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In Memoriam
Betty Jo (Allen) Shaffer
Betty Jo (Allen) Shaffer was born June 15, 1939 in Ottawa, Kansas and lived in Ottawa her entire life. She died on August 13, 2003 and is buried in Highland Cemetery in Ottawa. She was married to Merl Raymond Shaffer on February 9, 1958. Survivors besides Mr. Shaffer include three sons, one daughter, two brothers, 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Jon E. Alterman
Jon E. Alterman, 67, Ottawa, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007, at his home. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Dengel and Son Mortuary, Ottawa. He was born July 6, 1939, in Illinois to Albert and Francis (Byers) Alterman. He was a lifelong Franklin County resident. He was a member of the Ottawa Community Church. He owned and operated Alterman Drywall, Ottawa, from the 1960s until he retired.
He married Linda Croney June 6, 1963. They divorced. Survivors include sons Jason Alterman and his wife, Lorena, Peace Valley, Mo., Kelly Alterman and his wife, Brandi, West Plains, Mo., and Eddie Alterman and his wife, Megan, Ottawa; daughters Cynthia Silva and her husband, Jerry, Ottawa, and Stephanie Eckenroed and her husband, Kurt, Pomona; and 10 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Alan Alterman,; a sister, Marilyn Alterman; and infant granddaughter, Ariana Marie Silva.
Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, Pomona.
Friends may pay their respects from 5 p.m. today to the service hour at Dengel and Son Mortuary, Ottawa. Family will meet with friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. Memorial contributions may be sent to Ottawa Community Church in care of Dengel and Son Mortuary, 235 S. Hickory St. Ottawa, KS 66067. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at dengelmortuary@sbcglobal.net.
Thursday, February 8, 2007 11:32:03 AM
Darwin "Barney" Barnhisel
Darwin Barnhisel was born January 16, 1939, in Le Loup, Kansas. He was the son of R. W. and Nellie Barnhisel. Darwin died April 13, 1993 while living in Oklahoma City, OK, at age 54. Darwin married Mary Fuller November 11, 1961 at Ottawa.
At the time of his death Barney was survived by his wife Mary; his son Randal Barnhisel, San Antonio, TX; his son David Barnhisel, Oklahoma City, OK; his daughter Debbie Barnhisel, Oklahoma City, OK; and a sister Janice Klink, Manhattan, KS.
Joel Berglund
Joel Bergland was born June 11, 1939 and died August 24, 1988, at age 49, while living in Santee, California, where his father, Arvid, and his brother, Jere, also lived at the time. Joel is buried in the Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA.
Joel served as a Captain in the Marine Corp and served in Vietnam. After leaving the Marine Corp Joel lived in Liverpool, NY for several years. After his divorce he moved to California. Joel had two children.
Harold S. Briggs, Jr.
Harold Briggs graduated from Ottawa University in 1961. In 1967 he lived in Sabetha, KS. He was born on November 1, 1938 and died April 15, 1995 while living at 77044 Houston, Harris, Texas. If anyone has any specific information on Harold's death and burial please contact us.
Jolene N. (Brink) Whitfield
Jolene N. Whitfield
Greensburg, PA
Formerly of Ottawa, Kansas
Jolene N. (Brink) Whitfield, 65, of Greensburg, formerly of Ottawa, Kan., died Wednesday, July 6, 2005, in Westmoreland Manor, Hempfield Township. Born July 11, 1939, in Ottawa, Kan., she was a daughter of the late Harry E. Brink and Eva Brink. Jolene had worked for Hewlett-Packard as a regional operations manager before the company became Agilent Technologies. She was Episcopalian by faith, and was a member of the Project Manager's Institute and the American Kennel Club. She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by a son, Gregg Whitfield and wife, MaryRenee, of Monroeville; two grandsons, Ryan and Sean Whitfield; a sister, Ravenna Oakes; and several nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are invited to celebrate the life of Jolene at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 12, in St. Bernadette Church, 245 Azalea Drive, Monroeville, PA 15146, 412-373-0050, with Father Michael Decewicz officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Christian Children's Fund, 2821 Emerywood Parkway, Richmond, VA 23294. Arrangements by the CLEMENT L. PANTALONE FUNERAL HOME INC., 409 W. Pittsburgh St., Greenburg, 724-837-0020. For online obituaries and directions, please visit us at www.pantalone.com. Natale N. Pantalone, supervisor.
Duane Brown
Duane Brown was born in Hutchinson, Kansas, on September 25,1938. He was the son of Lloyd and Glenice Brown. The Brown family moved to Ottawa in 1944. Lloyd Brown ran a bricklaying construction company for many years and Duane became a bricklayer working with his father,his older brother Dale and his brother-in-law, Charles Scoonover. Duane died in Ottaw on November 7,1984, at age 46, from a heart attack. He had been in failing health.
Duane was a member of the First Christian Church and the Bricklayers Union Local No. 18 Kansas City, Kansas. At the time of his death in 1984 he was survived by his mother, Glenice Brown, Ottawa; two sons, David Brown of Ottawa, and Donald Brown, Oklahoma City, Ok; two brothers, Dale Brown, and Louis Brown, both of Ottawa; and two sisters Nancy (David) Mille, Ottawa and Norma Sue Schoonover, Princeton.
Norma (Brown) Schoonover
Norma Brown Schoonover was born September 18, 1939 in Chanute, Kansas and died November 11, 2000, at age 61, while living in Princeton, Kansas. Survivors at the time of death were her husband Charles Schoonover of Princeton, KS; her daughter Cathryn Platt of Gardner, KS; her son Chuck Schoonover of Garnett, KS; her brother Louis Brown of Ottawa, KS; and her sister Nancy Mille of Sylvan Grove, KS.; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Dennis Conger
Dennis Conger was born in Kansas City, Kansas on February 19, 1939, to Wilmer and Grace Conger, and died November 20, 1997, at age 58, while living in Prairie Village, KS. Dennis was Mr. Junior OHS and was class president his junior year in high school. He was a physical therapist.
At the time of his death he was survived by his wife of 36 years, Linda; daughter, Kathryn Kelly Conger, Prairie Village, KS; son Scott Day Conger, Lawrenceburg, IN; brother and sister-in-law, Daryl and Mary Conger, Sidney, NE; brother-in-law and wife, Dr. Don and Susie Day, Reno, NV.
Barbara K. (Cowdin) Holmes
1939 - 2007
Lebo, Kansas
The funeral for Barbara K. Holmes was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 23, 2007 at the Lebo United Methodist Church. Burial was in Lincoln Cemetery at Lebo. Mrs. Holmes died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was 68. She checked on newborn babies for Lyon County from 2002 to 2004. Previously, she was a a dietary manager at area nursing homes from 1986 to 2002, and from 1984 to 1986 she worked at Panthers Hideaway in Melvern. The daughter of Alfred and Rose L. Miller Cowdin, she was born May 18, 1939, in Ottawa. She married Jack L. Holmes on Jan. 17, 1960, in Pratt. They divorced 27 years later.
Mrs. Holmes is survived by three sons, Alan Holmes and Jeff Holmes, both of Lebo, and Mark Stevenson of Richmond; three brothers, Danny Cowdin of Quenemo, Charles Cowdin of Ottawa and Larry Cowdin of Topeka; two sisters, Betty Newkirk of Wellsville and Karen Revey of Garnett; 10 grandchildren and her companion of 10 years, Larry Hensley of Lebo. A son, Dave Stevenson, five brothers, Eugene Cowdin, Robert Cowdin, Bernard Cowdin, Darrell Cowdin and Ronald Cowdin, and two sisters, Arlene Dean and Barb Holmes, died earlier.
Fernando Garcia
Fernando Garcia was born April 16, 1939 in LeLoup, Kansas, and died at his home in Ottawa, Kansas on Fri. August 9, 1974 at age 35. He was the son of Juan and Paula (Arais) Garcia.
Fernando graduated from Ottawa High School in 1957 and was employed 11 years by Parmalee Products. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
At the time of his death in 1974 he was survived by his mother and brother of the home, Mrs. Paula Garcia and Carlos Garcia; two other brothers, Albert Garcia, Topeka, KS, and Encarnacion Garcia, El Paso, TX; seven sisters, Mrs. Lupe Rios and Mrs. Esther Flores, both of Kansas City, KS., Mrs. Henryetta Soriano, Kansas City MO., Mrs. Aurora Ottinger, Atchison, KS; Mrs. Naalia Martinez, 814 N. Poplar, Mrs. Amelia Garcia, and Mrs. Juanuta Blanco of Ottawa.
Elmore (Going) Sacco
Jacquelyn Elmore (Going) Sacco, 63, of Safety Harbor, Flordia, died Thursday (October 30, 2003) at Mease Countryside Hospital in Safety Harbor. She was born in Ottawa, Kansas, and came moved to Safty Harbor in 1965 from New York City. She worked as a superintendent of hosts for TWA and owned a day care center. She attended Baker University in Kansas and was a member of Espiritu Santo Catholic Church, Safety Harbor. Survivors include her husband, Joseph; two sons, Marc, New Fairfield, CT; and Michael, Clearwater; FL; a daughter, Michele Sacco-Eanes, Clearwater; FL; a brother, Dr. John Going, Kansas City, KS.; a sister, Patricia Porter, El Sobrante, CA.; and four grandchildren.
Lonnie Hendrickson
Lonnie Leroy Hendrickson was born July 28, 1939, in Ottawa, the son of Alonzo A. and Mable Martin Hendickson. He died July 13, 1974, in Ottawa at age 34. Lonnie attended Ottawa Junior High School. Lonnie had served in the military for several years and spent some time stationed in Korea.
At the time of his death in 1974 he was survived by his wife, Terri, of the home, two sons, Rickie Hendrickson and Lonnie Hendrickson Jr., Aneheim, CA; two brothers, Earl H. Hendrickson, Princeton MO., and Arland Hendrickson, Ottawa; three sisters, Mrs. Betty Prentice, Ottawa, Mrs. Beverly Massengale, Ottawa, and Mrs. Shirley Ball, Ottawa. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Mrs. Lela Hotaling.
Lucille "Lucy" (Hinton) Williams
Lucille Hinton Williams died in January 1993, at age 54, while living in Scappoose, Oregon,. She had three children, Patricia, Jurita ad Laree Ann. Patricia is married to Henry Rojo, lives in Lincoln City, OR and has 4 children (Crystal,Rico,Carlos and Victorio). Jurita Williams is married to John Williams and lives in Salem, OR. They have 2 children (Debbie and John). Laree Ann (Williams) Jones has 3 children (Charity, Belinda and Desiree). They live in Longview, WA. Lucille was married to Edward "Eddie" Williams. Lucille is survived by sisters Jurita Kay (Hinton) Kilborne (OHS class of '62), Cirtus Heights, CA, Rosella June Hinton (OHS class of '67) and a brother Steven Joseph Hinton (OHS class of '68). Lucille is buried in Portland, Oregon. [Note: Update provided by sister Jurita via e-mail]
Deana (Hood) Robertson
Deana Hood Robertson was born November 2, 1939 and died August 3, 1998. She was almost 60 years of age. She was living in Arizona City, Arizona where she moved in 1988. Deana, at the time of her death, had three sons, five grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and four step great grandchildren. Deana was married to Ronald "Ron" Robertson.
Francis Donald “Dee” Huls
Nov. 29, 1938 - Mar. 20, 2007
A memorial service celebrating the life of Dee Huls was held at Chamberlain Chapel on Monday, Mar. 26.
Mr. Huls was a writer, broadcaster and journalist for most of his life although many people will have the more recent memory of him as the friendly check-out clerk at Wal-Mart.
Dee was born Nov. 29, 1938 in Ottawa, Kan., the first child of Frances and Donald Huls. One month after his graduation from Ottawa High School in 1957 he moved with his family to Chadron. He soon joined the Air Force but the discovery that he had a sun allergy ended his service after 3 months.
Dee attended Chadron State College before embarking on a career in radio, television and newspaper. He returned to Chardon in 1967 where he served as editor of the Chadron Record until 1975.
Dee was laid to rest in Greenwood Cemetery next to his parents. He is survived by three children and eight grandchildren and two siblings. His marriage to Margaret Kadlecek of Hay Springs gave him Kimberly Ann Stephens of Albuquerque and Francis Donald Huls Jr. of Bonney Lake, Wash. His marriage to Pat Musfelt Reeves of Rushville gave him Michelle Renee Knapp of Alliance. F.D.’s sister and brother-in-law, Cynthia & Lynn Gorr of Sammamish, Wash and brother David Huls of Redmond, Wash., also survive.
Memorial donations may be made to the Chadron RSVP program in care of Chamberlain Chapel; PO Box 970; Chadron, Neb. 69337.
Buddy Kirkland
Clarence R. (Buddy) Kirkland Jr. was born on February 20,1939 at Ottawa RFD 2. He died an accidental death near Ottawa, Kansas on December 16, 1962 at age 23. Buddy went to Ottawa Junior High School and then moved and attended high school in the Franklin County area.
In 1956 he joined the Army and served with the military police. He was living in Princeton, KS, and was a car repairman for the Santa Fe railroad. At the time of his death he was survived by his mother, five sisters, a brother and two grandmothers.
Dean Lundstedt
Dean Lundstedt was born October 24, 1938 at Ottawa, Kansas and died December 26, 2000 at age 62, in Grapevine, Texas. He was the son of Lawrence and Ruth Emmons Lundstedt. He was a pilot for Kittyhawk Airways and was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
Survivors at the time of his death included his wife, Melba, a son, Bradley Lundstedt of Roanoke, TX; and three daughters, Susan McDaniel, Bedford, TX; Lori Shoemaker, Arlington, TX; and Karen Lundstedt, Keller, TX; a brother, Charles Lundstedt, Huntington, TX.
Thomas Marks
Thomas W. Marks, 64, Ottawa, died Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, at his home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 19 at Dengel & Son Mortuary with the Rev. Bob Miller officiating.
He was born Dec. 1, 1939, to William J. and Winnie (Dawson) Marks in Ottawa. He grew up in the rural Ottawa area. He graduated from Ottawa High School in 1957 and attended Kansas University. He worked as a cutter at Mode-O-Day in Ottawa and was later promoted to assistant plant manager. In 1968, he transferred to San Bernardino, Calif., to be a plant manager for Mode-O-Day until 1972. He later owned and and operated High Country Designs, a specialty advertising manufacturing firm in Denver in the early and mid 1980s. In 1992, he started working as an inventory control person for Spring North Supply, Denver, and transferred in 1995 to Sprint's facility at New Century, Gardner, until 1997. He then worked as a warranty claims manager for Hotsy Corporation, Denver, until his retirement in 1998.
He married Connie Rae Reed in September 1958 in Ottawa. They later divorced. He married Linda Bridge on Jan. 30, 1971, in Los Alamitos, Calif. She survives.
He was a member of several Lions Clubs, including the one in Ottawa. Survivors also include a son, Michael Thomas Marks, Lenexa; two daughters, Shelley Renee Marks, Bangkok, Thailand, and Shelley Elizabeth Henry, Parker, Colo.; a sister, Hazel W. Gillette, Paola; and seven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Scott Raymond Marks.
Friends may pay their respects after 5 p.m. Monday at the mortuary, where the family will meet friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Private burial will be later.
Memorials may be made to the Friends of Historic Buildings, OHS Restoration, in care of Dengel & Son Mortuary, 235 S. Hickory St., Ottawa, KS 66067. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family through dengelmortuary@sbcglobal.net.
David L. Mille
Monday, December 18, 2006
David L. Mille, 67, Rose Hill, died Friday Dec. 15, 2006. He was born Jan. 27, 1939, in Ottawa, Kansas. He worked as a school bus driver for the Sylvan school district. Survivors include his wife, Nancy A. Mille, Rose Hill; son, Robert Mille, Hutchinson; daughter, Dianna Fisher , Rose Hill; brothers, Kenneth Mille, Ottawa, Richard Mille, Versailles, Mo., and Frank Mille, Washington; sisters, Beverly Sellers and Mary Mille, both of Ottawa; four grandchildren; five step-grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Hospice Care of Kansas in care of Ryan Mortuary, 137 N. Eighth St., Salina KS 67401.
Mary Lorraine (Mock) Fryberger
Mary Lorraine Mock Fryberger died about 1996 of cancer while living in Newcastle, Delaware.
Leona (Montgomery) Adams
Leona D. Adams, 65, died Thursday June 17, 2004, at her home. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Dengel & Son Mortuary with the Rev. Matthew Benorden officiating.
She was born March 15, 1939, to John L. and Eula Mae (Welton) Montgomery in Ottawa. She attended Ottawa High School with the class of 1957. She was a dispatcher for A-1 Cab Co. in the 1960s. In the 1970s, she worked for the North American Hotel, the Norge Village Laundry and the Hallmark Inn in the housekeeping department. Then she worked for 24 years as a clerk for Franklin County Transfer Station, retiring in May.
She married Joe Scott in 1955. They later divorced. She married Robert Adams in 1976. They later divorced.
She was a member and former deacon of the North Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Ottawa Promenaders Square Dance Club.
Survivors include five children, Karen Hull, Rita Coulter, Randy Scott, all of Ottawa; Annette Spillman, Quenemo; and John Scott, Woodward, Okla.; four sisters, Donna Yakle, Beth Hotaling and Sandra Moore, all of Ottawa, and Linda Fletcher, Olathe; one brother, Kenny Montgomery, Ottawa; 13 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, four step grandchildren, eight step great-grandchildren, and three step great-great-grandchildren.
Burial will be at Highland Cemetery. The family will meet with friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at Dengel and Son Mortuary.
Memorials may be made to the North Baptist Church or Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Post #5901, of Ottawa, in care of Dengel & Son Mortuary, 235 S. Hickory St., Ottawa, KS 66067. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family through dengelmortuary@sbcglobal.net.
Steve Mudrick
Steve Mudrick, 60, died October 3, 1999. He was born March 11, 1939, at Ottawa, the son of David S. and Bessie Mudrick. Since 1978, he had owned and operated Litwin's Department Store in downtown Ottawa. Survivors at the time of his death included brothers Dave Mudrick, Topeka, KS, and Tom Mudrick, Iola, KS.
Sharon (Norton) Baugher
Sharon Norton Baugher was born on August 17, 1939 in Quenemo, Kansas to Charles and Vivian (Gieber) Norton. She died on November 24, 2001 while living in Ottawa, KS. She married Glen T. Baugher in Ottawa on November 23, 1962. He proceeded her in death May 18, 1996.
At the time of her death Sharon was survived by her mother of Ottawa, two daughters, Susan R. Poelstra, Ottawa and Pamela D. Powers, Lawrence, KS; a brother Danny Norton, Estes Park, CO.; four sisters and three grandchildren.
Richard Saling
Richard Saling died about 1966 in an accident in Wellsville, Kansas. He is buried in the Wellsville cemetery. It is believed he had died before our 10th year reunion in 1967.
Mae-Ann (Wollam) Kloog
Mae Ann Wollam Kloog died April 6, 1993, in a boating accident on Lake Meade near Las Vegas, NV. She was born May 16, 1938 in Ottawa, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Holston) Wollam. She married Dick Charles Kloog in 1962 in Evansville, IN. They later were divorced. She married Delbert Foss Dec. 24, 1989 in Las Vegas, NV. They later were divorced. Dick Kloog died in 1978.
At the time of her death she was survived by her mother, Mary Wollam Larkin, Ottawa; one son, Rick Kloog, Olathe, KS; two stepsons, Shawn Kloog, Ottawa, and Mike Kloog, Haskell, TX; two daughters, Kimberly Kaiser, Haysville, KS, and Tracy Kloog, Ottawa; a sister, Dixie-Lou Thompson, Williamstown, MA., and six grandchildren.
Kenneth Zook
Kenneth Edward Zook was born January 10,1939, in Ottawa, Kansas. He was the son of George and Margaret (Davies) Zook. Kenneth died at his home in Lawrence, KS on October 7, 1959 at age 20. He had been ill for about a year.
After graduating from Ottawa High School in 1957 he attended Parsons Junior College. He was employed for a time at John Kaiser Drug Store. He was a member of the Ottawa First Christian Church. At the time of his death in 1959 he was survived by his parents, two brothers, Marion Zook, Lawrence KS., and George Zook Jr., Ottawa; one sister, Janice, of the home, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Davies of Ottawa.
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