Ivan Eugene Boydston
Jan 2, 2013
Ivan Eugene Boydston, age 77, of Paola, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at his home. Ivan was born December 14, 1935. He was the son of Rufus Boydston and Mary (Hammar) Boydston. He graduated from Paola High School in 1954 and was a member of the Kansas National Guard. He married Sharon (Walker) Boydston on October 3, 1980....
Bernadine G. "Bernie" Evans
Jan 1, 2013
Bernadine G. Bernie Evans, age 74 of Homewood, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 1, 2013. She was born on Thursday, May 19, 1938 in Groom, Texas, the daughter of Bernard Joseph and Beatrice Marie (Bohr) Hermesmeyer. Bernie grew up in Rantoul, Kansas moving, to Ottawa in 2006, and recently to Homewood, Kansas. Bernie graduated from Rantoul High School. She worked...
Robert Nicholson
Jan 1, 2013
Robert I. Nicholson, Jr. of Paola, Kansas passed away January 1, 2013. He was born in Paola, Kansas on August 14, 1947 to Robert and June Shinkle Nicholson (Powell). Bob, as he was known to everyone, graduated Paola High School of 1965. After attending Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, he graduated from the University of Kansas where he earned...
Monty L. Isham
Jan 1, 2013
Monty L. Isham, age 64, passed away January 1, 2013 at Life Care Center of Osawatomie, Kansas. Monty was born on September 17, 1948 in Paola, Kansas to Nelce and Norma Jean Koelsch Isham. He graduated from Ottawa High School in 1967. As a youth Monty worked for Danny Wilson at the Paola Pool, as a lifeguard and helper....
Irene Marie Dunn
Dec 30, 2012
Irene Marie Dunn, age 79 of Wellsville, Kansas died Sunday, December 30, 2012. She was born on Sunday, September 17, 1933 in Council Grove, Kansas, the daughter of Carol O. and Ethal P. (Ellis) Furman. Irene grew up on the family farm in rural Wellsville since 1950 moving there from Ottawa. She attended Ottawa High School with the class...
Rollo Franklin Knight
Dec 30, 2012
Rollo Franklin Knight, age 100 of Pomona, Kansas died Sunday, December 30, 2012. He was born on Monday, January 22, 1912, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Bertie Almerson and Edith Maye (Harvey) Knight. Rollo was a lifelong Osage/Franklin county resident living in the Pomona area for the last 50 years. He graduated from Quenemo High School with the...
Robert "Bob" Cooper
Dec 29, 2012
Robert L. “Bob” Cooper, age 84 of Richmond, Kansas, died Saturday, December 29, 2012 at the Ottawa Retirement Village in Ottawa, Kansas. He was born on Monday, August 13, 1928 in Marshall, Oklahoma, the son of Louis C. and Alice Frances (Burns) Cooper. Bob was a lifelong resident of Richmond until moving to Ottawa Vintage Park four years ago....
Dennis Floyd Barnes
Dec 27, 2012
Dennis Floyd Barnes, 65, of Louisburg, KS died Thursday, December 27, 2012, at his home. He was born September 29, 1947 in Independence, KS, the son of Kenneth and Dorothy (White) Barnes. He was united in marriage to Vicki Bendure on August 8, 1981 in Parsons, KS. Dennis worked for Wal-Mart for 16 years before retiring. Prior to that,...
Matthew Sean Niebaum
Dec 26, 2012
Matthew Sean Niebaum, age 29, of Louisburg, KS, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012. He was born June 30, 1983 in Kansas City, MO, the son of Michael and Cheryl (Duncan) Niebaum. He lived in Belton, MO until 1989 when the family moved to Louisburg, KS. He graduated from Louisburg High School in 2001. After high school he worked in...
Donald L. Wilhoite
Dec 26, 2012
Donald Lewis Wilhoite, 83 of Springhill, KS formerly from Paola, KS passed away December 26, 2012. Donald was born April 7, 1929 in Paola, to John and Lucy Wilhoite. Donald attended Paola High School, received his GED and joined the United States Air Force, August 1, 1950 during the Korean War. He received an honorable discharge July 31, 1954...
Margaret Ann Aberer
Dec 26, 2012
Margaret Ann (Good) Aberer, age 74, of Louisburg, Kansas, died December 26, 2012, at Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. She was born October 13, 1938, in Miami County, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Frieda (Wilke) Good. She was united in marriage for 47 years to Thomas Aberer on June 12, 1965, in Mission, Kansas. After raising their...
Hazel Wilhoite
Dec 24, 2012
Hazel Ann Wilhoite Hazel Ann Wilhoite, 77, of Paola passed away Monday, December 24, 2012 at her home. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 305 N. Pearl St., Paola, Kansas. Visitation will be 1:00 " 2:00 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will be in Hillsdale Cemetery. Hazel was born on...
Mildred Baker
Dec 21, 2012
Mildred Baker, 83, of Paola, Kansas died Friday, December 21, 2012 at her grandson"s home. She was born August 2, 1929 in Lebo, Kansas to Joseph Willis and Bertha Marie Criqui Lafferty. She married Paul Sell on April 2, 1947 which later ended in divorce. She married Lewis Baker on April 26, 1953 making their home in Kansas City,...
Glenda A. Beasley
Dec 19, 2012
Glenda Ann Beasley wife of Arthur W. Beasley died on December 19, 2012 as the result of an automobile accident. Glenda was born January 29, 1945 in Columbia, Mo. She married Art Beasley June 3, 1966 at Centralia, MO. Glenda was born and raised in Centralia, MO where she graduated from high school in 1962. She and Art moved...
Kenneth Nelson
Dec 19, 2012
Kenneth Nelson, age 76, of rural Paola, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at his home. Kenneth was born May 8, 1936 at Axtell, Kansas. He was the son of Arlo Emerson & Margaret (Kooser) Nelson. He graduated from Axtell High School in 1954. He was united in marriage to Annalee Elder on October 30, 1954 at Kansas City,...
Eleanor Rhoades
Dec 18, 2012
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Mary Medlin
Dec 18, 2012
Mary P. Medlin, 86, of Wellsville, Kansas passed away December 18, 2012 at Kansas City Hospice House. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 22, 2012 at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home Osawatomie Chapel. Visitation will be 5:00 " 8:00 p.m. Friday, December 21, 2012 at the chapel. Burial will be in Miami County Memorial Gardens. Mary was born in...
Naomi Lorraine Clifton
Dec 16, 2012
Naomi Lorraine Crellin Clifton (known as Dutch) died Dec. 16, 2012 at Lifecare Center of Osawatomie, Kansas. She was born September 25, 1929 in her parents" home near Garnett, Kansas. She was a retired teacher and homemaker. Naomi"s parents, Ray (O.R.) and Clara Roberts Crellin, owned Crellin Jewelry Store for years located on the north side of the square...
Rebecca Sue Stevenson
Dec 15, 2012
Rebecca Sue “Becky” Stevenson, age 60, of Rantoul, Kansas, died Saturday, December 15, 2012. She was born on Saturday, January 12, 1952 in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Merton Ralph and Dorothy May (Macklin) Stevenson. She was a lifelong Rantoul, Kansas resident. Becky worked at COF Training Services in Ottawa from July 1, 1988 until retiring on January 25,...
