Lester C. Raines
Nov 4, 2009
L.C. was born August 28, 1927, in Louisburg, KS, the son of Lester C., Sr. and Lillie M. Wilson Raines. L.C. graduated from Louisburg High School in 1946. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1950 and earned the rank of Staff Sergeant. He was honorably discharged in 1962. He married Sue J. Sloan on June 3, 1951,...
Edwena "Eddie" Guist
Nov 4, 2009
Edwena Guist, age 92, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa. She was born on Wednesday, March 28, 1917, in Emporia, Kansas. She was the daughter of Leo and Sarah Jane (Jones) Kuhlmann. RESIDENCE HISTORY: She grew up in Emporia, moving to Ottawa in 1944. EDUCATION: Edwena graduated from Emporia High...
Thomas Jenkins
Nov 3, 2009
Thomas David Jenkins age 73 of Paola passed away Tues., Nov. 3, 2009 at the Olathe Medical Center (cremation). Services are planned for the spring; memorials may be made to the Tom Jenkins Memorial Fund in care of the funeral home. Tom was born March 15, 1936 in Bucklin, MO to Lester Ray and Alvina Thurofield Jenkins. Tom entered...
Elmer Tankersley
Nov 3, 2009
Elmer Tankersley Obituary Elmer Tankersley, age 94, of Rantoul , Kansas , died Tuesday, November 3, 2009, at his residence. He was born on Thursday, February 11, 1915, at his home in Rosedale , Kansas , the son of John Watson and Ann Mabel (Ackerman) Tankersley. He grew up in Rosedale, and drove his first car at age 9....
Michael "Mick" Jones
Nov 3, 2009
Michael Mick Jones, age 52, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 3, 2009, at Wellsville Manor Care Center in Wellsville, Kansas. He was born on Friday, August 23, 1957, in Garnett, Kansas. He was the son of Richard D. Jones, Sr. and Bettye Jean (McDaniel) Jones. He grew up in Williamsburg prior to moving to Ottawa. Mick graduated from...
Benedict "Ben" Henry Wolken
Nov 2, 2009
Benedict Henry “Ben” Wolken was born on the family farm in Anderson County, Kansas, on May 20, 1924, and died Monday, November 2, 2009, at the age of eighty-five years, after a brief stay at the Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Ben was the 7th of nine children born to Joseph “Joe” and Laura (Egidy) Wolken. Ben...
Gwendola A. Chandler
Nov 2, 2009
Gwendola Ann Chandler, 78, Austin, Texas, died Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at her home. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Dengel & Son Mortuary, Ottawa. She was born Sept. 6, 1931, in Medford, Okla., to Thomas Y. and Ruby Lee (Mayse) Pederson. She lived in Austin the past year, moving from Ottawa, where she had lived...
Margot Hildebrandt
Nov 1, 2009
Margot Hildebrandt, age 81, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Sunday, November 1, 2009, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. She was born on Sunday, October 28, 1928, in Germany. She was the daughter of Willi and Frieda (Szablewckie) Ohm. She has been a resident of the Ottawa area thirty-three years, moving from Chicago, Illinois, where she had lived twenty-five years....
Vera Maxine Mietchen
Oct 31, 2009
Vera M. Mietchen departed this life to live forever with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, October 31, 2009. Friends may pay their respects to Mrs. Mietchen at the Dengel & Son Mortuary in Ottawa from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 4, where the family will meet with friends from 7:00 to 8:00 Wednesday evening....
Charles E. Wells
Oct 29, 2009
Charles Edward Wells, age 83, of Louisburg, KS, passed away on October 29, 2009, at his residence. Funeral services will be 11:00 am, Monday, November 2, at Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church, 5 S. 8th St., Louisburg, KS 66053, with burial to follow at the Louisburg Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:00 to 11:00 am, Monday, November 2,...
Russell Blanton
Oct 29, 2009
Russell E. Blanton, 78, of Quenemo, died Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Monday at the Dengel & Son Mortuary in Ottawa. He was born Monday, April 13, 1931, in Wathena to Leslie and Irene (Smith) Blanton. He grew up in St. Joseph, Mo. In 1948, he moved...
Irene Peckham
Oct 25, 2009
Irene Peckham, age 88 of Rantoul, Kansas, died Sunday, October 25, 2009 at Wellsville Retirement Community in Wellsville, KS. She was born on Monday, January 17, 1921 in Blue Mound, KS. She was the daughter of Charles Marshall and Ethel Amelia (Bingham) Northway. Irene grew up in Blue Mound and lived in Mound City, KS after her graduation from...
H. Clark Eilenstine
Oct 24, 2009
H. Clark Eilenstine, age 94, of Ottawa, Kansas, formerly of Rantoul, died Saturday, October 24, 2009. He was born on Sunday, June 6, 1915, in Lebanon, Missouri. He was the son of Hubert and Ethel Mae (Patrick) Eilenstine. He moved with his family to a farm in Gardner in 1918, and after marriage lived in rural Gardner and rural...
Ester Clay
Oct 22, 2009
Ester Clay, 98, Paola, a long-time Miami County resident died October 22, 2009, at Vintage Park, Paola. She was born at St. Francis, Kansas March 23, 1911 to Charles and Lucy Margaret Huddle Latham. The family moved to Florida in 1913, and in 1916 to her father"s farm in Miami County, Kansas, and in 1927 to Paola. She attended...
William Sprague
Oct 20, 2009
William "Bill" Sprague, age 68, of Louisburg, Kansas, died Tuesday October 20, 2009 at Kansas City Hospice House from lung cancer. He was born December. 3, 1940, in Sedan. KS, the son of William Lloyd and Edith May Sprague. He was united in marriage to Rose Marie Houser on November 23, 1962 in Columbus, KS. Bill attended Sedan schools....
Betty L. Feldman
Oct 15, 2009
Betty Lynette Feldman, age 83, of New Lancaster, KS, passed away October15, 2009, at the Louisburg Care Center after a long battle of Diffuse Lewy Bodies Disease. Contributions may be made to the Fontana Church of Christ or the New Lancaster Methodist Church. To leave a special message for family please go to penwellgabelpaola.com Betty was born on April...
Donald W. "Don" Smith
Oct 15, 2009
Donald W. Smith, age 77, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, October 15, 2009, at Richmond Care Center in Richmond, Kansas. He was born on Sunday, May 1, 1932, in Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of Lee and Alma (Gebhard) Smith. He was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. Don owned and operated Don’s Auto Repair in Ottawa from...
Burt A. Green
Oct 13, 2009
Burt A. Green, age 70, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. He was born on Thursday, January 5, 1939, in Wichita, Kansas. He was the son of Verdine Bordman “V.B.” and Bernice Alois (Huggins) Green. He lived in Wichita for most of his childhood and also lived in Cherryvale, Kansas, California,...
Frank "Bud" W. Dewald
Oct 12, 2009
Frank W. “Bud” DeWald, age 77, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, October 12, 2009, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa, Kansas. He was born on Sunday, January 3, 1932, in Ottawa. He was the son of Wayne and Amy (Funk) DeWald. He lived in Franklin County, Kansas until 1983, when he became a consumer at C.O.F. Training Services...
Floriene Boehm
Oct 12, 2009
Floriene Boehm age 94 of Paola passed away Oct. 12 at home. M. Floriene was born in Chanute Kansas to Erskine and Mamie Walker Howell. She graduated from Stanley High in 1933 and attended Pittsburg College. Floriene grew up in the Kansas City area and on May 9, 1936 she was united in marriage to Howard I. Boehm in...
