Donald Thielan Godfrey
Feb 26, 2004
Donald Thielan Godfrey, age 75, of Richmond, Kan., died Thursday, February 26, 2004, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kan. He was the son of the late Warren Godfrey and the late Ruby (O`Rear) Godfrey. He has been a resident of Rural Richmond since 1960, moving there from Louisburg. He had moved to Louisburg from Amoret, Missouri, in the...
Herbert L. Downey
Feb 11, 2004
Herbert L. 'Herb' Downey was born November 12, 1916, in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the son of Carver J. and Gladys I. (Dunlap) Downey. He lived most of his life in rural Franklin and Miami Counties, moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1984, where he made his home until his death Wednesday, February 11, 2004, at...
Gerry Ann Getty
Feb 11, 2004
Gerry Ann (Roeder) Getty, 53, of Ottawa, Kansas, died after an extended illness on Wednesday, February 11, 2004, at the University of Kansas Hospital. She was born July 21, 1950, to Mathias and Marie Roeder of rural Seneca. She grew up in rural Nemaha County on a dairy farm with three brothers and two sisters. After graduating from high...
Willard Walter Rodgers
Feb 5, 2004
Willard Walter `Willie` Rodgers was born December 9, 1927, at Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of Walter H. and Vinnie (DeWald) Rodgers. A lifelong resident, Willie made his home in Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, until his death Thursday, February 5, 2004, at the age of seventy-six years. Willie graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of...
Richard Lee Turner
Feb 4, 2004
Richard Lee Turner was born April 30, 1938, at Effingham, Kansas. He was the son of Wilber C. and Eunice (Lynn) Turner. In the early 1970's and 1980's, Richard lived in Whittier, California, and Wellsville, Kansas, from 1982 to 1993. He moved to Pomona, Kansas, in 1993, and Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1998, where he made his...
Albert H Barnhart
Feb 4, 2004
Albert H. Barnhart was born July 20, 1920, northwest of Centropolis, Kansas. He was the son of Noah and Teacie (Sink) Barnhart. Albert grew up on the family farm and graduated from Appanoose High School with the class of 1938. Albert moved to his present farm northwest of Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in March of 1945, where he...
Charles Richard Mason
Feb 2, 2004
Charles Richard 'Charlie' Mason was born July 25, 1932, in Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of Henry and Carrie Dora (Marks) Mason. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, Charlie made his home in Ottawa, until his death Monday, February 2, 2004, at the age of seventy-one years. He was employed as Manager with Union Gas Company, Ottawa,...
Naomi Mae Fritts
Jan 31, 2004
Naomi Mae Fritts was born March 19, 1921, at Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of Charles Dewey and Anna A. (Oman) Funk. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, Naomi made her home in Ottawa, until her death Saturday, January 31, 2004, at the age of eighty-two years. She attended Eugene Field Grade School, Oakland Rural Grade School and...
William Dale Barkley
Jan 27, 2004
William Dale 'Bill' Barkley was born February 16, 1955, at Riverside, California. He was the son of Robert and Josephine (Maxwell) Barkley. Bill was raised in the Centropolis area and was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, until his death Tuesday, January 27, 2004, at the age of forty-eight years. Bill graduated from Pomona High School with the class...
Ruby Irene Scrivner
Jan 26, 2004
Ruby Irene Scrivner was born July 1, 1921, at Murry, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Frank David and Shirley Marie (Smithers) Sanderson. From 1950 to 1967, Ruby was a resident of Kansas City, Missouri. She moved to Brumley, Missouri, in 1967, and Garnett, Kansas, in 1989. For the past six months, Ruby has been a resident of Ottawa,...
Earleen Fay Brown
Jan 21, 2004
Earleen Fay Brown was born November 23, 1924, at Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of Cyde Earl and Leta Veva (Leach) Cook. She lived in several states during her life, including Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania, one year; Valatie, New York, one year; Santa Fe, New Mexico, five years; Chillicothe, Missouri, one year; Abbotsford, Wisconsin; several years in Oklahoma; and...
Lily Maxine Baldwin
Jan 20, 2004
Lily Maxine Baldwin was born March 7, 1914, at Seybert, in Dade County, Missouri. She was the daughter of Silas E. and Mary M. (Marcum) Shaw. A near lifelong resident, Maxine moved at the age of four years with her family to the Franklin County, Kansas area. She made her home in Ottawa, until her death Tuesday, January 20,...
Rolland Phelon Ferris
Jan 19, 2004
Rolland Phelon Ferris, Sr. was born June 1, 1917, at Lyndon, Kansas. He was the son of Robert Franklin and Florence (Phelon) Ferris. Rolland lived most of his life in Osage and Franklin Counties in Kansas. He moved into Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1990, where he made his home, until his death Monday, January 19, 2004, at...
Marvin Henry Bischoff
Jan 17, 2004
Marvin Henry Bischoff, age 66, of Williamsburg, Kan., died Saturday, January 17, 2004, at St. Luke`s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Since 1950, he and his family lived in the Williamsburg area. For a short time, from 1964 to 1967, they lived in Pomona, and from 1967 to 1974, in Holliday, Kansas Marvin graduated from Williamsburg High School with...
Lois E. Blackburn
Jan 16, 2004
Lois E. Blackburn was born January 23, 1919, at Fairfax, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of William Arthur and Ethel Mae (Phinney) Shaffer. As a child, she moved from Oklahoma to Franklin County, Kansas, where she made her home, until her death Friday, January 16, 2004, at the age of eighty-four years. Lois attended Williamsburg schools. She was a...
Earl Dean Medlen
Jan 15, 2004
Earl Dean Medlen was born November 10, 1927, at Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He was the son of Jess Hardin and Ruby Grace (Parker) Medlen. At the age of one year, he moved with his family to Miami County and came to Franklin County in the mid 1930's. He made his home in Princeton, in Franklin County, Kansas, until his...
Harry K. Papps
Jan 14, 2004
Harry K. Papps was born February 6, 1925, at Gypsum, Kansas. He was the son of Peter K. and Harrieta (Jennings)Papps. In 1945, he moved to Emporia, Kansas, moving to Salida, Colorado in 1990. In 1993, he moved to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, where he made his home until his death Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at the age...
Ronald Steven Schmitt
Jan 13, 2004
Ronald Steven 'Ron' Schmitt was born December 12, 1972, at Lawrence, Kansas. He was the son of Patrick Earl and Jeanine (Gillett) Schmitt. He was a lifelong resident of Princeton, Kansas, prior to moving to Gardner, Kansas, two years ago, where he made his home until his death Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at the age of thirty-one years. Ron...
Tate M. Leach
Jan 10, 2004
Tate M. Leach was born April 30, 1915, at Baldwin City, Kansas. He was the son of A. Judson and Lula J. (Haas) Leach. Tate grew up in Baldwin and lived in Wellsville before moving to Ottawa in Franklin County, Kansas in 1948, where he made his home until his death Saturday, January 10, 2004, at the age of...
June R. Kile-Sink
Jan 8, 2004
June Rose Kile Sink was born March 19, 1922, at Rantoul, Kansas. She was the daughter of Frank and Mabel (Freeman) Kirkland. A long time resident, she made her home in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, from 1945 until her death Thursday, January 8, 2004, at the age of eighty-one years. June attended Ottawa High School with the class of...
