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...
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...
