2022

Donald L. Schmenk, Maj USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on February 26, 2022. Major Donald Louis Schmenk USAF Ret, 84, of Ottawa died 8:10 a.m., Saturday, February 26, 2022, at The Meadows of Ottawa. He was born July 3, 1937, in Lima to the late Everett A. and Margaret (Brinkman) Schmenk. On June 9, 1962, he […]

Colonel James C. Ryan, age 90, died in his home surrounded by his loving wife Donna and his adoring family Saturday Dec 3. Col. Ryan was the first born child of Ernest Homer and Edna Faye Ryan born on October 16, 1932 in Lodi Oklahoma. Jim is survived by a wife, Donna, two sons Jim

Lt. Col. David Stark Wilson, USAF, Ret., died Sept. 22, 2022, in his home in Amado, AZ after a long struggle with cancer and Parkinson’s disease at age 89. Born Nov. 13, 1932, in Faulkner County, Arkansas in a family farmhouse without electricity or indoor plumbing, David was of the fifth generation of Wilsons native