Martha Puckett
Sep 2, 2012
Martha J. Puckett, 71, of Somerset, Kansas passed away September 2, 2012 at Louisburg Healthcare Center Martha was born on November 20, 1940 in Kansas City, Kansas to Charles and Deliah Cox Weathers. She grew up in Kansas City, Kansas and graduated from Argentine High School in 1959. On July 23, 1971 she was united in marriage to Gilbert...
Geraldine Kelley
Sep 1, 2012
Geraldine was born January 1, 1931 in Denver, Colorado to Ambert Bill Williams and Hazel Charlene Backman Williams. She graduated from West High School, Denver, Colorado in 1949. Upon graduation she enlisted in the United States Navy, where she served until her Honorable Discharge on May 27, 1955. In the Navy, she met her future husband, James Wilson Kelley....
Adam J. Papst
Sep 1, 2012
Adam Jerome Papst passed away September 1, 2012 from a sudden heart attack at the young age of 36 while at his home in Paola, Kansas. Adam was born September 30, 1975, the son of Douglas and Marsha Keeton Papst. He graduated from Louisburg High School in 1994. He has worked for Ron Weers Construction as a heavy equipment...
Alan Mcmillen
Aug 31, 2012
Alan McMillen, age 55, of Olathe, Kansas, died suddenly Friday, August 31, 2012. He was born on Monday, December 24, 1956 in Ottawa, the son of Frank Lee and Marilyn Louise (Strobel) McMillen. Alan was near lifelong Ottawa resident and graduated from Ottawa High School with the Class of 1975. He has lived in Olathe since 2007. Alan farmed...
Virginia Lee Harris
Aug 31, 2012
Virginia Lee Harris was born on Tuesday, December 31, 1940 in Virgil, Kansas. She was the daughter of Stokes and Dorothy (Smith) Crooks. Virginia grew up in Waverly, Kansas, moving to Burlington, and in 1961 moved to Franklin County, Kansas, living in Ottawa until her death on Friday, August 31, 2012, at the age of seventy-one years. Virginia attended...
Annetta Butel
Aug 30, 2012
Annetta Elizabeth Wolken Butel died August 30, 2012 at Olathe Medical Center. Annetta was born on May 10, 1928 in Scipio, Kansas to Christian Jacob Wolken and Clara Roeckers Wolken. She attended East Scipio Elementary School and graduated from Garnett High School in 1946. She worked for Dr. Ralph White as an Administrative Assistant and also worked for Sears...
Roland Dilks
Aug 28, 2012
Roland Elmer Dilks, 78, of Paola, Kansas, passed away August 28, 2012 at North Point Skilled Nursing Center. Roland was born July 15, 1934 in Urich, Missouri to Isaac Charles and Mabel Mary Clegg Dilks. After high school in 1957, Roland enlisted in the United States Army and was honorably discharged in 1963. Roland and his first wife, Norma...
Beulah Marie Smith
Aug 27, 2012
Beulah Marie Smith, age 74, of Williamsburg, Kansas, died Monday, August 27, 2012, at her home. She was born on Sunday, February 27, 1938, in Wathena, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence Calvin and Opal Marie (Moss) Engeman. Beulah lived in Williamsburg since 1990, moving there from Lebo, Kansas where she lived for 27 years. Beulah was a lifelong homemaker....
Esther Patterson
Aug 27, 2012
ESTHER MILREE WILSON Patterson, age 92, passed away August 27, 2012. Esther was born December 10, 1919 in Louisburg, Kansas, the oldest child and only daughter of David A. Wilson and Phon Kilgore Wilson. She grew up in Louisburg, attending Louisburg schools, the Ursuline Academy in Paola, Baker University in Baldwin City, and graduating from the University of Kansas...
Mildred Alice Brown
Aug 25, 2012
Mildred Alice Brown, age 93, of Princeton, Kansas, went to heaven Saturday, August 25, 2012, at her home. She was born Saturday, March 15, 1919, in Princeton, Kansas, the daughter of David L. and Ada Mary (Kennedy) Mathias. Mildred was a lifelong Franklin County resident. Mildred was a homemaker and a wonderful mom and loving wife. Mildred was a...
Joseph Neal Dyer
Aug 24, 2012
Joseph Neal Dyer, age 31, of Pomona, Kansas, died Friday, August 24, 2012, surrounded by his family. He was born Monday, December 15, 1980, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Michael and Barbara (Mowat) Dyer. Joseph was a lifelong Franklin County resident. Joseph attended preschool at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas for two years; preschool and some grade...
Robert Dale "Bob" Kunard
Aug 23, 2012
Robert Dale “Bob” Kunard, age 64, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, August 23, 2012. He was born on Monday, July 12, 1948, in Ottawa, the son of Elmo Francis and Lucille (Hazen) Kunard. Bob was a lifelong resident of Ottawa. Bob graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1967. Bob served in the United States Air Force...
Irma Player
Aug 22, 2012
Irma Marie Player, 93, a Miami County native, died August 22, 2012 after a brief illness. Irma was born April 17, 1919 to Clifford and Etta Wright in Osage Township. She attended Liberty School District 20 and Fontana High School, graduating in 1937. She attended her 75th class reunion this year. She worked in Kansas City, where she met...
Dolores Kaufman
Aug 21, 2012
Dolores Celeste Cudney Kaufman, 85, of Greeley, Kansas passed away August 21, 2012 at her home. Dolores was born October 31, 1926 to Wallace and Vera May Hiddleston Cudney in Olathe, Kansas. She attended Olathe High School. On April, 1961 she married John Kaufman in Miami, Oklahoma. She worked as a cook in the restaurant business throughout the area....
James E. Stewart
Aug 21, 2012
James E. “Jim” Stewart was born February 1, 1961, at Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of Ralph Dean and Kathryn L. (Teter) Stewart. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, he made his home in Ottawa, until his death Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at the age of fifty-one years. Jim attended Appanoose Grade School and Pomona High School; he...
Donald Ringey
Aug 21, 2012
Donald Ringey, 84, of Marshfield, Missouri, formerly of Fontana, Kansas died Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. His family was with him. Don was born to Ralph Richard and Sarah Esther Worley Ringey on August 19, 1928 in Lyndon, Kansas. He attended grade school in Lyndon and graduated from Osawatomie High School. He married Esther...
Burl Slawson
Aug 21, 2012
Burl Harlan Slawson, age 92, of Spring Hill, Kansas, died August 21, 2012. He was born May 26, 1920 IN Wellsford, KS, the son of Claude C. and Beulah (Martin) Slawson. When he was 8 years of age they moved to Adrian, MO. It was there they struggled through the great depression. In 1939 he left Adrian and went...
Theodore Nay
Aug 19, 2012
Theodore "Ted" Davis Nay, 65, of Spring Hill, KS, passed away August 19, 2012 at his home after battling prostate cancer for 23 years. He was born September 23, 1946 at Paola, KS, the son of Albert Nay and Helen (Weaver) Wood. Ted moved to Louisburg, KS in 1954 graduating from Louisburg High School with the class of 1964....
Ricky D. Eneihen
Aug 14, 2012
Ricky D. Eneihen, age 60, passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2012, at his home in Rantoul, Kansas, with his family at his side. He was born Saturday, April 19, 1952, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Laurence and Delores (Kline) Eneihen. Ricky was a lifelong resident of Rantoul. Ricky attended Wellsville High School. A lifelong self-employed farmer, Ricky was...
Muriel Stephens Craven Mischke
Aug 10, 2012
Muriel Mischke, age 94, passed away August 10, 2012 at the John Knox Village Hospice House in Lees Summit, MO. Memorial contributions may be made to the Paola Free Library Foundation or John Knox Village Hospice. Muriel was born Juanita Muriel Stephens on June 22, 1918 in Hillsdale KS, to William and Effie May Richardson Stephens. She was the...
