Garry M. Vanvalkenburg
Aug 31, 2009
Garry M. VanValkenburg, age 67, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, August 31, 2009. He was born on Friday, December 26, 1941, in Williamsburg, Kansas. He was the son of Lee Eldon and Nona Nadine (Martin) VanValkenburg-Pavlacic. He grew up in the Williamsburg area. He also lived in California moving to Ottawa in the mid 1980’s. Garry graduated from Williamsburg...
Cathy S. Currant
Aug 31, 2009
Cathy S. Currant, 43, Ottawa, died Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Dengel & Son Mortuary, Ottawa. She was born Monday, March 21, 1966, at Ottawa to Alvin F. and Carolyn (Wadkins) Currant. She was a lifelong Ottawa resident. She graduated from Ottawa High School in 1984. She enjoyed spending time with her daughter...
Hazel Ames
Aug 31, 2009
Hazel M. Ames, age 96, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, August 31, 2009. She was born on Sunday, October 6, 1912, in Cherryvale, Kansas. She was the daughter of Hugh Morrison and Gladys (Gilliland) Brown. She grew up in Overland Park, Kansas, moving to Ottawa in 1928. Hazel attended schools in Overland Park and Ottawa. She was a telephone...
Marjorie Divine
Aug 30, 2009
Marjorie "Marge" Divine, age 82, of Louisburg, KS, passed away peacefully, Sunday, August 30, 2009. Funeral Service will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Penwell-Gabel Louisburg Chapel, with burial to follow in Louisburg Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 " 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at the funeral home. Marge was born October 17, 1926, along...
Helen D. Rinehart
Aug 30, 2009
Helen was born, July 1, 1907, in Centerville, KS. to John C. and Clara Crosby Dexter. She graduated from Parker High School, in 1926. In 1930, Helen, graduated from Baker University, in Baldwin City, with a bachelor of Music Degree. After graduation, she taught music, and art, in the Overland Park grade and junior high schools. On Sept 1,...
Rita E. Taylor
Aug 28, 2009
Rita E. Taylor, age 70, of Topeka, Kansas, died Friday, August 28, 2009, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on Saturday, July 1, 1939, in Rich Hill, Missouri. She was the daughter of William E. “Stub” and Erva E. (Carpenter) Taylor. She lived in Centralia, Kansas from 1976 to 1984, moving to Ottawa in...
Donna Magee
Aug 26, 2009
Donna E. Magee, age 75, of Princeton, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at her residence. She was born on Thursday, February 1, 1934, in Sibley, Missouri. She was the daughter of Robert Greenlee and Vendetta (Gillette) Falconer. She grew up in the Sibley, Missouri area. Following her marriage, she and her husband lived in Independence, Missouri; Buckner, Missouri;...
Phyllis Herndon
Aug 26, 2009
Phyllis Herndon, age 68, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at Richmond Care Center in Richmond, Kansas. She was born on Saturday, March 8, 1941, in Cedar Creek, Missouri. She was the daughter of Andy and Myrtle (Rowland) Collins. She grew up in Cedar Creek, Missouri, moving to Plattsburg, Missouri, where she met her husband, prior to...
James "Jim" Woods
Aug 23, 2009
James Jim Eldon Woods, 70, of Brenham, went home to be with the Lord August 23, 2009, at Methodist Hospital in Houston. Jim was born July 12, 1939, in Ottawa, Kansas, to Oscar and Velma (Sink) Woods. He served his country in the Air Force and was self-employed in the construction/telecommunications industry for 42 years. Jim was a loving...
Paul W. Allen
Aug 21, 2009
Paul W. Allen, age 55, of Lawrence, Kansas, died Friday, August 21, 2009. He was born on Saturday, August 21, 1954, in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the son of William Ira Allen, Sr. and Ruby Ellen (Paxton) Allen. He grew up in Wellsville, Kansas, later living in Ottawa prior to moving to Lawrence in 1997. Paul graduated from...
Vincent Cahill
Aug 20, 2009
Vincent T. Cahill, age 86, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, August 20, 2009, at Good Samaritan Center in Olathe, Kansas. He was born on Saturday, July 7, 1923, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was the son of John and Mary (Fogerty) Cahill. He has lived in Ottawa since 1996, moving here from Lawrence, Kansas. He had previously lived in Willingboro,...
Elmer Ellsworth Ward
Aug 19, 2009
Elmer Ellsworth “Cocky” Ward, Jr., age 82, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 19, 2009, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas. He was born on Sunday, May 29, 1927, in Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of Elmer Ellsworth and Myrtal (Mace) Ward. He has been a lifelong resident of Franklin County. Cocky was an Equipment Operator...
Leo P. Pfannes
Aug 19, 2009
Leo Phillip Pfannes, 86, longtime resident of Louisburg, KS, died early Wednesday morning, August 19, 2009, at Olathe Medical Center. The son of Andrew Joseph and Effie Frances Seuferling Pfannes, he was born November 13, 1922, in Osawatomie, KS. The family moved to the Wea Community in rural Bucyrus. He attended school in Wea and graduated from Wea High...
Glenwood Thies Parker Hauer
Aug 18, 2009
Glenwood Thies Schlotzhauer Parker Hauer age 94, of Olathe, died Tuesday, August 18, 2009, surrounded by his family. Glen was born January 14, 1915 in Bucyrus, KS, the second son of Ervin and Clara Thies Schlotzhauer. He spent his early life on his parents" farm three miles south of Bucyrus. He was one of 4 that graduated from Bucyrus...
Eugene Knecht
Aug 18, 2009
Eugene Francis Knecht age 77 of Paola passed away Aug. 18, at the Miami County Hospital. Services will be Sat at 10:00AM Penwell-Gabel Paola Chapel, visitation Fri. from 6 to 8:00 PM, burial St Mary"s Cemetery Louisburg, memorials to the American Heart or Cancer Society. Gene was born Dec. 31, 1931 in Louisburg, KS. To Frank and Margaret Peuser...
James Levalley
Aug 18, 2009
James Matthew LeValley, age 84, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, August 18, 2009. He was born on Monday, June 15, 1925, in Iola, Kansas. He was the son of George H. and Florence M. (Jones) LeValley. He lived in Ottawa since he was a young man, moving to De Soto, Kansas, and returning to Ottawa in 1954. He worked...
Danny O. Lawrence
Aug 17, 2009
Danny O. Lawrence ,age 67, of Paola, unexpectedly passed away peacefully on Aug. 17 at his home. In memory, services will be Sat. Aug 22, 11:00AM, at the Midtown Chapel of Penwell-Gabel Topeka. Visitation, Sat., from 10 to 11:00AM, burial Mt Hope Cemetery in Topeka. Danny was born on Nov. 27, 1941, in Topeka, KS., to Virgil Lewis and...
Ruth E. Bailey
Aug 15, 2009
Ruth E. Bailey, age 84, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, August 15, 2009, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa. She was born on Friday, September 5, 1924, in New Hampton, Missouri. She was the daughter of Floyd A. and Carrie B. (Denny) Bishop. She was a resident of Ottawa since 1996, moving from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She had also...
Doris Borland
Aug 15, 2009
Doris Borland, age 98, of Lawrence, Kansas, died Saturday, August 15, 2009, at Brandon Woods Retirement Community in Lawrence. She was born on Thursday, June 08, 1911, in Princeton, Kansas. She was the daughter of Oliver Lee and Mary Elizabeth “Mamie” (Beal) Roberts. She lived in Lawrence since 2001, moving from Rantoul, Kansas, where she lived most of her...
Louise Burlingham
Aug 14, 2009
Louise M. Burlingham, age 79 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, August 14, 2009 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, MO. She was born on Tuesday, September 3, 1929 in Ashland, KS. She was the daughter of George Richard and Mary Mae (Finley) Reed. Louise has been a resident of Ottawa since 1950 where she worked alongside her husband...
