Leona Dennis
Feb 29, 2012
Leona Dennis, age 64, of Osawatomie, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at the Olathe Medical Center. Leona was born August 13, 1947 in Miami County, Kansas. She was the oldest of five children. Leona"s birth mother, Pauline (Oram) McRoberts died in 1948 while giving birth to a son. The baby also died at birth. Leona was raised by...
Gloria Dee Vallier
Feb 27, 2012
Gloria D. Vallier, age 89, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Monday, February 27, 2012, in Merritt Island, Florida. She was born on Thursday, December 28, 1922, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, the daughter of Vernon Jacob Berger and Hilda Christine (Quigley) Berger. She has been a resident of Florida since 2008, moving from Kansas City, Missouri, where she lived for...
Arthur Hale Parker
Feb 26, 2012
Arthur Hale Parker died Feb. 26, 2012, at his home in Middle Amana, Iowa. He was born January 23, 1933, in Kansas City, KS to Ernest Robert & Ada May (Schillington) Parker. He grew up in Kansas City and graduated Rosedale High School in 1951. He attended college before entering the work force, working for IBM for 25 years....
Richard D. Berger
Feb 26, 2012
Richard D. Berger, age 72, of Pomona, Kansas, died Sunday, February 26, 2012. He was born on Friday, September 29, 1939, in Richmond, Kansas, the son of Vernon J. and Esther P. (Gray) Berger. He was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. Richard attended Richmond High School and earned his G.E.D. while serving in the military. Richard served in...
Barbara Diviney
Feb 26, 2012
Barbara Jean Diviney (Nee Young), 85, passed away Sunday February 26, 2012 at North Point Skilled Nursing, Paola, KS. Barbara was born March 13, 1926 in Carrington, ND to Archie M. Young and Alma M. Silvus. Always an independent woman, Barbara was an accomplished homemaker, a member of Eastern Star, and an avid bridge and dominos player. After moving...
Evea Eleanor Bailey
Feb 24, 2012
Evea Eleanor Blanton York Brewer Bailey, age 97, of Louisburg, KS, passed away Friday, February 24, 2012 at Villa Saint Francis, Olathe, KS. Eleanor was born October 8, 1914 in Kansas City, MO., the daughter of W.H. Blanton and Martha Ona Williams Blanton. She was united in marriage to James Herschel York on December 23, 1929 in Atchison,KS. This...
Darrell Bourque
Feb 22, 2012
Darrell J. Bourque, age 65, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 22, 2012. He was born on Tuesday, January 21, 1947, in Dover, New Jersey, the son of Joseph George and Doris E. (Carr) Bourque. He has been a resident of Ottawa since 1965, moving from Succasunna, New Jersey. Darrell graduated from Roxbury High School in Succasunna, New Jersey,...
Max Eugene Randel
Feb 22, 2012
Max Eugene Randel, age 83, of Williamsburg, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 22, 2012. He was born on Friday, December 28, 1928, in Harris, Kansas, the son of Ira G. and Margaret (Rea) Randel. He was a lifelong resident of Williamsburg. Max graduated from Williamsburg High School with the class of 1947. He was a lifelong farmer and rancher working...
Arville L. Hull
Feb 21, 2012
Arville L. Hull was born on Saturday, December 20, 1947, in Fulton, Missouri. He was the son of Donald and Belle (Young) Hull. Arville was living in Derby, Kansas at the time of his move to Pomona, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1965, where he made his home until his death on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at the age...
Gladys Dollar
Feb 21, 2012
Gladys Ellen Dollar, 101 years old, left this world on Feb. 21, 2012. She was an only child born in Kansas City, Mo., to Benjamin Harrison Thurman and Marvie Brown Thurman on Oct. 25, 1910. "G," as she was more commonly known, especially to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, showcased her independent nature from a very young age. She lived...
Frances Elizabeth Keefer
Feb 18, 2012
Frances Elizabeth Keefer, age 85, of Shawnee Mission, Kansas, died Saturday, February 18, 2012. She was born on Thursday, July 29, 1926 in Rantoul, Kansas, the daughter of Roy O. and Ida Mae (Morgan) Taylor. She grew up in Wellsville, Kansas, moved to Ottawa and following her marriage, lived all over the world while her husband served in the...
Clarence Evans
Feb 17, 2012
CLARENCE LEE "PEE WEE" EVANS Clarence Lee "Pee Wee" Evans, age 67, of Paola, Kansas, died February 17, 2012 at his home. Pee Wee was born on January 14, 1945 to Clarence Edward and Helen (Bennett) Evans at Paola, Kansas. Being five pounds at birth, his aunt nicknamed him Pee Wee. His father was in the Battle of the...
Shirley E. Hardesty
Feb 15, 2012
Shirley E. Hardesty, age 83 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at Christian Care Cottage in Ottawa, KS. She was born on Friday, February 1, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Earl and Elizabeth (Fenton) Morton. She has resided in Ottawa, Kansas and also in Edwardsville, Kansas. Shirley graduated from Ottawa High School. Shirley worked...
Irene Warner
Feb 15, 2012
Irene Warner, age 85 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 15, 2012. She was born on Friday, July 30, 1926 in Franklin County, Kansas, the daughter of Roy H. and Ruby Mae (Lyons) Brown. She was a near lifelong Ottawa resident. Irene graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1944. She worked twenty-five years as a bank...
Glenn F. Welch
Feb 15, 2012
Glenn F. Welch, age 74 of Princeton, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held from the Dengel & Son Mortuary 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 18, 2012. He was born on Thursday, August 26, 1937 in Princeton, Kansas, the son of Glenn N. and Goldie (Mitchell) Welch. He was a lifelong resident of...
Lila Maxine Peed
Feb 13, 2012
Lila Maxine Peed, age 82, of Williamsburg, Kansas, died Monday, February 13, 2012, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born on Saturday, March 9, 1929, in Pomona, Kansas, the daughter of Ira and Mabel Burruss Thompson. She was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. Lila graduated from Ottawa High School with the class...
Jaymeelyn Elizabeth Austin
Feb 11, 2012
The angel that God gave us is Jaymeelyn Elizabeth Austin; she was born Saturday 2/11/2012 via cesarean section 18 days before her scheduled date at Overland Park Regional to the proud parents of James Don Austin and Courtney Martha Maupin. She weighed 7 lb. 9.3 oz, was 19 1/2 inches long, with red hair and blue eyes. Jaymeelyn was...
Beverly Turner
Feb 11, 2012
Beverly Ann Turner was born on Wednesday, March 9, 1932, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Claude Everett and Mina Marie (Adcock) Chapman. A lifelong resident, Beverly made her home in Ottawa until her death on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at the age of seventy-nine years. Beverly graduated from Ottawa High School with the class...
Judith Ann Myers - Gallaway
Feb 11, 2012
Judith Ann Myers-Gallaway was born on Monday, November 14, 1938, in LaHarpe, Kansas. She was the daughter of Clarence L. Bill and Melvia Mae (Williams) Ransom. Following her marriage, she lived on a farm in the Centropolis area of Franklin County, Kansas, until moving to Ottawa in 1971, where she made her home until her death on Saturday, February...
Dixie G. Leslie
Feb 10, 2012
Dixie was born on Sept. 12, 1924 in LosAngeles, California to Kerber and Zona Flick Gibbs. In 1956 she was united in marriage to Jack Leslie in Las Vegas, Nevada. During WWII Dixie worked as a Nurses Aide then for Ryan Aircraft as a machine operator then settled into raising her family and returning to civil service once her...
