Lela Esther Morris
Sep 27, 2003
Lela Esther (Reichard) Morris, age 89, of Hillsboro, Oregon., died Saturday, September 27, 2003, at Evergreen Nursng Home in Hillsboro. She grew up in Minneapolis, Kansas. After her marriage, they moved to the family farm near Garnett, Kansas, and to Oregon in the 1950's. Lela graduated from Minneapolis High School with the class of 1932. Lela was an employee...
Paris Frank Spooner
Sep 26, 2003
Paris Frank Spooner, age 78, of Pomona, Kansas, died Friday, September 26, 2003, at Bay Pines Veterans Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was the son of the late Jason Spooner and the late Anna (Mason) Spooner. Mr. Spooner was a lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas. He attended Lawrence Public School and later attended Chilocco Indian School in...
Gary Dean Gillett
Sep 23, 2003
Gary Dean Gillett, age 55, of Basehor, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the son of the late Harland Gillett and Helen (Riggs) Cronin. Gary was a current resident of Basehor, Kansas. He and his family moved from Iowa to the Kansas City area in 1953. He attented school...
Frances M. Brown
Sep 19, 2003
Frances Marceline Brown was born September 15, 1917, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Mark Thurber and Nettie Marie (Adamson) Rice. A lifelong resident, Frances made her home in Ottawa, until her death Friday, September 19, 2003, at the age of eighty-six years. She graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1935....
Edna Hazel Casebolt
Sep 18, 2003
Edna Hazel Casebolt was born March 15, 1916, near Wilmot, Kansas, to Ora Calvin and Livona Gertrude (Jones) Sturm. Edna was the oldest of four children, two sisters, Doris Stevenson, of Newton, Kansas, Faye Belillo, of Hesston, Kansas, and one brother, Lee Sturm, who is deceased. Edna lived in Winfield, Kansas, moving to Mason City, Iowa, in 1959, and...
James A. Palmer
Sep 17, 2003
James A. Palmer, age 67, of Ottawa, Kan., died Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan. . He has lived in Ottawa since 1999, moving from Hutchinson, where he had lived since 1990. He also lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Olathe and Kansas City, Kansas. Jim graduated from Colstrip (Montana) High School with...
Duane Henry Dufrain
Sep 15, 2003
Duane Henry DuFrain, age 65, of Wellsville, Kan., died Monday, September 15, 2003 . He was the son of the late Adolph DuFrain and the late Loretta (Roth) DuFrain. He is also survived by his wife LaVonne (Buchholz) DuFrain; One Daughter, Daughter-Laurie McAloon of Moran, Kan. Two Sons, Son-Rick DuFrain of Chanute, Kan. Son-Randy DuFrain of Wellsville, Kan. Four...
Harold Dean Vail
Sep 14, 2003
Harold Dean Vail was born September 28, 1918, at Richmond, Kansas. He was the son of Marion and Blanche (Mills) Vail. In 1981, he moved from Cimarron to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, where he made his home, until his death Sunday, September 14, 2003, at the age of eighty-four years. He was a lifelong farmer. Harold enjoyed the...
Kenneth Eugene Chapman
Sep 12, 2003
Kenneth E. Chapman, Sr. was born January 23, 1928, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, the son of Claude Everett and Mina Marie (Adcock) Chapman. A lifelong resident, Kenneth made his home in Ottawa, until his death Friday, September 12, 2003, at the age of seventy-five years. He graduated from Appanoose Rural High School with the class of 1946...
Gertrude Mary Swinney
Sep 12, 2003
RESIDENCE HISTORY: Gertrude lived in Kansas City, Kansas, from 1939 until 1972, moving to Pomona, Kansas, and to Ottawa in 1983. OCCUPATION: Gertrude was a lifelong homemaker. MEMBERSHIPS: She was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Memorial Post # 5901 Auxiliary of Ottawa. MARRIAGE: On June 30, 1939, Gertrude was united in marriage with Fleetwood Swinney at Louisiana,...
Jerry Lee Turner
Sep 4, 2003
Jerry Lee Turner was born August 19, 1944, at Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of Floyd and Ruth (Armstrong) Turner. Jerry was raised in Ottawa. He also lived in Pleasanton; Emporia, from 1984 to 1987; Manattan, 1985 to 1987; and, Topeka, 1987 to 1994. He moved to Ozawkie, Kansas, in 1994, where he made his home until his...
Eva May Holmes
Sep 4, 2003
Eva May Holmes was born May 22, 1909, in New York, New York, the daughter of Andreas Pearson and Anna (Malmsten) Cronquist. Eva lived in New York City from 1909 to 1911; Topeka, Kansas, 1911 to 1949; Oskaloosa, Kansas, 1949 to 1962; and, Kansas City, Missouri, 1962 to 1997. In 1997, she moved to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas,...
Kristina Maria Vega
Sep 3, 2003
Kristina Maria 'Tina' Vega was born December 23, 1988, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, where she made her home until her death Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at the age of fourteen years. She was the daughter of Tanis and Tammy (Farrell) Gregg. She was presently a ninth grade student at Ottawa High School. Kristina loved music. She was an...
June Helen Orr
Sep 2, 2003
June Helen Bloomer-Orr was born March 2, 1939, at Peoria, Kansas. She was the daughter of Carl Henry and Verdie Helen (Tucker) Bloomer. A lifelong resident, she made her home in Rantoul, Franklin County, Kansas, until her death Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at the age of sixty-four years. June graduated from Rantoul High School with the class of 1956....
William Francis Critchfield
Sep 2, 2003
W. F. 'Bill' Critchfield was born October 11, 1916. He was the son of Thomas Waller and Minnie Lou (Murray) Critchfield. Bill grew up in Effingham, Kansas. He later lived in Overland Park, Kansas; South Dakota; Arlington, Texas; Iowa; Louisiana; South Carolina; Georgia; Florida; Kentucky; Nevada; and Alaska, retiring in Ottawa, Kansas in 1989, where he made his home...
Nelma Ruth Brown
Aug 28, 2003
Nelma Ruth (McClendon) Brown, age 67, of Ottawa, Kan., died Thursday, August 28, 2003, at Select Specialty Hospital in Overland Park, Kan. She was the daughter of the late Toney McClendon and the late Ruby (Firestine) McClendon-Skiles. She moved to the Ottawa area in 1969, moving from the Lawrence area. She was a lifelong homemaker. In the 1970's and...
Sonia Lynn Hutchinson
Aug 28, 2003
Sonia Lynn Hutchinson was born December 11, 1956, at Emporia, Kansas. She was the daughter of Jack L. and Pat M. (Ross) Hutchinson. Sonia lived in Ottawa, Kansas for twenty-eight years, moving to Rantoul, in Franklin County, Kansas in September of 2002, where she made her home until her death Thursday, August 28, 2003, at the age of forty-six...
Maxine Virginia Arnold
Aug 21, 2003
Maxine Virginia Arnold was born November 21, 1918, at West Plains, Missouri. She was the daughter of Floyd and Sybil (Dye) Taylor. Maxine lived in Olathe and Chanute, Kansas, moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1950, where she made her home until her death Thursday, August 21, 2003, at the age of eighty-four years. She graduated from...
Jean Marie Floersch
Aug 19, 2003
Jean Marie Floersch was born September 19, 1930, at Emerald, Kansas, the daughter of Emmett and Mary (Bauer) McGrath. She grew up on a farm near Delia, Kansas, moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1959, where she made her home until her death Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at the age of seventy-two years. Jean graduated from Delia...
Betty Shaffer
Aug 13, 2003
Betty Jo Shaffer was born June 15, 1939, in Franklin County, Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of John Roderick and Ruth Estalene (Sellers) Allen. A lifelong resident, Betty made her home in Ottawa, until her death Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at the age of sixty-four years. Betty graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1957. She...
