Twila Jean Stone
Feb 16, 2013
Twila Jean (Anderson) Stone, 79, loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, passed away at Emporia Presbyterian Manor on Saturday, February 16, 2013 after a brave two-year battle with cancer. She was born to Joe and Hazel (Rogers) Anderson on July 5, 1933 in Kearny County, Kansas. She graduated from Lakin High School in 1951. In 1955, she graduated from Kansas...
Marilyn Irene Haag
Feb 14, 2013
Marilyn Irene Haag, 79, of Olpe, Kansas, died on February 14, 2013 at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka, Kansas. Marilyn was born on December 27, 1933 in Emporia, the daughter of Clifford and Olive Hinck Spade. She married Howard J. Haag on March 23, 1954 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Emporia. He survives. Other survivors include five sons,...
Dr. Lloyd A. Stone
Feb 13, 2013
Lloyd A. Stone, 77, passed away on February 13, 2013 at Presbyterian Manor in Emporia. Funeral services will be held at the First United Methodist Church, Emporia, on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 10:30 A.M. Interment will follow at Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, with military graveside services conducted by Ball-McColm Post #5, American Legion and Lowry-Funston Post #1980, Veterans of...
Cleo "Bud" E. Grimmett
Feb 11, 2013
Cleo E. “Bud” Grimmett, 85, Emporia, Kansas, died Monday morning, February 11, 2013 at Via Cristi Saint Francis Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. Cleo Grimmett was born January 13, 1928 in Emporia, the son of Ernest and Lola (Killion) Grimmett. He married Anna Mae Smith in Miami, Oklahoma on October 15, 1971. He is survived by his beloved wife and caregiver,...
Jennie V. Natoli
Feb 10, 2013
Jennie V. Natoli, 83, of Americus, Kansas, died on February 10, 2013 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kansas. Jennie was born on April 10, 1929 in Manchester, Oklahoma, the daughter of Thomas J.R. Jr., and Lola Mae Billingsley Swafford. She married Rocco Sam Natoli on December 16, 1979 in Farmington, New Mexico. He survives. Other survivors include: sons, Thomas...
James A. Sherman
Feb 6, 2013
James A. Sherman, 86, of Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. James was born April 13, 1926, the son of James G. and Mildred (Allen) Sherman, in Greenwood County, Kansas. He Married Iva Eleanor Drake on June 2, 1947 in Eureka, Kansas. She died October 18, 1981 in Emporia. He then married Melba L. Windsor...
Veryl E. Barb
Feb 2, 2013
Veryl E. Barb, 77, the son of David Ernest & Evelyn R. (Schwindt) Barb, died Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Rockport, Texas. Veryl was born January 13, 1936 at Olpe, Kansas. He graduated from Emporia High School and resided in the Emporia area all of his life. He served six years in the Emporia National Guard Unit. He married Sylvia...
Lester R. Schmidt
Jan 31, 2013
Lester Raphael Schmidt, 74, of Olpe, Kansas, died on Thursday, January 31, 2013, at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, after a long battle with heart disease. He was born December 27, 1938, west of Hartford, Kansas, one of ten children of Raphael Anthony “Ray” and Leona Eleanor (Haag) Schmidt. Lester grew up on the family farm and attended Twin Mound Rural School...
Richard J. Hart
Jan 29, 2013
Richard J. Hart, 73, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. Cremation is planned, with a private family gathering at a later date. Richard James Hart, the son of George and Iva Parks Hart, was born on April 18, 1939 in Rosalia, Kansas. He married Hazel Glassburner on January 3, 1959...
Phillip L. Germann
Jan 27, 2013
Phillip L. Germann, 64, of Emporia, Kansas, died on January 27, 2013 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Phil was born on March 30, 1948 in Emporia, the son of Ray A. and Virginia F. Springman Germann. He married Linda Sue Heins on December 7, 1968 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Emporia. Surviving family members include: sons, Travis Germann, and...
Geraldine "Jerri" Pennington
Jan 26, 2013
“An Hour with Jerri," a memorial celebration of the life of Geraldine "Jerri" Pennington, who passed away in January, will be held Sunday, April 28 at 2:00 p.m. in Heath Recital Hall of Beach Music Hall on the Emporia State University campus. A reception in the Rotunda of Beach Music Hall will follow the memorial. Geraldine “Jerri” Pennington, 83, retired...
Roy L. Benjamin
Jan 26, 2013
Roy L. Benjamin, 74, died Saturday, January 26, 2013 at his home in Emporia, Kansas, following a courageous battle with cancer. Roy was born November 23, 1938, at home in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Roy L. and Elva McCune Benjamin. Roy graduated from North High School in Wichita in 1956. He attended Wichita State University for one and a...
Jackie "Jack" L. Schrader
Jan 23, 2013
Jackie L. “Jack” Schrader, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Emporia Presbyterian Manor on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at the age of 75. Jackie was born on January 4, 1938 in Junction City, Kansas, the son of Harry Floyd and Oma Helen (Benton) Schrader. He and Jane Schneider were married at Maydale, Kansas (southeast of Olpe) on January 24, 1959. She...
Alfred "Al" K. Defoor
Jan 19, 2013
Alfred “Al” Kenneth Defoor, 84, of Emporia, Kansas, died on January 19, 2013 at his home in Emporia. Al was born on May 24, 1928 in Drasco, Arkansas, the oldest son of Birt J. and Martha Lois Bufford Defoor. He married Madine Schellhamer on September 23, 1951 in Tucumcari, New Mexico. He is survived by: his wife; sons, Terry Defoor...
John R. Stine
Jan 18, 2013
John R. Stine, 83, formerly of Emporia, Kansas, died on January 18, 2013 at Emeritus at Overland Park in Overland Park, Kansas. John was born on June 29, 1929 in Neosho Rapids, Kansas, the son of Perle W. and Hazel M. Petty Stine. He is survived by: wife, Donna Randall of Eudora, Kansas; brothers, Jay P. Stine and wife Margie...
Sharron Lee Slider
Jan 17, 2013
Sharron Lee Slider, 64, Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia. Sharron was born November 11, 1948 at Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Kenneth George and Elizabeth (Bergen) Holmes. She was raised by her mother, Elizabeth, and her adopted father, James M. Shepherd. Surviving family members includes her brother, Ray Shepherd and wife Bonnie...
Anna L. Lillian
Jan 16, 2013
Anna L. (Fish) Lillian, 82, of Emporia, Kansas, and formerly of Hartford, Kansas, passed away at Holiday Resort, Emporia, on Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Anna was born to Benjamin Franklin and Florence May (St. Bonnett) Fish on August 7, 1930 on a farm west of Neosho Rapids, Kansas. She married Arthur “Wayne” Lillian September 28, 1948. He passed away February...
Clara M. Baltz
Jan 14, 2013
Clara M. Baltz, Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, January 14, 2013 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. She was 89. Clara M. Pittman was born at Bartlesville, Oklahoma on December 23, 1923, the daughter of Charles and Martha Pittman. She married Donald T. Baltz on February 18, 1967. He died July 10, 1986. Mrs. Baltz is survived: by her son, Sherman (Kristine)...
Helen Mae Rathke
Jan 14, 2013
Helen Mae Rathke, 86, formerly of Emporia, Kansas, died on January 14, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society of Dodge City, Kansas. Helen was born on September 26, 1926 in Iuka, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Alta Helen Raymond Wright. Helen was raised on a farm located north of Kiowa, Kansas in Moore Township. She graduated from Medicine Lodge...
Ramona "Mona" Smith
Jan 13, 2013
Ramona “Mona” Smith, a resident of Emporia, Kansas, died at her home on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at the age of 75. Funeral services for Mrs. Smith will be held in the chapel of the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia, on Friday, December 18, 2013 at 1:30 P.M., conducted by Pastor Austin Rivera, First United Methodist Church, Emporia. Eastern Star Services...
