Ada Wisdom
Sep 13, 2009
Wisdom, Ada Ruth, 83, retired homemaker from Paola, Kansas, went to be with the Lord, on September 13, 2009. Born in the chilly month of January on the 11th day of 1926, she was born to her proud parents Cora Ellen Parker and Augustus Parker, in Grove Oklahoma. Ada RuthParker, married the love of her life, Foster Wisdom, in...
Claude Day, Jr.
Sep 13, 2009
Claude Day Jr., 63, Princeton, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, at Village Manor Nursing Home, Ottawa. No services are scheduled. He was born on Monday, July 29, 1946, at Lakeside Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., to Claude Day Sr. and Cecelia (Harkins) Day. He grew up in Roeland Park. He also lived at Edgerton for 20 years and Princeton the...
Beverly A. Grabham
Sep 11, 2009
Beverly (Brown) Grabham, a long time resident of Ottawa passed away September 11, 2009, after a long fight with cancer. Bev was born July 8, 1930 in Topeka. She is the daughter of Orin William and Bernice Hazel (Cofran) Brown. Bev graduated from Topeka High School in 1948, attended Washburn University and was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta...
Robert Miller
Sep 10, 2009
Robert H. Miller Robert Haskins Miller, 90, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away September 9, 2009, in Topeka, Kansas. He was Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court, when he retired on Sept. 1, 1990. Robert was born, March 3, 1919, in Columbus, Ohio, son of George L. and Alice Haskins Miller. He attended public schools in Columbus and Pittsburgh,...
Donna M. Shoemaker
Sep 9, 2009
Donna M. Shoemaker, Paola, Kansas, passed away September 9, 2009, at her home in rural Paola, Kansas. Donna was born, June 8, 1940, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Harold and Marie Heary. She graduated from Rosedale High School, in 1958. She attended college at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Donna met Ralph W. Shoemaker, at the Olathe Bowl, in...
Chris Cook
Sep 8, 2009
Stephen Christopher "COLDPOP" Cook, age 35, passed away unexpectedly on September 8, 2009 at his home in Lenexa, KS. Funeral service will be 10 a.m., Saturday, September 12, 2009, at the Louisburg United Methodist Church, 249 N. Metcalf, Louisburg, KS 66053, with burial to follow in the Louisburg Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, September 11, from 4:00 p.m. to...
Joel Blackman
Sep 5, 2009
Joel W. Blackman passed away Saturday, September 5, 2009, at his home after a battle with brain cancer. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 2pm. Services will be held at Evergreen Events, 15 W. Wea Paola, KS 66071. Joel was born June 11, 1961 in Kansas City, MO., to John and Shirley...
Ruth Smith
Sep 4, 2009
Ruth Mae (Jones) Smith, age 92, of Paola, passed away peacefully on September 4 at Delmar Gardens, Overland Park, Kansas. She was born April 29, 1917 in Linneus, Missouri, the fourth child and only daughter of Maude E. (Foster) and George Curtis Jones. She attended grade school in Overbrook, Kansas, high school in Walnut, Kansas, and cosmetology school in...
Rev. Leroy Rayson
Sep 3, 2009
Rev. R. LeRoy Rayson, age 81, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, September 3, 2009. He was born on Thursday, March 29, 1928, in Mulhall, Oklahoma. He was the son of Ralph W. and Lena Alvina (Schafer) Rayson. He grew up in Mulhall, Oklahoma and Orlando, Oklahoma and later lived in the cities where he served as pastor. From 1953...
Delton Kettler
Sep 2, 2009
Delton E. Kettler age 79 of Ottawa passed away Wed. Spt.2. Services are Sunday Sept.6 2:00PM at the Block Trinity Lutheran Church, visitation Sat. from 6 to 8:00PM at the Penwell-Gabel Paola Chapel, burial Block Cemetery, memorials to the American Diabetes Asc. Delton was born on May 6, 1930 in R.R. Paola to Herman and Emma Block Kettler. He...
Neal Higginbotham
Sep 2, 2009
Neal A. Higginbotham, age 70, of Osawatomie, passed away September 2, 2009, at the Olathe Medical Center. Services will be Tues. Sept. 8 at 10:00AM at the Penwell-Gabel Paola Chapel with burial in the Stanton Cemetery, Rural Miami County. Visitation Mon. 6 to 8:00PM Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the Osawatomie Rebekah Lodge #...
James C. Huffman
Sep 2, 2009
James Curtis Huffman, age 45, passed away on September 2, 2009, at St. Luke"s South Hospital in Overland Park, KS. Funeral service will be 10 a.m., Friday, September 4, 2009 at the United Methodist Church of Louisburg, 249 N. Metcalf, Louisburg, KS 66053, with burial to follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. Visitation will be Thursday, September...
Willard E. Anderson
Sep 1, 2009
Willard E. Anderson, age 84, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at Baldwin Care Center in Baldwin City, Kansas. He was born on Monday, May 11, 1925, in Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of Frank F. and Gladys May (Caple) Anderson. Except for living in Miami County several years, Willard lived most of his life...
Floyd B. Hughes
Sep 1, 2009
Floyd B. Hughes, age 82, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009. He was born on Friday, January 28, 1927, in Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of Clarence E. and Bessie G. (Reed) Hughes. He was a lifelong resident of Ottawa. Floyd graduated from Williamsburg High School with the class of 1945. He was a self-employed carpenter...
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...
