Alan Dale Gentry

Alan Dale Gentry, 63, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Sunday June 14, 2020, at Menorah Medical Center.

Graveside services were Thursday, June 18, 2020, at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. 

Born March 19, 1957, in Wichita, Kansas, and was adopted May 23, 1957 by Kenneth Neil and Alberta Elizabeth Briles-Gentry. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, maternal and paternal grandparents, brother, Mike; nephew; Tyler Neil; aunt Virginia “Ginny” Gardner; uncle Charles “Chuck” Swensen; aunt and uncle Dorothy and Pat Apgar; mother-in-law, Joanne Fritts; brother-in-law, Doug Dickinson, and his beloved four-legged friends, Mutt, Tiger and KC.

Alan is survived by his wife, Lori Fritts Gentry (m. March 25, 1995), of the home; sister, Elisa Ann Bogert and her husband, Mark; and son, Benjamin “Ben,” of Castle Rock, Colorado; aunt Beverly Swenson, uncle Dan Gardner, aunt and uncle Anna Marie and Benny Darbro; sister-in-law, Wendy Dickinson, and fiancé Rick Feuerborn; nephew Ryan Dickinson and his wife, Holly, and son, Tyden Douglas Dickinson; niece, Amy Dickinson; father-in-law, Ewing Fritts; good friends, Larry and Vernis Flottman, who Alan called Mom #2, and numerous cousins.

Alberta Elizabeth "Beth" Briles Gentry

While checking death notices around the county I came upon one with direct ties to Briles in Randolph County, specifically the granddaughter of John & Elizabeth Welborn Briles. Alberta "Beth" Briles Gentry, daughter of John Charles & Dessie Duvall Briles passed away January 24th of this year in Ottawa, Kansas. Beth, her parents, and husband are buried at Highand Cemetery in Ottawa, KS. We have updated Dessie's information and added the cemetery. We apologize for missing this earlier. Below is Beth's death notice.

Alberta Elizabeth "Beth" Briles Gentry passed away Thursday, January 24, 2013 in Ottawa, Kansas. Family and friends will meet for a Graveside Service at 11:00 A.M. Monday, January 28, 2013, at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, with a Memorial Service at Trinity United Methodist Church Ottawa, 1:30 P.M. Monday, January 28, 2013. Born on Wednesday, February 18, 1925 in Richter, Kansas, the daughter of John Charles and Dessie (Duvall) Briles. On June 1, 1947 Beth was united in marriage to Kenneth Neil Gentry at her parents' home. After forty-four years of marriage he preceded her in death on December 13, 1991. Preceding Beth in death are her husband Kenneth Neil Gentry; parents John and Dessie Briles; grandson Tyler Bogert; and brother-in-law Chuck Swenson. Surviving family members include son Michal N. Gentry and his wife Linda, son Alan D. Gentry and his wife Lori, daughter Elisa A. Bogert and her husband Mark; grandchildren Ben Bogert and Chris Gentry; sister Dorothy Apgar and her husband Pat, sister Virginia Gardner and her husband Dan, and sister Beverly Swenson; sister-in-law Anna Marie Darbro and her husband Benny; and many nieces and nephews.