Willa May Bufalo
Jan 6, 2013
Willa May (Turner) Bufalo, 74, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Emporia Presbyterian Manor on Sunday, January 6, 2013. Willa May Turner was born in Missouri on May 30, 1938, the daughter of Thomas George and Violet Bessie (Franklin) Turner. She married George Bufalo on November 21, 1958. He died June 8, 2009 at Emporia. Surviving family members include her three...
Evelyn Ruth Brunner
Jan 4, 2013
Evelyn Ruth (Janzen) Brunner died January 4, 2013 at her home in Emporia, Kansas. She was 89. The daughter of Henry P. and Susie (Reimer) Janzen, Evelyn was born April 15, 1923 in Newton, Kansas. On October 17, 1946, she married Ralph H. Brunner in Sacramento, California. Ralph died June 14, 2010; they were married 63 years. Other survivors include...
Dorothy Jean Woods
Jan 4, 2013
Dorothy Jean Roggli Woods of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, January 4, 2013 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. She was 92. The daughter of Carl Frederick and Esther Glaus Roggli, Dorothy was born on July 1, 1920 in Decherd, Tennessee. She graduated from Franklin County High School, Decherd; Oklahoma College for Women, Chickasha, Oklahoma; and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. Mrs....
Ruth M. Lewis
Jan 3, 2013
Ruth M. Lewis, 90, of rural Emporia, Kansas, departed this life on January 3, 2013 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Ruth was born on February 7, 1922 at Youngstown in Marion County, Kansas, the daughter of Walter C. and Gladys M. Higgins Kaniper. She married Vernon M. Lewis on February 10, 1941 in Miller, Kansas. He died on November 25, 1995...
Marg Bayless
Jan 2, 2013
Marg Bayless died Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor where she was a longtime resident. She was preceded in death by her husband, George M. Bayless, and their three children. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia. The family will greet folks an hour before service time. Burial...
Cleve Cook
Jan 1, 2013
Cleve Cook passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at the Congregational Home in Brookfield, Wisconsin, where he lived with his wife Hildred. He was 100 years old and died just eight days prior to his 101st birthday. Cleve was a lifelong resident of the Emporia area, although he and Hildred have spent the last few years in Wisconsin near their...
Frank A. Mcclain
Dec 30, 2012
Frank A. McClain, 79, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. Frank A. McClain was born August 24, 1933 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, the son of Mack and Ethel (Finley) McClain. Frank came to Emporia in 1965. He was a trackman for the Santa Fe Railroad for 20 years until his retirement in...
Lucille Mae Marks
Dec 29, 2012
Lucille Mae Marks, formerly of Emporia, Kansas, entered rest Saturday, December 29, 2012 at the Lake Point Care Center, Augusta, Kansas, at the age of 94. Funeral services will be at the First Congregational Church, Emporia, on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 10:30 AM. The service will be conducted by Pastor Gary Gooszen of the church. Burial will follow at...
Mildred Helen Demotte
Dec 26, 2012
Mildred Helen DeMotte, 93, of Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Mildred Helen Bolton was born January 17, 1919 in rural Olpe, Kansas, the daughter of James Fredrick and Olive (Fritts) Bolton. Mildred was a graduate of Emporia High School. She was a homemaker. Mildred married John E. DeMotte, Sr. in 1940....
Francis "Fran" D. Sattler
Dec 23, 2012
Francis “Fran” D. Sattler, 69, of rural Emporia, Kansas, died December 23, 2012 at his home. Fran was born on August 12, 1943 in Emporia, the son of Jake and Hazel Peet Sattler. He married Joyce Cain on January 3, 1965 in Windom, Kansas. She survives of the home. Other survivors include: daughter, Tamara Sattler; and son, Jeff Sattler both...
S. Jeane Davis
Dec 20, 2012
Jeane Davis, 87, formerly of Bushong, Kansas, died on December 20, 2012, at the Jones Health Center of Presbyterian Manor, Emporia, Kansas, surrounded by her family. Jeane was married to S. Max Davis, Bushong, on May 9, 1945, in Woodland, California. They lived in the Bushong-Council Grove area for over 50 years. She was preceded in death by her parents,...
Gilbert Lee Baysinger
Dec 18, 2012
Gilbert Lee Baysinger, Emporia, Kansas, died at Stomont-Vail Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas, on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at the age of 83. Gilbert Lee Baysinger was born at Lamont, Kansas, on December 13, 1929, the son of Roy Arthur and Sarah Mae (Houghton) Baysinger. He married Joann Gosser on June 29, 1962 in Emporia. Survivors include: his wife, of the...
Dewayne L. Dunn
Dec 12, 2012
Dewayne Lee Dunn, 29, Hartford, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at the Emergency Department of Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Kansas. Dewayne was born in Lawrence, Kansas on February 1, 1983, the son of Buddy DeWayne and Teresa Joan (Lawrence) Dunn. Dewayne and Allison D. Emley were joined in marriage on November 5, 2005 in Emporia. She survives of the...
Connie L. Somer
Dec 11, 2012
Connie Somer, 74, of Emporia, Kansas, died with the same calm resolution as she lived, Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at her home. Constance Louise Sawyer was born November 19, 1938 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of John Thurston and Florence Myrtle (Armfield) Sawyer. Connie came to Emporia in 1953 to attend Kansas State Teacher’s College where she received her bachelor’s...
Jann E. Jaggard
Dec 9, 2012
Jann E. Jaggard, 59, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2012 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, after losing her battle with cancer. Jann Eileen Jaggard, the daughter of Richard “Dick” and Faye Daily Jaggard, was born May 10, 1953 in Emporia. She was a machinist at Didde Incorporated until the time they closed, and in recent years...
Beverly A. Hart
Dec 8, 2012
Beverly A. Hart, 76, of Admire, Kansas, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2012 in Admire. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at Rosean Cemetery, north of Emporia. Rev. Mark Stukey of Allen, Kansas will officiate. The family will visit with friends following the service, in the Rosean Community Center next to the cemetery. Memorial...
Matilda V. Plassman
Dec 7, 2012
Matilda V. Plassmann, 91, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Friday, December 7, 2012 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia. Matilda Virginia Plassmann, the daughter of Joseph A. and Matilda Clapper Plassmann, was born on May 19, 1921 in Bronxville, New York. Matilda worked 20 years as a supervisor with Guerlain Perfume Company in New York. She is survived by a...
Michael Robert Turner
Dec 3, 2012
Michael Robert Turner, 68, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home surrounded by family on Monday, December 3, 2012. Michael was born May 8, 1944 in Emporia, the son of Walter Robert and Mary Catherine (Hotzel) Turner. He married Judith (Judy) Ann Johnson in Salina, Kansas on September 16, 1978. Michael attended Sacred Heart Catholic School and was a graduate...
Bentley Tanner Clark
Nov 26, 2012
Bentley Tanner Clark was born on November 11, 2012 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Johnny P. and Shelby L. Johnson Clark. He died on November 26, 2012 at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Bentley is survived by his parents; grandparents, Pat and Lori Clark of Emporia, and Randy and Venita Johnson of...
Gregory A. Wilkinson
Nov 18, 2012
Gregory A. Wilkinson, 56, of rural Hartford, Kansas, died Sunday, November 18, 2012 at his home. Gregory Alan Wilkinson was born at Topeka, Kansas on June 16, 1956, the son of Duane Wilbur and Maurine Kaye (Moore) Wilkinson. He married Vicky Young May 7, 1977 in Gridley, Kansas. They later divorced. He is survived by his daughter, Amber Smith, Bentonville,...
