Robert "Bob" W. Rankin
Mar 2, 2013
Robert “Bob” W. Rankin, 68, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away March 2, 2013 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Bob was born on November 3, 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Eugene Walker and Alberta Cannon Rankin. He received Bachelor of Science Degrees in both History and Library Science from Emporia State University. He is survived by a...
Betty A. Geiger
Mar 1, 2013
Betty A. Geiger, 86, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Friday, March 1, 2013 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Betty Anne Lary, the daughter of William “Bill” and Mae (Morris) Lary, was born November 22, 1926 in Emporia. She joined the U.S. Army in 1954 and served in several countries all over the world. After leaving the military, she worked...
Laddie D. Stierwalt
Mar 1, 2013
Former Emporian, Laddie D. Stierwalt, passed away at his home in Derby, Kansas, Friday evening, March 1, 2013 at the age of 92. Laddie was born December 15, 1920 in Thayer County, Nebraska, the son of Bruce A. and Kitty J. (Shoup) Stierwalt. He married Leona V. Brooks in Emporia on October 27, 1946. She passed away July 30, 2009....
Tres Lu Peterson
Feb 27, 2013
Tres Lu Peterson, 56, of Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at his home. Tres was born January 6, 1957 in Denison, Iowa, the son of Robert & Marjorie (Marten) Peterson. Tres, was a longtime truck driver for Builders Choice in Emporia. He served in the US Army Reserve and was a member of the 129 Transportation Company out...
Donald A. Smith
Feb 27, 2013
Donald A. Smith, 76, Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on Wednesday, February 27, 2013. Donald Arthur Smith was born at Emporia, on June 11, 1936, the son of Charles Arthur and Byra Jo (Freeman) Smith. He married Mary Margaret Garland in Emporia on March 6, 1959. She passed away January 4, 2011. Surviving family members include: sons, Stephen (Danielle)...
Burris L. Smith
Feb 23, 2013
Burris L. Smith, 71, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, February 23, 2013 at his home. Burris was born February 7, 1942 in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Ray L. and Blanche (Burris) Smith. Burris is survived by: his sister, Mary Ann Kraft and husband Sam of Emporia; three nephews: Stephen Feldman, Alan Feldman and Douglas Feldman; and three nieces:...
Alvin "Pete" E. Maley
Feb 23, 2013
Alvin Edward “Pete” Maley, 90, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, February 23, 2013 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Pete was born December 10, 1922 in Newkirk, Oklahoma, the son of Frank J. and Clara E. (Cramer) Maley. Pete married Noveita “Nadine” Furgason in Garnett, Kansas on August 17, 1947. She survives of the home. Other survivors include: two...
James F. Harter
Feb 20, 2013
James F. Harter was the retired Vice President of International Education at Emporia State University, where he worked for over 40 years. He passed away in Emporia, Kansas on February 20th, 2013. He was 70. James was born in Bern, Kansas on January 22, 1943, the son of Sylvia and Howard Harter. Surviving James is his wife Dorine Dilak Harter....
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...
