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....
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...
