William Thomas Towler
Mar 22, 2015
William Thomas Towler, age 73, of Paola, Kansas died March 22, 2015 of leukemia in his home. William was born on August 22, 1941 in Nowata, Oklahoma to Albert Ray Towler and Nadine Frances Snider. He was married to Norma Jean Hart of Osawatomie on September 28, 1962. In William's younger years, he worked at the Paola Butter Company,...
Eugene Manz
Mar 22, 2015
Eugene Robert Manz, age 79, of Paola, Kansas, died March 22, 2015 at North Point Skilled Nursing. Cremation. No services are planned.
Gloria J. Copeland
Mar 21, 2015
Gloria Joyce Copeland, age 81, of Louisburg, KS passed away on March 21, 2015, at her home in Louisburg, KS. Gloria was born January 13, 1931 in Brodhead, WI, the daughter of Carl and Hazel (Burrows) Hendrickson. She was united in marriage to Marvin Copeland on February 14, 1953. Survivors include two sons, Jeff Copeland (Anne), Stilwell, KS and...
Charles R. Bowman, Lll
Mar 19, 2015
Charles Raymond Bowman, III, 81, of Pomona, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 19, 2015, at the Ottawa Retirement Village. Family will meet with friends from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Private family inurnment will be held at Woodlawn Cemetery, Pomona, Kansas, at a later date. Charles was born April 5, 1933,...
Frances K. Peine
Mar 19, 2015
Frances K. Peine passed away on March 19, 2015 in Paola, Kansas at the wonderful age of 95. She spent 20 years as a hair dresser. She enjoyed fishing and playing cards with family and friends. For several years she volunteered at the hospital in Pharr, Texas, so she could help others. She was preceded in death by her...
Alice Amelia Roecker
Mar 18, 2015
Alice Amelia Roecker, age 98, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Family will meet with friends one hour prior to service. Interment will follow at Ruhamah Cemetery, Rantoul, Kansas. Alice was born on Monday, November...
Kenneth Hoffman Sr.
Mar 17, 2015
Kenneth W. Hoffman, age 81, of Paola, passed away March 17, 2015. Kenneth W. Hoffman was born October 14, 1933 to Eva Lena Taylor Hoffman and Christopher Clayton Hoffman. He was the finest birthday present Lena ever gave Clayt, and she always made their shared birthday a family event. He was the youngest of 6 and was preceded in...
Irene Williams
Mar 16, 2015
Irene Williams, age 88, of Paola, Kansas passed away March 16, 2015 at Golden Living Center in Spring Hill, Kansas. She loved to dance. Irene was born to Leo and Cecelia Theno Gallagher on December 4 1926 in Paola, Kansas, the ninth of ten children. She grew up on a farm northwest of Paola and lived within 5 miles...
Beth Ann Knedlik
Mar 15, 2015
Beth Ann (Burt) Knedlik, 62, of Paola, KS, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2015. Beth was born March 28, 1952, in Belleville, KS, the daughter of Edwin and Marilyn (Burton) Burt, who preceded her in death. She was a graduate of Washington High School in Washington, KS, and Crum's Beauty College in Manhattan, KS. Beth married the love of...
Sheryl Troxel
Mar 15, 2015
Sheryl Ann Troxel, age 59, of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away March 15, 2015 at Osawatomie Life Care with her family and friends by her side after a long, hard fought battle with cancer. Sheryl was born June 29, 1955 at Paola, Kansas. She was the daughter of Kenneth R. and Shirley (Blackmon) Ostrander. She attended Osawatomie High School and...
Mary Kay Morandy
Mar 14, 2015
Mary Kay Morandy, age 56, of Paola, Kansas, died Saturday, March 14, 2015 at her home. Mary Kay was born November 23, 1958 at Kansas City, Kansas. She was the daughter of Gordon Ray and Louise (McQuitty) Roberts. She graduated from Turner High School with the Class of 1976. She then attended DeVry University. She worked for Aeroflex in...
Dr. Robert Banks
Mar 14, 2015
Robert E Banks, MD, died March 14, 2015, at the University of Kansas Medical Center surrounded by his family. Bob was born March 21, 1929, to Mary Driskill Banks and Earl Wesley Banks in Kansas City, MO. Shortly after the family moved to La Cygne, KS, where he was educated and graduated from La Cygne High School in 1947....
Raymond L. Stagg
Mar 14, 2015
Raymond L. Stagg age 88 passed away March 14 at his home. Raymond Leslie Stagg was born on Aug. 17, 1926 in Leavenworth, Kansas to Earl Raymond Stagg Sr. and Evelyn Gladys (Parker) Stagg. He attended Central High School in Kansas City, Mo. At the age of 18 he was drafted into WWII serving with the 25th Infantry Division...
Clifford "Oscar" Durland
Mar 13, 2015
Clifford "Oscar" Durland, 92, died on March 13, 2015 surrounded by family at his home in Paola, KS. Oscar was born on March 29, 1922 to Oscar M. and Anna (Gerke) Durland in Paola. He married Betty Jeanne Matherly of Osawatomie on July 20, 1945 and they lived the remainder of their 69 years together in Paola where they...
Leonard D. Troll
Mar 12, 2015
Leonard Dale Troll, 90 of Overland Park, KS, passed away peacefully on March 12, 2015 in Olathe at the home of his son, Timothy. He was born January 1, 1925 in Louisburg, KS, to the family of Anthony and Clara (Spielbusch) Troll (father & mother), along with younger brothers Winfred and Andrew. He graduated from Louisburg High School in...
Elizabeth P. Stanfield
Mar 12, 2015
Elizabeth P. Stanfield, 79, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2015. She was born Saturday, March 7, 1936, in Pasadena, California, the daughter of William and Gertrude (Hall) Smith. Graveside services will be held at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas.
Norman Shaffer
Mar 12, 2015
Norman "Lee" Shaffer age 85, of Garnett, KS, passed away March 12, 2015 at St. Frances Hospital, Topeka, KS. Lee was born in Sarcoxie, Missouri August 23, 1929. He was the third child of four, born to Ben and Ella Mae (Daffron) Shaffer. Lee was active in sports and graduated from Sarcoxie High School in 1947. He worked at...
Sharyl Mccann
Mar 10, 2015
Sharyl M. McCann, age 67, of Shawnee, Kansas, died March 10, 2015 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. She was born August 27, 1947 at Amoret, Missouri. She was the daughter of Kenneth and Lavaun (Kershner) McCann. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Steve McCann. She is survived by her brother Brent McCann of Osawatomie....
Donald Pepoon
Mar 8, 2015
DONALD WILLARD PEPOON Donald Willard Pepoon, 86, longtime resident of Paola, died Sunday, March 8, 2015 at Louisburg Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center from complications of Alzheimer"s. He was born on May 29, 1928 in Monrovia, California, the son of Joseph and Ida (Higginson) Pepoon. As a young boy, he rode the old "Red Cars" to downtown Los Angeles and...
Sheri Ruth Lothert
Mar 7, 2015
Sheri Lothert, 42, of Topeka, Kansas, formerly of Ottawa, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, March 7, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 13, 2015, at the Faith Lutheran Church, 1320 W. 15th Street, Ottawa. Family will meet with friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Private family...
