Notable residents 

Stumbled across the fact that poet & author Katinka Loeser was born in Ottumwa and spent some of her early you there. She later was the wife of noted satirist Peter De Vries. She doesn't have a Wiki yet or I'd add her to the "notables" list already. Just wanted to throw her name out there in case someone else wanted to take on the project of creating a Wiki for her then adding her to the Ottumwa notables. Normally I'd do it myself, but I already have a huge backlog of articles I'm planning to create or expand. Have a great Wiki kind of day!    ....  P.S. it would be cool if someone could also track down info on that romance novelist...Leigh Michaels...and if she really does have a connection to O-town.