Dean J. Sauer
Jan 14, 2012
Dean J. Sauer, 87, of Ottawa, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2012, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Services are planned for 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at Dengel & Son Mortuary in Ottawa, with burial at Highland Cemetery. Mr. Sauer will lie in state at Dengel & Son Mortuary after 9:00 a.m. Tuesday to the...
Delores Jean Cox
Jan 13, 2012
Delores Jean Ledom-Cox was born on Wednesday, June 24, 1925, in Horton, Kansas. She was the daughter of Floyd Eugene and Effie Alberta (Whittington) Stansbarger. Delores was raised in the Kansas City area, also living in Lawrence, Kansas; Fullerton, California; Arizona; and Texas. She moved to Ottawa, Kansas in 1951 and Wellsville, Kansas in 2009, where she made her...
Willena A. Boehm
Jan 11, 2012
Willena A. Boehm, age 81, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at Ottawa Retirement Village. She was born on Wednesday, May 21, 1930, in Colony, Kansas, the daughter of W. W. “Bill” and Frances Anona (Yates) Simpson. Willena grew up in Colony and after her first marriage, she and her first husband, Ray Holloway, lived in Iola...
Janet Lewis
Jan 10, 2012
Janet Panner Lewis Janet was born October 20, 1928 to Elmer N. and Irene Murphy Panner. She was raised and attended schools in Shawnee, Oklahoma with her older brother, Owen M. Panner, and older sister, Mary Anne Panner Price. She attended Oklahoma University, where she met her husband to be, Ted E. Lewis, who had just returned from serving...
Kenneth H. Waite
Jan 8, 2012
Kenneth Herbert Waite, age 92, of Louisburg, KS, died January 8, 2012 at Louisburg Care Center, Louisburg, KS. He was born June 17, 1919 in Columbia, MO, the son of Hiram and Mary Katherine Hooper Waite. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Wells on March 8, 1949 at Paola, KS. Kenny graduated with the class of 1936 from...
M. "Bill" Lute, Sr.
Jan 7, 2012
William M. Bill Lute, Sr., age 74, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, January 7, 2012. He was born on Monday, August 30, 1937, in Williford, Arkansas, the son of Walter and Mary (Fletcher) Lute. He was a resident of Ottawa since the mid 1980’s, moving from Wellsville, Kansas. Prior to Wellsville, he lived in Kansas City, Kansas. Bill was...
Jay Seamands
Jan 7, 2012
Jay C. Seamands, age 60, passed away on January 7, 2012, at his home. Jay C. Seamands was born January 17, 1951 in Gardner, Kansas to Chester Ray Seamands and Ellen Grace (Herndon) Seamands. Jay served in the United States Army as a Seargant during the Vietnam War and was a member of the Paola VFW Post 3712. He...
Loretta Jean Edwards
Jan 6, 2012
Loretta Jean Edwards, age 52, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, January 6, 2012. She was born on Monday, October 12, 1959, in Liberty, Missouri, the daughter of Edgar and Miriam (Potter) Johnson. She was a resident of Garnett, Kansas for many years prior to moving to Ottawa, where she made her home the past three years. Loretta graduated from...
James L. Thomas
Jan 6, 2012
James Loren “Jim” Thomas, 73, Pomona, died peacefully at his home on Friday, January 6, 2012 with his loving family by his side. He was born on Monday, April 18, 1938, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Wilbur Milton and Ruth Louisa (Alexander) Thomas. He grew up in Garnett along with four brothers. After graduating from Garnett High School...
James Spitzenberger
Jan 6, 2012
James J. Spitzenberger, age 96, of Osawatomie, Kansas passed away Friday January 6, 2012 at Vintage Park in Osawatomie. Graveside Service will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at Paola Cemetery. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home Paola Chapel. Memorial contributions can be made to Osawatomie Plum Creek Church...
Robert B. Runyan
Jan 6, 2012
Robert B. Runyan, age 68, of Fort Worth, Texas died January 6, 2012 at Butner, North Carolina. He was born on October 25, 1943 at Kansas City, MO, the son of Ward Boyd and Bernice Allene Runyan. He attended Louisburg Elementary school through the fifth grade. The family moved to Paola, Kansas where he graduated from Paola High School...
Richard D. "Jonsey" Jones, Sr.
Jan 4, 2012
Richard D. “Jonsey” Jones, Sr., was born on Sunday, June 2, 1929, in Osawatomie, Kansas. He was the son of David Riley and Estella (McKenzie) Jones. He was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, moving from Williamsburg, Kansas to Ottawa in 1983, where he made his home until his death on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at the age of...
Robert James Devore
Jan 4, 2012
Robert James “Jim” DeVore, 80, of Newton, died Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at his home. He was born on June 28, 1931 in Lower Drew, Ontario, Canada. The son of James G. “Shine” DeVore and Olive Holtom DeVore. The family lived in Wyandotte, Michigan for several years before moving to Ottawa, Ks., where Jim attended schools. During the Korean...
Virgil D. Chambers
Jan 3, 2012
Virgil D. Chambers, age 77, of Ottawa, Kansas, died at his home on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. He was born on Tuesday, December 25, 1934, in Pomona, Kansas. He was the son of Clyde J. and Eva M. (Whitaker) Chambers. He was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. Virgil graduated from Pomona High School with the class of 1952....
Deanie M. Duncan
Dec 31, 2011
Deanie M. (Stanford) Duncan, age 78, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, December 31, 2011, at Ottawa Retirement Village. She was born on Sunday, June 4, 1933, in Savonburg, Kansas, the daughter of William J. and Cleona Bell (Adams) Stanford. She was born and raised in Allen County, Kansas. From 1973 to 1985, she lived in Freeport, Texas, moving to...
Mary Rose Peuser
Dec 29, 2011
Mary Rose Peuser, 80, passed away December 29, 2011 at Olathe Medical Center. Memorials may be made to the Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Mary Rose was born on April 29, 1931 in Basalt, Colorado to Walter J. and Eva Marie Letty Hyrup. She graduated from Basalt Union High School, she then attended St. Mary"s College in Leavenworth, Kansas and...
Margie Thompson
Dec 29, 2011
Margie Thompson, 89,long time resident of Osawatomie, passed away December 29, 2011 at Vintage Park At Paola, Paola, Kansas. Graveside Service,Thursday January 5, 2:00 PM at the Osawatomie Cemetery, Osawatomie, Kansas. Margie was born April 16, 1922 in Alexander, Kansas. She was the sixth of eight children born to Gus William and Lillie Mae Hulse Geckles. She graduated from...
Kenneth "Ken" Hardin
Dec 28, 2011
Kenneth Ken Hardin, age 81, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 28, 2011. He was born on Tuesday, October 28, 1930, in Slater, Missouri. He was a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Kansas, moving to Ottawa in 2006. Ken graduated from Slater High School. He was employed at Owens Corning Fiberglass in Kansas City, Kansas forty-one years. Ken served...
John Pinkerton
Dec 25, 2011
John Edward Pinkerton, 58 of Paola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 25, 2011, at Olathe Medical Center. John was born August 2, 1953, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Wayne and Patricia Pinkerton. John grew up a typical farm boy, hunting, trapping, fishing and raising award-winning (even Grand Champion) farm animals. He graduated from Blue Springs High School in 1971...
Kenny Shelton
Dec 25, 2011
Kenny Shelton, age 80, of Louisburg, KS passed away on December 25, 2011 at his home. He was born in Hazard, KY on April 27, 1931, the son of Bart and Mable (Candler) Shelton. He moved to the Topeka, KS area at the age of 19 then moved to Louisburg in 1971. He was united in marriage to Mary...
