Richard Koopman
Aug 1, 2010
Richard E. Koopman, age 61 of Paola, passed away at his home Aug. 1st 2010. Richard was born on Oct. 27, 1948 in Ottawa, Kansas to Lentz and Frieda Prothe Koopman. He graduated from Paola High School in 1966. He attended Kansas City Community College for two years. Richard was retired from the Olathe Post Office after working over...
Jack Glaze
Jul 30, 2010
Jack Curtis Glaze, age 83 of Paola, passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2010 under the care of Oddysey Hospice at the North Point Nursing Home in Paola. Jack was born Feb. 22, 1927 in Lamar, Missouri to John and Rose Lee Feezell Glaze. He grew up in the Lamar area where he attended public school. On Nov. 30, 1946...
Lynnette Josephine Dale
Jul 29, 2010
Lynnette Josephine Dale, age 95, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, July 29, 2010, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on Thursday, September 3, 1914, in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Noah and Teaci (Sink) Barnhart. She grew up in Centralia, Kansas, and was a near lifelong resident of Ottawa. Lynnette graduated from Appanoose High...
Dorothy Lucas
Jul 28, 2010
Dorothy A. Goldsmith Lucas, 66, of Osawatomie, KS passed away Wednesday July 28, 2010 at her home. She was born July 28, 1944 in Osawatomie, KS, the daughter of James Orville Goldsmith Sr. and Dorothy Van Horn Goldsmith. She was married on November 11, 1994 to Bill Lucas, the marriage later ended in divorce. Dorothy spent the majority of...
Steven Sledd
Jul 27, 2010
Steve R. Sledd, 60, passed away July, 27th, 2010 at Miami County Medical Center. Steve was born February 5th, 1950 in Independence, Missouri to Doris and Pat Sledd. He graduated in 1968 from Washington High School in Kansas. Upon graduation he enlisted in the United States Marines and served for 4 years spending that time in Okinawa, Japan. He...
Sharon Kay Burgoon
Jul 26, 2010
Sharon Kay Burgoon, age 63, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, July 26, 2010. She was born on Sunday, September 15, 1946, in Garnett, Kansas. She was the daughter of Charles Francis and Edna Irene (Rommelfanger) Renzenberger. She lived in Nevada, Missouri, Ft. Scott and Pratt, Kansas, prior to moving to Ottawa in 1986. Sharon graduated from Greeley High School...
Jane Pattie Hall
Jul 26, 2010
Jane Turrell Pattie Hall, age 90, of Ottawa, KS passed away peacefully at the Baldwin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center on Monday, July 26, 2010. She was the daughter of Mark Turrell and Mildred Galbraith (Driesbach) Pattie. She lived on the East Coast for most of her life and spent 20 of those years on the water at Cove Point...
Howard Hiatt
Jul 24, 2010
Howard "Fuzz" Hiatt age 76 of Spring Hill, Kansas passed away Monday at the Olathe Medical Center. Howard was born Sept 7, 1933 in Spring Hill, Kansas to Ernest and Hazel Viar Hiatt. He graduated from Spring Hill High School in 1951. He enlisted in the United States Army during the Korean War and served from 1953 to 1955,...
Owen "Gene" E. Atchison
Jul 24, 2010
Owen E. “Gene” Atchison, age 84, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, July 24, 2010, at Colmery-O'Neill Veterans Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas. He was born on Wednesday, November 22, 1925, in Pomona, Kansas. He was the son of Murrel Owen and Betty Ann (Martin) Atchison. He was a near lifelong resident of Franklin County. Gene attended schools in the...
Deputy Sam A. Smith
Jul 23, 2010
Samuel Adam Smith was born May 19, 1988 in Sylmar, California to Kathleen (Shannon) Smith and Scott Smith. He moved to Ottawa, Kansas in 1990. He attended Sacred Heart through fifth grade. Sam was an active member of his community at an early age. Sam attended Ottawa Middle School where he was part of the Youth Action Council. Sam...
John Glenn Richardson
Jul 20, 2010
John Glenn Richardson, 94, died July 20, 2010 at Louisburg Care Center. He was born November 7, 1915 at Louisburg, KS, the only son of Lon Lee and Vera (Corbin) Richardson. He was raised in Edgerton, KS and married a 20 year old school teacher in 1935. John lived in the Kansas City areas from 1947 to 1970, the...
Eugene "Gene" Fredrick Hart
Jul 20, 2010
Eugene Fredrick “Gene” Hart, age 89, of Pomona, Kansas died Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa. He was born on Thursday, August 12, 1920, south of Williamsburg, Kansas, the son of Albert Fredrick and Bonnie Sarah (Mozley) Hart. Gene lived south of Williamsburg, Kansas until 1949, moving to his present address six miles south...
Elaine Marez
Jul 19, 2010
Elaine Marez, age 57, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, July 19, 2010. She was born on Monday, April 27, 1953, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Raymond Eugene and Irene (Kueser) Wittman. She grew up in Garnett, moving to Ottawa in the early 1970’s. Elaine graduated from Garnett High School with the class of 1971. She then attended beauty...
Leah Nadine Cawby
Jul 17, 2010
Leah Nadine Cawby, age 90, formerly of Paola, Fontana and Louisburg, KS., passed away Saturday, July 17, 2010 at the Life Care Center, Osawatomie,KS. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at Penwell-Gabel Paola Chapel, burial to follow in the Fontana Cemetery, Fontana, KS. Friends may call 9:00 " 11:00 a.m. Tuesday prior to service time...
Larry Noble
Jul 14, 2010
Larry D. Noble, age 53 of Paola, passed away at his home July 14, 2010 (cremation). Larry was born Sept. 11, 1956 in Paola, Kansas to James and Josephine Noble. He was employed by Taylor Forge as a fabricator. He also worked as a fabricator in the field working in Iowa, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. He later was employed...
Janice Blanc
Jul 14, 2010
Janice V. Becktol Blanc, or "Mimi" as she became known as a grandmother, passed away July 14, 2010 in Gardner, KS at the age of 60. Janice was born October 5, 1949 in El Reno, OK to Frank and Lida Lesperance Becktol. She graduated from El Reno high school in 1967 before going on to attend Warr Acres Beauty...
June D. Shenk
Jul 13, 2010
June D. Shenk, age 77 of Thorofare, NJ, formerly of Ottawa, died Tuesday, July, 13, 2010. She was born on Sunday, Feb. 5, 1933 in Woodbury, New Jersey, the daughter of William and Helen (Parker) White. She grew up in New Jersey and later moved to Ottawa living there twenty-six years returning to New Jersey in 1985. June was...
Alva Lee Powell
Jul 12, 2010
Alva Lee Powell, 97, Paola, passed away July 12, 2010, at his home. Alva Lee was born December 5, 1912, in the mining camp of Liberty, Colorado. He was the son of Joseph Andrew and Myrtle Ione Stevenson Powell. He and his brother and three sisters were orphaned when his parents died within 3 months of each other in...
George Garrison Jr.
Jul 10, 2010
George M. Garrison, Jr., 88 of Osawatomie, KS passed away July 10 at Life Care Center of Osawatomie. George was born on February 24, 1922 to George M. Sr. and Susie Bledsoe Garrison in Lomine, MO. On May 9, 1942 he was united in marriage to Martha Virginia Overly in Boonville, MO; to this union two children were born....
Ruby Helen Provencal
Jul 10, 2010
Ruby Helen Provencal was born on Friday, August 8, 1924, in Geary County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Edward William and Ella Wilhelmina (Knopp) Biegert. Ruby lived in Geary County, south of Junction City, Kansas until her marriage. They moved about twenty or thirty times while her husband was in the military, including tours of duty in Germany...
