Mabel Ellen Lister
Oct 29, 2002
Mabel Ellen Lister was born July 26, 1921, at Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of Harry R. and Grace Dee (Hume) Finch. A lifelong resident, Mabel made her home in Franklin County, Kansas, until her death Tuesday, October 29, 2002, at the age of eighty-one years. She graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1939 and...
Lynn Murray
Oct 23, 2002
Lynn Murray was born April 14, 1924, at Polo, Missouri. He was the son of John and Frances (Crawford) Murray. He grew up in Braymer, Missouri. After graduating high school, he moved to California and joined the Air Force. Following World War II, he moved to Kansas City, Missouri, until the Korean War, when he was recalled, and then...
Gage Michale Coulter
Oct 19, 2002
Gage Michale Coulter, infant son of Nicole Allen, Centropolis, and Scott Coulter, Pomona, died Saturday, October 19, 2002, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. He is survived by his parents; half-brother, Zink Lawrence of Paola; maternal grandparents, Virgil and Patricia Allen of Centropolis; paternal grandparents, Gary and Rita Watson of Pomona; two uncles, Shawn Watson...
Wayne Cornelius Mcconnell
Oct 18, 2002
Wayne Cornelius McConnell, age 89, of Overbrook, Kansas., died Friday, October 18, 2002, at Brookside Manor in Overbrook, Kansas. Wayne moved from Kansas City, Kansas, in 1937 to California, living in Huntington Park and San Diego before moving to Ottawa in 1991. He graduated from High School and attended one semester of junior college. Wayne worked as a truck...
Francisco Guerrero
Oct 16, 2002
Francisco Guerrero, Jr., age 29, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 16, 2002, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. He was a lifelong resident of Ottawa. He attended schools in the Ottawa area. He was presently employed as a stocker for Country Mart in Ottawa. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ottawa. On March 5,...
Arlene Ewing
Oct 12, 2002
Arlene Ewing was born October 12, 1953, in Garnett, Kansas. She was the daughter of Alvin and Dora (Beah) Beechy. A lifelong resident, Arlene made her home in Garnett, Kansas, until her death Saturday, October 12, 2002, at the age of forty-nine years. She was employed as a Certified Medical Assistant at several Garnett nursing homes. She was a...
Pearl Josephine Seyler
Oct 2, 2002
Pearl Josephine Seyler was born August 6, 1909, at Eudora, Kansas. She was the daughter of Fred and Lydia (Haas) Bartz. In 1930, she moved to the LeLoup area, where she made her home until her death Wednesday, October 2, 2002, at the age of ninety-three years. Pearl graduated from Eudora High School with the class of 1928. She...
Leonard Leroy Burgoon
Oct 2, 2002
Leonard Leroy Burgoon was born June 16, 1916, at Rantoul, Kansas. He was the son of Isaac and Maynetta (Storm) Burgoon. A lifelong resident, he made his home in the Rantoul and Ottawa area, until his death Wednesday, October 2, 2002, at the age of eighty-six years. He graduated from Rantoul High School with the class of 1934. Leonard...
Eugene Henry Marks
Sep 30, 2002
Eugene Henry Marks, age 87, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, September 30, 2002, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of the late William Marks, Sr. and the late Mabel (Glasser) Marks. Mr. Marks spent his working years in Alaska, returning to Franklin County, Kansas, in 1972. He was a heavy equipment operator thirty years...
Jerry Wayne Yost
Sep 26, 2002
Jerry W. Yost was born July 11, 1944, at Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of Harold and Ruth (Klinger) Yost. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, he made his home in Ottawa until his death on Thursday, September 26, 2002, at the age of fifty-eight years. He was a custodian for U.S.D. 290 and U.S.D. 287. He had...
Richard James Starr
Sep 24, 2002
Richard James Starr, Sr., age 59, of Ottawa, Kan., died Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. He was born on November 12, 1942 in Elmira, New York. He grew up in Elmira, moved to Roanoke, Virginia in 1977 and Ottawa in October of 2001. He was a construction worker retiring in 1977. He was...
Boyd John Cooper
Sep 20, 2002
Boyd John Cooper was born January 27, 1921, in Muscotah, Kansas, to proud parents George Logan Cooper and Iva Faye (Liggett) Cooper. The youngest of seven brothers and sisters, Boyd was preceded in death by his siblings, Lyle Robert Cooper, Lawrence George Cooper, William Cooper, Alfred Cooper, and Irene A. Wilson. He is survived by one sister, Thelma Velvetta...
Donald C. Kornhaus
Sep 19, 2002
Donald Christy 'Don' Kornhaus was born September 20, 1928, at Adrian, Missouri. He was the son of Christian and Edith E. (Addleman) Kornhaus. He grew up in Adrian, lived in Warrensburg, Missouri, during his college years, and moved to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1958, where he made his home until his death Thursday, September 19, 2002, at...
Owen Ortho Heidner
Sep 17, 2002
Owen Ortho Heidner was born September 4, 1914, in Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of Benjamin Franklin and Alice Pearl (Oakman) Heidner. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, he made his home in Ottawa, until his death Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at the age of eighty-eight years. Owen graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of...
Mabel Frances Disque
Sep 16, 2002
Mabel Frances Disque was born January 11, 1913, at Overbrook, Kansas. She was the daughter of William M. and Nancy E. (Terwillegar) Kingery. She and her husband, Chester, lived on their farm at Pleasant Grove for forty-two years until her husband's retirement in 1978. For the past twenty-four years, Mabel made her home in Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas,...
Nellie Marie Miller
Sep 15, 2002
Nellie Marie Miller was born December 31, 1924, near Richmond, Kansas. She was the daughter of Eli and Mae (Alexander) Brockus. For many years, Nellie lived in Rantoul, moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas, in 1970, where she made her home until her death Sunday, September 15, 2002, at the age of seventy-seven years. She attended rural schools...
Estella Mae Richardson
Sep 13, 2002
Estella Mae Richardson was born December 5, 1908, in Pomona, Kansas. She was the daughter of Joseph Thomas and Verna Jane (Riffle) Lawson. Estella grew up and lived in Pomona, Kansas, moving to Downey, California, in 1938, returning to Pomona in June of 1995. She moved to La Palma, California, in December of 2000, where she made her home...
Francisca Cortez Larios
Sep 13, 2002
Francisca Cortez Larios was born March 12, 1918, at Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of Jos' and Juliana (Trejo) Cortez. A lifelong resident, she made her home in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, until her death Friday, September 13, 2002, at the age of eighty-four years. Francisca attended Ottawa High School with the class of 1937. She was a...
Fredrick Junior Hermreck
Sep 11, 2002
Fredrick Junior 'Fred' Hermreck was born December 26, 1927, at Bush City, Kansas. He was the son of Fred William and Beulah P. (Eyman) Hermreck. Fred grew up in the Garnett area, moving to Ottawa in 1951, where he lived until 1971. He moved to Osawatomie in 1971, and Lawrence in 1978, where he made his home until his...
Nellie Fern Logan
Sep 9, 2002
Nellie Fern Logan was born September 2, 1910, at Richmond, Kansas. She was the daughter of Charles Richard and Gertrude (Strider) Wemmer. In the late 1950`s, Nellie moved to Ottawa, in Franklin County, from the Homewood area, where she made her home until her death Monday, September 9, 2002, at the age of ninety-two years. She was a member...
