Julian Ortiz
Dec 9, 2011
Julian Ortiz, 22, of Emporia, Kansas, died Friday, December 9, 2011 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas as a result of injuries suffered in a multi-car accident near the Lyon County Fairgrounds. Julian Ortiz, the son of Alfredo S. and Celia C. Cervantes Ortiz, was born August 25, 1989 in Council Grove, Kansas. He had worked...
Frances "Fran" Grisell
Dec 7, 2011
Frances “Fran” Grisell, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. She was 82. Frances Jacobs was born in Americus, Kansas, on July 18, 1929, the daughter of Dudley A. and Rosie (Bross) Jacobs. She married R. Dean Grisell at First Christian Church, Emporia, on April 2, 1950. Rev. Leroy Hay officiated at the...
Dylan Albert Lee Olson
Dec 4, 2011
Dylan Olson, 19, Americus, Kansas, died December 4, 2011 in Americus. Dylan Albert Lee Olson, son of Glenn Schneider and the late Kimberly Jo Olson Schneider, was born on June 22, 1992 in Emporia, Kansas. Dylan is survived by: his infant daughter, Teigh Lynn Kimberly Olson, Americus; companion, Paige Danielle Schrader, Americus; father, Glenn Schneider, Manhattan, Kansas; sister, Marah Noel...
Susetta "Susie" Marie Button
Dec 3, 2011
Susetta “Susie” Marie Goodell Waidley Button, 90, died on December 3, 2011 at Alterra Sterling House of Emporia, Kansas. Susetta Marie Goodell was born on August 13, 1921 in Strong City, Kansas, to George W. and Maude Henry Goodell. She graduated from Strong City High School May of 1937 at the age of 16. She married Clarence “Bud” Waidley of...
Ronald L. Brammell
Dec 1, 2011
Ronald L. Brammell, 80, of Emporia, Kansas, died on December 1, 2011 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Ronald was born on August 19, 1931 in Sedgwick, Kansas, the son of Howard F. Brammell, Sr., and Ruth E. Redding. He married JoAnn E. Brown-Gordon on June 18, 1951 in Strong City, Kansas. She survives of the home. Other surviving family...
Larry G. Myers
Nov 30, 2011
Larry G. Myers, 63, of rural Americus, Kansas, died November 30, 2011 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Kansas. Larry was born on May 3, 1948 in Emporia, the son of Clifford and Virginia Dieker Myers. He married Camilla J. Fay on January 31, 1967 at First Congregational Church in Emporia. She survives of the home. Other survivors include: sons, Evan...
Ellin Lee Hamilton
Nov 28, 2011
Ellin Lee Hamilton, 94, formerly of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Monday, November 28, 2011 at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor in Lawrence, Kansas. Ellin L. Gallaher the daughter of John and Carrie Schmalshof Gallaher was born in Shinn, Illinois. She married Barrett Alfred Hamilton on May 14, 1941 in Corning, Kansas. He preceded her in death on November 28, 1995. Survivors include...
Thelma Gladys Johnson
Nov 28, 2011
Thelma G. Johnson, 80, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2011 at Newton Medical Center in Newton, Kansas. Thelma Gladys Blanck, the daughter of Joseph Daniel and Mildred Elizabeth Weaver Blanck, was born January 22, 1931 in Lamont, Kansas. She married Edward Joseph Kvas on August 8, 1953 in Wichita, Kansas. He preceded her in death. She later...
Ronald J. Ross
Nov 28, 2011
Ronald J. Ross, son of the late Mazie (Williams) and Irvin Ross, died peacefully in Venice, Florida on November 28, 2011. He suffered a stroke November 20, 2011. Ron was born in Haviland, Kansas, December 7, 1928. He attended Haviland Grade School and Friends Bible College/Academy. After marrying the late Norma Jeanne Ross (Smith), they lived in Haviland, Kansas operating...
John F. Petersen
Nov 26, 2011
John F. Petersen, 74, of Emporia, Kansas, died on November 26, 2011 at his home in Emporia. John was born on November 29, 1936 in Emporia, the son of Earl H. and Virginia F. Kyle Petersen. He married Roberta A. Roberts on August 21, 1955 in Emporia. She died on November 6, 2006 in Emporia. Surviving family members include: son,...
Angela Carlene Austin
Nov 23, 2011
Angela Carlene Austin, Emporia, Kansas, died November 23, 2011 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. She was 47. Angela Carlene Jones was born at Emporia, Kansas on July 30, 1964, the daughter of Theran H. and Carole A. (Livingston) Jones. She married Brian K. Austin in 1987. He survives of Grand Junction, Colorado. Other surviving family members include her mother, Carole...
Jerry J. Johnson
Nov 23, 2011
Jerry J. Johnson, 51, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and formerly of Emporia, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2011, as a result of a traffic accident. Jerry Johnson, the son of Glenn Edward and Lois Florine Galutia Johnson, was born March 14, 1960 in Emporia, Kansas. He graduated from Emporia High School in 1978 and was a fork lift operator...
Henry James Dick, Jr. M.D.
Nov 21, 2011
Henry James Dick, Jr. M.D., Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, November 21, 2011 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. He was 84. Henry J. Dick, Jr. was born September 3, 1927 at Emporia, the son of Henry J. and Blanche L. (Grandpre) Dick. He married Elizabeth Bishop in 1954, they later divorced. Surviving family members include his sons, John Dick, of Yates Center,...
Rowan Lee Hoeme
Nov 18, 2011
Rowan Lee Hoeme, Emporia, Kansas, died at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas, on Friday, November 18, 2011. He was 60. Mr. Hoeme was born at Pratt, Kansas on August 18, 1951, the son of Donald and Peggy Jo (Oller) Hoeme. He married Kathy Lynn Williams July 7, 1999 at Emporia. She survives of the home. He is also survived by...
Arthur Rathke, Jr.
Nov 16, 2011
Arthur Rathke, Jr., 87, of Emporia, Kansas, and formerly of rural Olpe, Kansas, died on November 16, 2011 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Arthur was born October 23, 1924 on the family homestead south of Olpe, the son of Arthur F. Sr. and Irmyle Pauline Paige Rathke. He married Ruth W. Homewood and later divorced. He then married Lillian I....
Helen Elizabeth Waters
Nov 16, 2011
Helen Elizabeth Waters, 89, died November 16, 2011 at her home in Emporia, Kansas. Helen Elizabeth Rude was born December 3, 1921 in Marshalltown, Iowa, the daughter of John Randolf & Rena (Meek) Rude, Sr. Helen married Harry J. Waters in Marshalltown, Iowa on January 25, 1945. He died February 12, 2008 in Emporia. Helen moved to Emporia in 1954....
Betty Jewel Worcester
Nov 10, 2011
Betty J. Worcester, 89, of Lebo, Kansas, and formerly of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Thursday, November 10, 2011 in Emporia. Betty Jewel Hollar, the daughter of Golden and Priscilla (Grimmett) Hollar, was born December 1, 1921 in Emporia. She married Robert Worcester on September 14, 1942 in Bastrop, Texas. He preceded her in death on March 3, 2003. Surviving members...
Darrell Dean Meyer
Nov 7, 2011
Darrell Dean Meyer, rural Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home on Monday, November 7, 2011. He was 69. Darrell was born November 16, 1941 at Paullina, Iowa, the son of Elvert and Irene (Meyer) Meyer. He married Ileen Lynelle Strand at Messiah Lutheran Church, Emporia, Kansas, on January 29, 1965. She survives of the home. Other surviving family members...
Linda May Trayford
Nov 4, 2011
Linda May Trayford, 61, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Friday, November 4, 2011 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Linda May Hamill was born at Longview, Washington on January 1, 1950, the daughter of Rex and Zella (Cummings) Hamill. She married Larry Trayford at Emporia, Kansas on October 20, 1984. He survives of the home. Mrs. Trayford is survived by her husband;...
Hugh Joseph O'Reilly, Sr.
Nov 2, 2011
Hugh J. O’Reilly Sr. “Nubby” passed away peacefully on the morning of November 2, 2011 at his home in La Quinta CA. He was 75 years old. He was born at St. Mary’s hospital in Emporia, Kansas on July 20, 1936 to parents Harry and Esther O’Reilly of Strong City. Hugh was the youngest of three boys, Henry Charles of...
