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Kelly Rae Record
May 20, 2002
Kelly Rae Record was born April 2, 1985, at Raleigh, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Scott and Lori (Welch) Record. Kelly grew up in Princeton, Kansas. In March of this year, she moved to Garnett, in Anderson County, Kansas, where she made her home until her death Monday, May 20, 2002, at the age of seventeen years....
Jack Charles Haas
May 18, 2002
Jack Charles Haas was born August 15, 1921, at Kansas City, Kansas. He was the son of Charles W. and Flora K. (Launer) Haas. For several years, Mr. Haas lived in Lawrence, Kansas, before moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1963, where he made his home until his death Saturday, May 18, 2002, at the age of...
Billie Gene Smith, Sr.
May 16, 2002
Billie Gene Smith, Sr. was born September 5, 1935, at St. Joseph, Missouri. He was the son of Willie D. and Mary A. (Penland) Smith. He lived in Edgewater, Colorado, moving to Lebo, Kansas in 1970, and Williamsburg, Kansas in 1990, where he made his home until his death Thursday, May 16, 2002, at the age of sixty-six years....
Bobbie Jo Calcott
May 14, 2002
Bobbie Jo Pollard - Calcott, 31, of Richmond, Kansas, died Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at her home in Richmond, Kansas. She was born August 10, 1970 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. She was the third of five children born to Bob and Pat Calcott. As a child, her grandfather nicknamed her
Lawrence Allen Dyer
May 10, 2002
Lawrence Allen Dyer was born March 30, 1913, in rural Pomona, Kansas. He was the son of John M. and Zola A. (Teft) Dyer. He lived in Los Angeles, California, in the early 1930's, and Wichita, Kansas, in the late 1930's and early 1940's, prior to moving to Pomona, in Franklin County, Kansas, where he made his home until...
Louise Reed Vanhorn
May 5, 2002
Louise Reed VanHorn was born July 23, 1902, in the Greenwood Community of Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Clarence and Lizzie (Davis) Reed. Louise's great-grandfather, Harrison Reed, purchased land and established the Greenwood Community, where Louise lived most of her life until moving to Pomona in 1969 and Topeka in 1986, where she made her home...
Joseph William Caleb
May 4, 2002
Joseph William Caleb, 79, of Apache Junction, AZ, died Saturday, May 4, 2002 in Mesa, AZ. He was born July 16, 1922 in Ottawa, KSRESIDENCE HISTORY: Joe lived in Ottawa and Garnett, Kansas, until moving to Apache Junction, Arizona in 1976. He attended Indian schools as he was growing up at Wyandotte, Oklahoma, Genoa, Nebraska, and Haskell at Lawrence,...
Michael Charles Higginbotham
Apr 28, 2002
Michael Charles Higginbotham, Jr. was born December 8, 1979, at Paola, Kansas. He was the son of Michael C. and Sandra (Meiers) Higginbotham, Sr. He lived in Williamsburg four years and Rantoul three and one-half years, before moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, where he made his home for the past year, until his death Sunday, April 28,...
Edna Bernice Kreusch
Apr 26, 2002
Edna Bernice Kreusch was born May 17, 1912, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Johnnie and Elizabeth (Hopkins) Higgins. Edna grew up in the Greenwood Community, living on a farm in that area until moving to Ottawa with her husband in 1972, where she made her home until her death Friday, April 26, 2002,...
Joel Morgan Wallis
Apr 26, 2002
Joel Morgan Wallis was born April 24, 1962, at a U.S. Naval Station in the Republic of the Philippines. He was the son of Jerry and Carol (McKinsey) Wallis. A lifelong resident, he made his home in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, until his death Friday, April 26, 2002, at the age of forty years. Joel graduated from Ottawa High...
Opal Mae Phillips
Apr 25, 2002
Opal Mae Phillips was born March 21, 1905, at Trenton, Missouri. She was the daughter of Fred and Elva Rhetta (McKeen) Slater. Opal moved from Kansas City in 1943, to Ottawa, where she made her home until her death Thursday, April 25, 2002, at the age of ninety-seven years. She was a lifelong homemaker. Opal grew up in the...
Eddie Lee Wright
Apr 19, 2002
Eddie Lee Wright was born April 6, 1947, at San Gabriel, California. He was the son of Howard DeWitt and Frances E. (Hills) Wright. Eddie grew up in the San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California area. In 1978, after his military service, he moved to Peoria, Kansas. He has resided in Pomona, Williamsburg and Michigan Valley, all of Kansas, moving...
Sylvia Irene Mccurdy
Apr 13, 2002
Sylvia Irene McCurdy was born November 4, 1917, at Garnett, Kansas. She was the daughter of Harry and Matilda (Morris) Ashburn. Sylvia moved to Williamsburg, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1938, where she made her home until her death Saturday, April 13, 2002, at the age of eighty-four years. She was a lifelong homemaker. Sylvia was a family focused...
Roscoe E. Lancaster, Jr.
Apr 11, 2002
Roscoe E. Lancaster, Jr., affectionately known as Rocky to all of his friends, was a true son of Ottawa. He was born here to Roscoe Lancaster, Sr., and Ida Williamson Lancaster, and attended school from kindergarten through the end of University in Ottawa. He graduated from Ottawa High School in 1949, and Ottawa University in 1953. One of his...
Roscoe E. Lancaster
Apr 11, 2002
Roscoe E. Lancaster, Jr., affectionately known as `Rocky` to all of his friends, was a true son of Ottawa. He was born here to Roscoe Lancaster, Sr., and Ida Williamson Lancaster, and attended school from kindergarten through the end of University in Ottawa. He graduated from Ottawa High School in 1949, and Ottawa University in 1953. One of his...
Sharon Kay Stierwalt
Apr 8, 2002
Sharon Kay Stierwalt, 54, of Ottawa, KS, died Monday, April 8, 2002 at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. She was born August 18, 1947 in Ottawa. Sharon lived in Valley Falls, Kansas during some of her school years, Ottawa from 1960 until 1975, and Paola from 1975 until returning to Ottawa in 1977. She attended her early years of...
Erma June Kinsley
Apr 7, 2002
Erma June Kinsley was born June 19, 1928, in Douglas County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Floyd and Lottie (Gish) Barton. She grew up in Douglas County, then moved to the Centropolis Community, where she made her home for the past forty years, until her death Sunday, April 7, 2002, at the age of seventy-three years. She was...
Leona Crawford
Apr 6, 2002
Leona Evelyn Crawford was born August 13, 1920, near Brownell, Kansas. She was the daughter of Jess Cornelius and Catherine Eliza (Harrison) Rice. For fourteen years, Leona lived in Pawnee County in Kansas. In 1934, she moved to Franklin County, Kansas with her parents, where she made her home, until her death Saturday, April 6, 2002, at the age...
May Steele
Apr 3, 2002
May Steele was born January 20, 1909, on a farm at Jarbalo, in Leavenworth County, Kansas. She was the daughter of John D. and Bessie L. (Cromer) Kinkaid. She grew up in Rantoul, Kansas, moving to the Appanoose Community in 1939. In 1991, she moved to Topeka, Kansas, where she made her home until her death Wednesday, April 3,...
Loren Edmund Triplett
Apr 1, 2002
Loren Edmund 'Pete' Triplett was born October 21, 1916, at Princeton, Kansas. He was the son of Guy and Winnie (Day) Triplett. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, he made his home in Ottawa from the mid 1940's until his death Monday, April 1, 2002, at the age of eighty-five years. He was a firefighter for the Ottawa Fire...
