Mary Jo Gibson
Apr 18, 2010
Mary Jo Gibson age 69 of Paola passed away Sunday April 18 at the Life Care Center of Osawatomie. . Mary was born in Ashton Mississippi on March 28, 1941 to Joe Thomas and Julia Harris Gibson. She grew up in the Paola, Osawatomie area and attended Osawatomie Schools. Her employment was at the Taylor Forge Manufacturing Plant as...
Wanda Verbal Isenhower
Apr 18, 2010
Wanda Verbal Isenhower, 97, died peacefully while surrounded by her family, at the Louisburg Care Center, Louisburg, Kansas, on Sunday, April 18, 2010. Funeral services will be on Tuesday, April 20, at 11:00 AM at the First Baptist Church, Louisburg, Kansas, burial to follow in the Louisburg Cemetery. Visitation will precede the service from 9:00 " 11:00 AM, Tuesday...
Richard D. Nourot
Apr 16, 2010
Richard D. Nourot, age 78, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, April 16, 2010. He was born on Tuesday, September 15, 1931, in Port Smith, Ohio. He was the son of Carl and Clema (Davis) Nourot. He lived in Prairie Village, Kansas, moving to Peoria in 1972, and Ottawa in 2006. Richard graduated from Charleston (West Virginia) High School with...
Lorene P. Purdon
Apr 15, 2010
Lorene Pauline (Halbauer) Purdon age 84, of Stilwell, KS, passed away peacefully, Thursday, April 15, 2010. Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 19, 2010 at Queen of the Holy Rosary Wea, Catholic Church 22779 Metcalf, Bucyrus, KS. Burial will follow in Holy Rosary Cemetery. Visitation will begin after 10:00 a.m., Monday, April 19, at the church. The...
Donald Herrs
Apr 13, 2010
Donald William Herrs, 73, lifelong Paola resident, passed away Tuesday afternoon, April 13, 2010 at Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Hospital in Gardner of complications from several health problems following knee replacement surgery March 1st. He had expected to return home this month. Don, as he was more commonly known, was born in rural Paola on Aug. 7, 1936, the son of...
Pearl Cornelius
Apr 13, 2010
Pearlia May Cornelius, age 96, of Paola, passed away April 13, 2010, at the North Point Care Center. Pearl was born October 1, 1913, in Walla Walla, WA, to Martin and Effie Mae Link Poland. She graduated from high school in Wichita, KS. On May 22, 1936, she was united in marriage to Lee Cornelius in Wichita. Pearl lived...
John Tunks
Apr 12, 2010
John Charles Tunks, age 53, of Paola, passed away April 12, 2010, at the North Point Care Center. Memorials may be made to the Shriners in care of the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home. John was born on August 11, 1956, in Paola, KS, to Denzel and Carolee Downs Tunks. He was a life long resident of Paola. He worked for...
Earlene H. Chronister
Apr 10, 2010
Earlene H. Chronister, 78, of Independence, Missouri, passed away April 10, 2010 at Season"s Care Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Earlene was born April 27, 1931 in Rolla, MO to Charles Earl and Lela (Loury) Heflin. She graduated from Rolla High School in 1949 and the International Bible School in San Antonio, TX in 1955. Earlene was united in...
Mildred Parrish
Apr 10, 2010
Mildred M. Parrish, age 86, of Ozawkie, Kansas, died Saturday, April 10, 2010, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on Saturday, November 24, 1923, in Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of Fred Ellsworth and Pauline Faye (Hayes) Parrish. Mildred grew up in Ottawa and raised her children in the Metropolitan Kansas City Area. She...
Paul Shields
Apr 10, 2010
Paul C. Shields, age 67 of Paola, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Saturday April 10, 2010. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Paul Shields Memorial Fund in care of the funeral home 305 N Pearl Paola, Kansas 66071, or to a charity of your choice. Paul was born on April 11, 1942 in...
Charles E. Mccurdy
Apr 10, 2010
Charles E. “Chuck” McCurdy, age 70, of Williamsburg, Kansas, died Saturday, April 10, 2010, at Ottawa Retirement Village in Ottawa, Kansas. He was born on Monday, December 4, 1939, in Garnett, Kansas. He was the son of Clifford M. and Sylvia Irene (Ashburn) McCurdy. Charles lived in the Williamsburg area most of his life, except for about ten years...
Darlene Davison
Apr 9, 2010
Darlene Davison, age 51, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, April 9, 2010. She was born on Wednesday, June 25, 1958, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She was the daughter of Robert and Audrey E. (Woods) Smith. She was a resident of Ottawa since 1999. She previously lived in Fort Collins, Colorado area, Wyoming and Arkansas. She was employed by Wal-Mart in...
Vesta Robinson
Apr 7, 2010
Vesta Mae Robinson, age 99, passed away April 7, 2010 at the Life Care Center in Osawatomie, Kansas. A visitation will be held on Monday, April 12 at 12:00 p.m. at the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home in Paola, with the service to follow at 1:00 p.m. Burial will be in the Hillsdale Cemetery. Vesta was born June 29, 1910 in...
Dorothy Irene Hardin
Apr 6, 2010
Dorothy Irene Hardin, age 77, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 6, 2010. She was born on Sunday, May 8, 1932, in Kansas City, Kansas. She was the daughter of Leslie and Marie (Ring) Stackhaus. She was a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Kansas, moving to Ottawa in 2006. Dorothy was a homemaker. She was a member of West...
Gladys V. Paul - Kiefer
Apr 5, 2010
Gladys V. Paul-Kiefer, age 86, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, April 5, 2010, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on Wednesday, April 2, 1924, in Rantoul, Kansas. She was the daughter of Cletus Jarome and Sallie M. (Haughn) Shenk. She was a lifelong resident of Ottawa in Franklin County, Kansas. Gladys graduated from Rantoul High...
Harry E. Brown
Apr 1, 2010
Harry E. Brown, age 91, of Ottawa, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 1, 2010. He was born on Friday, April 5, 1918, in Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of Edward Louis and Nellie Leora (McClellan) Brown. He was a lifelong resident of Ottawa. Harry attended Ottawa schools. Harry owned and operated Brown’s Hardware...
Everett W. Hink
Mar 31, 2010
Everett W. Hink, 89, of Louisburg, KS, died March 31, 2010 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, KS. Mr. Hink was born in Harrisonville, MO on August 12, 1920, the son of Lucas Lee and Cora Ann Moore Hink. He was united in marriage to Virginia Louise Stone on January 25, 1941 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Louisburg, KS....
Frank James Mathews
Mar 28, 2010
Frank James Mathews, age 75, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Sunday, March 28, 2010. He was born on Friday, February 8, 1935, in Atascadero, California, the son of Frank James Winfield Mathews and Eleen (Trumbley) Mathews. He was a resident of Ottawa since 2009, moving from California. Frank graduated from Modesto (California) High School with the class of 1954 and...
Evelyn Esther Foushee
Mar 27, 2010
Evelyn Esther Foushee, 89, Ottawa, died Saturday, March 27, 2010, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 1, 2010, at the Dengel & Son Mortuary in Ottawa. She was born July 30, 1920, in Tulsa, Okla., to James Robert and Merton Merle (Condit) Hutchison. She was a Franklin County resident since the...
Robert Whiles
Mar 27, 2010
Robert "Bob" D. Whiles, 77, of Shawnee Mission, Kansas passed away March 27, 2010 after a long battle with many health issues. He was born April 8, 1932 to Velpo and Cammie Mae Bosley Whiles in Kansas City, Kansas. He was a loving father and grandfather who had a great love for horses, watching westerns and FBI shows. Bob...
