Donald James Ohmie
Nov 24, 2009
Donald James Ohmie, age 64, of Gardner, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at his residence. He was born on Wednesday, July 4, 1945, in Garnett, Kansas. He was the son of Harry E. and Laura Dell (Hollander) Ohmie. He grew up near LeRoy, Kansas, and later lived in Loveland, Colorado, the Olathe, Kansas area and settled in Gardner,...
Joseph Anthony Manna
Nov 21, 2009
Joseph Anthony Manna, age 67, of Pomona, Kansas, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2009, at his residence. Joe, as he was known to many, was born on Tuesday, March 17, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the son of Joseph F. and Donalene (Dowell) Manna. Joe grew up in Boston, moving to Dodge City, Kansas in 1965, where he...
Bryan Blanton
Nov 21, 2009
Bryan Keith Blanton, 34, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2009. Bryan was born on August 19, 1975 in Leavenworth, Kansas. He enjoyed playing softball and was known by "Blanton" to his teammates. Bryan held a SIDS softball tournament in memory of his daughter, Kayla, with the money going to a high school scholarship fund. This was very rewarding for...
William "Bill" York
Nov 20, 2009
William “Bill” York, 67, Princeton, died Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at Hospice House, Topeka. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Faith Lutheran Church, Ottawa. He was born April 19, 1942, in Topeka, to Dudley Montillian and Gladys Faye (Smith) York. He grew up in St. George and lived in several communities in Nebraska and central Kansas...
Fredrick E. Ferguson
Nov 20, 2009
Frederick E. Ferguson, age 87 of Ottawa, Kansas, died at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor in Lawrence, KS. He was born on Friday, May 19, 1922 in Ottawa, KS, the son of Chester Ferguson and Flossie (Hume) Ferguson. Fred was a lifelong resident of Ottawa, born in the house on the farm north of Ottawa, where he lived his entire life....
Jack Banfield
Nov 19, 2009
Jack Banfield, 77, Apache Junction, Ariz., formerly of Paola, passed away Nov. 19, 2009, at home in Arizona. He was born June 27, 1932, in Raceland, Ky., to Lester Banfield and Arizona (Zona) Terry. He joined the U.S. Army and was transferred from Kentucky to Fort Leavenworth, KS, to be in the Army Band. After four years in the...
Margaret M. Casaert
Nov 19, 2009
Margaret M. Casaert age 92, of Stilwell, KS, died on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at Louisburg Care Center. Margaret was born in Dodson, MO on April 3, 1917. The youngest of nine children born to Joseph and Emma (De Covela) Ceule. She married Arthur Casaert on Sept. 16, 1944 in Kansas City, MO. Margaret worked at White Haven Hotel,...
Darren L. Green
Nov 19, 2009
Darren L. Green, age 44 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, November 19, 2009 at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, KS. He was born on Monday, February 15, 1965 in Ottawa, KS, the son of Vernon Lee Green and Diane V. (Elbs) Green. He was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Darren attended Ottawa High School with the class of 1983. He...
Marjorie L. Kueser
Nov 16, 2009
Marjorie Lucille Kueser, age 82, of Louisburg, KS, passed away on November 16, 2009, at her home. Funeral Mass will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 20, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 606 S. Elm, Louisburg, KS, with burial to follow at St. Mary"s Catholic Cemetery in Louisburg. Visitation will be Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the...
Alvin Logan
Nov 14, 2009
Alvin Logan, age 73, of Quenemo, Kansas, died Saturday, November 14, 2009, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas. He was born on Friday, June 26, 1936, in Dayton, Tennessee. He was the son of Eural and Vesta (Horwell) Logan. He was a resident of Quenemo since 1991, moving from Miami, Florida. From 1981 to 1991, Alvin and his...
Robert Harrington
Nov 13, 2009
Born June 17, 1926 in Bourbon County, Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Jobe T. and Pearl E. Hereford Harrington. Father a native and lifetime resident of Bourbon County, Kansas. Mother born in Illinois. Grandfather Joseph Thomas Harrington was Kansas Pioneer arriving and settling in Bourbon County, Kansas the week before Christmas in 1859, also served in Civil War....
Elmer Ohlmeier
Nov 8, 2009
Elmer Fredrick Ohlmeier, 96, passed away November 8, 2009 at North Point Nursing Center in Paola. Elmer was born January 15,1913 in the rural Block community to John and Lena Kettler Ohlmeier. On February 2, 1913, he was baptized at the Trinity Lutheran Church by the Rev. Droegemueller and confirmed on April 10, 1927 by the Rev. O. C....
Vernon L. Rocker
Nov 5, 2009
Vernon Leonard Rocker, age 72, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, November 5, 2009 at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. He was born on Friday, July 9, 1937, in Garnett, Kansas. He was the son of Clarence and Elizabeth (Wolken) Rocker. RESIDENCE HISTORY: Vernon spent his early childhood in Garnett, Kansas, moving to Scipio with his family at around eleven...
Wayne Arnold
Nov 5, 2009
Wayne Arnold, age 77, of Stover, MO, died early Thursday morning, Nov. 5, 2009 at Golden Living Center in Spring Hill, KS. He was born July 9, 1932 in Freeman, MO to Wilbur C. Arnold and Leota Staley. He graduated from Raymore High School. Wayne formerly lived in the rural Louisburg area. He was a carpenter. He loved the...
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...
