Lillian "Bonnie" L. Fehr
Mar 17, 2011
Lillian L. “Bonnie” Fehr, 90, Rural Emporia, Kansas, died at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Kansas, on Thursday, March 17, 2011. Lillian Reiff was born at rural Allen, Kansas on April 19, 1920, the daughter of Francis Clayton and Anna (Day) Reiff. Lillian married Vernal J. Fehr at San Diego, California on October 24, 1943. He died May 28, 1976. She...
Mary Louise Flowers
Mar 14, 2011
Mary Louise Flowers, 97, of Emporia, passed away peacefully on March 14, 2011, in Emporia, Kansas. Louise married Lorin Flowers on March 30, 1936, in Mansfield, Ohio. When Lorin retired from the post office, she helped him cater at the Emporia Country Club. Soon after, she was hired as the Director of the lunch program at Butcher School. She was...
Ruth M. Henrikson
Mar 11, 2011
Ruth M. Henrikson, 95, Emporia, Kansas, died Friday, March 11, 2011 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Ruth M. Jones was born July 24, 1915, at Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Gomer “Casey” and Oma (Tweedy) Jones. She married Merle L. Henrikson at Emporia, Kansas on November 12, 1939. He died September 27, 1990. Surviving family members include: her daughter, Marilee...
Emma Helen Bayer
Mar 10, 2011
Emma H. Bayer (89) of Emporia Sterling House, passed away Thurs. March 10, 2011 at Newman Regional Health. Emma Helen Miller, the daughter of Anton B. and Frances K. Hageman Miller, was born November 1, 1921 in Fowler, Kansas. She married Robert L. Bayer on October 12, 1947 at Fort Ord, California. He preceded her in death on June 19,...
Patrick Thomas Geraghty
Mar 9, 2011
Patrick Thomas Geraghty, 73, of Emporia, Kansas, died March 9, 2011 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Patrick Thomas Geraghty was born August 10, 1937, in Emporia, Kansas, the son of William E. and Mary V. (Watson) Geraghty. He graduated from Reading High School in Reading, Kansas and then attended Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. Patrick worked for Boeing...
Anita M. Barrett
Mar 8, 2011
Anita M. Barrett, 62, Emporia, Kansas, and formerly Topeka, died at her home on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Anita M. Cossairt was born at Burlington, Kansas on February 14, 1949, the daughter of William and Virginia (LaBlanc) Cossairt. She married Lee R. Barrett at Emporia, Kansas on February 17, 1968. He died June 7, 2002 in Topeka, Kansas. Surviving family...
Deborah J. Hensley
Mar 6, 2011
Deborah J. Hensley, 57, of Emporia, died on March 6, 2011 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Deborah was born on September 19, 1953 in Calexico, California, the daughter of Thomas and Wilma Bennett Ryan. She was married to Don Bryan for over nine years, and helped raise his three boys, Donnie, Jimmy, and Shane. Still today they love her...
James Edward Hensley, Jr.
Mar 5, 2011
James Edward Hensley, Jr., Emporia, Kansas, died at the Emergency Department, Newman Regional Health on Saturday, March 5, 2011. He was two years old. James was born at Emporia, Kansas on June 2, 2008. Surviving family members include: his mother, Jennifer R. Pitts, Emporia; his father, James E. Hensley, Emporia; sisters, Amber Pitts, Emporia, and Virginia Norhup, in Iowa; grandparents,...
Irene Mary Brown
Mar 4, 2011
Irene M. Brown (97) of Emporia passed away Friday, March 04, 2011 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor Jones Health Center. Irene Mary Brinkman, the daughter of Joseph and Anna Fladung Brinkman, was born June 25, 1913 in Olpe. She married Joseph Matthew Brown on April 11, 1934 in Emporia. He preceded her in death on December 2, 1997. Irene is...
Jimmie "J.D." Dale Dawes
Mar 4, 2011
J.D. went to be with his Lord and Savior, March 4, 2011. He was 60. Jimmie Dale Dawes was born April 29, 1950 in Yale, Oklahoma, to Vernon Russell & Alice Florence Bobo Dawes. He graduated from Americus High School and married his high school sweetheart, Wilma Jeanne Finney on July 14, 1968 at the Presbyterian Church in Americus. J.D....
Victor John Sterbenz
Mar 2, 2011
Victor John Sterbenz, 87, of Emporia died on March 2, 2011 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor in Emporia. Victor was born on June 18, 1923 in Olpe, Kansas, the son of John M. and Mary Haag Sterbenz. He married Patricia Tholen on May 21, 1955 in Emporia, Kansas. She died on March 14, 1998 in Topeka, Kansas. Surviving family members include:...
Loren Dean Merry
Feb 26, 2011
Loren Dean Merry, Emporia, Kansas, died at Holiday Resort Care Center on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at the age of 88. Mr. Merry was born in Emporia, Kansas on May 25, 1922, the son of Dean E. and Vera (Hensley) Merry. He married Novella E. Lodle at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas on June 20, 1942. She survives of the home. Other...
Sheila Sue White
Feb 26, 2011
Sheila Sue White, 62, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kansas. Sheila Sue Waters was born February 26, 1949 in Council Grove, Kansas, the daughter of David Waters, Jr. and Wanda (Warnake) Waters. Sheila was a graduate of Emporia State University and had worked as a Respiratory Therapist at Newman Regional Health...
Anna Kayser Harder
Feb 24, 2011
Anna Kayser Harder, of the Bushong/Americus area , died at her home on Thursday, February 24, 2011. She was 92. Anna Kayser was born north of Americus on April 15, 1918, the daughter of Karl Henry and Antonie (Ohlhoff) Kayser. She married Calvin Spencer Harder at Topeka, Kansas on September 16, 1943. He died at the family farm north of...
Catherine Ann Hagemann
Feb 22, 2011
Catherine Ann Hagemann, Olpe, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor at the age of 102. Catherine Ann Lawler was born December 12, 1908 at Lebo, Kansas, the daughter of Jeffrey and Minnie (McGrew) Lawler. She married Joseph F. Hagemann at Olpe, Kansas on June 16, 1936. He died January 8, 1996 at Newman Hospital, Emporia. Surviving family...
William Joseph Medlen
Feb 21, 2011
William Joseph Medlen, 61, rural Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, February 21, 2011 at his home. He was born at Bartlesville, Oklahoma on July 12, 1949, the son of Floyd and Margaret Little Medlen. He married Glenda Lee Belt at Emporia, Kansas June 19, 1973. She survives of the home. Other surviving family members include: a son, Nathan A. Medlen, Emporia,...
Robert Jay Murphy
Feb 18, 2011
Robert Jay Murphy, 66, of Emporia, died on February 18, 2011 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Kansas. Robert was born on December 3, 1944 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Roy M. and Lorene Schmidt Murphy. Surviving family members include: brothers, Dennis Murphy of Emporia, and Gary Murphy of Olpe, Kansas; sisters, Greta Bone of Tecumseh, Kansas, Norma Schreiner of...
Adrian Marcel Lewis Solano
Feb 18, 2011
Adrian Marcel Lewis Solano, 13, of Emporia, Kansas died on February 18, 2011 at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Adrian was born on May 26, 1997 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of David and Sandra Knight Solano. They survive at the home. Other survivors include: sister, Samantha Lewis Solano of Emporia; grandparents, Bill and Alice Fauerbach of Emporia,...
Ruth Mary Riley
Feb 18, 2011
The graveside service for Ruth Mary Riley, Emporia, will be held at the Patio Garden of Memorial Lawn Cemetery on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Norbert Tegtmeier, Messiah Lutheran Church. Interment will be in Memorial Lawn. Mrs. Riley was 90. Ruth Mary Buchanan was born in Marquette, Kansas on September 11,...
Martha Ann Leek
Feb 17, 2011
Martha Ann Leek, 57, of Emporia, died on February 17, 2011 at her home after an extended battle with breast cancer. Martha was born on August 17, 1953 in Clarinda, Iowa, the daughter of Kenneth and Joetta Mascher Wills. She married Rodger A. Leek on February 5, 1972 in Clarinda, Iowa. He survives of the home. Other survivors include: son,...
