Timothy D. Esterly
May 15, 2012
Timothy D. Esterly, 67, of Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on May 15, 2012. Tim was born on October 15, 1944, the son of Earl and Ethel Shively Esterly. He married Mary Jane Halpin in 1963 at Allentown, Pennsylvania; they later divorced. He is survived by: common law wife, Freda Goza of the home; sons, Timothy D. Esterly Jr....
Deborah Rodak
May 15, 2012
Deborah Rodak, 45, of Emporia, Kansas, died at her home on May 15, 2012. Deborah was born on April 20, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Leon and Jean DeGroot Justice. She married Robert Rodak on May 22, 1993 in Kansas City, Missouri. He survives of the home. Other survivors include: mother, Jean Justice of Onarga, Illinois; son, Phillip...
Merle C. Martin
May 12, 2012
Merle C. Martin, of Emporia, Kansas, died on May 12, 2012 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. She was 95. Merle Smith, daughter of Frank O. and Myrtle Baysinger Smith, was born in the Hartford area on May 13, 1916. She attended grade school in the Gumbo District area and graduated from Hartford High School in 1935. She married...
Warren J. Horton
May 9, 2012
World War II Veteran, Warren J. Horton, 87, of Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on May 9, 2012. He was born in Greenwood County, Kansas, February 20, 1925 to Neva (Smith) and William L. Horton on the family farm. He was married to Maxine Schroer, on September 24, 1950, at the Schroer family farm in Marion County, Kansas. He...
Michael H. Shane
May 6, 2012
Michael H. Shane, Emporia, Kansas, died at his home Sunday morning, May 6, 2012, at the age of 66. Mike was born at Southgate, California on August 4, 1945, the son of George Russell and Georgia (Miller) Shane. He married Trudy Sue Bjorkback in 1972 in Emporia; they later divorced. On September 8, 2007, Mike and Shawna Deann Smith were...
David Joe Wear
May 5, 2012
David Joe Wear, 71, Rural Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on Saturday, May 5, 2012. David was born at Kansas City, Kansas, on March 14, 1941, the son of Clark C. and Marcia Alice (Burnaw) Wear. Surviving family members include his daughter, Marcia Wear Canaday, Emporia; brothers, Gary Wear and Roger Ramsel, Kansas City, Kansas; and grandchildren, Ruth and...
Helen Victoria Woods
Apr 30, 2012
Helen Victoria Woods, 90, Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, April 30, 2012 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Helen Victoria White was born March 10, 1922 at Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Earl and Queen of Victoria (Andrews) White. She married Harlan C. “Tex” Woods in Ottawa, Kansas on October 2, 1954. He died September 6, 1991. She is survived by her...
Gene R. Foxen
Apr 23, 2012
Gene R. Foxen, 52, of Emporia, Kansas, died on April 23, 2012 at his home in Emporia. Gene was born on March 30, 1960 in Osage, Iowa, the son of Leo and Mary Jane Thome Foxen. He married Shannon D. Dycus on August 4, 2005 in Big Springs, Kansas. She survives, of the home. Other survivors include: mother, Mary Jane...
Glenda Lee Medlen
Apr 20, 2012
Glenda Lee Medlen, 57, of Emporia, Kansas, died Friday, April 20, 2012 at her home. Cremation is planned, with no service scheduled at this time. Glenda Lee Belt was born March 16, 1955 in Emporia, the daughter of Glenn and Bonnie (Cole) Belt. She married William J. Medlen on June 19, 1973 in Emporia. He died February 21, 2011 at...
Elizabeth Mae Schroeder
Apr 20, 2012
Elizabeth Mae Schroeder, of rural Olpe, Kansas, died at her home Friday Morning, April 20, 2012 at the age of 84. Elizabeth Mae Kinsey was born at Bazaar, Kansas on June 6, 1927, the daughter of Virgil and Hattie “Pat” (Cooper) Kinsey. She graduated from Matfield Green Rural High School in 1945, and taught at the Atyeo School in rural...
Jonce Curtis Haas
Apr 15, 2012
Jonce Curtis Haas, 88, of Emporia, Kansas, and formerly of Denver, Colorado, died on April 15, 2012 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Jonce was born on October 1, 1923 in Bridgeport, Nebraska, the son of Earl Wolpert and Violet Delana Hill. He married Kathleen Francis Dudley in Evansville, Colorado on September 16, 1943. She died in 1967 in Henderson,...
Opal Marie Lipson
Apr 7, 2012
Opal Marie Lipson, 85, Emporia, Kansas, died at Emporia Presbyterian Manor on Saturday, April 7, 2012. Opal Marie Bailey was born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 13, 1926, the daughter of Edward James and Amanda Marie (LeDuc) Bailey. Mrs. Lipson worked in the banking and accounting profession in Kentucky and Michigan. When she retired, she joined the Peace Corps, and...
Lori Denise Baysinger
Mar 28, 2012
Lori Denise Baysinger, 46, of Emporia, Kansas, died at her home on March 28, 2012. Lori was born on January 11, 1966 in Council Grove, Kansas, the daughter of Gary and Sandra Buchman Burton. She married William Ray Baysinger in 1985 in Emporia, they later divorced. Surviving family members include: common law husband, Harvey Grandstaff of the home; mother, Sandra...
A. Lloyd Lewis
Mar 26, 2012
A. Lloyd Lewis, 89, of El Dorado, Kansas, and formerly of Emporia, Kansas, died on March 26, 2012 in El Dorado. Lloyd was born January 9, 1923 in rural Lyon County, Kansas, the son of Arthur “Cap” and Ethel Van Gundy Lewis. He married Emily Cleone “Toni” Campbell on December 29, 1948 in Ogden, Weber County, Utah. She died on...
William R. Kochheim
Mar 25, 2012
William R. Kochheim, 78, of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, March 25, 2012 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. William R. Kochheim was born May 10, 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Rev. Hans and Martha A. (Rieschick) Kochheim. He moved to Emporia, Kansas in 1985. He was a Field Representative for the Kansas Department of Revenue for 17 years,...
J.B. Miser
Mar 22, 2012
J.B. Miser, 69, of rural Emporia, Kansas, died on March 22, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. J.B. was born on July 3, 1942 in Strong City, Kansas, the son of John Hollenback and Ruth Atkins Hollenback. He was later adopted by Jesse Miser, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. J.B. married Lela Richard on July 29, 1962 at Emporia. They...
Ronnie K. Swint
Mar 17, 2012
Ronnie K. Swint, 69, of Emporia, Kansas, died on March 17, 2012 at University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Ronnie was born on June 29, 1942 in Emporia, the son of Harold F. and Mabel D. Jones Swint. He married Carol M. VerBrugge on July 1, 1962 in Reading, Kansas. She survives of the home. Other survivors...
Amanda Fesseh
Mar 15, 2012
Amanda Fesseh, 33, Atlanta, Georgia, died March 15, 2012 in Atlanta. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 7, 2012, at 11:00 AM at the Church of the New Covenant, 2300 East 6th Avenue, Emporia, Kansas. The service will be conducted by Rev. Chester Morris of the church. Interment will follow in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia. The family will receive...
Hazel Mae Odgers
Mar 5, 2012
Hazel Mae Odgers, 71, of Emporia, Kansas, died on March 5, 2012 at her home in Emporia. Hazel was born on March 6, 1940 in Emporia, the daughter of Edward L. and Ruby E. Newton Heilman. She married David Williams and later divorced. She later married Harold E. Odgers on February 14, 1970 in Emporia. He survives of the home....
Agnes Bernice Rider
Mar 3, 2012
Agnes Bernice Rider, 96, a loving and compassionate mother and friend to all, passed away Saturday, March 3, 2012 at her home, Emporia, Kansas. A celebration of Bernice’s Life will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, March 10, 2012 at the First Christian Church, 202 E. 12th Avenue, Emporia. Pastor Bob Colerick will officiate. The family will meet with friends...
