johnson. A lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas, he made his home in Ottawa until his death Saturday, July 6, 2002, at the age of eighty-six years. Vincent graduated from Pomona High School with the class of...
Jessica Michelle Guyett
Jul 1, 2002
Jessica Michelle Guyett, infant daughter of Joshua and Jamie (Bentley) Guyett, of Princeton, Kansas., died Monday, July 1, 2002, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. Private family graveside services will be held at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, with Pastor Scott Dickinson officiating. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Jessica Guyett Memorial Fund, c/o Dengel &...
Thomas Lloyd Rizer
Jun 20, 2002
Thomas Lloyd Rizer, age 82, of Ottawa, Kan., died Thursday, June 20, 2002, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa, Kan. He Served in World War II. He was the son of the late William Rizer and the late Virginia (Yeakle) Rizer. Arrangements are being handled by Dengel & Son Mortuary, 235 South Hickory St., Ottawa, Kan.Interment was held...
Vern Rueben Ritchal
Jun 19, 2002
Vern Rueben Ritchal was born February 24, 1911, at Greeley, Kansas. He was the son of James and Lucy (Reheard) Ritchal. He moved to rural Ottawa in the 1930's, where he made his home until his death Wednesday, June 19, 2002, at the age of ninety-one years. Mr. Ritchal enjoyed his lifelong career of dairy farming. He enjoyed the...
Vesta Coleman Walters
Jun 14, 2002
Vesta Coleman Walters, age 88, of Ottawa, Kan., died Friday, June 14, 2002, at Richmond Care Center in Richmond, Kan. Vesta`s family moved to Richmond when she was six years old, and she moved to Ottawa in 1950. She graduated from Richmond High School with the class of 1933. Vesta Coleman Walters was born May 30, 1914, at Harris,...
Robert Lee Hodo
Jun 8, 2002
Robert Lee Hodo was born January 30, 1976, at Olathe, Kansas. He was the son of Howard and Connie (Powell) Hodo of Princeton Kansas. Mr. Hodo grew up in Ottawa. He was stationed at Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma, prior to transferring a year ago to Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he made his...
Clifford Roger Brown
Jun 7, 2002
Clifford Roger 'Charlie' Brown was born September 11, 1935, in Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of Ivan Ben and Thelma Fae (Tedrow) Brown. A lifelong resident, he made his home in Ottawa, Kansas, until his death Friday, June 7, 2002, at the age of sixty-six years. Roger graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1953 and...
Mildred Jeanette Barber
Jun 5, 2002
Mildred Jeanette Barber was born December 27, 1920, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Carl E. and Elizabeth (Strider) Bennett. Mildred lived in Quenemo from 1930 to 1939, returning to Ottawa for four years before moving to Salina in 1943. In 1947, she returned to Ottawa, where she made her home until her death...
Esda Faye Mcgrath
Jun 4, 2002
Esda Faye McGrath was born February 8, 1911, at Centropolis, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of James Loyd and Ida Pearl (Barnhart) Sink. She was a lifelong Ottawa resident moving to Branson, Missouri in 1994, where she made her home until her death Tuesday, June 4, 2002, at the age of ninety-one years. She was a...
Grace Cecilla Piersol
Jun 3, 2002
Grace Cecilla (Ferguson) Piersol, age 80, of Williamsburg, Kan., died Monday, June 3, 2002, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kan. She was the daughter of the George Ferguson and the Ella (Fiest) Ferguson. She was a near lifelong resident of rural Williamsburg, Kansas, moving there from Chapman, Kansas. She was a lifelong homemaker. On November 18, 1942, Grace...
Wilbur Ray Harkins
Jun 1, 2002
Wilbur Ray Harkins was born June 1, 1952, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of Dennis M. and Harriet Ilo (Carter) Harkins. He grew up in the Lane area. From 1964 to 1986, he lived in the Emporia area, moving to Wichita in 1986, where he made his home until his death Saturday, June 1,...
Ellen Matilda Likes
Jun 1, 2002
Ellen Matilda Likes was born September 23, 1909, in Centropolis, Kansas. She was the daughter of Lee Onnie and Theodosia Ernest (Bousman) Oyler. She was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. She was raised in the Centropolis Community, moving to Ottawa in 1928, where she made her home until her death Saturday, June 1, 2002, at the age of...
