Marguerite L. "Peggy" Harshberger
Feb 20, 2013
Marguerite L. “Peggy” Harshberger, age 76 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at Baldwin Care Center in Baldwin City, Kansas. She was born on Friday, January 15, 1937 in Bangor, Maine the daughter of Earl and Barbara (Perry) Emery. She has been a resident of Ottawa since 1987, moving from Kincaid, Kansas. Peggy also resided in De...
James A. Bien
Feb 19, 2013
James A. Bien, age 58 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at Olathe Medical Center. He was born on Sunday, September 19, 1954, in Ottawa, the son of Leroy and Jeanette (Slaby) Bien. James was a lifelong Ottawa resident. He graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1972. On May 21, 1982 James was united...
Edward Behm
Feb 19, 2013
Edward G. "Ed" Behm, 48, of Fontana, Kansas passed away February 19, 2013 at Olathe Medical Center. Edward was born July 25, 1964 to Raymond L. and Thelma A. (Schmitt) Behm in Kansas City, Missouri. He married Carmen Harrington on May 25, 1985 in Paola, Kansas. He worked in road construction with McAnany Construction Company of Shawnee as a...
Carol Joanne Wallis
Feb 17, 2013
Carol Joanne Wallis, age 76 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Sunday, February 17, 2013 at her home with her family by her side. She was born on Sunday, July 5, 1936, in Soldier, Kansas, the daughter of Lowell and Helen (Conner) McKinsey. Carol has lived in Ottawa since 1971 moving from Olathe, Kansas and had previously lived in Eldon, Missouri....
Pearl "Pat" Patterson, Jr.
Feb 17, 2013
Pearl “Pat” Patterson, Jr., age 73 of Overbrook, Kansas, died Sunday, February 17, 2013 at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas. He was born on Saturday, November 11, 1939 in Denver, Colorado, the son of Pearl and Esther (Sims) Patterson, Sr. Pat has lived in the Pomona and Lawrence area for the past thirteen years, moving from New...
James A. "Jim" Ferguson
Feb 16, 2013
James A. Jim Ferguson, age 79 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, February 16, 2013 at his residence in Ottawa. He was born on Wednesday, June 7, 1933 in Chapman, Kansas, the son of George E. and Ella (Fiest) Ferguson. He grew up in Chapman, Kansas, lived in Eudora, Kansas from1953 until moving to Ottawa in 1960. Jim graduated from...
Ronald C. Pope
Feb 16, 2013
Ronald C. Pope, 65, of Louisburg, passed away late Saturday, February 16, surround by loved ones. Ron was born February 1, 1948 to August (Bud) and Evalyn Pope in Kansas City, Missouri. The Pope Family moved to the Louisburg area in 1957. Ron graduated from Louisburg High School in 1966 and was drafted into the army in 1968. He...
Waneta Dixon
Feb 16, 2013
Waneta Imogene (Phillips) Dixon passed away February 16, 2013 at Life Care Center of Osawatomie, Kansas. She was 93 years old. Waneta was born April 18, 1919 on a farm near Perry, Iowa to Joseph Clinton Phillips and Ethel Francis Phillips, the seventh of eight children. She graduated in 1938 from Perry High School, married Roscoe Dixon on September...
Kathryn Lenoir Mustain
Feb 15, 2013
Kathryn Lenoir Mustain, age 88 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, February 15, 2013 at Wellsville Retirement Community in Wellsville, Kansas. She was born on Sunday, August 10, 1924 in Wheatland, Missouri the daughter of Clyde and Oma (Powell) Stover. She has lived in Ottawa since 1960 moving here from Lamar, Missouri. Lenoir graduated from Wheatland High School, Wheatland, Missouri...
Earl W. Wood
Feb 15, 2013
Earl W. Wood, age 92, of Louisburg, Kansas passed away Friday, February 15, 2013 surrounded by family after a courageous battle with cancer. Born February 10, 1921 on a farm near Louisburg, Kansas, Earl is the son of Clarence and Grace (Bodenhamer) Wood. He graduated Louisburg High School in 1939. Earl received a commission in the U.S. Army Air...
Lucile Fisher
Feb 13, 2013
Lucile Shear Fisher Age 97, passed peacefully from this life on Wednesday, February 13, 2013. She was born October 21, 1915 in Waco, TX to Cecil C. Shear and Frances B. Douglass. She was a twin to Frances (Shear) Hart and had an older sister, Kathleen (Shear) Gilmore, and an older brother, James Shear. All predeceased her, as did...
Jerry Scherman
Feb 13, 2013
Clifford J. "Jerry" Scherman, 85, of Paola, passed away February 13, 2013 at Villa St. Francis in Olathe, KS after a battle with Alzheimer"s and lung cancer. Jerry, the youngest son of Andrew and Ethel Honn Scherman, was born August 19, 1927 in Paola, KS. Attended school and was a lifelong resident of Paola. Jerry was in the United...
David Lee Knisley
Feb 13, 2013
David Lee Knisley, age 67, of Ottawa, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at his home, where he lived alone. David was born on Saturday, March 3, 1945 in Highland County, Ohio, the son of Fullie and Mary Eva (Waln) Knisley. David was a security guard for many years. He moved to Olathe, Kansas from Ohio in...
Allen Lee Shumate
Feb 11, 2013
Allen Lee Shumate, age 78 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, February 11, 2013. He was born on Saturday, April 7, 1934, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Samuel and Evelyn (Hale) Shumate. Allen has lived in Ottawa since the late 1940’s moving from Kansas City, Missouri. He attended schools in Kansas City and Ottawa. On December 23, 1955...
Dorothy P. White
Feb 8, 2013
Dorothy White, age 95, of Louisburg, KS passed away Friday, February 8, 2013 at the Louisburg Care Center. She was born on January 27, 1918 at the Windisch homestead, southeast of Louisburg, Kansas to George and Della Windisch. She attended school at Bellview School and then 4 years at Louisburg High, then graduating in 1937. She married Karl White...
Ruby Irene Emmart
Feb 7, 2013
Ruby Irene Emmart, age 95, passed away peacefully at Homestead Assisted Living Memory Care on Thursday, February 7, 2013. Ruby was born April 5, 1917, to Pete & Lillie Heidecker of Paola, KS. She graduated from Paola High School in 1935 and taught one year at Vickers Country School where she had also been a student thru the eighth...
Josephine Elizabeth (Beck) Detmering
Feb 7, 2013
Josephine Elizabeth (Beck) Detmering, 104, of Fontana, Kansas, died February 7, 2013, at North Point Skilled Nursing Center, Paola, Kansas. Josephine was born September 20, 1908, the daughter of Charles D. and Lillie Mae (Guthrie) Beck in Fontana, Kansas. She graduated from Fontana High School in 1927. Josephine then worked in Kansas City, Missouri for two years. She returned...
Naomi F. Kistler
Feb 7, 2013
Naomi F. Kistler, 82, passed away February 7, 2013 at Olathe Medical Center. Naomi was born on July 18, 1930 to Benjamin and Margaret Bibbins Ostrander in Austin, Minnesota. Naomi worked at Lounge Craft, a robe manufacturer and King Radio. She was married on May 27, 1971 to Robert R. Kistler in Osawatomie, Kansas. She was preceded in death...
Donna Mae Swearingen
Feb 7, 2013
Donna Mae Swearingen, age 81 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, February 7, 2013. She was born on Tuesday, December 15, 1931, in Marysville, Kansas, the daughter of Victor and Erma (Bull) Behrens, Sr. Donna moved to Ottawa in 1949 moving from Marysville. She graduated from Marysville High School with the class of 1949. On February 4, 1951 Donna was...
Earl Anderson
Feb 5, 2013
Earl Vinton "Andy" Anderson, Jr., 92, passed away unexpectedly February 5, 2013. Andy, the son of Earl and Pearl Hiner Anderson was born May 27, 1920 in Remington, Oklahoma. As a small child the family moved to El Dorado, Kansas where he attended elementary school and high school. In 1937, he joined the U.S. Navy and served 4 years....
