Marie Stith Brackett
Oct 2, 2014
Marie Stith Brackett, age 92, of Paola passed away October 2, 2014 at North Point Skilled Nursing Home. She is survived by two children, Shari Latto of Paola and family and Bob Brackett (Nancy)of Cypress, Texas and family, three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Private services will be held. (cremation) To share a memory of Marie or leave a...
James R. Thomas Jr.
Oct 2, 2014
James Riley Thomas, Jr., age 77, of Paola passed away October 2, 2014 at his home. James was born March 29, 1937 to James Riley Thomas, Sr. and Gladys Lucille (Detrick) Thomas in Kansas City, Kansas. He was united in marriage to Marion H. Baswell on May 6, 1961 in Miami, Oklahoma. James was in the United States Marine...
Kenneth A. "Kenny" Mages
Oct 2, 2014
Kenneth Albert “Kenny” Mages, 69, passed away Thursday, October 2, 2014, at his home in Ottawa, Kansas, with his family by his side, under the care of Midland Care Hospice. Cremation is planned. Memorial Mass will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, October 8, 2014, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Ottawa. A Rosary will be said at 6:30 P.M.,...
Wilma Homrighausen
Oct 1, 2014
Wilma B. Homrighausen, 93, passed away October 1, 2014 at Country Club Estates in Paola, Kansas. She was born October 22, 1920 to Frank E. and Freida (Hopkins) Smith in Miami County. She was the second of two children, her brother, Berl, having passed away at the age of 13 from spinal meningitis. Wilma attended New Lancaster, District 1...
Esther Ann Brady
Sep 30, 2014
Esther A. Schroeder-Brady, 80, of Ottawa, Kansas passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Esther’s wishes were for cremation with a private burial at a later date. Family will meet with friends for a visitation from 6:00 to 7:00 P.M., Wednesday, October 8, 2014, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Esther was born Wednesday, February 21, 1934, in Germantown, Illinois, the...
Margaret "Peggy" Wright
Sep 29, 2014
Margaret "Peggy" Wright 1963-2014 Peggy Wright, age 51, passed away on Monday, September 29, 2014. She was born in Kansas City, Kansas on February 26, 1963 to George and Betty Wright. She grew up and attended school in Paola, KS, graduating with the class of 1981. She along with Jimmy Hall, became the proud parents of three children; Stephanie,...
Rachel Miller
Sep 28, 2014
Rachel Lentz Miller, 96, passed away peacefully on Sunday evening, September 28, 2014 at North Point Skilled Nursing. Rachel was born on February 5, 1918, in Osceola, Missouri, to Ester and Jasper Hunt. She was delivered by a rarity at the time, a lady doctor, in the downtown hotel. Her parents were driving to Kansas City when she decided...
Evelyn F. Geiss
Sep 27, 2014
Evelyn F. Geiss, 87, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Saturday, September 27, 2014, at Eudora Medicalodge. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at Highland Cemetery. Friends may pay their respects to Mrs. Geiss from 8:00 A.M. to noon Tuesday, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Evelyn was born Thursday, October 7, 1926, in Ottawa,...
Wilma L. Kelley
Sep 26, 2014
Wilma L. Kelley, 84, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Friday, September 26, 2014, at Vintage Park. She was the mother of Rev. Dr. J C Kelley of the First United Methodist Church. Wilma was born February 26, 1930, in Bremond, Texas. Family will meet with friends from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 4, 2014, at Woodlawn Funeral Home...
Ralph George
Sep 23, 2014
Ralph LeRoy George, 86, passed away September 23, 2014 at North Point Skilled Nursing, Paola, KS. Ralph was born in Paola, KS, the son of Archie A. and Elsie (Renner) George. He was united in marriage on August 14, 1948 to Maxine Marie Erwin of Manhattan, KS. They have lived in Louisburg for the past four years. Ralph graduated...
Pearl Marie Holloway
Sep 22, 2014
Pearl Marie Holloway, 83, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Monday, September 22, 2014, at Vintage Park at Ottawa Assisted Living Center. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, September 26, 2014, at Mt. View Cemetery, Richland, Missouri. Family will meet with friends at 5:00 to 6:00 P.M., Thursday, September 25, 2014, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Pearl...
Delores Austin
Sep 20, 2014
Delores Austin, age 84, of Paola, Kansas, died September 20, 2014 at Kindred Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Delores was born July 13, 1930 in Stanton Township, Miami County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Ben and Alice Louise (Goodrick) Smith. She was the third of their four children. She grew in Miami County and graduated from Paola High...
Edward Eldon "Ed" Henley
Sep 19, 2014
Edward Eldon “Ed” Henley, 75, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Friday, September 19, 2014, at Ransom Memorial Hospital with his family by his side. Cremation is planned. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, October 4, 2014, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Family will meet with friends following the service. Ed was born Monday, July 31, 1939...
Mary Robinson
Sep 19, 2014
Mary Holm Robinson, age 94, of Prairie Village, died on September 19, 2014 at Osawatomie Life Care Center. She was born on February 1, 1920 to Albert and Lena (Anderson) Holm at Duluth, MN. She was the older of their two children. Mary graduated from Virginia, Minnesota High School and obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Home Economics at Iowa...
Betty Jones
Sep 16, 2014
Betty Lee Jones, loving mother, grandmother, and friend passed away peacefully on September 16, 2014. Betty was preceded in death by her husband Wayne Wyatt Jones and brother Bobbie Burgess Cheek. She is survived by her children; Sharon Kay Jewett of Fontana, Kansas and Linda Bartlett of Fontana, Kansas, six grandchildren, sixteen great- grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren When we...
Josephine M. "Jodi" Elliott
Sep 16, 2014
Josephine Marie “Jodi” Elliott, 86, formerly of Pomona, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at Ottawa Retirement Village. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 20, 2014, at Dengel & Son Mortuary. Family will meet with friends from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, September 19, 2014, at the mortuary. Interment Central Cemetery, rural Pomona, Kansas....
Frances Kelly
Sep 15, 2014
Frances E. Kelly, age 72, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away September 15, 2014 at Olathe Medical Center. Frances was born April 18, 1942 at Paola, Kansas. She was the youngest of three children born to Clem and Pearl Schlesener. She attended Paola High School. She was a homemaker always loving the time she spent with her children and...
James A. Richardson
Sep 12, 2014
James Arthur Richardson, 56, of Spring Hill, KS, passed away Friday, September 12, 2014 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. James was the fourth of nine children born to Perry and Eleanor Hanfeld Richardson on August 28, 1958 in Olathe, KS He graduated from Louisburg High School in May 1976 and in August that same year he enlisted in...
Lorraine Wilcox
Sep 11, 2014
Lorraine Bruner Wilcox, age 84, of Paola, Kansas passed away on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at her home in Paola, KS. She was born on January 6, 1930, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Walter Eberlee and Agnes Mackie Bruner. She grew up near Mapleton, KS, attending the one room school house next door to her family farm...
Arlene J. Swinnerton
Sep 10, 2014
Arlene J. Swinnerton, 76, of Louisburg, Kansas died September 10, 2014 at Research Hospital, Kansas City, MO. Arlene was born May 9, 1938 in Minneapolis, MN, the daughter of Arnold and Florence (Williams) Carson. She was united in marriage to Larry Swinnerton on March 17, 1979 in Omaha, Nebraska. She retired from Deluxe Check Printing. Arlene loved playing the...
