Ila Hase
Jul 8, 2003
Ila Hase was born December 11, 1912, at Pomona, Kansas. She was the daughter of William V. and Rosa M. (McFadden) Brubaker. She was a longtime Franklin County, Kansas resident, living in Richmond, Kansas from 1932 to 1993. She moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1993 and Parsons, Kansas in 2001, where she made her home until her death Tuesday,...
Rollinda Sue Higdon
Jul 7, 2003
Rollinda Sue Higdon was born November 28, 1964, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Floyd Elmer and Juanita (Thompson) Higdon. Rollinda was a Franklin County, Kansas resident most of her life. She lived in Kansas City, Kansas from 1990 to 1993, returning to Pomona, in Franklin County, where she made her home, until her...
Charles Lloyd Falls
Jul 1, 2003
Charlie moved with his family from Montana to Kansas in 1936 and to Ottawa in 1946. Charlie attended Richmond High School and CCC Camp (Civilian Conservation Corp.), and later earned a General Equivalency Diploma in 1971. Charlie worked for Jack Amos Tree Trimming Company from 1946 until 1949; Santa Fe Railroad from 1949 until 1953; Burlingham & Cox Plumbing,...
Edith May Deaton
Jun 23, 2003
Edith May Deaton was born October 30, 1910, in Princeton, Kansas. She was the daughter of David Leander and Ada Mary (Kennedy) Mathias. A lifelong resident, Edith made her home in Franklin County, Kansas, until her death Monday, June 23, 2003, at the age of ninety-two years. She attended rural schools. Edith was a lifelong homemaker. She was a...
Helen Stoner Kindred
Jun 21, 2003
Helen Stoner (Dunlap) Kindred, age 86, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Saturday, June 21, 2003, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. She was the daughter of the late James Dunlap and the late Jessie (Sherrick) Dunlap. The last of her family, she was preceded in death by her husband, Durlin C. Kindred; a sister, Margaret Thues; two brothers, James V...
Robert Dean Griffith
Jun 9, 2003
RESIDENCE HISTORY: He lived in Pomona since 1978, moving from Ottawa. He moved to Ottawa from Jefferson City, Missouri in 1975. OCCUPATION & BUSINESS: He was a heavy equipment operator. In the late 1960`s, he worked for Hamms Quarry, during which time he helped build the dam for Perry Lake. He was a truck driver for several years in...
Mary Ann Detwiler
Jun 1, 2003
Mary Ann Detwiler was born March 16, 1938, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was one of three children born to William 'Bill' and Grace Marie (DeMaranville) Houdashelt. Mary was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, moving into Ottawa in 1955, where she made her home until her death Sunday, June 1, 2003, at the age of sixty-five years. Mary...
Isabel Hart
May 26, 2003
Isabel Hart, 73, of Red Wing, Minnesota. formerly of Ottawa, Kansas., died Monday, May 26, 2003, at Fairview Seminary Home in Red Wing. She was born April 25, 1930 west of Victoria on the Andreas Sander Homestead to Frank and Agnes (Dinkel) Sander. Isabel grew up in Victoria, Kansas, moving to Ottawa in 1953. For the past year and...
Thelma Elaine Hamilton
May 25, 2003
Thelma Elaine Hamilton was born June 20, 1920, at Wright, Kansas. She was the daughter of William James and Lizzie Iona (Camp) Reekie. Thelma grew up and lived in the Wright and Dodge City, Kansas area, moving to Pomona, Kansas, in 1938, and Princeton, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1954, where she made her home until her death Sunday,...
Violet Hazel Sleichter
May 23, 2003
Violet Hazel Sleichter was born March 20, 1913, at Michigan, North Dakota. She was the daughter of Arthur and Madge (Crowell) Lukins. In 1957, Violet moved to Pomona, Kansas, and Mission, Texas, in 1972. In 1998, she moved to Newtown, Missouri, where she made her home until her death Friday, May 23, 2003, at the age of ninety years....
Dorothy Jeanne Roth
May 21, 2003
Dorothy Jeanne (Baldwin) Roth, age 74, of Ottawa, Kansas., died Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was the daughter of the late John Baldwin and the late Clara (Finch) Baldwin. Jeanne was a lifelong Ottawa resident. She graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1947. Jeanne was a lifelong homemaker. Jeanne...
Esther Grace Miller
May 18, 2003
Esther Grace (Mock) Miller, age 87, of Ottawa, Kan., died Sunday, May 18, 2003, at Brandon Woods Retirement Comm. in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born December 7, 1915 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late Howard Mock and the late Laura (Magnes) Mock. Esther was a near lifelong resident of Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, moving to Ottawa, Kansas...
Rex Alden Myers
May 13, 2003
Rex Alden Myers was born June 9, 1936, in the Centropolis Community of Kansas. He was the son of Fred and Lela (Patton) Myers. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, he lived in Ottawa the past forty-three years, until his death Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at the age of sixty-six years. Rex graduated from Appanoose High School with the...
Thelma Jane Tallman
May 9, 2003
Thelma Jane Tallman was born November 15, 1909, in Meta, Missouri. She was the daughter of George and Etta (Barnhart) Orr. She lived in Kansas City, Missouri, before moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1931, where she made her home until her death Friday, May 9, 2003, at the age of ninety-three years. She was co-owner, with...
William Robert Weber
May 1, 2003
Rev. William Robert Weber was born on November 12, 1926, at Nebraska City, Nebraska, to William O. and Lottie M. (Secord) Weber. His siblings are Roy A. Weber, deceased, and Wanda Valasek of Omaha, Nebraska. Pastor Weber lived in Nebraska City and Omaha in Nebraska, before moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1951, where he made his...
Bertha C. Magee
Apr 30, 2003
Bertha Catherine Magee was born September 18, 1921, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Carl and Elsie Elizabeth (Smith) Richardson. Bertha lived in Ottawa, Wichita and Garnett, before moving to Monett, Missouri in October of 1995, where she made her home until her death Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at the age of eighty-one years....
Alvin Francis Houston
Apr 26, 2003
RESIDENCE HISTORY: Bud was a longtime resident of Franklin County. He moved to Franklin County from Menlo, Kansas in the 1930`s. He also lived in California in 1958. EDUCATION: He graduated from Appanoose High School with the class of 1937. OCCUPATION & BUSINESS: Bud owned and operated a dairy farm. He moved to California in 1958, where he worked...
Floyd Elmer Higdon
Apr 22, 2003
Floyd Elmer Higdon was born December 28, 1936, at Lane, Kansas. He was the son of C. Evrett and Mildred Mae (Carter) Higdon. A lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas, he made his home in Pomona, until his death Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at the age of sixty-six years. Floyd graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of...
Edith Ellen Ratzlaff
Apr 19, 2003
Edith Ellen Ratzlaff was born January 15, 1921, in the Appanoose community, north of Pomona, Kansas, where she grew up. She was the daughter of Clyde E. and Lura A. (Beard) Hetrick. She was a lifelong resident of Franklin County, until moving to Waverly, in Coffey County, Kansas, in 1986, where she made her home until her death Saturday,...
