George A. Zook, Sr.
Jan 29, 2011
George A. Zook, Sr., age 74, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, January 29, 2011, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. He was born on Thursday, June 11, 1936, in Ottawa, the son of George Edward and Margaret Catherine (Davies) Zook. He was a lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas. He was owner and operator of Zook’s Floor Service...
Patricia "Patty" Marie Hollon-Markley
Jan 28, 2011
Patricia Marie “Patty” Hollon-Markley, age 69, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, January 28, 2011, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born on Monday September 15, 1941, in Ottawa, the daughter of James Earnest Hollon and Betty Jean (Caleb) Hollon. She was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Patty attended Ottawa schools. Patty was a lifelong homemaker. She also worked...
Gerald Eugene "Gene" Steffes
Jan 24, 2011
Gerald Eugene “Gene” Steffes, age 84, of Olpe, Kansas, died, Monday, January 24, 2011. He was born on August 29, 1926, in Olpe, Kansas, the son of William A. and Marie (Dwyer) Steffes.He was a lifelong resident of Olpe. He graduated from St. Joseph High School. He served in the U.S. Army with the 8th Calvary Regiment in the...
Ottis Clinkscale
Jan 24, 2011
Ottis L. Clinkscale, 61 of Paola, Kansas passed away January 24, 2011 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Paola Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Friday, Jan. 28 from 6:00 " 8:00 p.m. at the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home in Paola. Ottis was born...
Ross E. Baker
Jan 24, 2011
Ross E. Baker, age 65, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, January 24, 2011, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. He was born on Thursday, June 14, 1945, in Ottawa, the son of James Henry and Dessie Talititha (Jones) Baker. He was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Ross attended Ottawa schools. Ross worked in construction as a cement finisher in Kansas...
Edna S. Cowdin
Jan 24, 2011
Edna S. Cowdin, age 94, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, January 24, 2011. She was born on Sunday, May 28, 1916, in Cordova, Seward County, Nebraska, the daughter of Albert and Bertha (Hansen) Johnsen. She was a near lifelong resident of Ottawa, moving from Greeley, Colorado. She grew up in Cordova and Friend, Nebraska. Edna graduated from Friend High...
Mary E. Seck
Jan 23, 2011
Mary Elizabeth Spielbusch Seck Mary Elizabeth Seck, 101, passed peacefully on Sunday, January 23, 2011, at the Kansas City Hospice House. She was born October 27, 1909 in Louisburg, KS, the daughter of Frank and Nellie Dore Spielbusch. Mary was a housewife, homemaker and lifelong resident of Bucyrus, KS in the Wea community. She was married to Frank Seck...
Ray Adelbert Talbott
Jan 19, 2011
Ray Adelbert Talbott, age 85, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011. He was born on Monday, November 23, 1925, in Ottawa, the son of William Adelbert and Elma Oleta (Arnold) Talbott. He was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Ray graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1943. He worked over thirty-seven years as a Telegrapher-Clerk for...
Leroy J. Niebaum
Jan 18, 2011
LeRoy James Niebaum, 88, of Louisburg, KS died Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at his home. He was born on December 7, 1922 in Rome, KS, the son of Otto and Mabel May Rowan Niebaum. He was united in marriage to Virginia Lucille Hollensbe on March 8, 1946. He was a carpenter, building houses in the Kansas City and Miami...
Roger Dean Shambaugh
Jan 16, 2011
Roger Dean Shambaugh, age 55, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Sunday, January 16, 2011. He was born on Wednesday, February 16, 1955, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Cloy Edward and Evalyn (Collins) Shambaugh. He has been a resident of Ottawa since 1969, moving from Paola, Kansas. Roger graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1975. He served...
Cecilia Reyes
Jan 15, 2011
Cecilia M. Reyes, age 86, of Garnett, Kansas, formerly of Ottawa, died Saturday, January 15, 2011, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on Thursday, September 10, 1924, in Ottawa, the daughter of Andres Martinez and Amada (Demis) Martinez. Cecilia was a lifelong Ottawa resident, moving to Garnett in 2006. She worked twenty-nine years as a...
Laura Louise Ohlmeier
Jan 13, 2011
Laura was born on November 8, 1918 in Paola, KS to Herman and Lena (Prothe) Koelsch, the youngest of five girls. She was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church at Block where she was a faithful member her entire life. On Nov. 11, 1939 she married Erwin Ohlmeier and they were blessed with three children. Erwin preceded...
Roberta Hage
Jan 13, 2011
Roberta Lee Hage, 63, of Bella Vista, AR, formerly of Miami County KS, passed away January 13th, 2011 in Bentonville, AR. Roberta was born on July 24, 1947 in Needles, CA to Robert Lee and Rose Irene (Halford) Coppenbarger. She went on to run the Paola Skating Rink for over 20 years. Her hobbies included chrocheting, reading, and spending...
Dorothy Kiser
Jan 12, 2011
Dorothy Jean Kiser passed away on January 12, 2011, in the presence of her children, at the Kansas City Hospice House, after a courageous battle with cancer. Dorothy was born in Fontana, KS on June 21, 1923 and was the daughter of the former Miami County Sheriff, Edward Schlotman and his wife Della. Her family moved to Paola, where...
Steve J. O'Keefe
Jan 12, 2011
STEVE J. O"KEEFE Steve O"Keefe, 67 passed away January 12, 2011 with his family by his side. Steve was born September 28, 1943. He was the fourth of eleven children born to Vincent and Louise Vaughn O"Keefe and the fourth generation to be raised on the family farm in Bucyrus, Kansas. After high school, Steve attended Rockhurst University before...
Carolyn Quinn
Jan 10, 2011
Carolyn J. Quinn, age 66, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, January 10, 2011, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on Tuesday, August 15, 1944, in Salida, Colorado, the daughter of Charles and Rose (Marquis) Gregory. She was raised in Colorado. She also lived in Oklahoma prior to moving to Ottawa in the mid 1990’s. She...
Kathleen M. Bessenbacher
Jan 10, 2011
Kathleen M. Bessenbacher, 86, of Independence, MO died Monday, January 10, 2011, of a massive stroke at Centerpoint Medical Center, Independence, MO. Kathleen was born and raised in Bucyrus, KS, the daughter of Beal B. Furgason and Edna L. Oldham Furgason. She spent her adult life in the Kansas City and Independence, Missouri area. She was employed at General...
Howard H. Johnson
Jan 9, 2011
Howard H. Johnson, age 96, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Sunday, January 9, 2011, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. He was born on Wednesday, August 26, 1914, in Lindsborg, Kansas, the son of Eban and Dora (Herman) Johnson. He lived in Lindsborg until his marriage, moving to Ottawa. He lived at Ottawa Retirement Village in his later years. Howard...
Melissa Kay (Mcclendon) Mallory
Jan 7, 2011
Melissa Kay (McClendon) Mallory, age 25, of Carbondale, Kansas, died Friday, January 7, 2011. She was born on Thursday, December 12, 1985, in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Tony Ray McClendon and Roxanne Kay (Smith) McClendon-DeJarnette. She was a near lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas, living in Iola, Holton and Carbondale. Melissa was an honor student and 2004...
Bryan Blann
Jan 5, 2011
Bryan R. Blann age 45 of Paola passed away Wednesday January 5 after an automobile accident in Miami County. Memorials to the Bryan Blann Memorial Fund in care of the funeral home 305 N. Pearl Paola, KS 66071. Bryan was born on July 2, 1965 in Kansas City, Kansas to Charles and Donnie Young Blann. He graduated from the...
