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,...
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,...
