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...
Gwendolyn Ruth Anderson
Feb 29, 2012
Gwendolyn Ruth Anderson, 91, of Emporia, Kansas, died on February 29, 2012 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Gwendolyn was born on March 7, 1920 in Emporia, the daughter of George W. and Crystal Ruth Young Anderson. She is survived by: brother, George Anderson of Bowie, Maryland; sisters, Virginia Sue Askland of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Betty Smith of...
Fred J. Aguilar
Feb 23, 2012
Fred J. Aguilar, 73, Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, February 23, 2012 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Fred was born March 10, 1938 at Emporia, Kansas, the son of A.J. “Joe” and Lupe (Solis) Aguilar. He married Ramona Tabares at Emporia, on July 2, 1955. She survives of the home. Other family members include: four daughters, Rachel Guerrero, and Sandra Hale, Emporia,...
Sylvia Kay Brady
Feb 19, 2012
Sylvia Kay Brady, 72, of Topeka, Kansas, died on February 19, 2012 at her home. Sylvia was born on April 28, 1939 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Norman Edwin and Virginia Dora Mundy Brady. She is survived by an aunt and uncle, Alta Belle and Lawrence McMasters of Ventura, California. She is preceded in death by her parents; and...
Manuel Delagarza
Feb 17, 2012
Manuel DeLaGarza, Sr., 82, Emporia, Kansas, died Friday, February 17, 2012 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. He was born October 11, 1929 in Corpus Christi, Texas, the son of Juan and Julia DeLaGarza. He is survived by his wife, Alicia, whom he married at Harlingen, Texas on October 15, 1949. Mr. DeLaGarza is also survived by a daughter; three sons; twelve...
Addine Geneva Lane
Feb 16, 2012
Addine Geneva Lane, Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, February 16, 2012 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. She was 87. Addine Geneva Shirley was born on a farm Southwest of Melvern, Kansas on August 21, 1924, the daughter of Ernest Harry and Bertha Lorene (Moore) Shirley. She married Raymond Eston Lane at the church parsonage in Barclay, Kansas on July 18, 1942. He...
Larry Frank Ball
Feb 15, 2012
Larry F. Ball, 59, of rural Emporia, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Larry Frank Ball, the son of Leonard Robert and Ann (Schweitzer) Ball, was born August 6, 1952 in Emporia. He married Judy Crumb in Emporia on June 1, 1974. She survives of the home. Other surviving members of the family include:...
Lois Ann Arb
Feb 14, 2012
Lois Ann Arb, 76, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Lois Ann Salsbury was born August 5, 1935 in Waverly, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Esther Salsbury. She married Harvey C. Arb in 1953 in Coffey County, Kansas. He died in November 1977 in Waverly. Lois was a homemaker. She...
Eugene "Gene" W. Gerstner
Feb 14, 2012
Eugene W. “Gene” Gerstner, Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. He was 82. Eugene W. Gerstner was born at Lyndon, Kansas on July 2, 1929, the son of Otto and Alta (Ramshaw) Gerstner. He married Doris Smulling at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas on October 30, 1948. She survives of the home. Other surviving family members...
Leona Marie Fessler
Feb 8, 2012
Leona Marie Fessler, 87, of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Leona Marie Heiser was born October 5, 1924 in Ramona, Kansas the daughter of John and Mary (Klieber) Heiser. Leona married Lawrence Henry Fessler at Strassburg Baptist Church in Marion, Kansas on October 3, 1947. He died June 6, 2008 in Emporia....
Linda Faye Scarberry
Feb 8, 2012
Linda Faye Scarberry, 59, of Emporia, Kansas, died on February 8, 2012 at her home. Linda was born on December 8, 1952 in Salina, Kansas, the daughter of Wayne and Faye Parks Annis. She married Daniel C. Scarberry on September 22, 1973 in Emporia. He survives at the home. Other survivors include: daughters, Denise Harvey of Emporia, and Nicole McKee...
Roger Lee Carter
Feb 7, 2012
Roger Lee Carter, 57, of Emporia, Kansas, died on February 7, 2012 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Roger was born on April 29, 1954 in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Lee Alexander and Lillian Marie Armagost Carter. He married Teresa Long on July 26, 1975 in Graham, Missouri, they later divorced. He then married Mary Frantz on April 1,...
Kathryn L. Perkins
Feb 5, 2012
Kathryn L. (Prosser) Perkins (88), of Emporia, passed away Sunday, February 05, 2012 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor after declining health. Kathryn was born in Osage City, Kansas on July 12, 1923, the daughter of Dr. Francis (DDS) and Edna Russell Prosser. She was the oldest of three daughters. Kathryn attended Osage City schools and graduated from Osage City High...
Gregory Lee Pyle
Feb 2, 2012
Gregory Lee Pyle, 53, of Admire, Kansas, died February 2, 2012 at his home. Gregory Lee Pyle was born November 22, 1958 in Anderson, Indiana, the son of Kendall Lee and Sue Carol (Dugger) Pyle. Gregory married Cheryl Barshney on May 23, 1981 in Wichita, Kansas. They moved to the Emporia Area in 1996. Gregory is survived by: his wife,...
