Elmer J. Fanning
May 23, 2015
Elmer John Fanning, age 94, of Paola, passed away peacefully with family by his side Saturday May 23rd at North Point Skilled Nursing Center in Paola. Elmer was born May 7, 1921 in Olathe, Kansas the youngest child of Jack and Emma Zillhart Fanning. Elmer was a dairy farmer his entire life. When he retired from the dairy he...
Rex R. Simmons
May 23, 2015
Rex R. Simmons was born on January 14, 1934 at rural Centropolis, in Franklin County, Kansas, to Everett B. and Lola F. (Moses) Simmons. He attended Union Center and Chapel Hill grade schools, graduating from Appanoose High School in 1952. Rex was born and raised on the family homestead farm. He worked alongside his father, E.B. and his favorite...
Bernard David Joseph Smith
May 22, 2015
Bernard David Smith, 73, of Osawatomie, Kansas passed away on May 22, 2015 at Olathe Medical Center with his family by his side. He was born June 19, 1941 in Jersey City, New Jersey the oldest of four children to Edward and Beatrice Smith. He moved to Illinois in 1956 and graduated from Thornton High School in 1959. He...
David L. Bettge
May 19, 2015
On Tuesday, May 19, 2015, David L. Bettge, passed this earthly life at his home in Ottawa, and joined his Heavenly Father. David was born in Ottawa, KS on August 17, 1933, the son of Raymond C. and Alta (Baker) Bettge of Ottawa. On May 3, 1953, David married Leone Cordle of Pressonville, KS. They divorced after 29 years...
William Robert "Bob" Barkley
May 19, 2015
William Robert “Bob” Barkley was born November 2, 1925 at the family farm near Baldwin City, KS, and left this life on May 19, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bill and Florence (Davis) Barkley; sisters, Judy Barkley & Lois Houston Hawley; sons, Robert D. & William D. Barkley; and 1 great-grandchild, Parker Marie Olson. Soon...
Janice Pennington
May 19, 2015
Janice Ann Pennington Resting peacefully in the arms of our Lord, Janice Ann Pennington was relieved of her pain and suffering on May 19th, 2015 surrounded by her loved ones. Janice was born on March 24th, 1944 in Overland Park, Kansas, the daughter of Murvel H. Franse and Maxine Nelson, and was a lifelong resident of Cleveland, Missouri. Janice"s...
Joan Elizabeth Gorges
May 17, 2015
Joan Elizabeth Gorges, age 78, of Hillsdale, Kansas passed away May 17, 2015. Joan was born in Cincinnati, OH on November 26, 1936, the third of four children to Harry and Loraine Schell Brooks. Joan was an avid Paola Panther fan. She adored the Panther Nation and did not miss a football game for over 25 years. She took...
Kathryne Berger
May 15, 2015
Kathryne Lou Berger, 75, Osawatomie, formerly of Paola, died May 15, 2015, at Olathe Hospice House. Kathy Quartier was born Aug. 4, 1939, at Chicago Lying-In Hospital to Norma Jane "Peggy" Van Dorn and Ernest John Quartier. She was the oldest of seven children. She was raised in Danville, Ill., and Hammond, Ind. She was a member of the...
Robert K. "Bob" White
May 14, 2015
Robert K. “Bob” White, 89, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015, at Richmond Healthcare. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, May 18, 2015, at Dengel & Son Mortuary followed by burial at Highland Cemetery in Ottawa, with military honors by the United States Air Force. Mr. White will lie in state at the...
Mary Alice Burgess
May 12, 2015
Mary Alice Burgess, 85, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at Ottawa Retirement Village. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 16, 2015, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Friends may pay their respects to Mrs. Burgess from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday, May 15, 2015 at the mortuary. Interment Ruhamah Cemetery, Rantoul,...
Juaneta F. Heckman
May 11, 2015
Juaneta F. Heckman, 93, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Monday, May 11, 2015, at Life Care Center of Burlington. Family will meet with friends from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at Dengel & Son Mortuary and process to Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, for graveside services at 2:30 p.m. Juaneta was born Monday, February 6, 1922, at...
Linda L. Seuferling
May 10, 2015
Linda Seuferling of Bucyrus, Kansas went to be with our Divine Savior on May 10, 2015 after a brief illness at St. Luke's Hospital. She had courageously battled Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma for many years. Linda was born at Earlton, Kansas on January 25, 1943 as the sixth of seven children of Opal and Kenneth Honaker. She grew up on the...
Brian Nash
May 9, 2015
Brian Vance Nash, age 53, of Paola, Kansas passed away unexpectedly Saturday, May 9, 2015, at Overland Park, Kansas. Brian was born June 24, 1961 at Paola, Kansas. He grew up in Paola and graduated from Paola High School with the Class of 1979. Brian then attended Johnson County Community College. Brian was united in marriage to Verenia Alonzo...
Glenna Kay Ward
May 5, 2015
Glenna Kay Burgess Ward, 69, beloved daughter, mother, grandmother and aunt, passed away Tuesday May 5, 2015, at Research Medical Center with her family by her side. Glenna, the oldest of three children, was born on July 14th, 1945 in Bucyrus, Kansas to Harry R. (Bob) and Hazel L. (Cohee) Burgess. She married Jimmy L. Ward October 3, 1968,...
David Leroy Brown
May 5, 2015
David L. Brown, 61, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at his home in Ottawa, Kansas, with his family by his side. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, May 8, 2015, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. David was born Sunday, September 6, 1953, in Manhattan, Kansas, the son of Raymond and Evelyn (Harrison) Brown. He grew...
Betty Jean Becker
May 4, 2015
Betty Jean Becker, 81, of Louisburg, KS passed away on May 4, 2015 at Kansas City Hospice House, surrounded by her loving family. She was born December 27, 1933 in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of William and Suzanne (Chabrey) Hayden. She is survived by a son, Mike Becker, Belton, MO; three daughters, Trish Graham (Dee), Louisburg, KS; Kathi...
William Paul Robins
May 3, 2015
William Paul Robins passed away peacefully at home on May 3, 2015 with his loving wife by his side. He was born April 1, 1958 to Dr. William and Mary Kathleen Robins in Carrollton, Missouri. He is preceded in death by his father Dr. Robins. He is survived by his wife Karolyn Handke Robins, his mother Mary Kathleen Robins...
Frances Eileen Evans Ruttinger
May 2, 2015
Frances Eileen (Morrissey) Evans Ruttinger, age 95, passed away on May 2nd, at Life Care Center in Osawatomie, Kansas. Eileen was born May 24, 1919 in Frankfort, Kansas, the daughter of Francis Edwin and Esther Ann McCarthy Morrissey. She attended grade school in Turner, Kansas and Eudora, Kansas and graduated from St. Joseph High School in Shawnee, Kansas in...
Charles Chevalier
May 2, 2015
Charles J. "C.J." Chevalier, age 84, of Cleveland, MO, passed away on May 2, 2015 at Golden Years Nursing Home, Harrisonville, MO. He was born April 4, 1931 in Marshall, MO, the son of Henry and Mary A. (Dillon) Chevalier. He was united in marriage to Connie M. Nold. C. J. worked for J.E. Dunn Construction Company before retiring....
Patricia Ann Roy
May 2, 2015
Patricia Ann Roy, 64, of Pomona, Kansas, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2015, at Ransom Memorial Hospital. She was born April 20, 1951, in Munich, Germany, the daughter of Joseph and Alma (Baumann) Rodecap. Private family services will be held at a later date.
