A. Roy Woods
Nov 17, 2002
Aubry Roy Woods was born December 19, 1918, at Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of Oscar A. and Cordelia (Smith) Woods. A lifelong resident, he made his home in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, until his death Sunday, November 17, 2002, at the age of eighty-three years. Following World War II, he was a farmer. From 1951 to 1960,...
Sandra Kay Sage
Nov 14, 2002
Sandra Kay Sage was born November 12, 1952, at Holton, Kansas. She was the daughter of Robert Orin and Lois Maxine (Gunselman) Sumner. A lifelong resident, Sandra made her home in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, until her death Thursday, November 14, 2002, at the age of fifty years. Sandra graduated from Pomona High School with the class of 1970....
Betty Jean Chandler
Nov 11, 2002
Betty Jean Chandler, age 71, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, November 11, 2002, at her residence . She was the daughter of the late Henry Moore and the late Minnie (Sawyer) Moore. She has lived in Ottawa since the early 1980`s. She previously lived in Lyndon five years, Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the Topeka area. B. J. graduated from...
Larry Dale Williams
Nov 4, 2002
Rev. Larry Dale Williams was born December 5, 1950, at Morgantown, West Virginia. He was the son of Rev. Gerald Vacle and Virginia Ellen (George) Williams. For many years, Larry lived in Elkins, West Virginia, and twelve years in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1984, he moved to Pomona, in Franklin County, Kansas, where he made his home until his death...
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...
