Floyd J. Lichty
Dec 2, 2005
Floyd Junior Lichty was born on Friday, November 11, 1921, in Omaha, Nebraska. He was the son of Floyd Byron and Blenda 'Bonnie' (Watts) Lichty. At the age of four, Floyd's family moved to Topeka, Kansas. In 1956, he moved to Overland Park, Kansas, and Edgerton, Kansas in 1977. In late 1994, Floyd moved to Wellsville, Kansas, where he...
Betty L. Ewing
Nov 29, 2005
Betty L. Ewing was born on Friday, November 7, 1930, in Topeka, Kansas. She was the daughter of Effie Gregg. Betty lived in several locations, moving with her husband's military career. In 1988, she moved from Tomah, Wisconsin, where she had lived eleven years, to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, where she made her home, until her death Tuesday,...
Glaydes Joan Detwiler
Nov 28, 2005
RESIDENCE HISTORY: She was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. EDUCATION: Joan graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1950. OCCUPATION & BUSINESS: She was a supervisor for King Radio, in Ottawa, employed in 1974 to retirement in 1994, and a long time homemaker. MEMBERSHIPS: She was a member of First Assembly of God Church and life...
Dorothy Schulz
Nov 21, 2005
Dorothy Schulz was born on Wednesday, September 6, 1922, in Rantoul, Kansas. She was the daughter of Ira Thomas and Cecelia Esther (O'Brien) Gregg. Dorothy grew up in Rantoul and always lived in Franklin County, except for four years in Texas during World War II. She moved to Ottawa, Kansas, in the late 1950's, where she made her home,...
Robert Lee Manheim
Nov 19, 2005
Robert Lee Manheim was born on Monday, June 24, 1957, in Denver, Colorado. He was the son of Charles F. and Phyllis (Walker) Manheim. Robert lived in Denver most of his life, before moving to Kansas. He lived in DeSoto two years, moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1995, where he made his home, until his death...
Wayne Aden
Nov 17, 2005
Wayne James Aden was born on Sunday, April 17, 1966, in Milbank, South Dakota. He was the son of James and Evelyn (Bohlen) Aden. Wayne grew up Milbank, South Dakota. He moved to Hutchinson, Kansas in 1996, and Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1999, where he made his home, until his death Thursday, November 17, 2005, at the...
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,...
