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...
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...
