Michael “Mikey” Steven Schulz
Mar 20, 2012
Michael Steven “Mikey” Schulz, age 31, of Garnett, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born on Wednesday, December 31, 1980, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Billie Ernest Schulz, Jr. and Marilyn Sue (Baker) Schulz-Gellhaus. He was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, growing up in Rantoul....
Evan Joseph Prochnow
Mar 18, 2012
Evan Joseph Prochnow, age nine days, the son of Joshua W. and Kayla M. (Miller) Prochnow of Ottawa, died Sunday, March 18, 2012, at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on Friday, March 9, 2012, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Parents – Joshua W. and Kayla M. Prochnow of the home;...
Douglas W. Rains
Mar 15, 2012
Douglas Rains, 74, of Cleveland, MO died March 15, 2012 at Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, MO. He was born May 16, 1937 at Ennis, TX, the son of Ferrell and Cleo (Hardin) Rains. He was united in marriage to Sandra Seal on June 28, 1958 at Visalia, CA. Doug was a 1956 graduate of Mt. Whitney High...
Dale Vest
Mar 15, 2012
Dale "Whitey" S. Vest, 86, of Osawatomie, Kansas, died March 15, 2012 at Miami County Medical Center in Paola. Whitey was born May 7, 1925 at Kansas City, Missouri. He was the son of Ralph and Pearl (Burnett) Vest. He attended school in Osawatomie. He served his country with the United States Navy during World War II. He was...
Wilma J. Willett
Mar 14, 2012
Wilma J. Willett, 89, of Louisburg, KS died March 14, 2012 at Kansas City Hospice House. She was born December 7, 1922 at Coffeyville, KS, the daughter of Augustus and Nanny (Ross) Smith. Wilma Willett was an enrolled full blood member of the Cherokee Nation who retained the Indian allotments assigned to her mother and grandmother one hundred and...
Dola Elaine Chambers
Mar 13, 2012
Dola Elaine Chambers, age 83, of Richmond, Kansas, formerly of Ottawa, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on Sunday, May 6, 1928, in Tescott, Kansas, the daughter of Byron R. and Blanch H. (Pierce) Strait. Dola and her husband lived in Washington County, Kansas for many years. Following his death...
Loveda Stepaniak
Mar 11, 2012
Hearing the trumpets and God"s call home, Loveda entered the gates of Heaven on March 11, 2012. The first child of Claude & Ethel Cole Austin, Loveda was born August 13, 1912 in Conway, Missouri. The family moved to Ozark, Missouri and later to Paola, Kansas in 1916. Loveda attended grade school in Paola, at District 47 and graduated...
Carol A. Mille
Mar 11, 2012
Carol A. Mille, age 79, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Sunday, March 11, 2012. She was born on Wednesday, December 7, 1932, in Princeton, Kansas, the daughter of Narva Alvin and Emma Agnes (Sassaman) Sellers. Carol was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. She attended area rural schools. She worked twenty-nine years for the H. D. Lee Company until it...
Elsie Flake
Mar 10, 2012
Elsie Clara Flake, 87, of Paola, Kansas passed away March 10, 2012 at her home. Elsie was born September 30, 1924 in Hope, Kansas to Arnold and Emma Wangerin Schlesener. Elsie was a care giver for the Cooker family for many years before their passing. On August 25, 1962 she was united in marriage to Ed Flake in Marshfield,...
Leo Trageser
Mar 8, 2012
Leo "Sam" Charles Trageser, 87, of Paola, Kansas, died March 8, 2012 at his home. Sam was born February 20, 1925 at Wea, Kansas. He was the youngest of eight children born to Joseph and Bertha (Schecher) Trageser. He graduated from Wea High School with the Class of 1941. Sam was united in marriage to Irene Schwein on July...
Rosie V. Henry
Mar 7, 2012
Rosie V. Henry, age 89, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at Village West in Ottawa. She was born on Thursday, April 6, 1922, in Rantoul, Kansas, the daughter of James and Hildred (McKinley) Finch. She grew up and lived in the Rantoul community until the age of nineteen. She was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident,...
Clarence Walter Koch
Mar 6, 2012
Clarence Walter Koch, age 85, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Ottawa Retirement Village in Ottawa, Kansas. He was born on Sunday, November 14, 1926, in Homewood, Kansas, the son of John and Ethel (Dickerson) Koch. He was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. Clarence attended Ottawa schools and graduated from Williamsburg High School in Williamsburg,...
Stella Maxine Collins
Mar 5, 2012
Stella Maxine Collins, age 90, of Tarboro, North Carolina, died Monday, March 5, 2012, at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital in Tarboro, North Carolina. She was born on Sunday, December 18, 1921, in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of William Franklin and Mabel (Crocker) Hazen. She moved to Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina in 2003 and Tarboro, North Carolina in 2009. She was...
Garry L. Stevenson
Mar 5, 2012
Garry Lee Stevenson, age 79, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, March 5, 2012, at Wellsville Retirement Community in Wellsville, Kansas. He was born on Saturday, January 28, 1933, in Lane, Kansas, the son of William “Bill” and Linnette (Miskimen) Stevenson. He lived in Lane and Osawatomie, moving to Ottawa in 1958. Garry graduated from Osawatomie High School with the...
David R. Burgoon
Mar 2, 2012
David R. Burgoon, age 86, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, March 2, 2012, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. He was born on Monday, October 12, 1925, in Rantoul, Kansas, the son of Rolla Clarence and Mildred Rae (Dawson) Burgoon. He was a lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas David graduated from Wellsville High School with the class...
Allen Asher
Mar 2, 2012
Allen Levi Asher, age 81, passed away peacefully on March 2, 2012 in Phoenix, AZ. Allen was born to Archie and Lois Asher on September 10, 1930 in Atchison, KS. Allen grew up in Effingham, KS and upon graduation joined the Navy in 1948 and was trained as a laboratory technician. After the Navy Allen attended the University of...
James M. Hood
Mar 2, 2012
James M. Hood age 71 of Paola, Kansas passed away March 2, at the Life Care Facility in Osawatomie, Kansas. Memorials to the American Kidney Foundation. James was born June 29, 1940 in Kansas City, Kansas to Orville Ray and Neva McManis Hood. He grew up and lived in Paola his entire life graduating from Paola High School in...
Raymond Bingham
Mar 2, 2012
Raymond Bingham, age 86, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, March 2, 2012, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas. He was born on Sunday, June 28, 1925, in Lebanon, Tennessee, the son of Richard and Mary (Adams) Bingham. He lived in Ottawa since 1995, moving here from Mesa, Arizona. He was a lifelong welder, working at General Motors/Aircraft and...
Steven Orr
Mar 1, 2012
Steven E. Orr, 58, passed away at Olathe Medical Center on March 1, 2012. Steven Orr was born November 3, 1953 to Coy Orr and Wanda Smith Clark in Goodrich, Kansas. He enjoyed the outdoors and liked to hunt and fish. He did a lot of camping and spent at lot of time at the lake. Steven also enjoyed...
Lavina M. Fry
Mar 1, 2012
Lavina M. Fry age 90, of Louisburg, KS, went to be in God"s care on March 1, 2012. She was born Lavina Marie Shepherd on November 27, 1921. Her parents Frank E. and Gloria A. Shepherd made their home on a farm in Hartford, KS. Lavina"s mother died when she was only a few months old. She continued to...
