Joyce L. Gillespie
Oct 5, 2008
for Joyce L. Gillespie, D.H.L. Joyce Lucille Harding was born on a farm near Corunna, IN, in 1915, to Forrest C. and Mary Harding. She had one sibling - an older brother, Dale. The family belonged to a little rural Lutheran Church. Joyce accepted Christ as her Savior and Lord at an early age in a service at this...
Vivian Swearingen
Oct 5, 2008
Vivian D. Swearingen age 68 of Hillsdale, Kansas, passed away Monday at the St. Lukes South Hospital. (Cremation) No services are planned. Vivian was born, January 13, 1940, in Spring Hill, Kansas, to Charles and Thelma Bibens McMahan. As a young woman she worked for the Kirsh Curtain Manufacturing in Lenexa and the Highline Plastic Company of Olathe. She...
Margaret T. Rickman
Oct 5, 2008
Margaret Teresa (Pfannes) Rickman, age 91, of Louisburg, KS., formerly of Bucyrus, KS., passed away October 5, 2008. She was born on April 22, 1917 at Wea, KS., the daughter of John & Gertrude (Troll) Pfannes. She graduated from Bucyrus High School in 1936 at the age of 19. Margaret worked at several locations in Kansas City before marrying...
Robert Ferner
Oct 4, 2008
Robert Peter Ferner age 76 of Paola formally of Houston Texas passed away at his home Saturday Oct. 4th. Memorial Service will be Tuesday Oct. 7 at 10:00AM Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Memorials may be made to the Southern Care Hospice in care of Penwell-Gabel Paola Chapel 305 N. Pearl Paola KS. 66071. Robert was born July 30, 1932...
Sandra Whitehead
Sep 28, 2008
Sandra (Eastland) Whitehead, age 61 of Rantoul, KS passed away Sept. 28 at St. Luke"s Hospital, Kansas City, MO. Sandra was born March 17, 1947 in Ft. Scott, Kansas to Francis and Margaret (Walters) Eastland. She graduated from Gardner High School in 1965. She lived in Knob Noster, Missouri for 19 years until 1989 when she moved to the...
Joyce Wilkes
Sep 28, 2008
Joyce E. Wilkes age 66 of Paola, passed away Sunday Sept. 28 at the Olathe Medical Center. Funeral Service will be Thursday Oct. 2 at 11:00AM at the Penwell-Gabel Paola Chapel, visitation Wednesday 6 to 7:30PM, burial Paola Cemetery, memorials to the American Lung Association. To leave condolences go to Penwell-Gabel.com Joyce was born April 19, 1942 in Paola...
Beverly Taylor
Sep 27, 2008
Beverly Ann (Wilson) Taylor, passed away Sept. 27, 2008 at her home after a long battle with Parkinson"s disease. She was born in Garden City, Ks, on Aug. 14, 1932, to Harry I. and Jessie M. Wilson. Beverly was th Beverly Ann (Wilson) Taylor, passed away Sept. 27, e wife of the late John I. Taylor. She leaves behind...
Duane Francis Eyman
Sep 25, 2008
Duane F. `Mike` Eyman, 78, of Ottawa, Kansas, died on Thursday, September 25, 2008, at his home. He was born on July 28, 1930, in Topeka, Kansas, and was the son of Earl and Birdie (Freeland) Eyman, both of whom preceded him in death. Mike entered military service at Ft. Leavenworth in January of 1945. After 12 weeks of...
Duane F. Eyeman
Sep 25, 2008
Duane F. “Mike” Eyman, 78, of Ottawa, Kan., died on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, at his home. He was born on July 28, 1930, in Topeka, Kan., and was the son of Earl and Birdie (Freeland) Eyman, both of whom preceded him in death. Mike entered military service at Ft. Leavenworth in January 1945. After 12 weeks of infantry...
Lucille Gatlin
Sep 24, 2008
Lucille P. Gatlin, 90, of rural Louisburg , Kansas, passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at Miami County Medical Center. Services will be Fri. September 26, 2008 at 2:00 PM at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 305 N. Pearl St., with visitation from 1:00 to 2:00 PM prior to the service. Burial will be in Somerset Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be...
Beth Gump
Sep 24, 2008
Beth C. Gump, 96, passed away at Good Samaritan Care Center, Omaha, Nebraska on September 24, 2008. Beth was born on August 2, 1912 to Ellen Carlile Siron and Jared Hull Siron in Pleasanton, Kansas. She graduated from Pleasanton High School in 1930. After high school she attended Normal School training at Emporia State Teachers College and then returned...
Mary Eloise Andrews
Sep 21, 2008
Mary Eloise Andrews was born on Sunday, July 8, 1923, in Catale, Oklahoma, the daughter of George and Verna (Dick) Okeson. A lifelong resident, Eloise made her home in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, until her death on Sunday, September 21, 2008, at the age of eighty-five years. Eloise graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1941. She...
Mary "Eloise" Andrews
Sep 21, 2008
Mary Eloise Andrews was born on Sunday, July 8, 1923, in Catale, Oklahoma, the daughter of George and Verna (Dick) Okeson. A lifelong resident, Eloise made her home in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, until her death on Sunday, September 21, 2008, at the age of eighty-five years. Eloise graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1941. She...
Jack Phillips
Sep 18, 2008
Ardy J 'Jack' Phillips age 86 of Paola passed away at his home Thursday Sept 18th 2008. Funeral Service is Saturday Sept. 20th at 1:30PM Penwell-Gabel Paola Chapel, 305 N. Pearl, visitation Friday 6:00PM to 8:00PM burial in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery 68 Hwy. Memorials to Hospice Care of Kansas. To leave family condolences go to Penwell-Gabel.com. Jack was...
Richard L. Lister
Sep 18, 2008
Richard Lee (Dick) Lister, 66, of Galveston, died Thursday, September 18, 2008, from complications associated with multiple myeloma. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 27, at Highland Cemetery in Ottawa, Kansas. Friends may pay their respects to Mr. Lister after 9:00 a.m. Saturday at Dengel & Son Mortuary in Ottawa, where family will meet...
Jileanne Beck
Sep 17, 2008
Jileanne Ogilvy Beck, 78, went to be with her beloved Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on September 17, 2008. She passed away after a long struggle with PSP (a severe neurological disease) with her husband by her side in the home of her oldest son. Jill was born in 1930 and grew up as an only child in Eureka,...
Alma Debrick
Sep 17, 2008
Alma Dora Debrick, age 88, passed away at the Olathe Medical Center, Wed., Sept. 17, 2008. Services will be Friday, Sept. 19, at 10:30 AM at the Block Trinity Lutheran Church, with visitation Thurs. evening from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 305 N. Pearl St., Paola, KS. Alma was born March 18, 1920 to...
Carol Ann Bailey
Sep 17, 2008
Carol Ann Bailey Carol Ann Bailey"s courageous twelve year battle with cancer came to an end on September 17, 2008. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska on November 10, 1949 to Charles Herald "Swede" Spargur and Alma Elizabeth Johnson Spargur. Carol grew up in Falls City, Nebraska and graduated from Falls City High School in 1968. She went on...
Laverne Melvin Yates
Sep 13, 2008
LaVerne Melvin Yates, 100, Manhattan, died Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, at St. Joseph Village, Manhattan. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Dengel & Son Mortuary, Ottawa. He was born Saturday, Sept. 28, 1907, at Haldane, Ill., to Oma (Diehl) Yates. He lived at Kansas City, Mo., and moved to Princeton in 1966. He worked in the laundry department...
John L. Heckert
Sep 13, 2008
John L. Heckert, 74, Ottawa, died Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, at Select Specialty Hospital, Overland Park. The Mass of Christian Burial: Rite One will be 3 p.m. Friday at Grace Episcopal Church, Ottawa. He was born Friday, Feb. 9, 1934, at York, Penn., to Albert Leon Heckert and Purdon Arbella (Shorts) Heckert. He moved to Ottawa from Topeka in...
