James Edward Resch
May 26, 2011
James E. Resch (63) of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2011 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. James Edward Resch, the son of Donald David and Nettie Jane Henning Resch, was born in Emporia June 11, 1947. He married Ruthann Samuelson January 6, 1973 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Emporia. She survives of the...
Margaret Joan Rues
May 23, 2011
Margaret Joan Rues, Emporia, Kansas, died at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, on Monday, May 23, 2011. She was 86. Margaret Joan Ellison was born at Humboldt, Kansas on September 27, 1924, the daughter of John Wood and Mary E. (Feeney) Ellison. She married John F. Rues at Humboldt, Kansas on October 16, 1946. He died July 3, 2006. She has...
Glen Edwin Gilpin
May 22, 2011
Glen E. Gilpin (88) of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2011 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Glen Edwin Gilpin, the son of Claude and Helen McGrew Gilpin, was born February 11, 1923 in Centerville, Kansas. He married Norma Mendenhall in Emporia on June 17, 1951. She survives of the home. Other surviving members of the family include: a son,...
Hazel Mae Gilbert
May 21, 2011
Hazel Mae Gilbert, 97, of Emporia, Kansas, died on May 21, 2011 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Hazel was born on September 17, 1913 in Olpe, Kansas, the daughter of John M. and Anna E. (Ellis) VanSickle. She married R. Ivan Gilbert on February 11, 1934 in Gridley, Kansas. He died on March 26, 1998 in Emporia, Kansas. Surviving family members...
Donald Charles Chesmore
May 21, 2011
Donald Charles Chesmore, 53, of Reading, Kansas, died on May 21, 2011 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kansas, resulting from tornadic activity in Reading, Kansas that evening. Donald was born on July 12, 1957 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of Osia Tryon and Ruth Evelyn (Tedford) Chesmore. He married Brenda Fouts on July 1, 1978 in Woodbine, Iowa....
William "Bill" Lawrence Estes
May 20, 2011
William Lawrence "Bill" Estes, 67 of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, May 20, 2011 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. William Lawrence Estes the son of Lawrence William & Birdelia (Barber) Estes was born July 27, 1943 at Junction City, Kansas. Bill married Mary Clopton and had two sons, Bryon Estes and Joe Estes both of Emporia, Kansas. Bill and Mary...
Virginia Lee Fay
May 18, 2011
Virginia Lee Fay, 85, of rural Emporia, Kansas, died on May 18, 2011 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Virginia was born March 24, 1926 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Andrew and Dorothy L. (Arzberger) Kyle. She married Eugene O. Fay on October 23, 1947 in Salina, Kansas. He died on May 27, 1996 in Emporia, Kansas. Survivors include:...
Charles Frederick Swint
May 18, 2011
Charles Frederick Swint passed away May 18, 2011, at Presbyterian Manor in Emporia, Kansas, following a gradual decline in his health. He was 89. He was born on July 31, 1921 in Emporia, Kansas, the seventh of eight children to James F. and Rose Alta Hayden Swint. Charles grew up, attended school, worked, married, lived in, and served the Emporia...
Thomas Howard Dacus
May 17, 2011
Thomas Howard Dacus, 90, of Emporia, Kansas, died on May 17, 2011 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Kansas. Thomas was born in Quinton, Oklahoma on November 27, 1920, the son of William Elmer and Hattie (Haymes) Dacus. He married Georgia Downing on September 17, 1951 in Medford, Oklahoma. They later divorced. Thomas later married Opal Watchous on May 27, 1973...
Frank "Pete" Conklin
May 16, 2011
Frank “Pete” Conklin (77) of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Monday, May 16, 2011 at his home. Frank “Pete” Conklin, the son of Roy and Nellie Gordon Conklin, was born October 12, 1933 in Strong City, Kansas. He married Leola Lutt on June 1, 1964 at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. She survives of the Home. Other survivors include: one son, Terry and...
Mark J. Lyon
May 14, 2011
Mark J. Lyon, 41, of Strong City, Kansas, died on May 14, 2011 at his home. Mark was born on December 17, 1969 in Okarche, Oklahoma, the son of H. Chris and Sandra K. (Harder) Lyon. Surviving family members include: mother, Sandra K. Lyon and stepfather, Melvin Beaushaw of Emporia, Kansas; brother, Terry Lyon of Allen, Kansas; sister, Heather Lyon...
Leonard "Bud" L. Dallke, Sr.
May 14, 2011
Leonard L. Dallke, 79, formerly of Rural Allen, Kansas, died on May 14, 2011 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia, Kansas. Leonard was born on May 7, 1932 in Burns, Kansas, the son of Oliver and Emma Alice (Ford) Dallke. He married Ethel Marie Hill on January 29, 1950 in Sterling, Kansas. She survives. Other survivors include: sons,...
Ruth Alice Smith
May 12, 2011
Ruth Alice Smith, 75, of Emporia, Kansas, died on May 12, 2011 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Ruth was born on July 10, 1935 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of A.G. and Willa (Bell) Pickett. She married Robert W. Smith on June 9, 1956 in Topeka, Kansas. He survives of the home. Other survivors include: sons, Steve Smith and...
Marjorie Elaine Jeffrey
May 9, 2011
Marjorie Elaine Jeffrey (91) of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Monday, May 9, 2011 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia. Marjorie Elaine Moore, the daughter of Eugene C. and Carrie Lou Farthing Moore, was born April 20, 1920 in Hutchinson, Kansas. On October 29, 1944, she married George Jeffrey in Hutchinson. He died June 22, 2004. She is survived by: one...
Myrtle Marie Wittmer
May 4, 2011
Myrtle Marie Wittmer, 103, of Wichita, Kansas, and formerly a long-time resident of Emporia, Kansas, died on May 4, 2011 at the Mothers and Others Assisted Living Facility in Wichita, Kansas. Myrtle was born on April 27, 1908 on a farm northwest of Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Frank A. and Ethel Stone Bender. She married Albert Wittmer on March...
Tracy Lynn Bowden
May 2, 2011
Tracy Lynn Bowden, Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, May 2, 2011 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. He was 44. Tracy was born July 3, 1966 at Emporia, Kansas, the son of Wesley E. and Kathryn S. (Schmidt) Bowden. His parents survive of Emporia. He is preceded in death by: his twin brother, Trent Lee Bowden, who...
Frank Anthony Malambri, Jr.
May 2, 2011
Frank Anthony Malambri, Jr., 87, of Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, May 2, 2011, at Presbyterian Manor, Emporia. Frank Malambri, Jr., the son of Frank and Onalee DeJean Malambri, was born October 1, 1923, in Quincy, Illinois. He married Pauline “Penni” Schmedemann on December 20, 1947, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Emporia. Mr. Malambri is survived by: one daughter, Valerie...
Barney Ruth Ferrier
May 2, 2011
Barney Ruth Ferrier, 91, of Emporia, Kansas, formerly of Kenyon Square in Emporia, died on May 2, 2011 at Presbyterian Manor in Emporia. Kansas. Barney Ruth was the only child of John B. and Nannie Elizabeth (Harrison) Gibson. She was born February 26, 1920, in Winnsboro, Texas. At the age of 16 she began giving piano lessons, often riding a...
Sarah Ethel Brown
May 2, 2011
Sarah E. Brown (94) of rural Olpe, Kansas, passed away Monday, May 2, 2011 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia, Kansas. Sarah Ethel Hotzel, the daughter of Frederick and Julia Schaefer Hotzel, was born February 21, 1917 at the family home at 9 Mechanic in Emporia. She attended Sacred Heart Elementary School in Emporia and graduated from Emporia High School in...
Elva "Lea" Lea Wise, Phd.
Apr 30, 2011
Elva “Lea” Wise, Ph.D. (85) of Emporia, Kansas, formerly of Gunnison, Colorado, passed away Saturday April 30, 2011 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Elva Lea Wise, the daughter of Archie Franklin and Opal Beatrice (Chapman) Wise, was born on December 25, 1925 in Conway Springs, Kansas. She graduated from Conway Springs High School in 1943 and received her B.S. in Business...
