Melvin Henry Williamson
Jul 9, 2002
Melvin Henry Williamson, age 83, of Princeton, Kan., died Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan. Williamson was employed by University of Kansas. He was the son of the late John Williamson and the late Grace (Becks) Williamson. He has lived in Princeton, Kansas since 1982, moving there from Lawrence, where he had lived since...
Vincent Leroy Johnson
Jul 6, 2002
Vincent Leroy Johnson was born September 20, 1915, at Curlew, Iowa. He was the son of Archibald Duncan and Vina L. (Ziedler) Johnson. A lifelong resident of Franklin County, Kansas, he made his home in Ottawa until his death Saturday, July 6, 2002, at the age of eighty-six years. Vincent graduated from Pomona High School with the class of...
Jessica Michelle Guyett
Jul 1, 2002
Jessica Michelle Guyett, infant daughter of Joshua and Jamie (Bentley) Guyett, of Princeton, Kansas., died Monday, July 1, 2002, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. Private family graveside services will be held at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, with Pastor Scott Dickinson officiating. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Jessica Guyett Memorial Fund, c/o Dengel &...
Thomas Lloyd Rizer
Jun 20, 2002
Thomas Lloyd Rizer, age 82, of Ottawa, Kan., died Thursday, June 20, 2002, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa, Kan. He Served in World War II. He was the son of the late William Rizer and the late Virginia (Yeakle) Rizer. Arrangements are being handled by Dengel & Son Mortuary, 235 South Hickory St., Ottawa, Kan.Interment was held...
Vern Rueben Ritchal
Jun 19, 2002
Vern Rueben Ritchal was born February 24, 1911, at Greeley, Kansas. He was the son of James and Lucy (Reheard) Ritchal. He moved to rural Ottawa in the 1930's, where he made his home until his death Wednesday, June 19, 2002, at the age of ninety-one years. Mr. Ritchal enjoyed his lifelong career of dairy farming. He enjoyed the...
Vesta Coleman Walters
Jun 14, 2002
Vesta Coleman Walters, age 88, of Ottawa, Kan., died Friday, June 14, 2002, at Richmond Care Center in Richmond, Kan. Vesta`s family moved to Richmond when she was six years old, and she moved to Ottawa in 1950. She graduated from Richmond High School with the class of 1933. Vesta Coleman Walters was born May 30, 1914, at Harris,...
Robert Lee Hodo
Jun 8, 2002
Robert Lee Hodo was born January 30, 1976, at Olathe, Kansas. He was the son of Howard and Connie (Powell) Hodo of Princeton Kansas. Mr. Hodo grew up in Ottawa. He was stationed at Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma, prior to transferring a year ago to Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he made his...
Clifford Roger Brown
Jun 7, 2002
Clifford Roger 'Charlie' Brown was born September 11, 1935, in Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of Ivan Ben and Thelma Fae (Tedrow) Brown. A lifelong resident, he made his home in Ottawa, Kansas, until his death Friday, June 7, 2002, at the age of sixty-six years. Roger graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1953 and...
Mildred Jeanette Barber
Jun 5, 2002
Mildred Jeanette Barber was born December 27, 1920, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Carl E. and Elizabeth (Strider) Bennett. Mildred lived in Quenemo from 1930 to 1939, returning to Ottawa for four years before moving to Salina in 1943. In 1947, she returned to Ottawa, where she made her home until her death...
Esda Faye Mcgrath
Jun 4, 2002
Esda Faye McGrath was born February 8, 1911, at Centropolis, in Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of James Loyd and Ida Pearl (Barnhart) Sink. She was a lifelong Ottawa resident moving to Branson, Missouri in 1994, where she made her home until her death Tuesday, June 4, 2002, at the age of ninety-one years. She was a...
Grace Cecilla Piersol
Jun 3, 2002
Grace Cecilla (Ferguson) Piersol, age 80, of Williamsburg, Kan., died Monday, June 3, 2002, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kan. She was the daughter of the George Ferguson and the Ella (Fiest) Ferguson. She was a near lifelong resident of rural Williamsburg, Kansas, moving there from Chapman, Kansas. She was a lifelong homemaker. On November 18, 1942, Grace...
Wilbur Ray Harkins
Jun 1, 2002
Wilbur Ray Harkins was born June 1, 1952, at Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas. He was the son of Dennis M. and Harriet Ilo (Carter) Harkins. He grew up in the Lane area. From 1964 to 1986, he lived in the Emporia area, moving to Wichita in 1986, where he made his home until his death Saturday, June 1,...
Ellen Matilda Likes
Jun 1, 2002
Ellen Matilda Likes was born September 23, 1909, in Centropolis, Kansas. She was the daughter of Lee Onnie and Theodosia Ernest (Bousman) Oyler. She was a lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident. She was raised in the Centropolis Community, moving to Ottawa in 1928, where she made her home until her death Saturday, June 1, 2002, at the age of...
Kelly Rae Record
May 20, 2002
Kelly Rae Record was born April 2, 1985, at Raleigh, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Scott and Lori (Welch) Record. Kelly grew up in Princeton, Kansas. In March of this year, she moved to Garnett, in Anderson County, Kansas, where she made her home until her death Monday, May 20, 2002, at the age of seventeen years....
Jack Charles Haas
May 18, 2002
Jack Charles Haas was born August 15, 1921, at Kansas City, Kansas. He was the son of Charles W. and Flora K. (Launer) Haas. For several years, Mr. Haas lived in Lawrence, Kansas, before moving to Ottawa, in Franklin County, Kansas in 1963, where he made his home until his death Saturday, May 18, 2002, at the age of...
Billie Gene Smith, Sr.
May 16, 2002
Billie Gene Smith, Sr. was born September 5, 1935, at St. Joseph, Missouri. He was the son of Willie D. and Mary A. (Penland) Smith. He lived in Edgewater, Colorado, moving to Lebo, Kansas in 1970, and Williamsburg, Kansas in 1990, where he made his home until his death Thursday, May 16, 2002, at the age of sixty-six years....
Bobbie Jo Calcott
May 14, 2002
Bobbie Jo Pollard - Calcott, 31, of Richmond, Kansas, died Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at her home in Richmond, Kansas. She was born August 10, 1970 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. She was the third of five children born to Bob and Pat Calcott. As a child, her grandfather nicknamed her
Lawrence Allen Dyer
May 10, 2002
Lawrence Allen Dyer was born March 30, 1913, in rural Pomona, Kansas. He was the son of John M. and Zola A. (Teft) Dyer. He lived in Los Angeles, California, in the early 1930's, and Wichita, Kansas, in the late 1930's and early 1940's, prior to moving to Pomona, in Franklin County, Kansas, where he made his home until...
Louise Reed Vanhorn
May 5, 2002
Louise Reed VanHorn was born July 23, 1902, in the Greenwood Community of Franklin County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Clarence and Lizzie (Davis) Reed. Louise's great-grandfather, Harrison Reed, purchased land and established the Greenwood Community, where Louise lived most of her life until moving to Pomona in 1969 and Topeka in 1986, where she made her home...
Joseph William Caleb
May 4, 2002
Joseph William Caleb, 79, of Apache Junction, AZ, died Saturday, May 4, 2002 in Mesa, AZ. He was born July 16, 1922 in Ottawa, KSRESIDENCE HISTORY: Joe lived in Ottawa and Garnett, Kansas, until moving to Apache Junction, Arizona in 1976. He attended Indian schools as he was growing up at Wyandotte, Oklahoma, Genoa, Nebraska, and Haskell at Lawrence,...
