Virginia Lee Kusmaul
Aug 11, 2011
Virginia Lee Kusmaul, 78, Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday morning, August 11, 2011 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia. Virginia Lee Thomas was born in Emporia, Kansas, on September 15, 1932, the daughter of William and Agnes (Stone) Thomas. She married Maynard Carl Kusmaul at the First United Methodist Church, Emporia, on September 20, 1953. He survives. Other family members include:...
Genevieve M. Kimbrough
Aug 1, 2011
Genevieve M. Kimbrough, 90, of Emporia, Kansas, died on August 1, 2011 at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. Genevieve was born on February 7, 1921 in Burr Oak, Kansas, the daughter of Isaac Ezra and Cora E. (King) Glover. She married James Merle Kimbrough on January 18, 1954 in Miltonville, Kansas. He died in May of 1984 in Emporia,...
John Edward Peterson
Jul 30, 2011
John Edward Peterson, 23, Emporia, Kansas, died as the result of injuries received in a motorcycle accident July 30, 2011 south of Emporia on K-99. John Edward Peterson was born at Emporia, on November 23, 1987, the son of Edward Matthew (II) and Janet Rice Peterson. He is survived by his parents, Janet and Ed Peterson, Emporia; sister, Hanna Peterson,...
Linda L. Cushing
Jul 27, 2011
Linda L. Cushing, 69 of Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Linda L. Huff was born January 18, 1942 at Stratton, Nebraska, the daughter of John & Virginia (Shank) Huff. Linda married Roy Cushing in Stratton, Nebraska, and they later divorced. She moved to Emporia, Kansas in 1989 and worked at CBCS Collections...
Ruth Helmke
Jul 26, 2011
Ruth Helmke of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011 in the emergency room at Newman Regional Health, Emporia; she was 83. Ruth Wombolt, the daughter of George and Eva Lackman Wombolt, was born in Laurel, Montana on December 2, 1927. She married Gene Helmke in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He died earlier. Surviving members of the family include: a brother, Frank...
Marvin Ira Standley, Jr.
Jul 26, 2011
Marvin Ira Standley, Jr., 68, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Marvin Ira Standley, Jr. was born September 28, 1942 in Finney County, Kansas to Marvin & Marie (Kelley) Standley. He attended Pierceville Elementary School, Sabine High School in Garden City, Kansas, and attended Garden City Community College. He served in the...
Skyler Brock Hively
Jul 24, 2011
Skyler Brock Hively, Waverly, Kansas, died July 24, 2011 at Coffey County Hospital in Burlington, Kansas. He was 21. Skyler was born April 15, 1990 at Lakin, Kansas, the son of Seth and Renee (Lopez) Hively, Waverly, Kansas. Skyler attended Sacred Heart Catholic School, Emporia, Kansas; graduated from Waverly High School, Waverly, Kansas in 2008; and attended Coffeyville Community College,...
Julia E. Mason
Jul 23, 2011
Julia E. Mason, 51, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Saturday, July 23, 2011 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Julia Elaine Beardsley, the daughter of Charles and Joyce Watts Beardsley, was born July 23, 1960 in El Paso, Texas. She married Randall L. “Randy” Mason on August 31, 1985 at the Sardis Congregational Church in rural Emporia. He survives of the...
Bud B. Stanley
Jul 22, 2011
Longtime Emporia businessman, Bud B. Stanley, passed away Friday, July 22, 2011 at his home in Emporia, Kansas. He and his wife June owned and operated Stanley Jewelry in Emporia for 64 years, until his retirement in 2008. Bud B. Stanley, the son of Fred L. and Lura McRenolds Stanley, was bon November 30, 1920 in Plains, Kansas. He married...
Arlyne V. Fish
Jul 20, 2011
Arlyne V. Fish, 81 of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Arlyne V. Hilfiker was born February 15, 1930 in Salem, Oregon, the daughter of Ruebin and Irene (Boden) Hilfiker. Arlyne graduated high school with honors, where she learned to speak French, Italian, and German. She was a trained opera singer and had recorded...
Robert "Bob" L. Bodkin
Jul 18, 2011
Robert L. “Bob” Bodkin, 73, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor on Monday, July 18, 2011. Robert was born August 10, 1937 in Manquoketa, Iowa, the son of LeRoy and Mildred (Houlahan) Bodkin. He married Aneta Nitcher in Des Moines, Iowa July 21, 1972. She survives. Other surviving family members include: son, Curtis Bodkin, Shawnee, Kansas; daughters,...
Dorothy E. Ludwig
Jul 18, 2011
Dorothy E. Ludwig, 80, died Monday, July 18, 2011 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Dorothy Pinkston was born in Cedar Point, Kansas on April 29, 1921, the daughter of Ephraim and Frances (Hanselman) Pinkston. She married Elmer C. Ludwig at Elmdale, Kansas on August 5, 1941. He died December 24, 2000 in Emporia. Dorothy is survived by two sons, Mark A....
Michael A. Wedge
Jul 11, 2011
Michael A. Wedge, 63, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Monday, July 11, 2011 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Michael Anne Bowers, the daughter of Howard and Ethel Fancher Bowers, was born October 9, 1947 in Emporia, Kansas. She was a homemaker. Surviving members of the family include one son, John Fuller of Emporia, Kansas; one daughter, April Wedge of...
Michael "Gundy" Thomas Van Gundy
Jul 10, 2011
Michael Thomas Van Gundy, 61, Emporia, Kansas, died at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Kansas, on Sunday, July 10, 2011. Michael was born August 6, 1949 at Emporia, Kansas, the son of Stanley and Joan (Thomas) Van Gundy. He was married and later divorced. Mike is survived by his son, Brett Van Gundy, North Pole, Alaska; and sisters, Judy Adkins, Emporia,...
Nellie L. Siebenaler
Jul 8, 2011
Nellie L. Siebenaler, 70, of rural Madison, Kansas, died on July 8, 2011 at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia, Kansas. Nellie L. Wilhite was born on September 22, 1940 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Louis and Edith V. (Taylor) Wihite. She married Gerald Siebenaler on April 28, 1962 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Emporia, Kansas. He survives...
Pearl Jane Hughes
Jul 7, 2011
Pearl Jane Hughes, 59, Emporia, Kansas, died July 7, 2011 at Saint Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Pearl Jane Berrong was born at McLeansboro, Illinois, on July 8, 1951, the daughter of Grover and Norma (Powell) Berrong. Surviving family members include: her longtime companion, Gary Potter, Emporia; sons, David Hughes, Burrton, Kansas, Michael Hughes, Emporia, and John Hughes, Halstead, Kansas;...
David Leroy Praeger Ii
Jul 5, 2011
David LeRoy Praeger II, Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, July 5, 2011 in an accident west of Emporia on the Cottonwood River. He was 32. David was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on February 19, 1979, the son of David Prager I and Donna Jones. He married Jenna Hermman in 2007 at Topeka, Kansas, they were divorced. Surviving family members include: his...
Maurice "A.J." E. Fager, Jr.
Jul 3, 2011
Maurice E. “A.J.” Fager, Jr., 70, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, July 3, 2011 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia, Kansas. Maurice E. Fager, Jr. was born December 9, 1940 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Maurice Elsworth & Marjorie (Long) Fager. He was raised in Topeka, Kansas, and graduated from Topeka High School in 1961. He worked as...
Evelyn Gladys Walker
Jul 2, 2011
Evelyn Gladys Guernsey Walker of Eskridge, Kansas, and Los Gatos, California, passed away peacefully in her sleep July 2, 2011, at the age of 92. She was born on the family dairy farm near Cobleskill, New York, November 3, 1918. Her parents were Gladys (Earl) Guernsey and Grover Cleveland Guernsey. Evelyn’s mother, Gladys, died within days after childbirth in the...
Evelyn Alfreda Haag
Jun 29, 2011
Evelyn Alfreda Haag, of Olpe, Kansas, died Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia, Kansas at the age of 95. Evelyn Alfreda Schultz was born July 11, 1915 in Maydale, Kansas, the daughter of Lawrence and Anna (Knoll) Schultz. She married Nicholas Haag at the Maydale Catholic Church in Maydale, Kansas, on April 10, 1934. He died April...
