Mary Ellen Kirch
Nov 29, 2020
Mary Ellen Kirch, 68, of Paola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 am, Thursday, December 3, 2020, at Somerset Cemetery. Family will meet with friends Wednesday from 5 to 7pm at the Chapel. Mary Kirch was born Tuesday, April 1, 1952, in Carthage, IL, the daughter of John E. and Mollie...
Darrell D. Slemp
Nov 28, 2020
Darrell D. Slemp, 72, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away at his home on Saturday, November 28, 2020. A graveside memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, with military honors by the United States Navy. Darrell was born November 30, 2020, at Los Angeles, California, the son of Gerald William and...
Nancy L. Ferguson
Nov 28, 2020
Nancy Ferguson, 72, of Ottawa, passed away Saturday, November 28, 2020, at University of Kansas Health System. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Ottawa Memorial Auditorium, Ottawa, Kansas. Visitation and internment at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Kansas after the service. Nancy was born April 30, 1948 in Duncan, Oklahoma the daughter of Bron...
Billy Gene Fennel
Nov 27, 2020
Billy Gene Fennel, age 64, of Paola, Kansas passed away November 27, 2020 at his home. Billy was born June 16, 1956, the son of Junior Burley and Virginia (Green) Fennel. He had worked for his uncle as a roofer, Paola Walmart, and Lakemary. His favorite hobby was fishing. Cremation. No services are planned at this time. Family and...
Elizabeth Lorraine Snethen
Nov 27, 2020
Elizabeth Lorraine Snethen, 98, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Friday, November 27, 2020, at Rock Creek of Ottawa. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. Lorraine was born August 6, 1922 in Danville, Illinois, the daughter of Charles Timothy and Minnie R. (Knapp) Hicks. She was a resident of Ottawa...
Eugene "Gene" Butel
Nov 26, 2020
Eugene “Gene” Michael Butel, 72, of Paola, Kansas, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020, at Good Samaritan Society of Olathe, Olathe, KS. Gene was born Tuesday, April 27, 1948, in Kansas City, MO, the son of Joseph L. and Raylene (Stein) Butel. He grew up in Paola and graduated from Paola High School with the Class of 1966. Gene...
George D. "Trey" Harris, Iii
Nov 25, 2020
George D. “Trey” Harris, III, age 27, of Williamsburg, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at AdventHealth Ottawa. Private memorial services will be held. Inurnment will be at Baker Cemetery, Burlington, Kansas, with a celebration of life service to be held in the spring. Trey was born March 21, 1993, at Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Tina (With)...
Lois A. Stewart
Nov 25, 2020
Lois A. Stewart, age 79, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at Midland Hospice, Topeka, Kansas. A private graveside service was held at Evergreen Mound Cemetery, Ottawa. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 11, 2020, at Calvary Baptist Church, 925 W. 7th Street, Ottawa. The service will be live streamed on YouTube, available...
Gary Dean Kern
Nov 24, 2020
Gary Dean Kern, 80, of Paola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at his home. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 27, 2020 at Wagstaff Cemetery, Miami County, Kansas. Gary was born Saturday, January 20, 1940, in Miami County, KS, the son of Floy and Kathryn (Rupp) Kern. He grew up in the Wagstaff...
Alyssia Shantel Vantrece
Nov 22, 2020
Alyssia Shantel VanTrece, infant daughter of Skylar VanTrece and Emily Ludes entered this world on November 19, 2020. Alyssia was released to heaven on November 22, 2020 at Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. At 28 weeks gestation, it was discovered that Alyssia had some life-threatening complications that would affect her after birth. Over the next 6 weeks, Emily...
Steve Gress
Nov 22, 2020
Theodore Steven "Steve" Gress, age 63, of Paola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, November 22, 2020, at Olathe Medical Center. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 28, 2020 at Paola Cemetery, Paola, Kansas. Steve was born Tuesday, October 22, 1957, in Paola, KS, the son of Ted F. and Bonnie (Howard) Gress. He grew up in...
F. Wayne Kissinger
Nov 21, 2020
Frederick Wayne Kissinger was born January 19, 1947 to Eleanor (Seright) and Frederick Kissinger and passed from his earthly life, Saturday, November 21, 2020 at the age of 73 surrounded by his family. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, November 30, 2020 at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. Family will meet with friends 5:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M.,...
Jevene M. Holmes
Nov 21, 2020
Jevene M. Holmes, 83, of Ottawa, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020, at AdventHealth of Ottawa. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Kansas. She will lie in state at Dengel & Son Mortuary Tuesday, November 24, 2020 from 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. and Wednesday, November 25, 2020 from...
Jeanette M. Arnold
Nov 20, 2020
Jeanette Marie Arnold, 78, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away, Friday, November 20, 2020 at her home. Private graveside services are planned at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Kansas. Jeanette was born October 14, 1942, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Ronald Wayne and Maxine Virginia (Taylor) Arnold. She lived in Kansas City, Missouri since 1964 moving there from Ottawa....
Harold Gene Casady
Nov 20, 2020
Harold Gene Casady, 71, of Pomona, passed away Friday, November 20, 2020, at his home in Pomona, Kansas. He chose to be cremated, Harold was born December 24, 1948, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Coburn W. and Dorothy (Kelley) Parkin. Harold lived most his life in Williamsburg and Pomona areas, living in Pomona since the mid 1990’s. He...
Frances Lucille Hastings
Nov 19, 2020
Frances Lucille Hastings, 70, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Olathe Medical Center. Family will meet with friends from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Friday, December 4, 2020, at Dengel & Son Mortuary, Ottawa. Inurnment Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Rockland, Massachusetts will be held later. Frances was born November 22, 1949, at Rockland, Massachusetts, the daughter...
Kenneth Derr
Nov 19, 2020
Kenneth H. Derr, 92, formerly of Paola , passed away peacefully on 11-19-20 in Gardner, Ks. Ken was born to Ray and Edith Derr, on July 9 1928, in Gilby, North Dakota. During WWII he served in the Army, in Occupied Japan. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in Paola. His...
Leah T. Melroy
Nov 19, 2020
Leah T. Melroy, age 87, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed away Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Meadowlark Estates, Lawrence, Kansas. A private service will be held with interment at Highland Cemetery in Ottawa, Kansas. Leah was born Tuesday, May 30, 1933, in Toronto, Kansas, the daughter of Vance and Dorothy (Williamson) Cooper. She lived sixty years in Ottawa, until moving...
