Nina Faye Yohe
Feb 12, 2006
Nina Faye Yohe was born on Monday, December 19, 1949, in Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of Donald and Evelyn (Reeves) Elder. A lifelong resident, Nina made her home in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, until her death on Sunday, February 12, 2006, at the age of fifty-six years. Nina graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of...
Jessie Marie Butler
Feb 11, 2006
She was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Jessie graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1935. She was a homemaker and assisted her husband at his store, Butler`s Music, for many years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ottawa. She was also a member of a monthly sewing circle and of the `Fun &...
Charles Ray Gilkey
Feb 9, 2006
Charles R. Gilkey, 67, Williamsburg, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, at the Richmond Care Center. He was born June 24, 1938, to Joseph Virgil and Bessie Sarah Rebecca (Freeman) Gilkey at Muldrow, Okla. He married Harriet N. Knight April 28, 1961, at Harrisonville, Mo. She survives. He served in the U.S. Army from 1962 to 1965, serving in Korea,...
Ione Elizabeth Ribeau
Feb 7, 2006
Ione Elizabeth Ribeau, 86, Ottawa, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, at Richmond Care Center. She was born March 12, 1919, at Osborne to John and Alice (Mardoch) Berger. She was a near-lifelong resident of Pomona, moving to Ottawa in 1985. She was a homemaker and helped her husband with work on the farm. She married Carl W. Ribeau June...
Leroy Ira Thompson
Feb 3, 2006
RESIDENCE HISTORY: LeRoy moved with his family when he was ten years old from Wallace County to Franklin County and lived here with the exception of six years in Montezuma, Kansas. He lived in Ottawa since 1967. EDUCATION: He graduated from Pomona High School, Pomona, Kansas. OCCUPATION & BUSINESS: LeRoy worked thirty years as a station engineer for City...
Martha June Greiner
Feb 3, 2006
Martha June Greiner was born on Thursday, November 19, 1942, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, the daughter of Herschel and Ellen (Young) Kunard. A lifelong resident, June made her home in Ottawa until her death on Friday, February 3, 2006, at the age of sixty-three years. June graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1960. She earned...
Leroy Ira Thompson
Feb 3, 2006
RESIDENCE HISTORY: LeRoy moved with his family when he was ten years old from Wallace County to Franklin County and lived here with the exception of six years in Montezuma, Kansas. He lived in Ottawa since 1967. EDUCATION: He graduated from Pomona High School, Pomona, Kansas. OCCUPATION & BUSINESS: LeRoy worked thirty years as a station engineer for City...
Fred Heathman
Feb 3, 2006
Frederick Junior 'Fred' Heathman was born on Monday, May 24, 1926, in LaHarpe, Kansas. He was the son of Frederick L. and Tena (Dow) Heathman. Fred grew up in LaHarpe, moving to Ottawa in 1943, in Franklin County, Kansas, where he made his home, until his death on Friday, February 3, 2006, at the age of seventy-nine years. Fred...
Leroy Ira Thompson
Feb 3, 2006
LeRoy moved with his family when he was ten years old from Wallace County to Franklin County and lived here with the exception of six years in Montezuma, Kansas. He lived in Ottawa since 1967. He graduated from Pomona High School, Pomona, Kansas. LeRoy worked thirty years as a station engineer for City Service Gas Company, retiring in 1980....
Raymond M. Wallace
Jan 31, 2006
He has lived in Lawrence since 1983. He previously lived in Shawnee twenty years and Franklin County, Kansas, prior to joining the service. attended Ottawa schools. He was a railroad dispatcher for the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad thirty-seven years, working out of Topeka and Kansas City, Kansas, retiring in 1983. Raymond served in the Army Air Corp...
Milton Douglas Durbin
Jan 31, 2006
He was a lifelong Ottawa resident. Doug graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1968. Following high school, he attended Ottawa University and Kansas University. Later, he received his E.M.T. Certification from Neosho County Community College. He was a Captain of Security for Wacken Hut, of Kansas City, Missouri, retiring in 2003. He also taught safety classes...
Mildred Anne Nance
Jan 30, 2006
Mildred Anne 'Millie' Nance was born on Wednesday, May 2, 1956, in Omaha, Nebraska. She was the daughter of Kenneth and Margaret (Richter) Nance. Millie grew up in Denver, Colorado. Eleven years ago, she moved to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, where she made her home, until her death on Monday, January 30, 2006, at the age of forty-nine...
Anna Mae Reams
Jan 30, 2006
Anna Mae Reams was born on Friday, December 4, 1914, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of George Dewitt and Edith K. (Richardson) Burnett. A lifelong resident, Anna Mae made her home in Ottawa, until her death on Monday, January 30, 2006, at the age of ninety-one years. Anna Mae attended Ottawa schools. She worked about...
Mildred Lorraine Rechtfertig
Jan 30, 2006
Mildred Lorraine Rechtfertig was born on Thursday, August 30, 1917, in Waterloo, Iowa. She was the daughter of Edwin and Clara (Nemmers) Larson. Mildred lived sixty years in Waterloo, before moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1978, where she made her home, until her death on Monday, January 30, 2006, at the age of eighty-eight years. Mildred...
Iva Jane Houston
Jan 30, 2006
Iva Jane Houston was born on Friday, April 9, 1920, in Menlo, Kansas. She was the daughter of Marion Walter and Mary Eliza (Drinnen) Houston. Iva Jane grew up in Menlo. At the age of ten, she moved with her family to the family farm in the Appanoose area of western Franklin County, where she made her home, until...
Melisssa Garrett
Jan 28, 2006
Melissa Janell Garrett entered this world on Monday, June 2, 1980, in Ottawa, Kansas, a happy baby with the sweetest disposition, whether she was playing, laying down for a nap or waking up to brighten your day. She grew up in Lawrence and Ottawa, learning lessons that served her well, evolving into a wonderful woman with characteristics and qualities...
Melisssa Garrett
Jan 28, 2006
Melissa Janell Garrett entered this world on Monday, June 2, 1980, in Ottawa, Kansas, a happy baby with the sweetest disposition, whether she was playing, laying down for a nap or waking up to brighten your day. She grew up in Lawrence and Ottawa, learning lessons that served her well, evolving into a wonderful woman with characteristics and qualities...
Waunita Mae Happy
Jan 27, 2006
Waunita Mae Happy was born on Saturday, June 11, 1921, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of William Ira and Edith (Barr) Happy. She moved from Ottawa to Shawnee Mission, Kansas, where she made her home the last thirty-five years, until her death on Friday, January 27, 2006, at the age of eighty-four years. Waunita graduated...
Eunice Marie Brockus
Jan 21, 2006
Eunice Marie Brockus was born on Thursday, July 9, 1925, in Rantoul, Kansas. She was the daughter of James and Hildred (McKinley) Finch. A lifelong resident, Eunice made her home in Rantoul, Franklin County, Kansas, until her death on Saturday, January 21, 2006, at the age of eighty years. Eunice was a homemaker. An excellent cook, she enjoyed preparing...
Lonnie Albert Smith
Jan 20, 2006
Lonnie Albert Smith was born Friday, January 19, 1962, in St. Joseph, Missouri. He was the son of Billie Gene Smith, Sr. and Beulah Marie (Engerman) Smith. Lonnie moved from Missouri to Colorado; Lebo, Kansas; and the Centropolis area in Franklin County, Kansas in 1989, where he made his home, until his death Friday, January 20, 2006, at the...
