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...
Goldia D. Newton
Sep 18, 2012
Goldia D. Newton, 88, of Emporia, Kansas, died on September 18, 2012 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia. Goldia was born on June 29, 1924 in Moreland, Kansas, the daughter of Gilbert and JoAnn McGuire Brown. She married Dominick Conway on April 1947 in Emporia. They later divorced. She then married Elmer A. Newton on October 10, 1969 in Emporia....
Imogene "Imo" Mccosh
Sep 14, 2012
Imogene (Imo) McCosh passed away peacefully on September 14, 2012 at The Sterling House of Emporia, Kansas. She was 94 years old. Imo was born to Walter and Edna Dunn on February 23, 1918 in Center Township of Lyon County, Kansas. The Flint Hills nurtured her roods. She loved them and the people here throughout her life. She moved to...
George William Ensminger, Jr.
Sep 9, 2012
George William Ensminger, Jr., 85, of Emporia, Kansas, died on September 9, 2012 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. George was born on November 4, 1926 in La Harpe, Kansas, the son of George William, Sr. and Pauline Ruth Phillips Ensminger. He married Carol Remsberg on May 24, 1947 in Iola, Kansas. She survives. Other survivors include: son, John R. Ensminger of...
Bettye June Hilton
Sep 9, 2012
Bettye June Hilton of Emporia, Kansas, died September 9, 2012 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. She was 82. Bettye June Morgan was born July 13, 1930 in Oswalt, Oklahoma, the daughter of Clarence Elbert “C.E.” & Betty Dosha (Bearden) Morgan. Bettye June married Elbert Lee “Elb” Hilton on July 16, 1948, in Gainesville, Texas. He died January 19, 1985, in Marietta,...
Warren Wayne Rathke
Sep 7, 2012
Warren Wayne Rathke, 83, of Olpe, Kansas, died September 7, 2012 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Warren Wayne Rathke was born September 28, 1928, on the family farm outside Olpe, the son of William and Alvina Kuhn Rathke. Warren spent most of his working years on that farm, later retiring to Olpe with two brothers. He is survived by...
Fred R. Hitzeman
Sep 5, 2012
Funeral services for Fred R. Hitzeman, 92, Emporia, Kansas, will be held at the West Side Baptist Church, Emporia, on Monday, September 10, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Kenneth Armstrong, of the church. Interment will follow at Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon, September 10, 2012 from 2:00 until...
Paul Lavern Burris
Sep 2, 2012
Paul Lavern Burris, 87, passed away peacefully at his home in Emporia, Kansas, on September 2, 2012. He was born May 28, 1925 in McDonald KS to Edgar and Gladys (Jayne) Burris. He graduated from Emporia High School in 1943 and was drafted into the Army, where he served in the 8th Air Force as a tail gunner on a...
Dudley R. Young
Sep 2, 2012
Dudley R. Young, 88, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, September 2, 2012 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Dudley R. Young, the son of Silver Richard and Lola May Stowe Young, was born on December 26, 1923 in Ottawa, Kansas. He married Elosia M. Dwyer on November 26, 1956 in Miami, Oklahoma. She preceded him in death on February 16,...
Vernon H. Buck
Aug 26, 2012
Vernon H. Buck, 91, of Emporia, Kansas, died at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, on Sunday, August 26, 2012. Vernon Howard Buck, the son of William M. and Minnie (Hammond) Buck, was born in Emporia on August 2, 1921. He married Norma Jean Dowell at the First Presbyterian Church, Emporia, on June 6, 1950. She died December 16, 2010. Surviving...
James L. Jensen
Aug 25, 2012
James L. Jensen, 69, passed away August 25, 2012 at his home in rural Eskridge, Kansas, with his wife and sons at his side. Jim was born June 15, 1943, at Jacksonville, Iowa, the eldest of six sons of Grover and Mary Harter Jensen. At the age of 12 the family relocated to Arlington, Nebraska, where Jim grew up in...
George Henry Mechtley
Aug 25, 2012
George Henry Mechtley passed away Saturday, August 25, 2012 in Emporia, Kansas. He was 91. George was born in El Dorado, Kansas, September 22, 1920, to Clair Mechtley and Irene Taylor Mechtley. He married Erma Gene Grimmett on July 10, 1942 in Emporia. He is survived by a brother, Theodore Mechtley, of Emporia; three daughters, Georgene Verlin of Marshfield, Missouri,...
Wayne Nicholas
Aug 13, 2012
Wayne Nicholas, 81, of Emporia, Kansas, died on August 13, 2012 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Wayne was born on October 25, 1930 in Emporia, the son of William Harold and Lucile Hattie Watkins Nicholas. He married Nina Blevins on July 29, 1985 in Miami, Oklahoma. She survives of the home. Other survivors include: mother, Lucile Hattie Talbard...
