James Alva Siders
Nov 17, 2005
James has been a resident of Ottawa since 1965. He grew up in Moran, Kansas, and moved to various communities due to his career in construction. He was an Iron Worker in construction over thirty years. He was a former member of Local Union #10 of Kansas City. On On April 24, 1949, James was united in marriage with...
John Dale Roth
Nov 7, 2005
John D. Roth was born August 11, 1925, in York, Nebraska. He was the son of John L. and Mollie Amalie (Meisner) Roth, who were of German ancestry, born in Russia. A long time resident, John moved to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1952, where he made his home, until his death Monday, November 7, 2005, at the...
Francis Leroy Couch
Oct 31, 2005
Francis L. Couch died peacefully on Monday, October 31, 2005, at the age of eighty-six years, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, with his family and friends at his bedside, Cathi Page and Jerome Barnard. He was born September 15, 1919, at Osage City, Kansas, the son of Oliver and Mildred (Vedel) Couch. He lived in Franklin County many...
Dorothy Ann Duvall
Oct 27, 2005
Dorothy Ann Duvall was born December 3, 1931, in Richmond, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Alfred Oscar and Myrtle Naomi (Sechrest) Sigler. Dorothy made her home in Richmond nearly all of her years, until her death Thursday, October 27, 2005, at Olathe, at the age of seventy-three years. Following her graduation from Richmond High School...
Emil Verne Collins
Oct 27, 2005
Emil was raised in Illinois and moved to Ottawa, Kansas in 1943. He moved with his wife to Roanoke, North Carolina in 2003. He graduated from Illinois High School with the class of 1934. He was employed as a fabricator by Commodore Mobile homes of Ottawa for twenty-five years, retiring in 1988. In 1944, Mr. Collins enlisted in the...
Ronnie Dean Barlow
Oct 23, 2005
Ronnie Dean Barlow was born on Friday, December 23, 1932, in Coffeyville, Kansas. He was the son of William and Sylvia (Hurst) Barlow. He grew up in Coffeyville and St. Louis, Missouri. Following his twenty-year Naval career, he lived in Norcatur, Kansas, four years, and Wheatland, Wyoming, ten years. In 1985, Ronnie moved to the Ottawa area, in Franklin...
Sharon Ann Brady
Oct 23, 2005
Sharon Ann Brady was born on Saturday, June 26, 1943, in Garnett, Kansas. She was the daughter of Nick and Odelia (Bowman) Hermreck. Sharon lived in Ottawa forty years, returning to Garnett in May of 2005, where she made her home, until her death Sunday, October 23, 2005, at the age of sixty-two years. Sharon graduated from Garnett High...
Julia Ann Korkames
Oct 19, 2005
Julia A. 'Judy' Korkames was born on Sunday, August 14, 1927, in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Julian Francis and Callie Eula (Shinn) Keeton. Judy grew up in VanBuren, Arkansas. After her marriage, she moved to Ft. Smith, Arkansas. In 1958, she moved with her family to Ottawa to start the Famous Chili Company in Kansas....
Frederick Warren Adamson
Oct 16, 2005
Frederick Warren 'Fred' Adamson was born on Sunday, July 5, 1925, in Emporia, Kansas. He was the son of Fred and Amy (Harris) Adamson. In 1935, Fred moved from Emporia to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, where he made his home, until his death Sunday, October 16, 2005, at the age of eighty years. Fred attended Ottawa High School...
Aaron Hatcher Drumright
Oct 13, 2005
RESIDENCE HISTORY: Aaron grew up in Drumright, Oklahoma, until the age of thirteen, lived in Parsons, Kansas from 1937 until 1958, and Ft. Smith, Arkansas until January of 1962, when he moved to Ottawa. EDUCATION: He graduated from Parsons High School, Parsons, Kansas with the class of 1942. OCCUPATION & BUSINESS: Aaron worked twenty-three years as a sales and...
Letha Arline Figgins
Oct 13, 2005
Letha Arline Figgins was born on Sunday, July 16, 1916, in rural Quenemo, Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Walter Frank and Louise May (Weis) Dehn. Letha lived south of Quenemo until her marriage, then moved to within seven miles of Ottawa. In 1956, she moved into Ottawa, where she made her home, until her death Thursday,...
Nellie Marie Lofgreen
Oct 10, 2005
Nellie Marie Lofgreen was born on Friday, May 27, 1921, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Bert W. and Mary Myrtle (Adamson) Hopkins. Nellie lived in Ottawa until the age of four, moving with her family to Detroit, Michigan for six years. She returned to Ottawa in 1931 and, after her marriage to Robert Johnston,...
Amelia Garcia
Oct 10, 2005
Amelia Garcia was born on Monday, July 2, 1934, in LeLoup, Kansas. She was the daughter of Juan Hernandez and Pabla (Arias) Garcia. In 1943, Amelia moved to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, where she made her home, until her death Monday, October 10, 2005, at the age of seventy-one years. She was a cook at Sacred Heart School...
Rose Marceline Ralston
Oct 10, 2005
Rose Marceline 'Marty' Ralston was born on Monday, June 2, 1924, in Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of Emile J. and Clara (Shawver) Barnes. A lifelong resident, except for the years between 1951 and 1957, when she and her family moved several times with Jim's work in construction, Marty made her home in Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas,...
Harry Milton Tucker
Oct 9, 2005
A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, Milton grew up in Williamsburg, moving to Princeton in 1949, and Ottawa in 1960. Milton graduated from Williamsburg High School with the class of 1942. He was a welder for the Santa Fe Railroad thirty-three years, mostly based in Chanute, Kansas, retiring in 1986. He was also a lifelong farmer and cattleman. He...
Eugene M. Stevenson
Oct 6, 2005
Eugene Merton 'Gene' Stevenson was born on Thursday, December 8th, 1932, in Richmond, Kansas. He was the son of Merton Ralph and Dorothy M. (Macklin) Stevenson. Gene lived in Kansas City, Missouri from 1956 to 1970, and Hillsdale, Kansas eight years, prior to moving to Wellsville, in Miami County, Kansas in 1978, where he made his home, until his...
Miriam Bertha Johnson
Oct 4, 2005
Miriam Bertha Johnson was born on Thursday, August 5th, 1920, in Osawatomie, Kansas. She was the daughter of Eugene E. and Emily Mae (Coffelt) Potter. Miriam grew up and lived in Osawatomie, until moving to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1941. She followed her husband's military service, returning to Osawatomie in 1946. They moved to Paola in 1953 and Princeton...
Dorothy Louise Rice
Oct 3, 2005
RESIDENCE HISTORY: Dorothy lived in Ottawa from 1981 until moving to Howard, Kansas in 2002. She grew up in Iola,Kansas, moving to Wichita, Kansas in 1948, where she resided until 1961. From 1961 to 1974, she lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, returning to Wichita in 1974, prior to her move to Ottawa in 1981. EDUCATION: Dorothy attended Iola High School,...
Karlena Kay Branson
Oct 3, 2005
Karlena Kay Branson was born on Wednesday, November 26th, 1969, in Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of Dave and Janet S. (Johnson) Diamond. Karlena was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. She made her home in Richmond, Kansas, until her death Monday, October 3, 2005, at the age of thirty-five years, due to her illness of diabetes. Karlena...
Vernon Enos Honn
Sep 30, 2005
Vernon Enos Honn, 78 ,of Ottawa, Kansas died on Friday, September 30, 2005 at his home He was the son of Enos Honn(deceased) and Grace (Burnett) Honn(deceased). He was born on Tuesday, October 26, 1926, in Ottawa. Mr. Honn was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Vernon attended Ottawa High School and earned his General Education Development diploma following his military...
