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

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 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 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

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 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 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...

Mar 26, 2019

Ruth Nadine Moore, 91, of Ottawa, passed away, Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, April 1, 2019, at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. The family will meet with friends from 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M., Sunday, March 31, 2019, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Ruth was born on Thursday, September...

Mar 24, 2019

Mar 23, 2019

Carol Ann Glover, a long-time resident of Paola Kansas, died Saturday, March 23, 2019 at home. Born in 1945, in Lexington Missouri, Carol worked at First Baptist Church as a secretary part time until her children were old enough to attend school. After that, she decided to go back to work full time at Miami County National Bank, now...

Mar 22, 2019

Daniel David Wilson, age 87, of Paola, Kansas passed away March 22, 2019 at home. Daniel was born on March 25, 1931 in Ottawa, Kansas to Daniel Henry and Ellene Elizabeth Walker Wilson. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War and was honorably discharged. In 1952, he married Katy Kaeckell. Together they had 3 children....

Mar 22, 2019

Kenneth Foster Hightower passed away on Friday, March 22, 2019 at the Hospice House in Olathe. Kenny was born on May 31, 1947, the youngest son of William Foster and May Stainbrook Hightower. He lived his entire life in the LaCygne/Cadmus area. Kenny graduated from LaCygne Rural High School in 1965. After high school, he attended Pittsburg State University....