June Betz
Feb 2, 2012
June Betz was born on Wednesday, June 10, 1931, in Osawatomie, Kansas. She was the daughter of John E. and Ethel Mae (Raley) Hicks. A lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas, June made her home in Ottawa until her death on Thursday, February 2, 2012, at the age of eighty years. June graduated from Lane High School. She was...
Tyler Grant Gerhardt
Feb 2, 2012
Tyler Grant Gerhardt, age 28, of Lonedell, Missouri, died Thursday, February 2, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Washington, Missouri. He was born on Thursday, October 27, 1983, in Alton, Illinois, the son of Mike and Donnita Jean (Barnes) Gerhardt. He moved with his family from Alton to Ottawa, Kansas in 1992. The last four years, he lived in Missouri...
Diane Marie Boggs
Jan 31, 2012
Diane Marie Boggs, age 56, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. She was born on Thursday, March 10, 1955, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Ray and Mary Agnes (Kreitler) Hultz. She was a resident of Ottawa since the mid 1970’s, moving from Garnett. Diane graduated from Garnett High School with...
Eloy A. Lucero, Sr.
Jan 31, 2012
Eloy A. Lucero, Sr, age 75, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. He was born on Tuesday, April 7, 1936, in Villanueva, New Mexico. He was the son of Vivian and Theresha (Aragon) Lucero. He was a resident of Ottawa since 1984, moving from Grants, New Mexico, where he resided for...
Jo Ann Walker
Jan 29, 2012
Jo Ann Walker, age 62, of Stilwell, Kansas, died Sunday, January 29, 2012 at St. Luke"s South Hospital, Overland Park, Kansas. Jo Ann was born August 2, 1949 at Laurel, Mississippi, the daughter of Evon and Annie (Musgrove) Walker. Jo Ann was the second born of their four children. She grew up in Shambaugh, Iowa and the family moved...
John Broegman
Jan 29, 2012
John R. (Jack) Broegman, 91, of Clay Center, Kansas, formerly of Paola, passed away at his home January 29, 2012. John was born on May 14, 1920 in Salem, Michigan, to Fredrick and H. Irene Hayner Broegman. He enlisted in the United States Army in Pontiac, Michigan in 1939 and was honorably discharged as Master Sergeant on June 15,...
Ruth Arline Carey
Jan 28, 2012
Ruth Arline Carey, age 78, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, January 28, 2012. She was the youngest of nine siblings and a Christmas blessing to her parents, Raymond Edward and Agatha Eva (Schulte) Turner, as she was born on Monday, December 25th, 1933, in Homewood, Kansas. She was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. Ruth moved with her husband...
Betty F. Smith
Jan 26, 2012
Betty Florence Smith, 87, passed away peacefully with her family by her side at the Olathe Medical center on January 26, 2012. Betty was born November 23, 1924 in Trimley St. Mary United Kingdom to Thomas Smith and Maggie Wilby Smith. At the age of 14, Betty left home to work at Fleethouse School in Felixtowe, England. Betty then...
Shirley Ann Kornhaus
Jan 24, 2012
Shirley Ann Kornhaus, age 78, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 24, 2012. She was born on Thursday, January 4, 1934, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Oliver Cecil and Reva Beatrice (Adkison) Sedoris. She grew up, and lived, in Kansas City until her marriage. She lived in Warrensburg, Missouri during her college years, moving to Ottawa in...
Joshua Ray Evans
Jan 23, 2012
Joshua Ray Josh Evans, age 17, of Lane, Kansas, died Monday, January 23, 2012. He was born on Saturday, August 13, 1994, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Clarence and Billie Rae (Ybarra) Evans. He was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. Josh attended Ottawa and Central Heights schools. He worked as a rig operator for Lone Star...
Joe S. Lee
Jan 19, 2012
Joe S. Darby Lee, age 82, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, January 19, 2012, at Richmond Care Center in Richmond, Kansas. He was born on Monday, November 11, 1929, in Timmonsville, South Carolina, the son of Soloman and Jettie (Pender) Lee. He was a resident of Ottawa since 1968, moving from California. He served twenty years in the United...
Letha Nicolodi
Jan 16, 2012
Letha Nicolodi, age 89, of Paola, Kansas, died Monday, January 16, 2012 at North Point Skilled Nursing in Paola. Letha was born April 2, 1922 at Hoisington, Kansas. She was one of five children born to Daniel Jackson and Ruth Marie (Cravens) Truitt. She was married to John Fred Nicolodi on May 9, 1953 at Wheatland, California. They made...
Coleen Brown
Jan 16, 2012
Coleen Edith Brown, 84, passed away Monday, January 16, 2012 at her daughter"s home. Coleen was born September 25, 1927 to Harry Friend Townsend and Veva Etta Patterson Townsend in Marshalltown, Iowa. She graduated in 1946 from Newton Senior High School. On June 9, 1946 she was married to Marion Lee Brown in Sheraton, Iowa. She worked at Maytag...
William C. Finch
Jan 16, 2012
William Calvin Bill Finch, age 81, died Monday, January 16, 2012, at Osage Nursing Center. He was born on Monday, February 17, 1930, in Princeton, Kansas, the son of Ernest Hamilton and Mary Gladys (O'Neal) Finch. Bill was a lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas. He graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1948 and attended Pittsburg...
Willis William "Bill" Gilliland
Jan 15, 2012
Willis W. Bill Gilliland, age 69, of Lyndon, Kansas, died Sunday, January 15, 2012, at Vintage Park of Osage City. He was born on Thursday, September 3, 1942, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of Willis Arthur and Mabel Louise (Smith) Gilliland. He moved from the Ottawa area to Lyndon, Kansas in 1984, and Osage City...
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...
