Obituary Virgil Bob Compton 82 of Topeka dies at home
Virgil Bob Compton 82 of Topeka died Sunday at his home. Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. Saturday Oct 5 2013 at Davidson Funeral Home Topeka with viewing Friday noon to 8 p.m. and visitation 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Burial at Oak Ridge Cemetery Perry. He was born November 4 1930 in Topeka son of Virgil Cumpton and Leona Cumpton. He married Jo Ann Wadle who died April 3 2013. He worked over 57 years as an electrician for IBEW Local 226 Topeka and co owned K9 Security and Ol Town Café in Perry. He was a member of Eastside Baptist Church Golden Rule Lodge 90 AF&AM and Topeka Scottish Rite Bodies and served as a Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office reserve. Survivors include two sons Jim Cumpton Perry and Robert Cumpton Topeka two daughters Susie Hess Ottawa Tracy Cumpton Arvada Colo a brother Gene Cumpton 11 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may go to Meals on Wheels or Midland Hospice Care via Davidson Funeral Home. Condolences at davidsonfuneral.com
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Bob” Compton
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Leona Belle Cumpton
K9 Security
Ol’ Town Café
Kan
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Golden Rule Lodge No. 90 A.f&am
Shawnee County
Sheriff's Office
Jim
Sabrina) Cumpton
Robert Cumpton
Susie
Larry) Hess
Ottawa
Tracy Cumpton
Arvada
Colo
Deb
Bill Arnold
Edgerton
Gene Cumpton
Meals On Wheels
Midland
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Death of Neil Carlson in Ottawa at 91
Neil Carlson 91 of Ottawa died Tuesday October 1 2013 at Ottawa Retirement Village Cremation is planned Arrangements are pending and will be announced later by Dengel Son Mortuary
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This Week in Ottawa History Head
This column by local historian Louis Reed highlights events in Ottawa in October 1913. A Civil War monument dedication at Black Jack celebrates past conflict, while civic plans discuss a Park Creek bridge and improvements. Filmmaker tours pass through town as the New Santa Fe Trail gains attention and local dam and factory projects progress. In El Paso, five northern Mexican states discuss secession to form a Confederate Mexico.
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City OKs new operator for airport
Ottawa voters approve a two year contract with OWI Aviation LLC to operate the city airport at 2178 Montana Road. OWI will run the fixed base operation, provide flight training and leasing, and pay the city a share of fuel and hangar rentals while maintaining facilities and insurance.
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Shutdown Strains Housing Loans and Federal Pay Delays
Local officials warn the federal shutdown disrupts loan approvals from FHA rural development and VA programs, delaying pay verifications for borrowers and complicating refinancing. Kansas National Guard furloughs affect about 700 staff, with 2,100 total personnel and 6 at Ottawa Armory. USPS and emergency services continue, while Social Security, unemployment, and food stamp programs persist. health exchanges stay open and East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity remains operational for about three weeks.
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Ottawa Coop Quotas For Wednesday Afternoon Markets
Ottawa Coop lists Wednesday prices for hard wheat 7.25, soybeans 12.39, corn 4.19, mile 3.94. Franklin County USDA Farm Service Agency prices unavailable due to federal government shutdown.
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