Jason Keith Ludlam
Jan 3, 2012
Jason Keith Ludlam, 30, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 3, 2012 near Paola, Kansas. Jason Keith Ludlam was born October 12, 1981 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Michael and Lori Askew Ludlam. Surviving family members include: his daughters, Zoey and Jadi Ludlam, Emporia; life companion, Wendi Dreyer, Emporia; mother, Lori Ludlam, Allen, Kansas; father and stepmother, Mike...
Delores Dallas Lambert
Jan 3, 2012
Delores Dallas Lambert, 76, died January 3, 2012 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia, Kansas. Delores Dallas Gilchrist was born June 6, 1935 in Kingman, Kansas the daughter of Wilbur & Tillie Viola (Lingenfelter) Gilchrist. She was a graduate of Kingman High School and was a homemaker. Delores was a member of Life Church in Emporia, Kansas. Delores married Gerald Lee...
Gerald Lee Lambert
Dec 31, 2011
Gerald Lee Lambert, 73, of Emporia, Kansas died December 31, 2011 at Presbyterian Manor, Emporia. Gerald Lee Lambert was born January 2, 1938 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Joseph Nelson & Anita Dean (Beach) Lambert. A graduate of Newton High School, he worked as a conductor and brakeman for Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad for 43 years, retiring in 2002....
Frances Kline
Dec 31, 2011
Frances Kline, 100, of Emporia, Kansas, formerly a long-time teacher and resident of Great Bend, Kansas, passed away on December 31, 2011 at her home in Emporia. The daughter of Burr and Anna Woodfill Wiand, Frances was born on August 13, 1911, in Converse, Indiana. She married Harry S. Kline in 1940, in Fredonia, Kansas. She received a Bachelor of...
David W. Glenn
Dec 31, 2011
David W. Glenn, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at the age of 54. David was born at Emporia on August 17, 1957, the son of C. Leonard and Judith A. (Needels) Glenn. He married Eileen J. Wilson at Emporia on November 19, 1977. She died May 14, 2002. Surviving family members...
Jessie Iora Drake
Dec 30, 2011
Jessie Iora Drake, 76, of Emporia, Kansas, died December 30, 2011 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Jessie Iora Drake was born June 25, 1935 in Eureka, Kansas, the daughter of Uire Aristide & Reva Mable (Essex) Drake. Jessie was a production worker at Hetlinger Developmental Services in Emporia. She was a member of St. James Missionary Baptist Church in...
Wayne "Ernie" Ernest Herrick
Dec 30, 2011
Wayne Ernest “Ernie” Herrick, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home Friday, December 30, 2011 at the age of 73. “Ernie” was born September 3, 1938 in Emporia, the son of William Wayne and Emma Amelia (Jackson) Herrick. He married Melba Pauline Simmons in Emporia in 1960. They later divorced. He married Ruby Lee Lindsey Hardung December 24, 2001 in...
Jess William Redding
Dec 28, 2011
Jess William Redding, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at the age of 72. Jess was born at Stidham, Oklahoma on January 18, 1939, the son of Jess Everet and Johny Grace (Pemberton) Redding. He married Carolyn Sue Guthrie on August 4, 1960. She survives. Other family members include a son, John...
Virginia Marie Mouse Haasis
Dec 28, 2011
Virginia Marie Mouse Haasis, 92 years of age, passed away on the afternoon of December 28, 2011 in Emporia, Kansas. She was born to Snowden Scott Mouse and Alice Prentice Mouse in LaCygne, Kansas on September 18, 1919. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers. An infant brother died at birth in LaCygne, Kansas...
Melisa Deshell Deskines
Dec 27, 2011
MeLisa DeShell Deskines, 42, of Emporia, Kansas, died on December 27, 2011 at her home. MeLisa was born on April 4, 1969 in Emporia, the daughter of Richard and Virginia “Ginger” Lynch Gibson. She married Scott Deskines on February 7, 1992 in Emporia. He survives at the home. Other survivors include: her mother, Virginia “Ginger” Grove and stepfather Alan of...
Maurice A. Childears
Dec 26, 2011
Maurice A. Childears (TSGT. USAF, Retd.), who was also known as Bud or Mac, died at his home in Emporia, Kansas on Monday, December 26, 2011 at the age of 83. Mac was born an eighth of a mile east of Central Schoolhouse in Fremont Township on the morning of 15 January, 1928, the last child of D. Arthur and...
Virginia Elise Lowther
Dec 25, 2011
Virginia Elise (Briix) Lowther, 80, Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, December 25, 2011 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, following a two-year battle with cancer. Born in Herington, Kansas on July 1, 1931, the daughter of Robert Clyde Briix (Marie Boyer) and Wanda Ione Zirkle (Frank Jilka). They and a sister, Carolyn Lee, preceded her in death. She attended grade school at Delavan,...
Lucille Marie Lumley
Dec 23, 2011
LUCILLE LUMLEY, EMPORIA, KANSAS, PASSED AWAY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011 AT OLATHE MEDICAL CENTER, OLATHE, KANSAS. SHE WAS 91. SERVICES FOR MRS. LUMLEY WILL BE CONDUCTED ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2011 AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH, EMPORIA, WITH THE ROSARY RECITED AT 10:00 A.M. AND THE MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL CELEBRATED AT 10:30. SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY FATHER RICHARD...
Lee Rathke
Dec 20, 2011
Lee Rathke, Olpe, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Kansas. He was 86. Cremation is planned. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, December 22, 2011 at the Olpe Senior Center, Olpe, Kansas. The service will be conducted by Pastor Bob Robison. Memorial contributions to either the Olpe Senior Center, or Emporia...
Virginia Lee Shaw
Dec 19, 2011
Virginia Lee Shaw passed away at the Holiday Resort Nursing Home on December 19, 2011 in Emporia, Kansas. She was 84. Virginia was born on March 15, 1927 north of Miller, Kansas, to Albert Lee and Freda Castle Wheat. Virginia graduated from Miller High School in 1945. She married Chuck Kaniper after graduation and lived at Miller. They were divorced....
Dennis Joe Oller
Dec 19, 2011
Dennis Joe Oller, age 65, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away peacefully Monday, December 19, 2011 at home surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born October 16, 1946 in Hutchinson, Kansas, the eldest child of Mrs. Lee Applegate Oller and the late George W. Oller. Joe had a long and successful career at Dolly...
Viola Louise Hastings
Dec 15, 2011
Viola Louise Hastings, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, on Thursday, December 15, 2011. She was 96. Viola Louise Schmitz was born in Alma, Kansas, on April 16, 1915, the daughter of Paul and Mary (Noller) Schmitz. She married Kenneth Hastings in Alma on November 26, 1939. He died June 24, 2005. Surviving family members include: a...
Beulah "Bea" M. Stine
Dec 14, 2011
Beulah M. “Bea” Stine, 83, of Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at her home. Beulah M. Storey was born October 9, 1928 in Rural Hartford, Kansas, the daughter of William H. and Millie (French) Storey. In 1946, she married Charles Eugene “Gene” St. Bonnett in Topeka, Kansas, and they later divorced. She then married John R. Stine in...
Vina May Walkup
Dec 11, 2011
Vina May Walkup, 88, of Emporia, Kansas died on December 11, 2011 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Vina May Brown was born in Neosho Rapids, Kansas on May 19, 1923, the daughter of Frederick Samuel and Kathleen Hall Brown. She married Fred Rockford Walkup, Jr. on March 7, 1942 in Emporia. He died on August 27, 1993 in Emporia. Survivors...
Kenneth B. Thomas, Sr.
Dec 10, 2011
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at the Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church. Pastor Al Areheart will officate. Entombment will be at Memorial Lawn Cemetery. A visitation will be held at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., and family will share memories from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m....
