Robert E. Peterson
Sep 26, 2011
Robert E. Peterson, 52, Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on Tuesday, September 27, 2011. Robert was born at Manhattan, Kansas on November 2, 1958, the son of Lyle E. and Alma A. (Park) Peterson. He married Kolleen Dierking at Clay Center, Kansas, on July 11, 1981. She survives of the home. Other surviving family members include his children: Jake...
Ruth Elaine Perrault
Sep 25, 2011
Ruth Elaine Perrault, Emporia, Kansas, died at her home on Sunday, September 25, 2011. She was 61. Ruth Elaine Reinartz was born October 7, 1949 in Austin, Minnesota, the daughter of David Eugene and Elaine (Otteson) Reinartz. Survivors include her daughter, Andrea Wagoner, Plano, Illinois; her mother, Elaine Reinartz, Longville, Minnesota; brothers, Michael Reinartz of Texas, Patrick Reinartz of North...
Beulah May Spillman
Sep 21, 2011
Beulah May Phillips Spillman, a resident of the Cottonwood Community west of Emporia, Kansas, died at her home on Wednesday, September 21, 2011, at the age of 88. Beulah May Phillips was born in Emporia, Kansas, on May 14, 1923, the daughter of Will and Ovoilette (Ruse) Phillips. Beulah and Virgil Spillman were married in Council Grove, Kansas, on April...
Agnes Helen Hensler
Sep 20, 2011
Agnes H. Hensler, 97, of Emporia, passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2011 in rural Emporia. Agnes Helen Hensler, the daughter of Louis Jacob and Mary Theresia Gamer Hensler, was born May 25, 1914 in the Homestead Community in Chase County. Her family moved to Lyon County in 1919. She attended Sacred Heart School and graduated from Emporia High School. She...
Beverly A. Burke
Sep 18, 2011
Beverly A. Burke, 79, of Emporia, Kansas, died on September 18, 2011 peacefully surrounded by her family at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Beverly A. Gamblian was born on October 10, 1931 in Eureka, Kansas, the daughter of John H. and Bessie (Heath) Gamblian. She married Murrell A. Young on April 9, 1949 in Eureka. He later died in...
Ronald Lee Miller
Sep 15, 2011
Ronald Lee Miller, 70, of Emporia, Kansas, died September 15, 2011 at his home. Ronald Lee Miller was born May 20, 1941 in Strong City, Kansas, the son of William Leroy & Shirley Carolyn (Cooper) Miller. He married Sharon Kay Gomez on June 5, 1960 in Emporia, Kansas and they later divorced. He then married Virginia Clark in Miami, Oklahoma...
Frances Mary Kehres
Sep 13, 2011
Frances Mary Kehres, 91, of Olpe, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kansas. Frances Mary Langley was born July 10, 1920 in Olpe, Kansas, the daughter of Preston and Mary (Duggan) Langley. Frances married Walter C. Kehres in Olpe, Kansas on June 18, 1941. He died December 22, 2002 in Olpe. Frances was a...
Fred Gerard Burenheide
Sep 12, 2011
Fred Gerard Burenheide, 77, Olpe, Kansas, died Monday, September 12, 2011 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, Kansas. Fred was born at Olpe, on October 5, 1933, the son of Fred J. and Caroline (Nuesssen) Burenheide. Fred married Barbara Lynn on October 1, 1955. They later divorced. She died in January of 2005. He later married Anita L. Haag Haley...
Richard Solis
Sep 9, 2011
Richard Solis of Emporia, Kansas, died peacefully in his sleep Friday morning, September 9, 2011. He was 77. Richard was born on May 11, 1934, to Aurelio and Rosa (Quintana) Solis in Emporia. On August 30, 1958, he married Delores Rangel. After high school, Richard entered the U.S. Air Force where he received training as a jet fighter mechanic. While...
Marie Isabel Keller
Sep 9, 2011
Marie Isabel Keller, 92, of Reading, Kansas, died on September 9, 2011 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor in Emporia. Marie was born on June 11, 1919 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Lewis Ernest and Edith Gertrude Jones VanSickle. She married Charles Mingle Keller on October 13, 1937 in Reading, Kansas. He died on September 14, 1970 in Emporia. Surviving family...
Doris Lucene Hunter
Sep 8, 2011
Doris Lucene Hunter, 93, Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, September 8, 2011 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia. Doris Lucene Drummond was born at Elmdale, Kansas on April 1, 1918, the daughter of William L. and Mable E. Beach Drummond. She married Everett E. Hunter at the parsonage of Grace United Methodist Church, Emporia, on March 1, 1953. Everett died March...
Helen Berrie Wilson
Sep 7, 2011
Helen Wilson, Emporia, Kansas, died at her home on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at the age of 96. Helen Berrie was born at Trail, Oklahoma on February 27, 1915, the daughter of David Admiral and Sally Belle (Coakley) Berrie. She married Wesley Edward Getz on September 26, 1936 in Kansas City, Kansas. He died January 25, 1946 in Emporia. She...
Douglas Alan Duncan
Sep 7, 2011
Douglas Alan Duncan, 48, of Emporia, Kansas, died September 7, 2011 at his home. Douglas Alan Duncan was born October 11, 1962 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Dennis H. & Mary Kay (Pauler) Duncan. He was a graduate of Emporia High School, and had previously worked as a groundskeeper at the Emporia Municipal Golf Course, Emporia Country Club, and...
Jerome Joseph Younger
Sep 4, 2011
Jerome Joseph Younger, Emporia, Kansas, died at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, on Sunday, September 4, 2011 at the age of 77. Jerry Younger was born at Hoisington, Kansas, on September 30, 1933, the son of Martin and Anna (Lauber) Younger. He married Barbara Redman at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia, on September 15, 1962. She survives at the home. Other...
Ida Jane Cole
Sep 2, 2011
Ida Jane Lehnherr Cole, 47, of Dunlap, Kansas, died on September 2, 2011 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Ida Jane was born on November 6, 1963 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Franklin Dee and Rebecca (Zinn) Lehnherr. She married Jake Cole on April 30, 2006 in Council Grove, Kansas. He survives. Other survivors include: mother, Rebecca Lehnherr of...
Grace Marie Lamb
Sep 1, 2011
Grace M. Lamb, formerly of Emporia, passed away Thursday, September 1, 2011 at Table Rock Healthcare Facility in Kimberling City, Missouri. She was 89. Grace Marie Miller, the daughter of Tom and Allie (Shanes) Miller, was born February 28, 1922 on the family farm near Burlington, Kansas. She married Bennie S. Lamb on September 23, 1939 in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas....
Betty Arleene Tholen
Aug 21, 2011
Betty Arleene Dulaney Tholen was born April 16, 1919, to Leonard Merle and Cordelia Mae Horton Dulaney at the family home in Winfield, Kansas. She died in Emporia, KS, on August 21, 2011. Betty graduated as valedictorian from Winfield High School, attended Southwestern College in Winfield, and continued her stellar academics at Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia until she...
Kristi Lynn Karr-Morgan
Aug 21, 2011
Kristi Lynn Karr-Morgan, 51, of rural Emporia, Kansas, passed away on August 21, 2011 at her home. Kristi was born on July 13, 1960 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Robert Ira and Elaine Le (Hartenbower) Karr. She married Darryl Morgan on May 30, 2009 in Emporia, Kansas. He survives at the home. Other survivors include: sons, Matthew Watt of...
Dr. John P. Brockhouse
Aug 20, 2011
Our family celebrates the memory of Dr. John P. Brockhouse, who died at his home in Emporia, Kansas, on Saturday, August 20, 2011 at the age of 79. He was a native Emporian, born September 15, 1931, the son of Herschel Glenn “Brock” and Jane Soden Laws Brockhouse. He graduated from Emporia High School, and then Kansas State Teachers College...
Roy A. Johnson
Aug 17, 2011
Roy A. Johnson, 88, of Emporia, Kansas, died on August 17, 2011 at his apartment in Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Roy was born November 29, 1922 in Shambaugh, Iowa, the son of Roy Allen and Ethel Young Johnson. He married Maurine Duncan at the First United Methodist Church in Emporia on June 17, 1949. Maurine died on November 15, 2003. Roy...
