Rev. Gilbert S. Peters
Oct 27, 2011
Rev. Gilbert S. Peters, age 95, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, October 27, 2011. He was born on Tuesday, September 12, 1916, in Bonham, Texas. He was of full Czech descent, the son of Joseph James and Lydia Ann (Skrabanek) Peters. He was a resident of Ottawa since March of 2010, moving from Fredonia, Kansas. He grew up in...
Phasith Xaopaxa
Oct 27, 2011
Phasith Xaopaxa, age 58, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, October 27, 2011, at University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on Tuesday, April 7, 1953, in Savannakhet, Laos, the son of Kong and Ky Xaopaxa. He has been a resident of Ottawa since 1980, moving from Providence, Rhode Island. Phasith graduated from high school...
Donald Jenkins
Oct 26, 2011
Donald Ray Jenkins, of Paola, Kansas, passed away October 26, 2011 at Olathe Medical Center. Don was born October 6, 1949 in Paola, Kansas to Ralph Ray and Loretta Warf Jenkins. He graduated from Fontana High School in 1967. Don served in Vietnam for 13 months with the U.S. Army and received the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam...
George A. Lowe
Oct 26, 2011
GEORGE LOWE, age 86, passed away October 26, 2011 in Lenexa, Kansas. A Gathering of Friends will be held on Monday, October 31, 2011 from 1:00pm to 3:00 pm at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 305 North Pearl, Paola, KS 66071. Private family services will be held. Memorials are suggested to the Alex Lowe Memorial Cancer Fund, c/o KU Cancer Center,...
Helen I. Rose
Oct 24, 2011
Helen I. Rose, 66, of Overland Park, KS died October 24, 2011 at St. Joseph Hospital, Kansas City, MO. She was born May 11, 1945 at Farlinville, KS, the daughter of Kenneth William Marmon and Donna Ivalene Johnson. Helen worked at Delmar Gardens of Overland Park, Ks as an LPN for 16 years, and considered many of her co-workers...
Lyle Dubois
Oct 23, 2011
Lyle Dubois, 88, of Paola, Kansas lost his life on October 23, 2011, after a brief illness. Lyle was born in Burlingame, Kansas on June 29, 1923, to Hal and Elma Black Dubois. He grew up in Burlingame and graduated from Burlingame High School in 1941. He married Doris Ann (Annie) Jolly on May 24, 1947, in Olathe, Kansas....
Nina Celesta Smith
Oct 23, 2011
Nina C. Smith, age 87, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Sunday, October 23, 2011, at Ottawa Retirement Village in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on Thursday, August 21, 1924, in Ottawa, the daughter of John Wesley and Laura Emma (Hazen) Striplin. Nina was a lifelong Ottawa resident. She attended Ottawa schools. Nina was a homemaker. Nina was a member of...
Eugene M. Taylor
Oct 21, 2011
Eugene M. Taylor, age 88 of Williamsburg, Kansas, died Friday, October 21, 2011 at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. He was born on Saturday, June 02, 1923 in Greenfield, Oklahoma the son of Joseph Taylor and Ruth D. (Vanlehn) Taylor. Eugene lived in Greenfield, Oklahoma until 1941 and after military service he moved with his construction work until...
Wynona Lamoyne Vansickle
Oct 20, 2011
Wynona LaMoyne VanSickle, age 74, of Princeton, Kansas, died Thursday, October 20, 2011, at Ottawa Retirement Village in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on Monday, July 26, 1937, in Logan, Iowa, the daughter of Merle W. and Kathryn V. (Walters) Heckman. Wynona lived in Logan, Iowa until the age of eight, moving to Ottawa in 1944, and to Princeton...
Tom Porter
Oct 19, 2011
Thomas F. Porter age 88 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at Richmond Care Center in Richmond, KS. He was born on Thursday, December 14, 1922 in Ottawa, KS, the son of Charles and Katherine (Shiras) Porter. He was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Tom graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1940, attended his freshman...
Mell D. Martin
Oct 19, 2011
Mell D. Martin, age 82, of Pomona, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at Select Specialty Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on Wednesday, March 27, 1929, in Estalene, Texas, the son of William and Virgie (Ward) Martin. He lived in Pomona since 2007, moving from Ottawa, where he had lived since 1996. He previously...
Rev. Raymond W. Raley
Oct 17, 2011
Rev. Raymond W. “Ray” Raley, age 85, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, October 17, 2011, at Richmond Healthcare in Richmond, Kansas. He was born on Friday, April 23, 1926, in Pueblo, Colorado, the son of John F. and Susie M. (Thompson) Raley. Ray was raised in Pueblo, Colorado. In 1951, he married and moved to Salida for three years...
Trinda Johnson
Oct 16, 2011
TRINDA I. JOHNSON Trinda I. Johnson, 91, of Paola, formerly of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Sunday October 16, 2011 at Miami County Medical Center. Trinda was born to Herbert and Madeline Moore Cunning on October 25, 1919 in Jamaica, West Indies. She lived most of her life in Kansas City, Missouri where she worked as a hair dresser,...
Christine J. Dillingham
Oct 13, 2011
Christine Joyce Dillingham, age 64, of Louisburg, Kansas, died October 13, 2011 at Northland Long Term Acute Care Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born June 21, 1947 at Cherryville, Missouri. She was the oldest of four daughters born to Marvin Sutherlin and Clara Mae (Caron) Sutherlin Williams. She graduated from high school in 1965 when she was...
Russel Wayne Geist
Oct 12, 2011
Russel Wayne Geist, age 28, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. He was born on Friday, November 5, 1982, in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Rick Geist and Rhonda J. (Dryden) Geist-Thomas. He was a lifelong resident of Ottawa. Russel graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 2002. Since...
Edwin D. Morrison
Oct 10, 2011
Edwin D. Morrison, 81, of Ozawkie, KS died on October 10, 2011 at Stormont Vail Health Care Center, Topeka, KS. He was born June 26, 1930 in Kansas City, MO, the son of Albert E. and Gladys L. (Perkins) Morrison. He was united in marriage to Joyce Meyer on May 3, 1959 in Holton, KS. Edwin worked for Adams...
Hazel Irene Coffman
Oct 3, 2011
Hazel Irene Coffman, age 92, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, October 3, 2011, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa. She was born on Tuesday, September 9, 1919, in Oskaloosa, Kansas, the daughter of Benjamin Harrison and Margaret Jane (Hartman) Ray. She lived in Lawrence and Paola before moving to Ottawa in May of 1959. Hazel attended schools in...
Ruth Matthew
Oct 2, 2011
Ruth Marie Matthew age 37 passed away at the KU Medical Center after an attempted liver transplant.(cremation) Ruth was born in Athens, Greece to Thomas and Theresa Brenner Morrison. Survivors are her mother Theresa Morrison of Paola, daughter Marissa Greenwell of the home, sister Lisa and her husband Jason Wilson of Overland Park Kansas. She will be greatly missed...
Berniece Dickey
Oct 2, 2011
Berniece R. Dickey, age 91 of Paola, passed away October 2nd at her home in Paola. "Toots," as she was known, was born July 22, 1920 in Paola Kansas to David Scott Lentz and Beulah Lentz, whose maiden name was Rohrer. She went to school at the school house in Wagstaff and graduated from Paola High School. On September...
William Allender
Sep 30, 2011
William Allender age 54 died in an automobile accident in Miami County Friday Sept 30. He was born on December 4, 1956 in Redondo Beach, California to Clifford and Marion Brunening Allender. Survivors are a son Ben Chalfant of Eufaula, Oklahoma, daughter Tasha Lanae, one brother Darrell Seaton of Ottawa, and a sister Deborah Burgoon of Paola.
