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...
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...
