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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....
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...
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