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....
John Lewis Scheve
Oct 8, 2012
John Lewis Scheve, 78, of Emporia, Kansas died Monday, October 8, 2012 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. John Lewis Scheve was born November 15, 1933 on the family farm south of Olpe, Kansas, the son of John and Martha (Thill) Scheve. John married Mary Ann Ripperger on April 14, 1956 in Rose Mount, Iowa. She survives of the...
Alvin A. Vogts
Oct 7, 2012
Alvin A. Vogts, 95, of Olpe, Kansas, died October 7, 2012 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia, Kansas. Alvin was born November 20, 1916 in Canton, Kansas, the son of Pete & Lena (Wendte) Vogts. He married Ella D. Hinrichs at Zion Lutheran Church, west of Olpe, on August 6, 1939. They enjoyed 70 years together, until her death...
Paul L. Plummer
Oct 6, 2012
Paul L. Plummer, 53, of Seattle, Washington, and formerly of Emporia and Burlington, Kansas, died at his home in Seattle on Saturday, October 6, 2012. Paul was born at Emporia on February 21, 1959, the son of Robert M. and Paula L. (Lowe) Plummer. He is survived by his father of Emporia, and his sister, Jennifer Shields, Springfield, Missouri. Paul’s...
James "Jim" Lee Kinder
Oct 3, 2012
James Kinder, a resident of Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at Stormont-Vail Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas. He was 79. James Lee Kinder was born at Moline, Kansas, on November 15, 1932, the son of George Lee and Elizabeth Maude (Beechner) Kinder. He married Ann Kennedy at the First United Methodist Church, Emporia, on July 17, 1955. She survives....
Donald C. Krueger
Oct 2, 2012
Donald C. Krueger, 66, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Don was born on December 20, 1945 in Emporia, the son of Charles William, Sr. and Rita Mary Kuhlmann Krueger. He is survived by: his life partner, Debra O’Connor of the home; and her children, Jarod O’Connor...
Leah L. Crawford
Sep 29, 2012
Leah L. Crawford, 79, formerly of Americus, Kansas, died on September 29, 2012 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia, Kansas. Leah was born on August 28, 1933 in Emporia, the daughter of Leroy M. Henderson and Muriel A. Holman Henderson Callahan. She married Ross L. Crawford on April 5, 1968 in Wichita, Kansas. He died on February 3, 2002...
Geraldine L. Riddle
Sep 28, 2012
Geraldine L. Riddle, 77, of Emporia, Kansas, died on September 28, 2012 at the Rossville Heath Center in Rossville, Kansas. Geraldine was born on December 24, 1934 in Emporia, the daughter of Samuel B. and Bertha Ellen Sill Riddle. She never married. She is survived by: sisters, Carol L. Willey of Silver Lake, Kansas, and Barbara Ellen Thomas of, Bellevue,...
Jerry P. Dick
Sep 27, 2012
Jerry P. Dick, 77, a lifelong resident of Emporia, Kansas, died on September 27, 2012 in Emporia. Jerry was born on July 5, 1935 in Emporia, the son of Henry K. and Blanche L. Grandpre Dick. He is survived by his brother, William J. Dick and wife Milli of Emporia; a niece, Janet Wilson of Kansas City, Kansas; and two...
Sammy Jay King
Sep 24, 2012
Sammy Jay King, 66, of Admire, Kansas, died on September 24, 2012 at Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas. Sam was born on August 8, 1946 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Leonard and Betty Palmer King. He married Lois Finley on February 2, 1974 in Edna, Kansas. She survives at the home. Other survivors include: son, Sammy King,...
Lillian Pearl Hawthorne
Sep 23, 2012
Lillian Pearl Hawthorne, 97, died Sunday, September 23, 2012 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Kansas. Lillian Pearl Johnson was born at Dunlap, Kansas on November 11, 1914, the daughter of William Myrle and Viola Mable (Riggs) Johnson. She married Hubert Hawthorne on December 25, 1942 at Lubbock, Texas. He died December 26, 1979. Surviving family members include daughters, Jana (Al)...
John Marion Dickinson
Sep 22, 2012
John Marion Dickinson, 72, Emporia, Kansas, formerly of Hoyt, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2012 at Midland Care Hospice, Topeka, Kansas. John was born at Topeka on August 16, 1940, the son of Edward M. and Laura A. (Barker) Dickinson. He married Karen Blomberg November 25, 1972. She survives. Other family members include: his son, David Alan (Debora) Dickinson of...
Helen M. Coffman
Sep 22, 2012
Helen M. Coffman, 86, of Emporia, Kansas, died on September 22, 2012 at Sterling House in Emporia. Helen was born on June 11, 1926 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Florence Ada Rodgers Woodworth. She married Lester Coffman on September 6, 1947 at First Christian Church in Emporia. He died on November 4, 2004. Survivors include: sons, Doug...
Kenneth E. Gravatt
Sep 22, 2012
Kenneth E. Gravatt, 86, died on September 22, 2012, at his home in Branson, Missouri, with Ron, Judy and Connie by his side. Kenneth was born July 28, 1926 In Emporia, Kansas, the son of Arthur & Millie Senn Gravatt. He was married to Mary Draper for 55 years, and later married Rita Ragsdale for four years. He is survived...
