Charles "Dick" Richard Koepke
Apr 27, 2011
Charles Richard (Dick) Koepke, Colonel, USAF (ret.), 82, of Emporia died on April 27, 2011, at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Dick was born on April 1, 1929 in Long Beach, California, the son of Fred and Marie (Hasselman) Koepke. He married Sylvia Markowitz on April 27, 1963 in Emporia, Kansas. She survives at the home. Other survivors include: nieces and...
Wade Bryan Barr
Apr 27, 2011
Wade Bryan Barr, 43, of Salina, Kansas, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at Salina Regional Hospital. Wade Bryan Barr was born September 4, 1967 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Bryan & Gelane (Moritz) Barr. He was a graduate of Emporia High School and attended Butler Community College. Wade worked for the Occupational Center of Central Kansas in Salina, Kansas....
Max R. Stewart, Sr.
Apr 26, 2011
Max R. Stewart, Sr., 91, of Emporia, Kansas died on April 26, 2011 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Max was born on November 19, 1919 in Aurora, Nebraska, the son of William F. and Nellie (Peterson) Stewart. He graduated from Grand Island Nebraska High School in 1938, and from Lincoln School of Commerce in 1940. In May of 1942, he...
Marguerite E. Magathan
Apr 25, 2011
Marguerite E. Magathan, 93, Emporia, died Monday, April 25, 2011 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Marguerite was born December 31, 1917 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Fred “Pat” and Irene L. Shaw Magathan. Surviving family members include: a brother, Merlen Doug Magathan, Olathe, Kansas; twelve nieces and nephews; and numerous great nieces and great nephews. She was preceded...
Dan Clark Mcclenny
Apr 24, 2011
Dan Clark McClenny, Emporia, died at his home on Sunday, April 24, 2011 at the age of 87. Dan McClenny was born at Downs, Kansas on October 14, 1923, the son of Albert and Elsie (Clark) McClenny. He married Mary Anna White at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia, on June 20, 1944. She survives. Other family members include: daughters, Diane...
Adrian Leon Gonzalez
Apr 23, 2011
Adrian Leon Gonzalez, of Emporia, Kansas died April 23, 2011 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Adrian Leon Gonzalez was born January 17, 2011 the son of Lester Gonzalez and Katie Tovar of Emporia, Kansas. Other survivors include: grandparents, Mayo and Angela Tovar of Emporia, Kansas, and Roberto & Rosa Gonzalez of Emporia, Kansas; great-grandparents,...
Charles R. Crawford
Apr 21, 2011
Charles R. Crawford, 88, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2011 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Charles Robert Crawford, the son of Robert and Hazel McKee Crawford, was born on June 11, 1922 in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He married Thelma Dailey-Loomis on March 1, 1946 in Topeka, Kansas. She survives of the home. He is also survived by...
Ruth Marcile Dawson
Apr 18, 2011
Ruth Marcile Dawson, Emporia, Kansas, died at her home on Monday, April 18, 2011 at the age of 92. Ruth Marcile Ayers was born at Peck, Kansas on June 25, 1918, the daughter of Ennis and Ethel (Gill) Ayers. She married Wyatt Shelby Galbreath in 1925 in Wichita, Kansas. He died December 29, 1971. She then married Paul Hooten at...
Robert Lee Widau
Apr 17, 2011
Robert Lee Widau, 89, of rural Eskridge, Kansas passed away on April 17, 2011. Robert was born on April 21, 1921 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Walter W. and Bernice Haas Widau. He married Betty Cary on April 06, 1947 in Eskridge, Kansas. She died on March 28, 1976. Other survivors include: a daughter, Tammy Schmidt and husband Rick...
Wesley B. Moreland
Apr 16, 2011
Wesley B. Moreland, 77, of Americus, Kansas, died on April 16, 2011 at his home. Wesley was born in Peru, Kansas, the son of Lander Barber and Blanche Locke Moreland Sr. He married Susan Joy Judkins on April 20, 2001 in Emporia, Kansas. She survives at the home. Other survivors include: sons, Thomas Moreland of Missouri, and Wesley Moreland, Jr....
Iliff Beatrice Nicholas
Apr 10, 2011
Iliff Beatrice Nicholas, Emporia, Kansas, and formerly of Hamilton, Kansas, died Sunday, April 10, 2011 at her apartment at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia, Kansas. She was 88. Iliff Beatrice Burkey was born September 16, 1922 at Lamont, Kansas, the daughter of William and Rose (McCullough) Burkey. She married Edward Myron Nicholas at San Luis Obispo, California on January 26,...
John Robert Gavin
Apr 10, 2011
John Robert Gavin, 78, Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, April 10, 2011 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. John was born July 29, 1932 at Melvern, Kansas, the son of Robert McLaun and Sadie Mae (Rosine) Gavin. He married Patricia Marie Nigh at Emporia, Kansas on March 18, 1955. She survives of the home. Other surviving family members are: son, Brad...
Ivan Harold Frazier
Apr 9, 2011
Ivan Harold Frazier, 91, Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on Saturday, April 9, 2011. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Georgia Frazier (Martin) who resides at Sterling House of Emporia; two sons Gary Frazier of Olathe and Daryl Frazier and wife Betty of Gardner; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a brother, Herbert Frazier of Haviland, KS....
Clarence L. Schmidt
Apr 7, 2011
Clarence L. Schmidt (83), lifetime resident of Olpe, Kansas, passed away on April 7, 2011 at his home following a longtime battle with heart disease and kidney failure. He was born on April 6, 1928 at Olpe to Leonard L. and Ida (Sterbenz) Schmidt. He attended school at Olpe and on Sept. 8, 1951 he was united in marriage to...
Norman Edwin Brady, Jr.
Apr 6, 2011
Norman Edwin Brady, Jr., 67, of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday April 6, 2011 at the Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. Norman Edwin Brady, Jr. was born June 18, 1943 at Emporia, Kansas, the son of Norman Edwin and Virginia Dora (Mundy) Brady. He worked as a hunting and fishing guide while in high school until injuries from an automobile...
Dr. Oscar Francisco Hernandez
Apr 3, 2011
Dr. Oscar Francisco Hernandez (86) of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, April 3, 2011 at Newman Regional Health. Cremation is planned, with private family services at a later date. Oscar Francisco Hernandez, the son of Oscar and Mercedes (Daniel) Hernandez, was born April 28, 1924 in Havana, Cuba. He married Carmen Placencia on May 18, 1951 in Havana. She survives, of...
Louise Darby Boles
Mar 31, 2011
Louise Darby Boles, Emporia, Kansas, died at her home March 31, 2011. She was 85. Louise Darby was born at Manhattan, Kansas on December 26, 1925, the daughter of Earl Gilbert and Henrietta (Jones) Darby. She married Robert Joe Boles at Manhattan, Kansas on June 12, 1949. He died November 27, 2007 in Emporia. Surviving family members include: her daughter,...
David Hugh Jones
Mar 29, 2011
David Hugh Jones, 66, of Emporia, Kansas, died on March 29, 2011 at his home in Emporia. David was born on January 6, 1945 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Hugh and Rita Guy Jones. He married Peggy Messinger on June 2, 1967 in Emporia, Kansas. They later divorced. Surviving family members include: daughters, Julie Harrison of Lebo, Kansas, and...
Alta Mae Weeks
Mar 23, 2011
Alta Mae Weeks, 78, of rural Emporia, died on March 23, 2011 at her home. Mae was born on December 21, 1932 in Osage County, Kansas, the daughter of Robert and Grace Bickford Burns. She married Dale L. Weeks, Sr. on April 27, 1950 in Topeka, Kansas. He survives of the home. Other survivors include: sons, Dale L. Weeks, Jr....
Carl Lee Lucy
Mar 21, 2011
Carl Lee Lucy, 84, Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, March 21, 2011 at Newman Regional Health. Carl was born at Sabula, Missouri on April 27, 1926, the son of Ray and Ollie (Huff) Lucy. He married Dorothy Hitzeman on October 29, 1947 at Saint Louis, Missouri. She survives. Other surviving family members include: three sons, Gary Lucy, and his wife, JoAn...
