Dunn and Kerr Obituaries From Kansas Area News
Funeral notices report the Aug. 6 1987 deaths of Leta N Dunn 84 Ottawa and Grace Gilmore 87 Richmond. Also details a Aug. 6 Wellsville death for Frank H Kerr 79 with service at Wilson and Son Chapel. Survivors and family memorials listed for each. Funeral arrangements include church services, cemeteries, and local burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Kerr
Wellsville
Wellsville Manor
Wilson and Son
Kansas
Mable Kettler
Paola
Miami County Maintenance Department
Royal Riders Saddle Club
Darrell Kerr
Wellville
Juanita Caster
Louisburg
Ella Lee Cook
Eureka
Calif
Robert Kerr
Hospital notes and sheriff court updates from Ottawa area
Corahala Thuro of Princeton was admitted Wednesday. Dismissals include Mrs. Mark Stevenson and son Richmond and others. A son for Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Rose. Arrests include Therese D. Barnhouse on suspicions of DWLI and misdemeanor theft and Laure A. Harris on speeding and failure to appear. Tina Johnson Cook faces warrants for misdemeanor check violations. Two Ottawa boys were arrested for theft after a store report. Gary L. Stumpf’s aggravated assault charge was dismissed for lack of probable cause after a preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corahala Thuro
Princeton
Mark Stevenson
Richmond
Floyd Jacob
N. Cherry
Larry Jackson
Ottawa
Benjamin Tush
Garnett
Rodney Rose
S. Main
Therese D. Barnhouse
S. Hickory
Seventh
Cedar Streets
Village Inn
South Us-50
Barnhouse
Pear
Laure A. Harris
S. Locust
Highway Patrol
Here
Franklin County
Tina Johnson Cook
Public Safety News
Alco
District Court News
Gary L. Stumpf
RFD
Phillip Fromme
Burlington
Fromme
Stumpf
Betty
Wellsville USC 289 school board budget hearing scheduled
The Wellsville USC 289 school board will meet at 7 p.m. Friday for a budget hearing on the 1987 88 budget to be approved at the next regular meeting. Items include paper products milk bids competency test reports and teacher negotiations. Friends of Jari Wills plan a memorial service for Wills who died July 25 in a stabbing at Central United Methodist Church in Kansas City Kan. Donations go to Jari's mother Mrs Hattie Wills for expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville U.S.C
Friends OF
Jari Wills
Wills
Central United Methodist Church
Argentine Blvd
Kansas City
Kan
Hattie Wills
Jari
Circuitous Railway Saga Spurs Ottawa Maple Leaf Festival
The biography recounts Kalloch’s aggressive bond schemes to push a rail line through Douglas Franklin and Anderson counties. Bond manipulation, worker hardships, and a costly political scramble culminated in a Santa Fe purchase in 1880. The railway’s legacy includes Teddy Roosevelt and Taft riders, and the Maple Leaf Festival born from rescued maple trees.
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Kalloch
Douglas
Franklin
Anderson Counties
Anderson County
Ottawa
Douglas County
Mayberry
Baldwin
Missouri
Franklin County
The
Western Home Journal
Herald
Paul Revere
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
U.S
Teddy Roosevelt
William Taft
Franklin County Almanac Weather Summary Update
Weather almanac notes partly cloudy tonight with lows 70 to 75. Friday hot and humid with 30 percent rain chance and highs in the low to mid 90s. Thunderstorms possible Saturday and Sunday, cooler near seasonal highs 80s to 90s and lows around 60s to 70s. Regional notes include Missouri Nebraska Arkansas Oklahoma Colorado regions with varied thunderstorm chances and temperatures.
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Missouri
Nebraska
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Colorado
City Commission reviews mobile home rates and parking notices
Whiteford argues he pays commercial rates for a single trailer in Heathman park while duplex and apartment units meter separately. The council plans a study session to discuss the issue as Heathman presses for action. Parking chief Robrahn defends ticketing stats amid a downtown letter to the editor opposition. The panel approves a K-68 overlay change order reducing the price to 71,855 and notes city funds of five million at 6.24 percent. Street complaints at Fifth and Cherry prompt mowing enforcement steps and a 14 day notice rule for property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteford
Heathman
Fogle
Pete Smith
Dresher
Vance Robrahn
Ottawa Herald
DPS
Jerry Thompson
Thompson
Robrahn
Killough Inc
Logan Street
al Mages
N. Poplar
Fifth
Cherry Streets
Jim McCrea
Mayes
Local Ad Briefs Share Weekend Events and Sales
Community notices list shopping sales at Drake Jewelry Freda's by Bev and Rob and The Alley Back To School event. Local eateries advertise deep fried shrimp specials and steak dinner deals. Friday night ice cream social at City Park Bandstand and a paper drive are noted. Funeral notices to be announced by Dengel and Son Mortuary on the Ottawa information line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Park
Community Revival Center Church
Ottawa Herald
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Ottawa
Human Error Cited in Wellsville Train Crash Deaths
The Santa Fe Railroad said human error caused a deadly maintenance truck crash near Wellsville on July 23 killing two workers, Steve Griffin and Ernie Tso, while a third, Darren Beets, remained in serious condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Franklin Savings to close Baldwin and Spring Hill branches Aug 29 as losses mount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville
Here
Santa Fe Railroad
Steve Griffin
Baldwin
Ernie Tso
Pomona
Darren Beets
S. Hickory
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Kathy Westphal
Chicago
Associated Press
Franklin Savings
Spring Hill
Duane Hall
Association
Ottawa
Olathe
Hall
Kansas
Ottawa Commission Will Not Subsidize Auditorium Utilities
Tuesday's Herald reported the Ottawa City Commission would subsidize the Ottawa Municipal Auditorium utilities. Director Barry Tucker said the commission is not subsidizing utilities but paying 2000 to use the building for meetings. the city previously used the building for free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa City Commission
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Barry Tucker
Memorial Notices for Leta Curtis Dunn and Grace Gilmore
Memorial notices report Leta N Curtis Dunn age 84 of 623 S Cherry St Rawleigh dealer widow of Ernest Dunn died Aug 6 1987 at Ottawa Retirement Village funeral from North Baptist Church Aug 8 interment Ruhamah Cemetery prayers亲 7 to 8 p.m. Friday. memorials to church. Also Grace McCrea Gilmore funeral at McGilley Antioch Chapel Kansas City Mo Aug 7 graveside Richmond Cemetery 12:30 p.m. memorials to Oak Haven Nursing Center. visitation 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at McGilley Antioch Chapel. Funeral Home 242-3550.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leta N. Dunn
S. Cherry
Ottawa
North Baptist Church
Paul Winkler
Ruhamah Cemetery
Rantoul
Ernest E. “Shorty” Dunn
Garnett
Future Homemakers of America
Rawleigh
Recruit
Ruhamah Baptist Church
Robert E. Dunn
Ottawa Rfd
Vera Mae Kunard
Shawnee
Cora Kunard
Ash
Lola Miller
Howard Curtis
Tremont
Lamb-Roberts
Grace Gilmore
Richmond
Kansas City
Oak Haven Nursing Center
McGilley-Antioch Chapel
Richmond Cemetery
Don Boyer
William Robert
McGilley-Antioch
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Letan
Curtis Dunn
Leta N. Curtis Dunn
S. Cherry St
Ernest ‘‘Shorty
Dunn
Grace McCrea Gilmore
McGilley- Antioch Chapel
McGilley- Antioch
Lamb- Roberts Funeral Home
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Gilmore’s Drugs
Northeast Presbyterian Church
Kansas City, Mo
Ralph S. McCrea
Harry McCrea
Topeka
Margaret Leonard
Monticello
Ark
Mary Jean Whitford
Frank H. Kerr Wellsville
the Daily Report
Sheriff’s News
Franklin County Almanac
Jonivod
al Uayo Nlow
City Commission
Ad Briefs
Willis Garden Center
Drake Jewelry
Freda’s
Bev
Rob
Jim
New Sat
Sacred Heart
K of C
Little Joe’s
Memoriam
Annis M. Gambrill
Peoria
Robert Andrews
Deng Fon Mortuary
Hickory
Funeral Home
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