Mary E. Woodard
Mar 4, 2011
Mary E. Bearickx Woodard, 87, of Ottawa, KS passed away Friday, March 4, 2011. Mrs. Woodard had formerly lived in Fort Wayne, IN, Payne, Ohio and after retirement she and her husband moved to Bonita Springs, FL. Following the death of her husband, Paul in 2002, she lived in Tennessee and in 2006 she moved to Kansas where she...
Larry Welch
Mar 4, 2011
Larry Welch, age 70, of Hillsdale, Kansas passed away on March 4, at his home after a two year battle with merkel cell carcinoma. Memorials may be made in his name to Miami County Cancer Foundation, American Diabetes Association, or the American Heart Association. Larry was born at the family residence in Hillsdale, Kansas on Dec. 13, 1940 to...
William S. Bowers
Mar 4, 2011
William S. Bowers, age 93, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, March 4, 2011, at his residence. He was born on May 30, 1917, in Ottawa, the son of Ben F. and Carrie (Sheldon) Bowers. He attended Ottawa public schools and graduated from Ottawa High School in 1935 and Ottawa University in 1939. He received his juris doctorate from the...
Warren Dean Steanson
Mar 3, 2011
Warren Dean Steanson was born on Thursday, June 29, 1922, on a farm north of Calumet, Oklahoma. He was the sixth of seven children born to Stean M. and Edna M. (Canning) Steanson. He lived in Glendale, California while going to school; served in the South Pacific during World War II; and returned to Oklahoma following the war. In...
Michael Pitzer
Feb 28, 2011
Michael D. Pitzer age 44 of Paola, Kansas passed away Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 at home after a courageous battle with brain cancer, memorials may be made in lieu of flowers to the Pitzer Memorial Fund (Children's Education Fund, First Lutheran Church, Catholic Community Hospice and Miami County Cancer Foundation) in care of Penwell-Gabel 305 N. Pearl Paola Kansas...
Bryan Harris
Feb 26, 2011
Bryan Harris, age 41, of Louisburg, KS, passed away Saturday February 26th, 2011 at Olathe Medical Center. Memorial Service will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 3, 2011 at the First Baptist Church 406 S. Vine Louisburg, KS. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the church. Bryan was born August 11, 1969 in Kansas City, MO and...
Lawrence "Larry" Tenk
Feb 26, 2011
Lawrence O. Larry Tenk, Jr. was born on Monday, July 26, 1920, in Quincy, Illinois, the son of Lawrence O. and Florence E. (Holt) Tenk. In the late 1970’s, Larry moved from the south central Kansas area to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, where he made his home until his death on Saturday, February 26, 2011, at the age...
George Kester Graves
Feb 21, 2011
The long life of George Kester Graves, age 94, came to an end on February 21, 2011. George was born in Pomona, Kansas on August 13, 1916, son of Percy Earl and Edna Graffham Graves. He spent his early years on the farm of his parents in the Greenwood neighborhood and attended Greenwood school. He graduated from Pomona High...
"K.T." Keenan Shoemaker
Feb 18, 2011
K.T. Keenan Shoemaker was born on Monday, December 15, 1980, in Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of Roger and Edith (Keenan) Shoemaker. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, he lived in the Williamsburg and Pomona areas until his death on Friday, February 18, 2011, at the age of thirty years. K.T. graduated from Williamsburg High School with the...
Richard L. "Rich" Toland
Feb 15, 2011
Richard L. Rich Toland, age 54, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. He was born on Thursday, July 5, 1956, in Kingman, Kansas, the son of Gayford and Virginia (Potter) Toland. He grew up in Hutchinson, Kansas, moving to Salina, Kansas in 1976 and Ottawa in 2002. Rich graduated from Hutchinson...
Eileen Martin
Feb 12, 2011
Eileen Martin , 91 of Lawrence Kansas passed away February 12, at the North Point Skilled Care Center in Paola, memorials to the Miami County Cancer Foundation. Eileen Peterson Martin was born on May 28, 1919 in Perth, North Dakota to immigrant Scandinavian parents, Inga Lindberg and Oscar Peterson. Eileen graduated from High School and beauty school in North...
Clement Fuhr Jr.
Feb 11, 2011
Clement Jacob Fuhr Jr. age 77 of Olathe, KS passed away Feb. 11, 2011 at his home. Services will be Wed. Feb. 16 at 3:00 PM at the Penwell-Gabel Paola Chapel with visitation from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, burial in the Paola Cemetery, memorials to Disabled Veterans of America. Clement was born on September 21, 1933 in Kansas...
Charles Frederick Thomas
Feb 10, 2011
Charles Frederick (Fred) Thomas age 92 of Kansas City, MO passed away February 10, 2011, with all his family by his side. Fred Thomas was born in Louisburg, KS., to Asa and Mary A. (Legner) Thomas on July 15, 1918. Fred exceeded in drama during his high school and college years. Fred attended Emporia State Teacher"s College and the...
Eveline M. Sharp
Feb 8, 2011
Eveline Marie (McShannon) Sharp age 91 of Louisburg, KS passed away Tuesday February 8, 2011 at the Louisburg Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, where she spent the last six months receiving the most excellent and loving care. Eveline was born in Bloomfield, Nebraska on July 6, 1919 to Anna Nee Clausen McShannon and Duncan McShannon. She was the second...
Daniel Hornbacher
Feb 8, 2011
Daniel Derald "Danny" Hornbacher age 80 of Paola, KS passed away at Osawatomie Life Care Center, Osawatomie, KS on Tuesday Feb. 8, 2011. (Cremation) A gathering of family and friends will be held on Sunday, Feb. 13 from 1:00 " 4:00 p.m. at Osage Terrace Club House, 502 N. Hospital Dr., Paola, KS. Daniel was born on March 12,...
Mary F. Bullock
Feb 7, 2011
Mary Frances Bullock was born on Monday, May 17, 1920, in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was the daughter of Earl H. and Minnie (Wooley) Baxter. In the early 1940’s, Mary moved from Fort Scott to Ottawa in Franklin County, Kansas, where she made her home until her death on Monday, February 7, 2011, at the age of ninety. Mary...
Harold Wayne Richards
Feb 6, 2011
Harold Wayne Richards was born on Wednesday, November 14, 1928, in Elk County, Kansas. He was the son of James Robert and Nancy Belle (Morgan) Richards. A near lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, Harold made his home in Rantoul until his death on Sunday, February 6, 2011, at the age of eighty-two years. Harold worked as a heavy equipment...
Betty Jean Horne
Feb 5, 2011
Betty Jean Horne was born on Sunday, June 26, 1927, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of LeRoy Walter and Bessie Marie (Jones) Pearce. A lifelong resident, Betty made her home in Ottawa until her death on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at the age of eighty-three years. Betty died peacefully at her residence surrounded by her...
Ethelene Plummer
Feb 5, 2011
Ethelene Alice Plummer, age 88, of Osawatomie, formerly of Paola, passed away February 5, 2011 at the Life Care Center in Osawatomie. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, February 12, 10:00 AM at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Paola. Rosary will take place Friday, February 11, at 6:00 PM and Visitation 6:30 to 8:00 PM at Penwell-Gabel Paola...
Adele (Coursey) Gillette
Jan 31, 2011
Adele Cleo (Coursey) Gillette, 87 of Louisburg, KS, passed away January 31, 2011. Services will be held Monday, February 7, 2011 at the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home in Paola, KS. Adele was born July 8, 1923 to David and Cleo (Pike) Coursey in Elk Point, SD. As a child, Adele helped in her mothers" Milbank, SD restaurant. In 1939, at...
