Rose Bud Miller
Nov 6, 2016
Rose Bud Buchanan Miller passed away November 6, 2016 at the Parkview Heights Care Facility, Garnett, Kansas.(Cremation) Rose Bud Buchanan was born December 11, 1915 to WJ and Maggie Erps Buchanan in Tripp County, South Dakota. The youngest of eight children, she was named by an Indian lady on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. She was a 1934 graduate of...
Fletcher Simmons
Nov 4, 2016
Fletcher Simmons, 65, of Manhattan, Kansas, formerly of Franklin County, passed away Friday, November 4, 2016, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Celebration of life service will be held from 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M., Sunday, November 13, 2016, at Colbert’s Restaurant, 5200 Colbert Hills Drive, Manhattan. Memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, November 11,...
Bill D. Baldwin
Nov 1, 2016
Bill D. Baldwin, 88, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Cremation is planned and private family graveside inurnment service will be held at Highland Cemetery at a later date. Bill was born Saturday, August 11, 1928, in Independence, Missouri, the son of Ernest and Ada (Miller) Baldwin. He was a lifelong Ottawa...
Virginia M. Tepesch
Nov 1, 2016
Virginia M. Tepesch, age 97, passed away November 1, 2016 at Aberdeen Village in Olathe, KS. She was born September 4, 1919 in Harrisonville, Missouri to Charles and Bertha Temple Bybee. She graduated from Harrisonville High School in 1939 and attended 2 years of college. Virginia was united in marriage to Carl Tepesch on February 5, 1946 in Kansas...
David L. Bischoff, Sr.
Oct 30, 2016
David L. Bischoff, Sr., 77, of Williamsburg, Kansas, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2016, at Olathe Hospice House. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, November 4, 2016, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Family will meet with friend from 6:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M., Thursday, November 3, 2016, at the mortuary. Interment Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. David was...
Mary E. Fitzpatrick
Oct 29, 2016
Mary E. Fitzpatrick, 66, of Williamsburg, Kansas, passed away Saturday, October 29, 2016, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Funeral mass will be held at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, November 8, 2016, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Emerald. A rosary will be said at 6:00 P.M., Monday, November 7, 2016, at the church, followed by a family and friends visitation...
Richard V. Fritts
Oct 27, 2016
Richard V. Fritts, 99, of Lawrence, Kansas, formerly of Ottawa, passed away Thursday, October 27, 2016, at Brandon Woods Retirement Community. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at Woodlawn Cemetery, Pomona, Kansas, with military honors by United States Army Honor Guard. Richard was born Saturday, April 21, 1917, in Pomona, Kansas, the son...
James R."Rod" Johnson
Oct 27, 2016
James R. Rod Johnson, 61, of Ottawa, passed away Thursday, October 27, 2016. Cremation is planned.
Jeff R. Logsdon
Oct 26, 2016
Jeff R. Logsdon, 52, of Pomona, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Cremation is planned.
Warren O. Wiseman
Oct 22, 2016
Warren Oliver Wiseman, 39, passed away suddenly October 22, 2016 at his home in Kansas City, MO, after a twenty-two-year battle with kidney disease. Warren was born September 29, 1977 in Kansas City, MO the son of Larry and Carla Richardson Wiseman. Warren owned and operated his own lawn and landscape business for many years. His favorite pastime was...
Katherine J. "Kathy" Roehl
Oct 21, 2016
Katherine J. “Kathy” Roehl, 94, of Eudora, Kansas, formerly of Ottawa, passed away Friday, October 21, 2016, at Medicalodges Eudora. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at Hope Cemetery, Ottawa. Interment will follow. Mrs. Roehl will lie in state from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, October 23, and 9:00 a.m. to 8:00...
Vernice Stanford
Oct 18, 2016
On the morning of October 18, 2016 Vernice M. Stanford passed away at age 75. She was surrounded by hospice nursing and support staff at North Point Skilled Nursing facility. Vernice M. Stanford was born January 1, 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the first child of Louis M. Stanford I and Della V. Stanford (nee Bynum). Vernice graduated...
Richard L. Chrisman
Oct 17, 2016
Richard L. Chrisman, age 76, of Paola, Kansas, died Monday, October 17, 2016 at Olathe Medical Center. Richard was born October 1, 1940, at Maywood, California. He was the son of Richard Carl and Norma Pauline (Brazel) Chrisman. He graduated from high school at Mountain Burg, Arkansas in 1957. He was united in marriage to Ruby Nelson on August...
William "Will" Joseph Long
Oct 17, 2016
William "Will" Joseph Long, age 37, of Paola, Kansas, died October 17, 2016 at Miami County Medical Center. Will was born at Lovell, Wyoming on October 18, 1978. He was the youngest of seven children born to Joe and Alice (Arnpriester) Long. He attended school in Hanna, Wyoming, Ordway, Colorado, Rye, Colorado, Spring Hill, Kansas, and Paola, Kansas. He...
Mary "Marie" Mcquay
Oct 15, 2016
Mary "Marie" McQuay, age 86, of Paola, Kansas, formerly of Osawatomie, died October 15, 2016. Marie and her twin brother George were born May 2, 1930 in Rantoul, Kansas to Henry and Ollie (Hoy) DeVore. She attended school in Osawatomie, Kansas and was with the Class of 1948. She retired from the Osawatomie State Hospital after working 40 years...
Kevin Joe Gammill
Oct 15, 2016
Kevin Joe Gammill, age 61, of rural Paola, Kansas, died October 15, 2016 at Miami County Medical Center. Kevin was born August 15, 1955 in Lawrence, Kansas. He was the son of Dorlos John and Janice Geneve "Jenny" (Perry) Gammill. He attended Shawnee Mission North High School. He worked as a contractor in residential renovation. Kevin was a musician....
Richard "Dick" Schowengerdt
Oct 14, 2016
Richard R. (Dick) Schowengerdt, 99, passed away surrounded by family on October 14, 2016 in Paola, KS. Dick was born on January 22, 1917 in Osawatomie, KS. He was one of seven children born to Leo Nicholas and Lucille Dearth Schowengerdt. He graduated from Osawatomie High School and attended college until his father was killed in a railroad accident....
Robert Chester
Oct 12, 2016
Robert C. Chester, 82, of Paola, Kansas, passed away on October 12, 2016 at Olathe Hospice House, Olathe, Kansas. Bob was born in Paola on March 11, 1934. He was the third of six children born to Lee P. Chester and Helen A. Potts Chester. He grew up in Paola and graduated from Paola High School. He later joined...
Alta Mae Cruces
Oct 10, 2016
Alta Mae Cruces, 92, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Monday, October 10, 2016, at Richmond Healthcare. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, October 12, 2016, at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. Alta was born Tuesday, October 23, 1923, in Lawrence, Kansas, the daughter of Walter Oliver and Lucinda Mae (Risley) Gibson. She grew up in Lawrence, moving to...
Lalie Bates
Oct 10, 2016
Lalie Marie Bates, age 80, passed away October 10, 2016 at Life Care Center of Osawatomie, Kansas. Lalie was born October 13, 1935 in McFall, Missouri to Alexander Jackson Hinote and Lalie Lavada Swope Hinote. As a youth, she moved around the country with her family and settled in Sonoma County, California where she met William Bates. They were...
