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Friday, 03 September 2010 08:00 |
1919-2010
Earl Wesley “Pete” Ulmer, 91, Independence, Mo., died Aug. 29, 2010, at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Debra Ulmer of Paola.
Pete was born May 21, 1919, in Maryville, Mo., and graduated from Maryville High School. 
In 1942, Pete joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and served in England during World War II. While stationed there, he met his bride, Margaret Conroy, who preceded him in death.
He also was preceded in death by two sisters, Violet Sutton and Dorothy Volgemott, and his brother, Dean Ulmer.
He is survived by his sister Anna M. Lane of Stillwater, Okla.; his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ulmer of Paola; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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Friday, 03 September 2010 08:00 |
1917-2010
Ruben L. Miller, 93, Paola, died Aug. 31, 2010, at North Point Nursing Center.
He was born on April 18, 1917, in Hepler, Kan., to Otto Fred and Mathilda Granneman Miller. 
On Feb. 4, 1940, he was united in marriage to Hulda Elnora Ohlmeier in Block,; she preceded him in death in 1984.
He was married to Evelyn Minden in 1989. She preceded him in death in 1998.
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Friday, 03 September 2010 08:00 |
1931-2010
Donna D. Parker, 79, Louisburg, formerly of Sarasota, Fla., died Aug. 25, 2010, surrounded by her loved ones.
She was born to Cleatis Carl Duncan and Thelma May Cummings Duncan in Fort Scott on May 13, 1931. 
Donna was a devout Christian, teacher, nurse and loving Nana. She was devoted to her church and community, and she served several offices on her Sarasota PEO.
She was a strong wife and one of the best mothers and Nanas that anyone could have. She really loved her family, and all of her grandchildren were the twinkle of her eye.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, John S. Parker Jr., and brother Dennis Duncan.
She leaves behind a brother, Dean Duncan; two sisters, Shirley Chambers and Doris Belcher, all of La Cygne; and a special Aunt Marie and Uncle Floyd Lytle of Jefferson City, Mo.; her sons, Mark E. Parker of Louisburg, John S. Parker and Phil Hoobing of Florida; seven grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
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Friday, 03 September 2010 08:00 |
1921-2010
Keith Martin, area lawyer, 89, died Aug. 27, 2010 of a heart attack. 
Keith was born Jan. 19, 1921, in Miami County to Montie and Hazel Martin. He was raised on the family farm between Paola and Wellsville and was educated in a one-room country schoolhouse in which one teacher taught all eight grades. Older students educated the younger ones by telling them that there was no Santa Claus and that storks did not bring babies. He rode a horse to attend Paola High School, where he was president of his senior class. He spurned his father’s offer of a car to stay on the family farm and went as a Summerfield Scholar to the University of Kansas, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa his junior year.
Thereafter, Keith received an MBA degree from Harvard Business School and a law degree from the University of Kansas, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. While attending law school, he taught economics at KU. He was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1947 and the Kansas Bar in 1948. He was proud of being a lawyer and frequently quoted U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter, who said that “merely being a real practicing lawyer is a great calling.” Keith believed that one of the reasons the United States is the greatest country is because it has the most lawyers per capita of any nation, as well as very gifted journalists.
As a young lawyer, he had an active solo practice in Kansas and Missouri. He helped organize the city of Mission in 1951 and served as its first city attorney for 14 years. In the late 1950s, the Kansas Supreme Court passed a rule that if a lawyer in the state actively practiced in another state, he or she could not practice in Kansas courts, even though licensed, without a lawyer as co-counsel who practiced only in Kansas. Keith challenged the rule, taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court on two separate occasions. He eventually lost the case 6-2. Anthony Lewis of The New York Times wrote a scathing criticism of that Supreme Court decision in an article headlined, “Explanation Please!”
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Friday, 03 September 2010 08:00 |
Kathleen Marie Moreland, 60, Osawatomie, died Sept. 1, 2010, at her home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today. She will lie in state after 1 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in the Osawatomie Cemetery. Memorials are to Osawatomie Public Library.
Birdie Isabelle Schulenberg, 89, La Cygne, died Aug. 31, 2010, at Bates County (Mo.) Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home, 202 N. Fourth St., La Cygne, KS 66040, (913) 757-2035. Burial will be in Jingo Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the Coffel-Scheider Chapel. The family suggests contributions to Bates County Memorial Hospital. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.coffelschneider.com. |
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