Willis "Bill" Gans, Sr.
Sep 12, 2009
Willis G. "Bill" Gans, Sr., a long-time area farmer and stockman, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2009 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis. He was born July 11, 1919 at Salina to Willis and Anna Nelson Gans. He served in the United States Army in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. On May 18, 1946 he was united...
Vella D Hays
Sep 2, 2009
Vella D. Hays, Minneapolis (formerly of Kansas City, Missouri) left to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Wednesday, September 2, 2009. She was born August 11, 1921 in Maple, Arkansas to Tom and Bertha (Sooter) Plumlee. On January 16, 1937, she was united in marriage with Ben Hays in Dimmitt, Texas. She worked for Wayland College, Plainview, Texas, Boeing...
Verlin Winferd Goff
Aug 29, 2009
Verlin Winferd Goff, the son of Winferd and Ruby (Cullum) Goff, was born July 22, 1932 on a farm in Graham County, Kansas. He passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2009 at his rural Minneapolis home, at the age of 77 years. He served in the United States Air Force in Korea, and made his home in Arvada, Colorado. On...
Arnold Alderson
Aug 20, 2009
Arnold K. Alderson, 67, of Delphos, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2009 at his home in Delphos following a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born October 20, 1941 at Delphos, the son of Marvin P. and Frances M. Pounds Alderson. He was a graduate of Delphos High School. On October 13, 1963, he was united in marriage to Dixie...
Mildred Smith
Aug 6, 2009
Mildred Lenora (Hurtig) Smith, formerly of rural Delphos, born June 11 1914 to Joseph and Matilda Hurtig, died August 6, 2009 at the Ottawa County Health Center. She was preceded in death by her husband Burton (2001), to whom she was wed November 10, 1936, and her sons Roger (1970) and Edsel (1995). She is survived by her daughter Mary...
Javene M Whitley
Aug 4, 2009
Javene M. Whitley, 83, Wells, Kansas died Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis. Javene was born April 21, 1926 near Lamar, Kansas to Frank and Carrie (Stewart) Sanders. Javene was a 1943 graduate of Minneapolis High School. On April 24, 1946, she was united in marriage with Leo F. Whitley in Minneapolis. She was a...
Wilma R Fox
Aug 4, 2009
Wilma Ruth Fox, 81, Minneapolis, met her Lord on Tuesday, August 4, 2009. Wilma was born May 12, 1928 in Minneapolis, Kansas to Ray and Agnes (Gawith) Allison. Wilma was a graduate of Minneapolis High School and she was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Council of Catholic Women, and V.F.W. Auxiliary Post 3201 all of Minneapolis. She...
Thelma L Harris
Aug 2, 2009
Thelma Louise (Doering) Harris, 94, Edmond, Oklahoma (formerly of Minneapolis, Kansas) died Sunday, August 2, 2009 at Bradford Village in Edmond. Thelma was born May 27, 1915 in Ottawa County, Kansas to Lee and Almeda (Hull) Doering. She was united in marriage with Ralph Harris on August 9, 1936. Thelma was employed by several businesses in Minneapolis and she was...
Ronald L Dewitt
Jul 29, 2009
Ronald L. DeWitt, 69, Beverly, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis, Kansas. Ron was born July 25, 1940 in Glasco, Kansas to George and Florence (Johnson) DeWitt. He served in the United States Air Force. Ron was united in marriage with Charlene Flaherty on October 20, 1961. He was a retired police...
William Kirn
Jul 21, 2009
William E. (Bill) Kirn, Minneapolis 83, passed away July 21, 2009 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis He was born January 2nd, 1926 to Maurice and Agnes (McDade) Kirn in Salina, Kansas. Bill was a retired farmer and built Kirn Kraft pickup toppers. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Janel; his son John and his wife...
Cheryl Dianne Fritze
Jul 17, 2009
Cheryl Dianne Fritze was born April 24, 1950 at Salina, Kansas, the daughter of John M. Ronning and Nancy A. Stirn Ronning. She departed this life on Friday, July 17, 2009 at the Ottawa County Health Center in Minneapolis, Kansas. She had reached the age of 59 years 2 months and 23 days. She was united in marriage to Robert...
Frances Clark
Jul 9, 2009
Frances Parsons Clark of Barnard, 90, peacefully joined her Lord and Savior in heaven on Thursday, July 9, 2009. She was born west of Barnard on the family farm on September 30, 1918, to Jessie and Frederic Parsons. She married Elmo Clark on February 28, 1940. They were married for sixty years before Elmo's death in April, 2000. Frances was...
Marion E. Thinnes Mau
Jul 5, 2009
Marion Eva Thinnes Mau, 87, of Minneapolis, died Sunday, July 5, 2009 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis, Kansas. She was born November 5, 1921 in Chicago, IL. to Harry and Eva (Anderson) Thinnes. She graduated in 1938 from Bowen High School, and attended Bryant and Stratton Business College in Chicago. While in college, she was an active member...
Glorianne (Schur) Neher
Jul 4, 2009
Glorianne was born to Charles Francis and Hazel F. Schur in Minneapolis, Kansas on September 27, 1931. She attended grades 1 -12 in Minneapolis, Kansas where she graduated from Minneapolis High School in 1950. She was known for her beautiful singing voice. She sang for numerous funerals, weddings and other events. Glorianne received a scholarship to Bethany College in Lindsborg,...
Charlotte Alberta Persinger
Jun 28, 2009
Charlotte Alberta Persinger was born September 10, 1947 at Minneapolis, Kansas to Charles and Etta Sheely Jones. She passed away Sunday, June 28, 2009 at her home in Delphos, Kansas at the age of 61 years. She was united in marriage to Carl Persinger January 6, 1979 at Minneapolis. All their married life was spent in Ottawa County. Survivors include...
Winifred E Laplant
Jun 13, 2009
Winifred E. LaPlant, 94, Minneapolis, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2009 at the Good Samaritan Society – Minneapolis. Winnie was born October 14, 1914 in Wells, Kansas, to Edward and Marjorie (Bailey) Weaver. After she graduated from Minneapolis High School in 1932, she was accepted to the Fred Harvey Restaurants with the Santa Fe Railroad in Barstow, California. She worked...
Josephine Eiler
May 24, 2009
Josephine Eiler, daughter of Frank and Celia Matous Srna was born March 29, 1915 in Mitchell County and grew up in the Milo and Barnard area. She passed away Sunday, May 24, 2009 at the Ottawa County Health Center, having reached the age of 94. Josephine was united in marriage to Gilbert Eiler on April 24, 1935 at the Immaculate...
Kathryn Christenson
May 22, 2009
Kathryn G. Christenson, 85, Minneapolis, passed away Friday, May 22, 2009. She was born July 17, 1923 to Peter and Anna (Klay) Goldt. In 1974 she was united in marriage with William C. Christenson; he preceded her in death on March 5, 1998. She lived in Valley Center, Arkansas City, and Winfield before moving to Minneapolis in 1991. Kathryn was...
Charles J. Jones
May 15, 2009
Charles J. "Chuck" Jones Charles J. "Chuck" Jones, 86, Minneapolis, passed away Friday, May 15, 2009 at the Ottawa County Health Center in Minneapolis. He was born February 1, 1923 at Scottsbluff Nebraska, the son of Benjamin W. and Lillian M. Moorehouse Jones, and grew up in Denver, CO. Chuck served proudly in the United States Marine Corps, in the...
Virgil Sidders
May 12, 2009
Virgil Kiedar "Sid" Sidders was born June 8, 1944 in Moorland, Oklahoma. He died Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Roy, and a grandson. His parents were Virgil L. Sidders and Illa Faye Bodenheimer. Illa later married John Peters, also deceased. They had one son,...
