Obituary Notices From Franklin County Area
Graveside services for Robert Warren Snodgrass were conducted at Hope Cemetery with Rev. Al Polen officiating. The obituary notes he lived many years in Ottawa and had ties to Franklin County, including marriage to Frank M. Mitchell and a survivor list of daughter Sylvia Fisher and multiple grandchildren. Everett G. Stith, 85, deceased December 16, honored with funeral and burial details, notes military service, long work at KU Press and Ottawa Herald, and extensive community involvement. Daisy E. Mitchell, 96, dies December 17. services set for Monday with burial near Pomona. Loren W. Latimer, 62, Ottawa native, owned a shop for 40 years, instrumental in local history projects and church affiliation, with survivors listed and memorials suggested to the Franklin County Historical Society. A cattle market roundup from Kansas City reports steady to mixed prices for various cattle and hogs, noting specifics on classes and weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Ottawa
Lawrence
Frank M. Mitchell
Sylvia Fisher
Elkhart
Everett G. Stith
Main
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Robson-Towner
Hardin Cemetery
Hardin
al Polen
Stith
Muscle Fork
Richard Thomas
Margaret Olive
Grove) Stith
U. S. Army
University of Kansas Press
Ottawa Herald
American Cancer Fund
First United Methodist Church
Scottish Rite
American Legion
Dorsey Liberty Post
Warren Black American Legion
Lucy Willeford
Kansas City
Robert R. Stith
St. Louis
Edward E. Stith
Springdale
Ark
Jean Richardson
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Ala
Forrest G. Stith
Loren W. Latimer
S. Sycamore
Cherry Manor
Lamb-Roberts
Highland Cemetery
Latimer
Robert Lyle
Jo (West) Latimer
Bob
Old Depot
Franklin County Historical Society
Grace Episcopal Church
Imogene Latimer
R. Michael Latimer
S. Main St
Kansas
al Poten
Missouri
Robson Towner
Christmas and weekly events in Ottawa area notices
Community and business notices list Christmas events at Eagles Lodge and VFW, Santa visits, dances with Neita and the Drifters and Plastic Kowboys, church program From the Manger to the Cross, store and dining hours, local accidents and police recalls, and weekly school menus amid holiday season reminders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Revival Center Church
24Th and
S. Davis Road
Warm Gifts Still Needed At OSH
Osawatomie State Hospital seeks gift donations for about 200 patients. While many groups have provided food and clothing, stockings caps gloves woolen scarves and socks are still needed. Gifts should not be wrapped and can be mailed to the Patients Christmas Party Volunteer Services Osawatomie State Hospital Osawatomie Kan 66064. Churches in Kansas City plan bus visits after patients view the Plaza Lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osawatomie
Osawatomie State Hospital
J. Russell Mills
Kan
Kansas City
New Hope Church
Rural
Wellsville
Fire Ravages Red Barn Restaurant in Fort Scott
A Friday fire gutted the Red Barn Restaurant, Fort Scott landmark near U.S. 69 bypass. Firefighters faced limited water, using a small pond. five employees and six women preparing a civic banquet escaped unharmed. The blaze started in the kitchen wall and engulfed the building, leaving only the front facade. The restaurant had operated over 13 years and was famed for fried chicken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
Kan
Red Barn
U.S. 69
Max Manning
Manning
Local Library Line answers reader questions and services
The Local Library Line promotes the library as a community information hub at Sun and Main, offering help by phone, mail, or visit. It answers varied questions from Della Robbia wreaths to insurance rests, Hanukkah, Kansas history, employee rest breaks, trapping legally, FDR marriage, and Santa suit borrowing, with references to specific people, places, and resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun and Main
Della Robbia
Maymie R. Krythe
Boys’ Republic
Chino
California
Franklin County
Rex Bowling
Sheriff's Department
Motor Vehicle Department
State Insurance Commission
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Directory
John ©. White
Department of Human Resources
Division of Labor-Management Relations and Employment Standards
Topeka Blvd
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert W. Snodgrass
Robert Warren Snodgrass
Hope Cemetery
the Daily Report
Daisy E. Mitchell Lawrence
Daisy E. Mitchell
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Central Cemetery
Pomona
Mitchell
The
Calvary Baptist Church
Ottawa Westeyan Church
Ad Briefs
Eagles Lodge
Neita and the
Drifters
Tennis Hut
S. Main
Leonard and the Strangers
Otasco
Coach Club
Plastic Kowboys
Saddleback Lounge
U. S
Michael J. Esser
Edward D. Jones & Co
Dundee
Santa Claus
L & L Cafe
L&m
Public Safety News
Joe Everhart
Green's
Us-50
Fifth and Hickory
Green Peoples National Bank
James Cox
Cypress
Sheriff's News
Rockcreek Road
Joe Walter
N. Cherry
Us-59
Etta Talley
W. 5Th
Ey Allen
Princeton
Albert Daniels
Kevin Kimball
Ottawa Red
South Hickory
Olive Red
Williamsburg
Margaret Harris
S. Hickory
U.S.C
Eisenhower-Field-Garfield Sr
Hawthorne-Lincoln
Drake's
Poinsettias
Butler- Hanes Florist
W. 15Th
Lacey TV
Sylvania Superset
Benner-Williams
Pence
Golden Eagle
15Th
U.S.D
Central Heights
Osh
Robson
North Main
Towner
Wicket Robson Reno Towner
Dorothy Reams
Jarry Robson
David Bunch
Joe Ferns
Fred Gibson
Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Malaysia
Singapore
Gibson
Shawnee Heights Baptist Church
Kansas Office of Economic Opportunity
Crist
E. Logan
Melvin and
Larry Dixon
Alvin and
Sara Crist
Kansas State Retired Teachers Association
Council Grove
Kenneth Campbell
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Joseph Nathan Kane
Fdr
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
New York City
Merry Christmas
Funeral Home
Gourmet Foods
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