Obituaries

Jo Diane Miller, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Jo Diane Weatherbie was born on June 12, 1951, at hom…

Anna Louise (Dysart) Stites passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2025 at Parkview Heights in Garnett, Kansas at the age of 78. Louise was born on September 27, 1946, at the Carter Hospital in Ga…

Rick Darren McIntosh, 61 of Lenexa, KS left this world on Sunday, April 6th following a series of heart attacks that had him hospitalized for a few weeks. Rick was born September 30, 1963 in…

Elmer J. Drennan, age 81, of Kincaid, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at his home, with his loved ones at his side. Elmer Junior Drennan was born March 28, 1943 to Elmer Mari…

Sandra Kay “Sandy” Crooks, age 76, Parker, Kansas passed away Sunday, April 13, 2025. She was born on January 8, 1949 in Indianapolis, Indiana the daughter of Lewis E. and Margar…

Mark Ryan Fritts, age 67, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away Thursday, April 10, 2025. He was born on June 18, 1957 in Grandview, Missouri the son of William Fritts and Dorothy Angle Fritts. He …

Grayden E. Tressler, age 87, Colony, Kansas, passed away February 7, 2025, at Rock Creek Nursing Home, Ottawa, Kansas. Grayden was born July 13, 1937, in Colony, Kansas, to George Tressler a…

Lela Maxine Nester Bruner, 88, passed away on Monday, April 7, from natural causes with her family by her side. Maxine was born on February 8, 1937, the fourth of eight children to John Nest…

Terence (Terry) Ward Herron, age 70, of Paola, KS, passed away on Sunday, April 6th. Terry was born on June 13th,1954 in Victorville, CA to Marge Slater and Charles Herron. He graduated from…

Charles Michael Bruch, 75, passed away peacefully on April 6th, 2025 at Olathe Medical Center. Mike, as he was known to friends and family, was born January 1st, 1950 to Elder and Pauline (S…

David Lee Yates, 81, of Nipomo,  CA passed away March 27, 2025.  He was born on March 11, 1944, in Ottawa, KS, a small town Southwest of Kansas City.  He was raised on a 500-a…

Carol L. Shaffer, 80, of Overbrook, KS passed away Thursday, April 3, 2025 at Brookside Health & Rehab in Overbrook, KS. She was born on December 17, 1944 near Gridley, KS, the daughter …

Jerry R. Irey, Topeka, passed away quietly at the Midland Care Hospice in Topeka, Kansas on March 21, 2025. He was 80 years old. He was born on November 11, 1944 in Ottawa, Kansas. He was pr…

Mark Alen Baker, 28, of Lawrence, KS passed away Saturday, March 22, 2025 at his home. He was born October 16, 1996 in Merriam, KS. Mark graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 2…

Delores Pearl (McClelland) Dickinson passed away peacefully Monday, March 24, 2025, at the Olathe Health Hospice House, Olathe, Kansas. She was born December 26, 1936, the daughter of Max an…

Carol Jean (Miller) Baer, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully at her home in rural Ottawa on March 18, 2025 following a lengthy illness. She was born on October 14…

John Henry Chandler, 83, passed away on March 14, 2025, at the Homestead Assisted Living in Eudora, Kansas. He was born on July 17, 1941, in Garnett, Kansas, to Bradford and Maxine Stutesman…

Charles Eldon Holloman was born on January 31st, 1943 to Virgil and Sadie (Burgoon) Holloman. He was born and raised alongside his four brothers, in Osawatomie, KS until 1988, when he moved …

Raef Eugene Dickinson, our precious baby boy, was born sleeping on March 1, 2025, at AdventHealth Shawnee Mission. He was the beloved child of Holly and Ryan Dickinson. Though our time toget…

David Lee Anstaett, rural Lyndon, passed away Monday, February 24, 2025. He was 66. He was born May 28, 1958, in Topeka to Earl J. “E.J.” Anstaett and Delores M. “Dee” (Rosetta) Anstaett. He…

Darrell Leon Blume, age 85, of Osawatomie, KS, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, February 27, 2025. Darrell was born on November 29, 1939, in Lamar, CO, the third of five child…

Lauralea (Peace) Radke, 86, of Ottawa, Kansas passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2025 at Rock Creek Nursing Home in Ottawa, Kansas. Lauralea was born on April 21, 1938 near Sterling, John…

Melvin Ervin “Mel” Baldwin, age 89, of Spring Hill, Kansas, formerly of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, February 16, 2025, at Colonial Oak Senior Li…

Louis Nunez Jr., of Ottawa, Kansas, a beloved figure in his community, passed away on February 19, 2025, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Lenexa, Kansas. Born on September 21, 195…

Linda Jean (Nelson) Woods, 65, of Carbondale, KS passed away Friday, February 14, 2025 at her home.  She was born February 20, 1959 in San Bernardino, CA the daughter of Roger Nelson an…

Michael J. Stine, affectionately known as Mike, passed away on February 14, 2025, at his residence in Lawrence, Kansas. Born on July 1, 1946, in Ottawa, he was a lifelong resident of the com…

Naomi Gregg, age 93, formerly of Princeton, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2024, at Belton Regional Medical Center in Belton, Missouri. She was born on May 8, 1931, the second…