Apr 15, 2019

Patricia Elizabeth Nelson, age 53, of Ottawa, Kansas passed away at Ransom Memorial Hospital on April 15, 2019. Tricia was born on December 17, 1965 in Belleville, Kansas. Tricia attended and graduated from Lakemary Center in Paola and then entered their residential program. Over the years, she had been in several programs for individuals with disabilities following the moves...

Apr 12, 2019

Ida Myrtle Haas, age 95, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, April 12, 2019 at Rock Creek of Ottawa. The family will meet with friends from 6:30 to 7:30 P.M., Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at the mortuary. Interment Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. Myrtle was...

Apr 12, 2019

Robert V. Harris, 67, of Rantoul, passed away Friday, April 12, 2019, at Olathe Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, April 18, 2019 at Dengel & Son Mortuary, Ottawa. The family will meet with friends one hour prior to services from 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. Interment Elliot Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Missouri, 3:00 P.M., Thursday,...

Apr 11, 2019

Donald Leach, 73, of Ottawa, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2019 at Ransom Memorial Hospital. A private family celebration of life service was held Sunday, April 14, 2019. Private inurnment Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. Donald was born December 17, 1945, in Ottawa, the son of Tate M. and Edna A. (Lee) Leach. He was a lifelong resident of Ottawa, living...

Apr 10, 2019

Donald Lee Darby, 84, of Paola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at North Point Skilled Nursing Home. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday, April 15, 2019 at Dengel and Son Mortuary, 305 N. Pearl St., Paola, KS, 66071. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 17, 2019 in Highland...

Apr 8, 2019

Kenneth Lee (Kenny) Strausbaugh, age 68, of Bucyrus, KS, passed away on April 8, 2019 at his home. Visitation will be 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday April 14, 2019 at the Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church Wea, Bucyrus, KS. The Rosary will be prayed on Monday April 15, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at the church with...

Apr 8, 2019

Helen Roberta Coburn was born October 23, 1931, to parents Frank and Minnie Coburn. Helen grew up on farms outside of Hillsdale, where she cared for her pet pony Pender. In 1949, she graduated from Paola High School. Not long after she would meet a good-looking guy, Richard Mott, at a Pla-Mart dance. It was love at first sight....

Apr 7, 2019

Robert L. (Bob) Snodgrass, age 69, of Stilwell, KS died peacefully in the presence of his family on April 7, 2019 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Bob was born in Excelsior Springs, MO on February 27, 1950; the second of four children to Esther and Vardie Snodgrass. He grew up working on his parents’ farm, and attended...

Apr 5, 2019

Mary Margaret Thomas, 87, of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away surrounded by her family on April 5, 2019. Mary was born on March 14, 1932 to Roy and Vivian Mayes of Hillsdale, Kansas. She moved with her parents to Eugene, Oregon in 1937, where they lived for seven years before returning to Kansas. As a young lady, she showed horses...

Apr 5, 2019

Victoria M. “Vicki” Armstrong passed away April 5, 2019 at North Point Skilled Nursing in Paola. Vicki was born on August 31, 1938 in Kansas City, MO to Leonard and Marian Maher Peuser. She grew up in Paola and graduated from Paola High School in 1956. Upon graduation she attended Saint Luke’s School of Nursing in Kansas City, MO....

Apr 5, 2019

Mary Elizabeth (Connolly) Peuser, 82, Bucyrus, passed away peacefully on April 5, 2019 at her home surrounded by her family. Mary was the third of three children born in Kansas City, Missouri to Henry and Margaret Connolly on July 24, 1936. She was raised in Providence, Rhode Island until the age of 13 when she returned to Kansas City....

Apr 3, 2019

Apr 1, 2019

Norbert R. (Bob) Koechner, age 92, of Stilwell, KS, passed peacefully on April 1, 2019 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Visitation will be 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday April 5, 2019 at the Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church Wea, Bucyrus, KS, with the Rosary prayed at 7:30 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday...

Apr 1, 2019

Donna Gates Kern, 83, of Paola, Kansas passed away April 1, 2019 at St. Joseph Medical Center. Donna was born at Greencastle, Missouri February 25, 1936 to Lloyd and Floy Bingham Gates. In 1936, the family moved to Paola, Kansas to a farm east of Paola. Donna attended Oak Valley and Scott Valley Grade Schools and graduated from Paola...

Mar 31, 2019

Virginia "Jenny" Marie Dillard, age 70, of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2019 at her home. Jenny was born October 24, 1948 at Paola, Kansas. She was the second of three children born to Jess Alfred and Erma L. (Bigham) Bolling. She grew up in Osawatomie and graduated with the Class of 1966. She was married to...

Mar 29, 2019

Sharon Kaye Rice, age 75, of Louisburg, KS, passed away Friday, March 29, 2019 at Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas. Sharon was born in Wichita, KS on May 19,1943 the first child to Delbert Brown and Maxine Simpson Brown. In her early years she enjoyed camping, fishing and water skiing with family and friends. She also enjoyed sewing,...

Mar 29, 2019

Mary Ann Collins, 91, died Friday, March 29, 2019. She was born to Herman & Mary (Miller) Peine on November 20, 1927, the eighth of nine children. She was the last surviving member of her family. She lived the first 21 years of her life on a farm near Richmond, Kansas. After her marriage to Mike Collins on February...

Mar 27, 2019

Norma Jean Kerr, 79, of Wellsville, KS, passed away peacefully, surrounded by the love and prayers of her family, on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at Olathe Medical Center. She was born Norma Moldenhauer, January 14, 1940, to Clarence and Lois Moldenhauer, in Franklin County, KS. She graduated from Wellsville High School in 1958, then attended cosmetology school in Kansas...

Mar 26, 2019

Mabel P. Kinnaman (McAlister/Hamill) December 22, 1927- March 26, 2019) Mabel Pauline Kinnaman passed away March 26 at the age of 91 years. Mabel was born and raised on the McAlister family farm in Chautauqua County, Kansas. She was the daughter of John and Hazel (Chase) McAlister; sister of Gladys, Gerald, Iona, and Harold Joe. Following her graduation from...

Mar 26, 2019

Donald E. Plack, Jr, age 63, of Paola, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at Olathe Medical Center. Born in Buffalo, NY to Donald E. and Ruby (Burnett) Plack, the second of three children, Don graduated from East Aurora (NY) High School, spent six years in the US Navy's MOMAG group, then earned an associates degree in design and...