Lawrence O. Tinsley
Apr 19, 2019
Lawrence Olin Tinsley, 91, of Paola, Kansas died Friday, April 19, 2019 surrounded by family. He was born July 31, 1927, in Bronson, Kansas, the second of four children, to Charles Samuel Tinsley and Leota May (Williams) Tinsley. He graduated from Parker High School in 1945. He attended Fort Scott Junior College. He met the love of his life,...
Melissa Kay Decock
Apr 19, 2019
Melissa Kay DeCock, 45, of Ottawa, passed away Friday April 19, 2019, at University of Kansas Health System. Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at Dengel & Son Mortuary, Ottawa. The family will meet with friends from 6:30 to 7:30 P.M., Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at the mortuary. Interment Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Kansas. Melissa...
Kristi Leann Bennett
Apr 19, 2019
Kristi LeAnn Bennett, age 28, of Lenexa, Kansas, passed away Friday, April 19, 2019 at her home. Kristi was born May 17, 1990 at LaCrosse, Kansas. She was the youngest of three daughters born to Jerry Bennett and Christina (Lyon) Wharton. They made their home in LaCrosse and moved to Paola in 1991. Kristi graduated from Central Heights High...
Robin M. Alpert
Apr 17, 2019
Robin Marie (Marvin) Alpert was born August 23, 1945 in Tacoma, Washington to Franklin Wright Marvin and Maureen Nelson (Martin) Marvin. She grew up in Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington with a brief stint in Sheridan, Wyoming. Graduating from Peninsula High School in 1963, she then went on to study at Central Washington State University graduating with degrees in...
Darrell L. Sieg
Apr 16, 2019
Darrell Sieg, 77, of Ottawa, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at Ransom Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, April 20, 2019 at Dengel & Son Mortuary, Ottawa. The family will meet with friends from 6:30 to 7:30 P.M., Friday, April 19, 2019, at the mortuary. Interment at Peoria Cemetery,...
Patricia Nelson
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...
Ida Myrtle Haas
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...
Robert V. Harris
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,...
Donald E. Leach
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...
Donald Lee Darby
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...
Kenny Lee Strausbaugh
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...
Helen Mott
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....
Robert Lee Snodgrass
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...
Mary Margaret Thomas
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...
Mary Elizabeth Peuser
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....
Victoria Armstrong
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....
Norbert "Bob" Koechner
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...
Donna Kern
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...
Virginia "Jenny" Dillard
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...
