John Elmer Doxon
Nov 6, 2012
John Elmer Doxon, 91, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, surrounded by his family. John was born March 8, 1921 in Formoso, Kansas, the son of Charles Emery and Nettie Merle (Ellsworth) Doxon. John married Venda Leigh Hunter on September 2, 1942, at the home of the bride’s aunt in Hutchinson, Kansas....
Becky Ann Sill
Nov 3, 2012
Becky Ann Sill, 60, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, November 3, 2012 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Becky Ann Wilkins was born December 16, 1951 in Miller, Kansas the daughter of Nelson and Imogene (Boosinger) Wilkins. She worked as a toll collector for the Kansas Turnpike Authority for 24 years until her retirement last year. Becky married Claude E....
Jennifer Jane Eberle
Nov 1, 2012
Jennifer Jane Eberle, 39, of Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, November 1, 2012 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Jennifer was born June 3, 1973 in Urbana, Illinois, the daughter of William M. and Jane Heide Eberle. She was a graduate of Manhattan High School in Manhattan, Kansas and Highland Community College in Highland, Kansas. She loved to read books and...
Albert Howard Roglin, Jr.
Oct 31, 2012
Albert Howard Roglin, Jr., 88, of Emporia, Kansas, died on October 31, 2012 in Emporia. Albert was born on April 18, 1924 in Quincy, Kansas, the son of Albert Howard Roglin, Sr., and Retta Slough Roglin. He married Edith Marie Wygle on November 9, 1947. She also died on October 31, 2012 in Emporia. Surviving family members include: daughters, Sally...
Edith Marie Roglin
Oct 31, 2012
Edith Marie Roglin, 85, of Emporia, Kansas died on October 31, 2012 at her home in Emporia. Edith was born on December 5, 1926 in Hamilton, Kansas, the daughter of Leland and Sarah Smith Wygle. She married Albert H, Roglin, Jr. on November 9, 1947. He died on October 31, 2012 in Emporia. Surviving family members include: daughters, Sally Roglin...
David Michael Evans
Oct 30, 2012
David Micheal Evans, 68, died Tuesday October 30, 2012 at Stormont Vail Healthcare Topeka, Kansas after a short illness. David was the oldest of four sons born to Wilbur Ernest and Annie Ruth (Cravy) Evans. He was born July 15, 1944 in San Saba, Texas. He lived in Louisiana, Texas, California and Kansas. David graduated from Highland Park High School...
Walter D. Rathke
Oct 30, 2012
Walter D. Rathke, 94, of rural Olpe, Kansas, died on October 30, 2012 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Walter was born on June 23, 1918 in rural Olpe, the son of Samuel and Lydia Belle Cooper Rathke. He married Violet McElfresh on June 21, 1953 in Cottonwood Falls. They later divorced; she died in 2012. He later married Mary Wecker...
Ryan Hutchinson Seastrom
Oct 29, 2012
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 3, 2012, at First United Methodist Church, Emporia, Kansas, for Ryan Hutchinson Seastrom, who died Monday evening, October 29, 2012, in Emporia at the age of 35. The service will be conducted by Pastor Jeannie Jensen of the church. Cremation will follow services. Ryan’s family will receive friends at the...
Joyce Ann Wempe
Oct 29, 2012
Joyce Ann Wempe, 50, of Emporia, Kansas died on October 29, 2012 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Joyce was born on April 23, 1962 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the daughter of Oll and Ann Major Wilson. She married Conrad L. Wempe on May 23, 1980 in Eureka, Kansas. He survives of the home. Surviving family members include: son, Brett...
Fred J. Nilges
Oct 23, 2012
Fred J. Nilges, 88, passed away at his home in Emporia, Kansas, Tuesday morning, October 23, 2012. Fred was born in Rural Garnett, Kansas on August 1, 1924, the son of Samuel and Mary (Peine) Nilges. He married Lorrine Armstrong at Emporia on February 26, 1972. She died November 5, 2006. Surviving family members include: his step-daughter, June Delgado, and...
Patricia "Patti" L. Collins
Oct 18, 2012
Patricia L. “Patti” Collins, Foster City, California, and formerly of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Thursday, October 18, 2012 at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, Santa Clara, California, at the age of 86. Patricia James was born in Normal, Illinois on February 18, 1926, the daughter of H. Francis and Judith (Pregaldin) James. She married William Michael Collins at the...
Warren Wayne Thomas
Oct 17, 2012
Warren Wayne Thomas, 66, died at his home in Emporia, Kansas, on Wednesday, October 17, 2012, after battling cancer the last two years. Warren was born September 27, 1946 in Berryville, Arkansas, the son of William Hugh and Stella Irene (Babcock) Thomas. Number 11 of 12 children, he was raised with his sister LaVonne in Wetmore, Colorado after his parents...
Charles "Chuck" D. Gilligan
Oct 15, 2012
Charles D. “Chuck” Gilligan, 71, of Emporia, Kansas, died on October 15, 2012 at his home. Chuck was born on September 18, 1941 in Emporia, the son of Charles V. and Iona M. Schultz Gilligan. He married Mary Gayle Gorman on September 16, 1961 in Hartford, Kansas. They were divorced. He later married Carol Warrensburg Mahoney on July 9, 1976...
Dorothy Lee Peak
Oct 15, 2012
Dorothy Lee Marcellus Peak, 89, passed away October 15, 2012 in Emporia, Kansas. Dorothy was born on February 22, 1923 in Emporia, to Charles Melvin and Nancy Mae Bell Smith Marcellus. She attended Emporia schools and graduated from Emporia Senior High School in 1941. She married Homer Peak on December 24, 1941 in Emporia. He passed away on November 23,...
Joseph Richard Blanck
Oct 14, 2012
Joseph Richard Blanck, 90, formerly of Lamont, Kansas passed away Sunday, October 14, 2012 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Joseph Richard Blanck, the son of Joseph Daniel and Mildred Elizabeth Weaver Blanck, was born September 12, 1922 at the family homestead in Lamont. Richard was an infantry man with the U.S. Army in WWII, serving from 1942 to 1945. He was...
William "Bill" W. Votaw
Oct 14, 2012
William “Bill” W. Votaw, 86, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Sunday, October 14, 2012 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Bill was born on April 23, 1926 in Wellfleet, Nebraska, the son of Walter and Ethel Johnson Votaw. He married Janice Rice on August 11, 1957 in North Platte, Nebraska, they divorced, and he later married Roma Ury on May 12,...
Milton Edward Vahsholtz
Oct 14, 2012
Milton Edward Vahsholtz, 87, of Emporia, Kansas, died on October 14, 2012 at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. Milton was born on June 24, 1925 in Herington, Kansas, the son of Henry Leonard and Lena Caroline Jung Vahsholtz. He married Joan Baldwin on January 27, 1951 at Messiah Lutheran Church in Emporia. She survives. Other survivors include: son, Wayne,...
Robert "Bob" S. Johnson
Oct 11, 2012
Robert “Bob” S. Johnson, 89, of Emporia, Kansas died October 11, 2012 at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas. Bob was born on September 5, 1923 in Winfield, Kansas, the son of Seldon Lupher and Ada (Henry) Johnson. He married DeLores C. Blackett on May 14, 1943 at Grace Episcopal Church in Winfield. She survives of the home. Other...
Dwane "Knocky" "Red" Robinson
Oct 10, 2012
A visitation for Dwane “Knocky”, “Red” Robinson, 90, Emporia, Kansas, will be held from 1:00 to 2:00 P.M., Sunday, October 14, 2012 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home in Emporia. Dwane passed away on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. He chose cremation, and his family has honored those wishes. Dwane was born on April 8, 1922 in Emporia, the...
Harriet Rumford
Oct 10, 2012
Harriet Rumford, 83, Emporia, Kansas, and formerly of Americus, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at the University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas. Harriet Gould was born in Pratt, Kansas on April 26, 1929, the daughter of Harry and Sibyl (Greene) Gould. She married Albert Jay Rumford on March 30, 1953 in Kingman, Kansas. He died September 30, 1981....
