Betty Jeanne Rice
Jan 17, 2014
Betty Jeanne Rice, Emporia, Kansas, died at Sterling House in Emporia on Friday, January 17, 2014 at the age of 91. Betty Jeanne Gardner was born at Kansas City, Missouri on November 4, 1922, the daughter of Richard Allen, and Johanna Fredricka (Arnold) Gardner. She married Floyd Edward Rice on August 10, 1941 at Ottawa, Kansas. He died October 28,...
Robert Abraham Sauder
Jan 16, 2014
Robert Abraham Sauder died Thursday, January 16, 2014 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kansas. He was born in Madison, Kansas, on Christmas Eve 1926, along with his twin brother, Raymond. They blessed the family of Aaron and Bess Sauder and their three older children, Mary Fran, Carolee, and Lee. Bob graduated from Madison High School and subsequently joined the...
Felix R. Cisneros, Sr.
Jan 15, 2014
Felix R. Cisneros, Sr., 86, Emporia, Kansas, died at Holiday Resort, Emporia, on Wednesday, January 15, 2014. Felix was born at Emporia on March 5, 1927, the son of Sipriano and Luisa (Rodriguez) Cisneros. He married Aurelia “Faye” DeLaTorre at Emporia on June 9, 1945. She died September 30, 2008. Mr. Cisneros is survived by: two daughters, Mary Louise (Anthony)...
Elden George Kuhn
Jan 15, 2014
Elden George Kuhn, 85, of Admire, Kansas, died on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Elden was born on November 15, 1928 in Springfield, Colorado, the son of Walter E. and Estella Marie McNair Kuhn. He married Una Mae Reidel on December 23, 1951 at her parents’ home south of Allen. She survives at the home. Other...
Vicky Lynn Allen
Jan 15, 2014
Vicky Lynn Allen, 65, of Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at her home. Vicky was born September 10, 1948 in Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and June (Boner) Meyer. In 1967, she was crowned Miss Grant County. She attended and graduated from Fort Hays State University with a Bachelors Degree of Arts in Music Education, after...
Calvin William Maxwell
Jan 14, 2014
On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 in Raleigh, North Carolina, Calvin William Maxwell, age 86, went to be with His Lord and Savior. Calvin was born in Americus, Kansas, on January 10, 1928 and was married to Betty June Maxwell in 1959 in Wichita, Kansas. He and Betty June were married almost 49 years, making their home in Montevideo, Minnesota for...
R.W. "Bill" Wygle, Jr.
Jan 13, 2014
R.W. “Bill” Wygle, Jr., 87, of Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, January 13, 2014 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Bill Wygle was born November 26, 1926 in Pharr, Texas, the son of R.W. and Roberta (Stillwell) Wygle. He served in U.S. Army during WWII in the Philippines and the South Pacific. Bill attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, where he...
Mary M. Wellnitz
Jan 7, 2014
Mary M. Wellnitz, 87, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Mary Margaret Gaughan, the daughter of Edward and Marie Supple Gaughan, was born July 30, 1926 in Emporia. She married Francis Anthony Wellnitz on November 3, 1956 in Emporia. He died January 26, 1996. She is survived by her son, Joseph F. and...
Doris M. Milam
Jan 7, 2014
Doris M. Milam, 78, of Emporia, Kansas, died on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Doris was born on October 21, 1935 in Emporia, the daughter of George Harold and Murna Gladys Hanes Barrett. She married Robert Milam on November 14, 1953 in Emporia. He died on September 18, 1996 in Wichita, Kansas. Surviving family members...
R. Eugene "Gene" Hunter
Jan 1, 2014
R. Eugene ‘Gene’ Hunter passed away peacefully at home on January 1, 2014 at the age of 84. He was born September 20, 1929 to Clarence E. and Frances K. Hunter in Independence, Missouri. A graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, Gene began his advertising career with Capper Publications in Topeka, Kansas, where he met and married Barbara Miller...
Ida Mae Utley
Dec 30, 2013
Ida Mae Utley, 88, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Monday, December 30, 2013 at her home in Emporia. Ida was born on May 4, 1925 in Rhome, Texas, the daughter of John E. and Rose Lee Pickett Nehrmeyer. She married James William “Jay” Utley on December 21, 1946 in Denver, Colorado. He died June 1, 2002 in Emporia. Surviving family...
Marcia A. Koch
Dec 28, 2013
Marcia A. Koch, 84, Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Marcia was born in Elmdale, Kansas on June 9, 1929, the daughter of Albert and Fern (Wright) Koch. She is survived by: her brother James and wife, Sandra Koch, Emporia, nephews, Dr. Michael Koch, Harrisonville, Missouri and Jason Koch, Emporia; nieces, Kristi Campbell,...
Phyllis U. Nymeyer
Dec 27, 2013
Phyllis U. Nymeyer, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, on Friday, December 27, 2013, at the age of 92. Phyllis Louise Unruh was born November 23, 1921 at Carlsbad, New Mexico, the daughter of Victor S. and Ethel (Smith) Unruh. She married Frederic M. Nymeyer, Sr. on December 14, 1939 in Carlsbad. He passed away...
Warren R. Smith
Dec 27, 2013
Warren R. Smith, 90, of Americus, Kansas, died on Friday, December 27, 2013 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Warren was born on September 8, 1923 in Emporia, the son of Clarence R. and Cathryn Bailey Smith. He married Doris H. Phillips on May 26, 1946 in Emporia. She survives of the home. Other surviving family members include: his...
Joseph Steffes Markowitz
Dec 20, 2013
Joseph Steffes Markowitz, 92, of Olpe, Kansas, died on December 20, 2013, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Joe was born on July 27, 1921 in Olpe, the son of Bernard and Elizabeth Steffes Markowitz. He married Marie Ann Hohne on May 29, 1948 in Olpe. He is survived by Marie and four children, Dave and wife Jane Markowitz of...
Howard Clair Yeager
Dec 19, 2013
Howard Clair Yeager, 91, died December 19, 2013 at his home in Wichita, Kansas. Howard was born December 21, 1921 the son of John & Julia (Pierce) Yeager in Emporia, Kansas. He was the youngest of eleven children, and the only one to finish high school after working odd jobs to pay his own way. He worked many years as...
Alice Marie Sanders
Dec 17, 2013
Alice Marie Sanders, 81, of Council Grove, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at Morris County Hospital in Council Grove. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Junction City, Kansas. There are no services planned. Alice M. Schoemborn, the daughter of Fredrick and Laura Bostick Schoemborn, was born April 21, 1932 in Frohna, Missouri. She worked in housekeeping at Morris County...
George Washington Hanshew
Dec 15, 2013
George Washington Hanshew, 99, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Sunday morning, December 15, 2013 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. A graveside service will be held on Monday, December 23, 2013 at 1:30 P.M. at Wellston Cemetery, Wellston, Oklahoma. The service will be conducted by Rev. Michael Burkett, United Methodist Church of the Good Shepherd, a member of the family, from...
Gary L. Smiley
Dec 12, 2013
Gary L. Smiley, 72, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Thursday evening, December 12, 2013 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Gary Lynn Smiley was born at LaCrosse, Kansas on October 17, 1941, the son of Gerald and Winona (Seltman) Smiley. He married Joyce A. Clason at the Pawnee Rock, Kansas United Methodist Church on March 14, 1965. She survives of the home....
Dorothy Mae Bosse
Dec 8, 2013
Dorothy Mae Bosse, 78, formerly of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, December 8, 2013 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka, Kansas. Dorothy Mae Castle, the daughter of Theodore Addison and Willie Mae Miller Castle, was born March 12, 1935 in Crawford, Oklahoma. She was co-owner of a mobile home park and transportation company, retiring in 1998, and was an active member of...
