Wanda Lorraine Anderson
Apr 16, 2006
Lorraine Anderson, 77, Ottawa, died Sunday, April 16, 2006, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 17, 1928, at Ottawa to James Henry and Dessie T. (Jones) Baker. She was a lifelong Ottawa resident. She attended Ottawa schools through the eighth grade. She cleaned houses. In earlier years, she worked for Mode O'Day and H.D. Lee, both of...
Delma Dorine Ware
Apr 14, 2006
Delma Dorine Ware was born on Thursday, September 5, 1912, in Centerville, Kansas. She was the daughter of John Burton 'J.B.' McMillin and Ethel (McCrabb) McMillin. Delma lived in the Linn and Anderson County areas until moving to Franklin County in 1942 and Ottawa in 1955. She moved to Augusta, Kansas in 2003, where she made her home until...
Shirley Marie Hicks
Apr 8, 2006
Shirley Marie Hicks, 74, Ottawa, died Saturday, April 8, 2006, at Ransom Memorial Hospital, Ottawa. She was born Oct. 11, 1931, at Ottawa, to Theodore and Mary (Hobbs) Foltz. Shirley was a lifelong Ottawa resident, except for a time from 1947 until 1953, living in Topeka. As a child, she lived in California. Shirley attended Ottawa schools. Shirley was...
James Knowles Peckham
Apr 4, 2006
Jim was a lifelong resident of Rantoul, Kansas. He graduated from Rantoul High School with the class of 1936 and went on to two years of college, attending Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas and Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas. Jim was a farmer. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church, serving on various committees over the years,...
Roberta Ann Bechtle
Apr 3, 2006
Roberta was a near lifelong Ottawa, Franklin County, resident. She graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1946. Roberta owned and operated Roberta`s Antiques on Highway 68 five years and was also a self-employed interior decorator. She and her husband, Max, previously owned and operated Kaw Landing Marina four years on the Kaw Lake at Ponca City,...
Rodney Gene Simmons
Apr 1, 2006
He was a lifelong Centropolis, Kansas resident. Rod attended Appanoose Grade School and graduated from Pomona High School with the class of 1978. He was an outdoorsman who enjoyed camping, hunting and fishing with his son. Rod was highly skilled in many different areas and never found a problem he couldn`t master. He worked in various occupations until the...
Wilsey Phil Mccracken
Apr 1, 2006
Wilsey Phil McCracken was born on Friday, March 4, 1910, near Sterling in Rice County, Kansas, to James Ernest McCracken and Mary Eliza (Johnson) McCracken. He moved with his family to a farm near Vandalia, Missouri in 1919 and a farm near Rantoul, Kansas on January 20, 1920. In 1940, he moved to Ottawa, where he made his home...
Olla Mae Keenan
Mar 31, 2006
She has lived in Ottawa since 1950, moving from Williamsburg. Olla graduated from Williamsburg High School with the class of 1932. She was a homemaker, assisting her husband with the dairy farm, beef cattle, and horses. She also co-owned and helped operate Keenan Sanitation Service in Ottawa. She was a member of North Baptist Church in Ottawa, former member...
Aaron Kelsey
Mar 24, 2006
Aaron Kelsey, 60, Richmond, died Friday, March 24, 2006, at Ransom Memorial Hospital, Ottawa. He was born Oct. 6, 1945, to Joseph Steligo and Cora Kelsey at Bronx, N.Y. Aaron has lived in Richmond since 1985. He moved to the midwest from New York in 1976. He also lived in Wellsville, Olathe and Kansas City, Kansas. Aaron attended Binghamton...
Pearl Henrietta Supernaw
Mar 22, 2006
Pearl H. Supernaw, 97, Waverly, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at the Sunset Manor Nursing Home, Waverly. She was born Dec. 11, 1908, at Admire, to Henry and Sadie (Stonebricker) Winter. She lived in Agricola before moving to Williamsburg in 1980. She moved to Waverly in 2003. She was a homemaker and farm wife. She married Walter A. Supernaw...
Judy A. Zook
Mar 21, 2006
Judy A. Zook, 63, Ottawa, died Tuesday, March 21, 2006, at Ransom Memorial Hospital. She was born May 15, 1942, at Fontana to Lloyd and Mable (Ewbanks) Geiger. She lived in Ottawa since 1963, moving from Paola where she was raised. She graduated from Paola High School in 1960. She worked for Mode O'Day and H.D. Lee in Ottawa...
Bradley Mason
Mar 16, 2006
Bradley Eugene Mason was born on Monday, November 28, 1960, in Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of Robert Eugene and Delma Louise (Yohe) Mason. Except for three years when he was a child, living in Germany during his father's military career, Brad made his home in Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, until his death on Wednesday, March 15,...
Ashley Renee Robertson
Mar 13, 2006
Ashley Renee Robertson, 21, Ottawa, died Monday, March 13, 2006. She was born Nov. 2, 1984, at Olathe to Gary Robertson and Debbie (Cottrell) Millard. She was a lifelong resident of Ottawa and graduated from Ottawa High School in 2003. She was a certified nurse's aide and had been attending Neosho County Community College, Ottawa, where she had studied...
Charles Lee Bennett
Feb 22, 2006
Charles Lee Bennett was born on Friday, August 22, 1924, in Portage Des Sioux, Missouri. He was the son of Charles F. and Ursla (Wachs) Bennett. He lived in Kinsley, Kansas from 1985 to 1999, moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, where he made his home until his death on Wednesday, February 22, 2006, at the age of...
Eva M. Hanes-Humphreys
Feb 19, 2006
Eva M. Hanes-Humphreys was born on Monday, July 11, 1910, in Lovell, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Frank Edward and Bessie Ann (Tilford) Andrew. She lived many years in Ottawa, Kansas moving to John Knox Village in Lee's Summit, Missouri in April of 1977, where she made her home, until her death on Sunday, February 19, 2006, at...
Dwight Lantis Moody
Feb 18, 2006
Dwight grew up and lived in Ottawa until moving to California at the age of twenty. He lived in Sacramento for many years and Santa Cruz ten years, returning to Ottawa in 1997. Dwight attended Appanoose schools in Franklin County. He worked twenty-eight years as an inspector for the United States Government Defense Department, retiring in 1981. Dwight served...
Willard Clinton Griffin
Feb 18, 2006
Willard Clinton 'Bert' Griffin was born on Friday, December 30, 1921, in Burlingame, Kansas. He was the son of Willard Harris and Vesta (Mundy) Griffin. Bert lived in the Williamsburg, Kansas area until moving to Pomona in 1950, where he made his home, until his death on Saturday, February 18, 2006, at the age of eighty-four years. Bert attended...
