Naomi Snyder
Sep 1, 2013
Naomi Dickson Snyder, 87, went to be with her Lord and Savior, September 1, 2013, at her home in Emporia, Kansas, surrounded by her loving family. Naomi was the youngest of six children, born on November 17, 1925 to Matthew and Elizabeth Dickson, in Admire Kansas. Naomi graduated from Kansas State Teachers College, in 1947 with a Bachelor of Science...
Paul George Aufleger
Aug 30, 2013
Paul George Aufleger, 95, of Emporia, Kansas died on Friday, August 30, 2013 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Paul was born on August 12, 1918 in Olpe, Kansas, the son of John and Catherine Resneder Aufleger. He married Ethal Sill on February 14, 1941 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Emporia. They were married 75 years. She survives of the...
Thomas Jerald Knight
Aug 29, 2013
Thomas Jerald Knight, 81, of Emporia, Kansas, died on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at Holiday Resort Care Center. Thomas was born on September 2, 1931 in West Carrollton, Ohio, the son of Thomas Lincoln and Anna Lee Knight. He married Marilyn Johnson and later divorced. He then married Maxine Whitaker on June 11, 1984 in Denver, Colorado. She survives at...
Santos Quirarte
Aug 29, 2013
Santos Quirarte, 92, passed away on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at his home in Emporia, Kansas. Santos was born in Caney, Kansas on July 12, 1921, the son of Dionicio and Hilaria Padilla-Quirarte. Santos attended school in Strong City, Kansas. He was drafted into the military and served on active duty from 1942 to 1945. He received four bronze stars...
Ward Gasche
Aug 28, 2013
Ward Gasche, 88, of Olpe, Kansas, went to be with his Heavenly Father on August 28, 2013. Ward was born in Hartford, Kansas, on May 4, 1925 to Grover and Flora (McDonald) Gasche. He graduated from Lamont (Kansas) High School in 1943. He worked in agriculture his entire life. He married Eileen (Geiger) at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Emporia,...
R. Dean Grisell
Aug 22, 2013
R. Dean Grisell, Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, August 22, 2013 at the Heart Institute, Saint Luke’s Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri. He was 83. R. Dean Grisell was born in Emporia on December 6, 1929, the son of Al and Muriel (Hindman) Grisell. He married Frances Jacobs at the First Christian Church, Emporia, on April 2, 1950. Rev. Leroy Hay...
Robert "Pete" Lee Peterson
Aug 22, 2013
Robert “Pete” Lee Peterson, 88, of Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, August 22, 2013 at his home. Robert Lee Peterson was born May 11, 1925 in Audubon, Iowa, the son of Thorvald and Harriet (Petersen) Peterson. Robert was a masonry contractor, and owned and operated his own business. He was a member of the Ball-McColm Post #5, American Legion, Emporia, and...
Robert Michael Grove
Aug 22, 2013
Robert Michael Grove, 61 of Emporia, Kansas died Thursday, August 22, 2013 at his home. Robert Michael Grove was born September 24, 1951 in Elkhart, Indiana the son of John & Wilma (Griffin) Grove. Robert was a Nurse Anesthetist at Newman Regional Health in Emporia for 10 years of his 35 year career. He retired a year ago due to...
Mildred Louise Jones-Butterfield
Aug 20, 2013
Mildred Louise Jones-Butterfield, 91, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Missouri. Mildred Louise Gahagan was born March 30, 1922, the daughter of Van Augustus and Laura (McCollum) Gahagan, in Lebo, Kansas. She was a graduate of Lebo High School. Mildred married Howard McCullough in Emporia, Kansas on June 26, 1943. He died...
Josephine Velma Vogts
Aug 19, 2013
Josephine Velma Vogts, Madison, Kansas, died on August 19, 2013 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, at the age of 90. Josephine Velma Hinrichs was born October 8, 1922, in Olpe, Kansas, the daughter of Martin and Lena (Pohl) Hinrichs. She married Albert Vogts on June 3, 1945 at Zion Lutheran Church, southwest of Olpe. Josephine and Albert enjoyed 68...
Harold R. Shaddix
Aug 18, 2013
Harold R. Shaddix, 78, Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on Sunday, August 18, 2013. Harold Ray Shaddix was born June 16, 1935 at Hollis, Oklahoma, the son of King Bryan and Gertrude (Milligan) Shaddix. He married Karen Johnson at Norwalk, California on December 19, 1953. She survives of the home. Surviving family members include: his wife, Karen; son, Michael...
Alvin A. Miller
Aug 17, 2013
Alvin A. Miller, 73, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, August 17, 2013 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. Alvin Albert Miller, the son of Albert Henry and Helen Josephine Vogts Miller, was born December 28, 1939 on the family farm southwest of Olpe, Kansas. He attended the Dixon Elementary school and graduated from Emporia High School in 1957. He then attended...
Mary M. Appel
Aug 16, 2013
Mary M. Appel, 84, of Emporia, Kansas, died Friday, August 16, 2013 at the Osage Nursing Center in Osage City, Kansas. Mary Marie White, the daughter of Earl Edgar and Edith Yeager White, was born on May 17, 1929 in Emporia. She married Norman Claire “Casey” Appel on February 24, 1957 in Emporia. He preceded her in death on January...
Billy Darrell Deweese
Aug 11, 2013
Billy Darrell DeWeese, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, August 11, 2013 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Olathe, Kansas. He was 82. Billy Darrell DeWeese was born March 3, 1931 in Hynes, California, the son of Robert Bruce and Evelyn M. (Lang) DeWeese. He moved to Emporia in 1965 and worked for many years in production at Dolly Madison Bakery....
Matthew Alan Berry
Aug 6, 2013
Matthew Alan Berry, 34, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, August 6, 2013 in Newton, Kansas. Matthew Alan Berry was born August 30, 1978 in Newton, the son of Steven and Phoebe Garcia. He married Lindsey Noll in June of 2004; they later divorced. He received a Bachelor’s Degree from Emporia State University, and a Registered Nurse Degree from Butler County...
Doris Ann Hankins
Aug 4, 2013
Doris Ann Hankins, 75, of Emporia, Kansas, died on August 4, 2013 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Doris was born on November 2, 1937 in Emporia the daughter of Walter and Clara Lockard Pearson. She married Don C. Hankins on June 24, 1956 in Neosho Rapids, Kansas. He survives. Other survivors include: son, Kelly Hankins and wife Debbie of Haysville, Kansas;...
Earl L. Watson
Jul 28, 2013
Earl L. Watson of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, July 28, 2013. He was 87. Earl was born on September 9, 1925 in Ness City, Kansas, the son of George and Katie Danks Watson. He married Dixie Minkler on October 7, 1967 in Garnett, Kansas. She survives of the home. Other survivors include: sons, David Watson of Wichita, Kansas, Lonnie Watson...
Dale Martin Edmiston
Jul 28, 2013
Dale Martin Edmiston, 92, of Americus, Kansas, died Sunday, July 28, 2013 at his home in Americus. Dale was born December 15, 1920 in Americus, the son of Arthur & Gussie Edmiston. He was born on his farm, which was his grandfather’s homestead, and lived in the 72 butler School district and graduated from Americus Rural High School in 1940....
Helen Thill
Jul 26, 2013
Helen Thill, a lifetime resident of Emporia, Kansas, died Friday, July 26, 2013 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor at the age of 78. Helen Boyce was born at Emporia, on June 4, 1935, the daughter of Marvin and Thelma (Richards) Boyce. She married Ralph J. Thill at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia, on February 12, 1955. He died April 7, 2008...
Marjorie F. Schmidt
Jul 25, 2013
Marjorie F. Schmidt, Olpe, Kansas, died at the Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka on Thursday, July 25, 2013, at the age of 71. Marjorie F. Redeker was born at Emporia, on April 21, 1942, the daughter of John and Laura (Dieker) Redeker. She married Daniel L. Schmidt at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Olpe, on October 21, 1961. He survives....
