Edith Rose Harvey
May 18, 2009
Edith Harvey Edith Rose Fort Harvey passed away peacefully in her sleep Monday, May 18, 2009 at the Life Care Center in Osawatomie, Ks. She was born Feb. 1, 1925 to Arthur Clement and Emma Grace Smith Fort on a farm four miles north of La Cygne. Two years later the family moved east of Paola and remained in...
Frank R. Marshall, Jr
May 16, 2009
Frank Raymond Marshall Jr., of Issaquah, Washington died May 16, 2009, in Bellevue, Washington. He was born Feb. 17, 1923, in Weir, Kansas to Frank R. and Georgia P. (Crowder) Marshall. His family moved to Burlington, Kansas, where he attended elementary and high school. Following high school graduation in 1941, Frank studied engineering at Kansas State University. In 1943,...
Flora R. Parsons
May 15, 2009
Holy Spirit Parish Butte, Montana Service: Thursday, May 21, 2009 10:00 AM Visitation: Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Ernest Hackathorn
May 14, 2009
Ernest Lee Hackathorn 1944-2009 Mr. Hackathorn passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2009 in Osawatomie, KS. He was born on Jan 3, 1944 in Cambenton, MO and served our country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He retired from General Motors after 30 years of service. Ernest was also a member of the United Auto Workers Union....
Margaret Kathryn Millard
May 14, 2009
Margaret Kathryn Millard, age 97, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Thursday, May 14, 2009, at Vintage Park at Ottawa Assisted Living Center in Ottawa, KS. She was born on Monday, May 13, 1912, in Crawford County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Jonathan Gabriel and Elizabeth Ellen (Gadberry) Schwab. Margaret lived in Pittsburg, Wichita, and Eureka, Kansas and California, moving...
Robert Saunders Sr.
May 13, 2009
Robert K. Saunders Sr. age 83 of Linn Valley, formerly of Paola, passed away Wed., at his home. Funeral Service Friday, May 15th, at 10:00 AM, Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Paola, Ks. Visitation Thursday, from 6:30 to 8:00 PM, with rosary recited at 6:00 PM at the Penwell-Gabel Paola Chapel 305 N. Pearl, Paola, Kansas 66071. Burial Holy Cross...
Wallace H. Whitney
May 12, 2009
Wallace H. Whitney, age 87, of Louisburg, KS, died May 12, 2009 at the Louisburg Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 16, 2009 at the Louisburg United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Louisburg Cemetery with military honors by the American Legion John P. Hand Post No. 250. Visitation will be from...
Shirley Sue Lilly
May 10, 2009
Shirley Sue Lilly, age 73, of Osawatomie, Kansas, died Sunday, May 10, 2009. She was born on Monday, April 27, 1936, in Clifton, KS. She was the daughter of Kenneth and Eva Marie Funnell. She has been a resident of Osawatomie since 1995. She grew up in Clifton, and also lived in Wichita from 1955 to 1979, North Carolina...
Joan E. Morgan
May 8, 2009
Joan E. Morgan age 77 of Paola passed away Tuesday at St. Lukes Hospital. Funeral Service will be Saturday May 8th at 2:00 PM the 1st Baptist Church Paola, visitation Friday from 6 to 8:00PM Penwell-Gabel Paola Chapel, burial Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville Kansas, memorials to the Church or American Cancer Society to leave condolences go to Penwellgabel.com Joan was...
William "Bill" Houdashelt
May 6, 2009
William “Bill” Houdashelt, 95, Le Loup, passed away, Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at Wellsville Retirement Community, Wellsville, Kan. He was born Nov. 12, 1913, at Chickapea, Kan., to Charles and Nora Farine Houdashelt. He married Grace DeMaranville May 2, 1937, at Ottawa, Kan. They shared 64 years of marriage until her passing in 2001. He was also preceded in...
Damon Prothe
May 3, 2009
Damon William Prothe, age 88, of Paola, passed away early Sunday morning at his rural Paola home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am, Thursday, May 7, 2009, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Block, KS, and burial will follow the service at Block Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be on Wednesday, May 6, from 6 to 8 pm at...
Gene Norris
May 1, 2009
Walter E. "Gene" Norris, age 79, of Louisburg, Ks. passed away Friday, May 1, 2009 at his home. He was born August 14, 1929 in Independence, Mo., the son of Glen W. and Hazel M. Himes Norris. He was united in marriage to Virginia Renner on Sept. 17, 1950, in Louisburg, KS. He was a member of the United...
Mikeal W. Kraft
May 1, 2009
Mikeal W. Kraft, age 58 of Ottawa, Kansas, died Friday, May 01, 2009 at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka, KS. He was born on Thursday, February 22, 1951 in Ottawa, KS, the son of Thomas A. Kraft and Wanda (Oder) Kraft. He was near a lifelong resident of Ottawa, also living in Garnett, Kansas from 1976 to 1982....
Richard Lee Evans
Apr 30, 2009
Richard Lee Evans, 70, Rantoul, died Thursday, April 30, 2009. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Ruhamah Cemetery, Rantoul. He was born Wednesday, Aug. 3, 1938, at Burlington to Rufus Elmore and Marceline Louise (McVay) Evans. He was a lifelong resident of Rantoul. He graduated from Rantoul High School in 1956. He served as mayor of Rantoul...
Mary Lorraine Bonner
Apr 30, 2009
Mary Lorraine Bonner, age 68, of Paola, KS, passed away on April 30, 2009, at the LifeCare Center in Osawatomie, KS. Funeral Service Monday May 4 at 10AM Holy Trinity Catholic Paola, with visitation Sunday 6:30 to 8:00PM Rosary at 6:00PM at the Penwell-Gabel Paola Chapel, burial Holy Cross Cemetery. To leave condolences go to penwellgabel.com. Mary was born...
Albert "Dusty" Reichard
Apr 29, 2009
Albert Herman “Dusty” Reichard was born on Friday, August 1, 1947. He was the son of Wayne and Edna (Stelter) Reichard. Dusty was born and raised in the Williamsburg/Homewood area, also living in Emporia, Kansas from 1965 to 1970. Following his military service, he moved to the Greenwood area, south of Pomona, Kansas, where he made his home until...
Kenneth R. Redifer
Apr 29, 2009
Kenneth Ray Redifer was born on Tuesday, November 13, 1934, in Moberly, Missouri. He was the only son of Kenneth and Susie (Lorton) Redifer. Kenneth lived in Moberly, Ottawa and Rantoul, Kansas, returning to Ottawa in 1988, where he made his home until his death on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at the age of seventy-four years. In 1959, Kenneth...
Ruth Rhea
Apr 27, 2009
Ruth Agnes Garner Rhea, 96, of Paola, Kansas, passed away surrounded by family on April 27, 2009 at Vintage Park, Paola, Kansas. Graveside services will be May 1, at 11:00 AM, at the Paola Cemetery and a memorial service at 2:00 PM, at Evergreen Events/Lighthouse. Memorials may be made to Heart to Heart Pregnancy Center, 721 " Renshaw, Laramie,...
La Veta Turner
Apr 26, 2009
LaVeta Vieva Turner was born on Saturday, August 22, 1925, in Stanton Township, Kansas. She was the daughter of Charles and Estella Pearl (Smith) Bates. A lifelong resident, LaVeta made her home in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, until her death on Sunday, April 26, 2009, at the age of eighty-three years. She attended Wellsville schools. LaVeta was a homemaker....
Doris Ann Dubois
Apr 25, 2009
Doris Ann Dubois, 79, Paola, lost her life April 25th, 2009, after a long battle with diabetes. Doris was born in Scranton, Kansas on June, 14th, 1929, to Everett and Mildred Rice Jolly. She grew up in Burlingame, Kansas, and graduated from Burlingame High School in 1947. She was married to Lyle Dubois on May 24, 1947, in Olathe,...
