Jimmy Wolverton
Apr 3, 2013
Jimmy Wayne Wolverton, age 47, of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away April 3, 2013 at his home surrounded by family and friends. Jimmy was born September 16, 1965 in Moline, Illinois to James W. Wolverton and Mary N. (Appleton) Wolverton Dunn. Jimmy took great pride in being able to read and write Braille and had helped make text books for...
Una Fern Prothe Deering
Apr 2, 2013
Una Fern Prothe Deering, age 77, of Osawatomie, KS, passed away on April 3, 2013 at her home. She was born on the Prothe homestead at Block Community, Paola, KS, on August 25, 1935, the daughter of Paul August Theodore Prothe and Irene Malinda Minden Prothe. She was confirmed on May 22, 1949, at Trinity Lutheran Church. Una attended...
Betty Oram
Apr 1, 2013
Betty Lou Oram, age 82, of Drexel, Missouri, formerly of Paola, Kansas, died April 1, 2013 at her home. Betty was born April 5, 1930 at Paola, Kansas. She was the oldest of nine children born to Louellen and Nettie (Russell) McKinney. She graduated from Osawatomie High School. She continued her education after high school to obtain her license...
Eva Peak
Mar 30, 2013
Eva M. Peak, 86 years young, died March 30, 2013 at St. Luke"s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri of a brain hemorrhage. Eva was born May 3, 1926 in Mt. Airy, New Jersey to Harry Charles and Catherine (Gomerdinger) Knight. One of thirteen children, Eva grew up working on the farm during the depression in Pennsylvania. In 1947 at the...
Joan Keim
Mar 29, 2013
Joan Keim, age 75, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, March 29, 2013. She was born on Thursday, May 20, 1937, the daughter of Clair and Leta “Billie” (Eaton) Bayless. Joan attended school in rural Franklin County, Kansas and graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1955. She was a member of the Grace Episcopal Church. Joan worked...
Gerald Crowley
Mar 27, 2013
Gerald L. "Jerry" Crowley, 71, of Paola, Kansas passed away March 27, 2013 at Olathe Medical Center. Jerry was born October 24, 1941 in Tacoma, Washington to Clarence and Lucretia Young Crowley Harper. He grew up in San Meta, California and served in the U.S. Navy from July 31, 1959 to August 30, 1977 as a lithographer. After retiring...
Bill D. Cuthbertson
Mar 27, 2013
Billy Dean Cuthbertson was born June 10, 1934 in Hillsdale, Kansas to Jacob "Art" and Nina Cuthbertson. He had two sisters Barbara Plummer and Delores Newton. He graduated from Spring Hill High School. Billy Dean was chosen "Kansas All League Player". Bill worked on the family farm. In 1953 he met his beloved wife Shirley May Kern and they...
Della Louise Hamilton
Mar 26, 2013
Della Louise Hamilton, age 80, of Pomona, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. She was born on Wednesday, November 9, 1932, in the Pomona area, the daughter of Paul and Ivie (Sailer) Garber. Della has lived in Pomona since 1959 moving from the Michigan Valley area. She graduated from Appanoose High School...
Clifford Witt
Mar 26, 2013
Clifford Warren Witt, 85, Paola, died March 26, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Spring Hill. Clifford was born October 5, 1927, to Beryl and Lenore Witt. He attended and graduated from Paola High School and then enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1946. He met Erma Presley and they married in 1948. They made their home...
Gordon Lee Paul
Mar 23, 2013
Gordon Lee Paul, age 72, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, March 23, 2013. He was born on Tuesday, July 9, 1940, in Ottawa, the son of Merle and Eva (Young) Paul. Gordon was a lifelong resident of Ottawa. He graduated from Hot Springs High School, Hot Springs, Arkansas, with the class of 1958. On June 4, 1978 Gordon was...
Fred Joseph Mcfarland
Mar 21, 2013
Fred Joseph McFarland, age 86, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2013, at his home in Princeton, Kansas, with his family at his side. He was born on Saturday, January 29, 1927, the son of Fred and Oneita (Hodges) McFarland. Fred has resided in Princeton for the last twenty-three years moving there from his farm south of Ottawa where he...
Charles Edward Gorges Sr.
Mar 20, 2013
Charles Edward Gorges, Sr., age 82, of Hillsdale, Kansas passed away unexpectedly March 21, 2013 at his home. Charles was born on October 4, 1930 in Wichita to Anthony and Melissa Krump Gorges. He grew up in the Wichita area and after high school enlisted in the United States Army October 28, 1952 and received his honorable discharge on...
Dorothy Ann Waite
Mar 16, 2013
Dorothy Ann Waite, age 82, of Louisburg, KS, died March 16, 2013 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Dorothy was born July 7, 1930 in Louisburg, KS, the Daughter of Marcus and Mary Josephine "Molly" Thomas Wells. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Herbert Waite on March 8, 1949 at Paola, KS. She graduated with the class of...
Julie Taylor
Mar 15, 2013
Julie Ann (Wallace) Taylor, of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away March 15, 2013 at her home. She was born May 29, 1964 at the Miami County Hospital, Paola, Kansas. She is the daughter of Oakley James "Jim" and Bonnie (Platz) Wallace. Julie grew up in Osawatomie. Many of her youthful years were spent on the banks of the Maris des...
Mary Eileen Marez
Mar 15, 2013
Mary Marez, age 72, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, March 15, 2013. She was born on May 31, 1940, in Nortonville, Kansas, the daughter of Wilbur and Catherine (Hartman) Aspinwall. Mary has lived in Ottawa for fifty-four years moving from Nortonville. She attended high school in Nortonville. On March 19, 1971 Mary was united in marriage to Robert R....
Carol Minden
Mar 15, 2013
Carol Jean Minden of Paola Kansas passed from this life on earth to eternal life to be with her Savior Jesus Christ on March 15th at the Olathe Medical Center. Carol was born August 9, 1930 in Fort Scott Kansas to James Edward "Dusty" Hood and Gladys Malinda Gump Hood. Carol grew up in Belltown where she made many...
Dale E. Galutia, Sr.
Mar 15, 2013
Dale E. Galutia, Sr., age 79, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, March 15, 2013. He was born Friday, December 1, 1933, in Osage City, Kansas, the son of Lloyd and Inez (Thrush) Galutia. Dale has lived in Ottawa most of his life, moving from Topeka. He graduated from Quenemo High School with the class of 1951. On July 28,...
Merle Frame
Mar 13, 2013
Merle H. Frame, 92, of Paola, formerly of Pratt, Kansas and Chicota, Texas passed away March 13, 2013 at North Point Skilled Nursing Center, Paola, Kansas. Merle was born on May 29, 1920 to Frank B. and Eva Mae (Coburn) Frame in Sawyer, Kansas. He served in the U.S. Air Force. While working for the Pratt Police Department Merle...
Jack Kaiser
Mar 12, 2013
John H. "Jack" Kaiser, 96, of Lawrence, formerly of Paola, passed away March 12, 2013. Jack was born in Sioux City, Iowa, November 3, 1916 to Clara Lee Ford Kaiser and William Henry Kaiser. The family later moved to Kansas and to Paola in 1926. He graduated from Paola High School in 1934 and later attended the University of...
