Carl E Thompson, Sr.
Aug 9, 2006
Carl E. Thompson, Sr. was born on October 19, 1921, in Wallace County, Kansas. He was the son of Ira and Mable (Burruss) Thompson. Carl grew up in Wallace County, moving, as a young adult, to Princeton in Franklin County, Kansas, where he made his home until his death on Wednesday, August 9, 2006, at the age of eighty-four...
Rickey Lee Beardsley, Jr.
Aug 7, 2006
Rickey Lee Beardsley, Jr. was born on Friday, October 6, 1978, in Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of Rickey Lee, Sr., and Donna Joann (Eubanks) Beardsley. Rickey lived in Granby, Missouri, from 1980 to 1987. In 1987, he moved to Ottawa and, in 2004, North Kansas City, where he made his home, until his death on Monday, August 7, 2006,...
Neva Fae Cessnun
Aug 5, 2006
Neva Fae Cessnun was born on Tuesday, October 29, 1918, in Diamond Springs, Kansas. She was the daughter of Charles and Pearl (Richardson) Abell. Neva lived in Kansas City for many years until moving to rural southeast Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1966, where she made her home until her death on Saturday, August 5, 2006, at the...
Juanita Marie Higdon
Jul 30, 2006
Juanita Marie Higdon was born on Friday, August 25, 1939, in Pomona, Kansas. She was the daughter of Rollo and Lydia (Burns) Thompson. A lifelong resident of Franklin County, Juanita made her home in the Pomona area from 1977 until her death on Sunday, July 30, 2006, at the age of sixty-six years. Juanita graduated from Pomona High School...
Maxine Smith
Jul 26, 2006
Mrs. Smith was a lifelong Ottawa resident until 2001, when she moved to the Osage City area to live with family. After attending Ottawa High School, she was employed by the Robe Hardware and Auto and, later, by Goss and Gentner Hardware. From 1950 - 1968, she and her husband owned and operated the Harry Smith Auto Supply. Following...
William H. Wright
Jul 21, 2006
William H. 'Bill' Wright was born Friday, March 15, 1918, in Pattonsburg, Missouri. He was the son of Doc and Alva (Thompson) Wright. Bill made Ottawa his home since his discharge from the service in 1945 until his death on Friday, July 21, 2006, at the age of eighty-eight years. He graduated from Gallatin High School in Gallatin, Missouri...
Shirley Louise White
Jul 19, 2006
Shirley Louise White was born on Saturday, January 21, 1922, in Vernon, Texas. She was the daughter of Joseph Peter and Bertha (Long) Servatius. As a small child, she and her family moved to the Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas area, where she made her home until her death on Wednesday, July 19, 2006, at the age of eighty-four years....
Betty White
Jul 18, 2006
Betty Jo White was born on Friday, August 19, 1932 in Elizabeth, Louisiana to Rufus Jhue and Minnie Maude (Turner) Smith. During her lifetime Betty had lived in Florida, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio, and Louisiana. She had been a resident of Quenemo from 1973 before moving to Pomona in 1995 where she made her home until her...
James L. Slankard
Jul 10, 2006
James L. 'Jim' Slankard, 71 ,of Pomona, Kansas died on Monday, July 10, 2006 at his residence in Pomona, Kansas. He was born on Tuesday, March 5, 1935, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Clarence Slankard and Opal (Decker) Slankard. Jim grew up in Franklin County, moving in 1960 to Houston, Texas, returning in 1975. He lived the rest...
Eunice P. Johnson
Jul 8, 2006
Eunice has lived in Ottawa since 1988, moving here from Pomona where she had lived since 1932. Eunice was a homemaker and also was an Avon representative. Eunice was a member of Appanoose Baptist Church, Boyd Ladies` Aide, Flower Club in Pomona, Rebekah Lodge of Pomona. On January 31, 1932 Eunice was united in marriage with Karl Johnson at...
Marie Harbison
Jul 3, 2006
Marie Harbison was born on Thursday, December 31, 1914, in Caplinger Mills, Missouri. She was the daughter of Charles and Alice (Barrow) Vickers. Marie grew up in Missouri, moving to the LeLoup, Kansas area with her family when she was a child. At the time of her marriage, she and her husband moved to Ottawa. They moved to Eagle...
Terryll Lynn 'Rock' Richards
Jul 3, 2006
Terryll Lynn 'Rock' Richards was born on Tuesday, October 22, 1946, in Junction City, Kansas. He was the son of Harold T. and Barbara (Wahl) Richards. He grew up in Alta Vista, Kansas and lived in many locations around the world. He lived in Ottawa two years and Vassar the past twelve years, until his death Monday, July 3,...
Nathan Foster Coons
Jun 25, 2006
Nathan Foster Coons was born on Wednesday, May 10, 1950, in Olathe, Kansas. He was the son of Robert Lee and Francis Bernice (Meyers) Coons. A lifelong resident, Nathan made his home in Wellsville, Kansas, until his death on Sunday, June 25, 2006, at the age of fifty-six years. Nathan attended Wellsville High School with the class of 1969....
Raymond Glenn Brown
Jun 22, 2006
Raymond Glenn 'Ray' Brown was born on Sunday, December 30, 1917, in Falls City, Nebraska. He was the son of Elza Ray and Lena M. (Wells) Brown Bennett. Ray lived in Paola, Overbrook, Emporia, and Osawatomie, all in Kansas, and Clinton and Harrisonville, both in Missouri, moving to Ottawa in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1966, where he made his...
Cecile Catherine Anderson
Jun 22, 2006
Cecile Catherine (Altic) Anderson was born on Tuesday, May 26, 1914, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of William Penn and Sadie Jane (Wray) Altic. She was a lifelong resident of the Pomona and Appanoose area and made her home in rural Pomona, Franklin County, Kansas, until her death on Thursday, June 22, 2006, at the age...
Carol Sue East
Jun 1, 2006
At the age of three, she moved with her family from Mexico, Missouri, to Ottawa, where she lived all of her life with the exception of a year when she lived in Wichita. Carol attended Ottawa schools and, in 1979, earned a General Equivalency Degree and attended one year at Neosho County Community College in Ottawa. She was a...
Wyatt Walker Wright
May 29, 2006
Wyatt was twenty-two months old and lived with his family at Williamsburg Kansas. He is survived by his mother, Laura Walker, and his father, Robert Wright, and two brothers, Tyler Logan and Tanner Wright, all of the home in Williamsburg, Kansas. He is also survived by his maternal grandmother, Jean Komala of Lawrence, Kansas, paternal grandparents, Esther McClure and...
Betty Imogene Sweetwood
May 28, 2006
Betty grew up in Ottawa and the surrounding area. She has lived at Hartford, Kansas since 1980 moving there from Kansas City, Kansas where she had lived for 30 years. She was a seamstress employed with the Gay-Gibson Company, Kansas City, Kansas for 20 years, retiring in 1975. Betty was a charter member of the Calvary Baptist Church, Ottawa....
Robert Leon Andrews
May 27, 2006
Robert Leon 'Bob' Andrews was born June 30, 1922 at Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of Charles 'C.E.' and Martha (Sluder) Andrews. Bob was a life long Ottawa resident, making his home here until his death on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at the age of eighty-three years. Bob attended Ottawa High School with the Class of...
Emma Mae Cook
May 27, 2006
Emma Mae Cook was born on Tuesday, February 23, 1926 at Quenemo, Osage County, Kansas. She was the daughter of John and Helen (Norton) Kline. Emma Mae made her home in Franklin County, Kansas nearly all of her life, living in Ottawa since 1991, moving here from Pomona, where she had lived for many years. Emma Mae was a...
