Richard D. Napier
Nov 24, 2011
Richard Napier, age 59, of Ewing, Nebraska, died Thursday, November 24, 2011, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. He was born on Thursday, January 31, 1952, in Pierre, South Dakota, the son of Dale and Betty (Fry) Napier. He was a longtime resident of Coolidge, Arizona, moving to Ottawa, Kansas in May of 2011. Richard graduated from Coolidge...
Louise Weaver
Nov 23, 2011
Louise G. Weaver, 54, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Louise was born to Arthur and Elise Zider Schwartz on November 8, 1957 in Queens, New York. She graduated from Plain Ridge High School of Long Island, New York in 1975. Louise took college accounting courses after completing high school and worked for a CPA...
Donald Ray Gorton
Nov 22, 2011
Donald Ray Gorton, age 82, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 22, 2011. He was born on Tuesday, April 23, 1929, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Raymond Glen and Hazel Edith (Burnett) Gorton. Don was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Don graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1948. He was a self-employed carpenter for forty-two years....
Jeffrey L. Ambrose
Nov 22, 2011
Jeffrey Lynn Ambrose, 50, of Shawnee, KS died November 22, 2011 at his home. Jeff was born August 26, 1961 at Wichita, KS the son of Eleanor (McGuire) and Norman Ambrose. He moved to Olathe, KS in 1966 and went to school, kindergarten through third grade, before moving to Louisburg, KS. He started fourth grade and graduated from Louisburg...
Clayton Kessler
Nov 20, 2011
CLAYTON R. KESSLER Clayton R. Kessler, 21, of Paola, Kansas passed away Sunday, November 20, 2011 in an automobile accident. Memorials to the Middle School Dare to Dream Scholarship Fund Clayton was born to David and Heidi Hartford Kessler on March 17, 1990 in Overland Park, Kansas. He graduated from Paola High School in 2008 and worked as a...
Rebecca Ames
Nov 20, 2011
Rebecca L. Ames, 73, passed from this life and went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Sunday, November 20th at Ottawa, KS. She was born April 9th, 1938 at Harris, MO to Austin Cecil Todd and Rebecca Frances (Cloyd) Todd. She graduated from Westport High School, Kansas City, MO in 1956. In 1959, she...
Ruby E. Woods
Nov 19, 2011
Ruby E. Woods, age 92, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, November 19, 2011. She was born on Wednesday, September 10, 1919, in Centropolis, Kansas, the daughter of Cyrus and Stella (Bales) Barnhart. She was a lifelong resident of the Pomona and Ottawa area. Ruby attended Columbia and Dean Grade School, graduating from Appanoose High School with the class of...
Gary D. Maxwell
Nov 19, 2011
Gary Maxwell, age 72, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, November 19, 2011, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas. He was born on Wednesday, February 1, 1939, in Ottawa, the son of Richard and Alice (Fouts) Maxwell. He was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. Gary graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1956. He was an...
Melvin Johnson
Nov 15, 2011
Melvin Luther Johnson, age 55, of Emporia formerly of Paola, passed away November 15, 2011 at Olathe Medical Center. (cremation) Melvin was born on March 9, 1956 in Paola, Kansas to Claude and Alice Harper Johnson. He lived in the Paola area until he was in his 20"s and then moved to Ottawa and lived there until moving to...
Chanoy E. Moore
Nov 15, 2011
Chanoy Moore, age 45 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe Kansas. She was born on Saturday, December 4, 1965 in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Paul D. Moore and Betty Ellen (Hedrick) Moore. Chanoy was a near lifelong Williamsburg, Kansas resident, and has lived in Ottawa since 2004. She graduated from...
Donna Smith
Nov 14, 2011
Donna Lea Smith, age 68, passed away November 14, 2011 at the Villa St. Francis Nursing Home in Olathe, Kansas. Donna was born August 25, 1943 in Marysville, California to Ernest "Pete" and Mildred Tush Smith. She was raised in Kansas after the family moved in 1945. In 1978 she was employed by Johnson County Development Services where she...
John Torkelson
Nov 12, 2011
John Allen Torkelson Dec. 17, 1983- Nov. 12, 2011 Olathe Medical Center John was born on Dec. 17th, 1983 in Liberal, Ks to Linda (Johnson) and Allen Torkelson. John moved to Paola, KS in 2000 to attend school at Lakemary Center. He graduated from Lakemary Center School in 2003 and transitioned to the adult program. John enjoyed the outdoors...
John R. Bauer
Nov 10, 2011
John Robert Bauer, 85 years of age, of Louisburg, KS, lived a long full life, passed away November 10, 2011. He was born to George G. and Marie (Auberger) Bauer on December 26, 1925 in Louisburg, KS. He married the love of his life Betty J. (McShannon) on Oct 21, 1950 until her death in 2008. Most of John"s...
William Peuser
Nov 9, 2011
Joseph William "Bill" Peuser, age 93, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at St. John Hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him and appreciated his steadfast devotion to his family, his work, and God throughout his life. Rosary will be said at 10:00 am on Saturday November 12, 2011 at...
Winfred Lawrence
Nov 8, 2011
Winfred Dow Lawrence, 89, of Paola, Kansas passed away on November 8, 2011 at his home. Winfred was born to Lorenzo Dow and Mary Ellen Kirby Lawrence on March 22, 1922 in Jasper County, Missouri. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII from 1942-1945 and was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled Veterans. In 1947...
Nellie E. Jones
Nov 7, 2011
Nellie E. Jones, 94, of Louisburg, KS died November 7, 2011 at Louisburg Health and Rehabilitation Center, Louisburg, KS. She was born December 3, 1916 at Louisburg, KS the daughter of Loren and Daisy Belle (Hittle) Kern. She was united in marriage to Orest Devere Jones on November 8, 1939 at Fort Scott, KS. She lived all of her...
Ruth Sanders
Nov 7, 2011
Ruth L. Sanders age 85 of Linn Valley, Kansas passed away Monday November 7, 2011 at the Gables Assisted Living in Overland Park, Kansas. Ruth was born on February 19, 1926 in Temple, Oklahoma to Willie Trenton Henderson and Laura Esther Murphy Henderson. She graduated from Tom Bean High School in Tom Bean, Texas in 1943, and then earned...
J. Mark Armstrong
Nov 1, 2011
J. Mark Armstrong, age 90, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 1, 2011, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. He was born on Wednesday, April 27, 1921, in Pattonsburg, Missouri, the son of John Marquis Armstrong, Sr. and Clara (Pearson) Armstrong. He was a resident of Ottawa since 1972, moving from Overland Park, Kansas. Mark graduated from Turner...
Janette Zoucha
Oct 31, 2011
Janette D. Zoucha, age 44, of Paola, Kansas passed away at the University of Kansas Medical Center on Oct. 31, 2011. Janette was born on February 18, 1967 in Iola, Kansas to Jackie Dean and Martha Cunningham Burton. She grew up in Paola and graduated in 1985 from Paola High School and attended Johnson County Community College for 2...
Lance Lee Nichols
Oct 31, 2011
Lance Lee Nichols, age 47, of Eloy, Arizona, died Monday, October 31, 2011, at his residence in Eloy, Arizona. He was born on Tuesday, August 25, 1964, in Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of Jack and Donnie Mae (Schmoe) Nichols. He was a near lifelong resident of Richmond, Kansas. Lance graduated from Central Heights High School with the...
