Larry Dale Erwin
Feb 2, 2012
Larry Dale Erwin, 71, of El Dorado, Kansas died February 2, 2012 at his home. Larry Dale Erwin was born October 26, 1940 at Moline, Kansas the son of Dale & Anna (Lawless) Erwin. Larry spent 40 years working as a foreman and heavy equipment operator. He married Lula June Farris on January 12, 1959 in El Dorado, Kansas. She...
Karen Ann Bartel
Feb 2, 2012
Karen Ann Bartel, 73, of rural Madison, Kansas, died on February 2, 2012 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Karen was born on September 20, 1938 in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Frank Newton and Mary Elizabeth (Sturgell) Holliday. She married Dowane Bartel on January 19, 1958 in Emporia. He survives at the home. Other survivors include: sons, Stephen Dowane...
Francis E. Hurtig
Feb 1, 2012
Francis E. Hurtig, formerly of Hartford, Kansas, and a resident of Oro Valley, Arizona, died Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at Odyssey Hospice, Tuscon, Arizona. He was 87. Francis Edward Hurtig was born at Hartford on July 6, 1924, the son of Francis T. “Frank” and Christina M. (Beschka) Hurtig. He married Helen Ida Haag in Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Olpe,...
Stanley Oliver Sommers, Jr.
Jan 31, 2012
Stanley “Stan” Oliver Sommers, Jr., owner of International Tours, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. He was 66. Stan was born on March 2, 1945, in San Angelo, Texas, the son of Stanley Oliver and Millie McCully Sommers. He married Karen Wayman on June 8, 1968 in Emporia. She survives of the home....
Margaret M. Boan
Jan 31, 2012
Margaret M. Storey Boan, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. She was 92. Margaret Mary Storey was born May 29, 1919 in southern Lyon County, northeast of Madison, Kansas, the daughter of William and Millie (French) Storey. She married Clarence E. Boan March 14, 1936 in Wellington, Kansas. He died July 21,...
Aaron Mydland
Jan 27, 2012
Aaron Mydland, 21, of Emporia, Kansas, died January 27, 2012 at his home. Aaron was born July 19, 1990 in Coffeyville, Kansas, the son of Rob and Debbie (Winchell) Clark. He moved to Emporia in 1995. Aaron was a graduate of Emporia High School. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends, and taking his dog for long walks. Aaron...
Theda E. Brandley
Jan 26, 2012
Theda E. Brandley, 86, formerly of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2012 at the Persa Care Home in Vancouver, Washington. Theda Ellen Elliott, the daughter of Otis and Mary McCellan Elliott was born March 9, 1925 in Olsburg, Kansas. She married Gorman Brandley in Glasco, Kansas on May 25, 1947. He preceded her in death on September 14,...
Mary "Betty" E. Morgan
Jan 26, 2012
Mary E. “Betty” Morgan, Emporia, Kansas, died at her home Thursday, January 26, 2012 at the age of 87. Mary Elizabeth Morgan was born at Hartford, Kansas October 26, 1924, the daughter of Chester Burns and Millie J. (Ellis) Jones. She married Herbert Earl Morgan on July 31, 1943 in Emporia. He died June 9, 2007. Surviving family members include:...
Gladys Beatrice Simonsson
Jan 25, 2012
Gladys Beatrice Simonsson, 92, formerly of Emporia, Kansas, died on January 25, 2012 at Enterprise Estates in Enterprise, Kansas. Gladys was born on September 13, 1919 in Strong City, Kansas, the daughter of John Edward and Mable E. Pratt Troup. She married George W. Harder on May 1, 1940 in Kingman, Kansas. He died on April 20, 1970 in Bushong,...
Mary Anna Mcclenny
Jan 19, 2012
Mary Anna McClenny, 88, of Emporia, Kansas, died on January 19, 2012 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 23, 2012 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia. Services will be conducted by Father Richard Warsnak. Burial will be at the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Emporia. The Rosary will be recited at...
Ruth Dickson Symmonds Lyddane
Jan 18, 2012
Ruth Lyddane of Admire, Kansas, died on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at Emporia Presbyterian Manor in Emporia. She was 92. Ruth was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend. Ruth Dickson, the daughter of Elizabeth and Matthew Dickson, was born February 18, 1919 in the Dickson farm house, south of Admire, Kansas. She married Harold N. Symmonds in...
Robert F. Sattler
Jan 18, 2012
Robert F. Sattler, 60, of Emporia, Kansas died on January 18, 2012 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Bob was born on August 9, 1951 in Pineville, Louisiana, the son of Donald Carmen and Audrey Lauderback. Later in life, Clifford Sattler adopted him. Bob was married several times and divorced, he later married Carolyn Rose Winfough on April 30,...
Evelyn "Rosie" Cyphers Kelley
Jan 18, 2012
Evelyn “Rosie” Cyphers Kelley, Wichita, Kansas, formerly of Emporia, died Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at the age of 87. The daughter of Charles D. and Grace Shirley, she was born October 26, 1924 in Fontana, Kansas. She married Marvin A. Cyphers on April 12, 1943. He preceded her in death. She later married Robert H. Kelley on November 27, 1984....
Donald A. Brown
Jan 17, 2012
Donald A. Brown, born November 23, 1923 in Emporia, Kansas passed away on January 17, 2012 at age 88 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He lived with his son, Colonel (Ret) Donald L. Brown of Monument, Colorado. Mr. Brown worked for Kansas Power & Light for 30 years and then owned and operated Brown's Floral for 24 years with his wife...
Eliza Ethel Seastrom
Jan 11, 2012
Eliza Ethel Seastrom, 85, of Emporia, Kansas, died on January 11, 2012 at her home in Emporia. Ethel was born on March 10, 1926 in Hartford, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Ethel Anne Smith Fancher. She married Howard Bowers on October 16, 1946 in Emporia; he died on November 22, 1986 in Emporia. She later married Earl Seastrom on...
Janice Sue Cowell
Jan 11, 2012
Janice Sue Cowell, 57, of Emporia, Kansas, died on January 11, 2012 at her home in Emporia. Janice was born on November 14, 1954 in Coffeyville, Kansas, the daughter of Howard and Margaret Foland Brocaw. She married Stanley C. Wilson in 1972 in Emporia; they later divorced. She later married Ronald W. Cowell in 1984 in Coffeyville. He survives of...
Cheryl J. Combes
Jan 10, 2012
Cheryl J. Combes, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at the age of 80. Cheryl J. Robinson was born August 12, 1931 in Lebo, Kansas, the daughter of Earl K. and Oma (Longhoffer) Robinson. She married Ray T. Combes, Jr. at Oakley, Kansas on May 8, 1954. He died January 11, 2006...
Eunice Estaline Cunningham
Jan 8, 2012
Eunice E. Cunningham, 94, formerly of Neosho Rapids, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. Eunice Estaline Wilson, the daughter of John C. and Mary Mathews Wilson, was born July 20, 1917 on the family farm near Neosho Rapids. She attended a country school and high school at Neosho Rapids, graduating in 1936....
Vera "Betty" Elizabeth Bowman
Jan 7, 2012
V. Elizabeth “Betty” Bowman, 87, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Emporia Sterling House. Vera Elizabeth Maninger, the daughter of Jess and Gladys Babcock Maninger, was born January 2, 1925 in Harper, Kansas. She married Alden E. Bowman on June 8, 1947 in Pittsburg, Kansas. He preceded her in death on January 10, 2003. Mrs. Bowman...
Donald Lewis Zinn
Jan 5, 2012
Donald Lewis Zinn, 67, of rural Emporia, Kansas, died on January 5, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Don was born on March 3, 1944 in Herington, Kansas, the son of Scottie Francis and Patricia Jane Brosseau Zinn. He married Jeanie Marie Merker, they later divorced. On May 21, 1992 he married Mary E. Wilson Duncan in Emporia....
