Obituaries

Roger Allen Grauel

Roger Allen Grauel

Jun 2, 2015

Roger Allen Grauel, age 72, of Lenexa, formerly of Paola, Kansas passed away at his home surrounded by family on June 2, 2015. Roger was born to Ervin and Eleanor Orr Grauel on October 11, 1942 in Paola, Kansas. He was united in marriage to Marilyn Weaver on June 16, 1962 in Paola, Kansas. He was a truck driver...

Lila Ann Pettit

Lila Ann Pettit

May 31, 2015

Lila Ann Pettit, age 81, of Stilwell, KS passed away May 31, 2015 at her home. Days of our lives with Lila Ann Pettit "The Tap Root of our Family Tree" was born October 12, 1933 in Riverside Missouri, the daughter of Jesse and Edith Ritter Crusha. She moved to heaven from her home on May 31, 2015 at...

Zailin Renee Wormell

Zailin Renee Wormell

May 30, 2015

Zailin Renee Wormell, infant daughter of Jaid Larios and Tyler Wormell was born and went to Heaven Saturday, May 30, 2015. Private family graveside services will be held at Central Cemetery, Pomona. Family will meet with friends at 4:00 p.m., Friday, June 5, 2015, at Williamsburg Community Building. She will be forever cherished in the hearts of those who...

Vernon J. Turner, Jr.

Vernon J. Turner, Jr.

May 28, 2015

Vernon J. Turner, Jr., 74, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2015, at his home in Emporia, Kansas, with his family by his side. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Friday, October 16, 2015, at Cornerstone Baptist Church, 315 S. Commercial, Emporia, Kansas. Inurnment Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kansas. Vernon was born Tuesday, April 29, 1941, in...

Elmer J. Fanning

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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