Norma Jean Bastin
Jun 8, 2011
Norma Jean Bastin, 74, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at her home. Norma Jean Dawson, the daughter of Bert and Fannie (Nay) Dawson, was born November 28, 1936 in Clements, Kansas. She married J. Wayne Bastin on January 21, 1955 in Clements. He survives of the home. Other survivors include: two sons, Craig Bastin and his...
Clifton Hull, Jr.
Jun 6, 2011
Clifton Hull, Jr., 86, of Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, June 6, 2011 at his home. Clifton Hull, Jr. was born in Corcoran, California, on June 28, 1924, the son of Clifton George and Anna May (Dresen) Hull. He married June E. Kline on October 5, 1950 at Dodge City, Kansas. She survives of the home. Other surviving family members include:...
Bessie Belle Phillips Edmiston
Jun 6, 2011
Bessie Belle Phillips Edmiston (95) of Americus, Kansas, passed away Monday, June 6, 2011 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kansas. Bessie B. Brewer, the daughter of Guy and Elda Ethel (Blossom) Brewer, was born December 2, 1915 at Baudette, Minnesota. She married Willard L. Phillips on March 6, 1937 in Marion, Kansas. He died February 21, 1985. She later...
Kay Lorraine Bowers
Jun 4, 2011
Kay L. Bowers, Emporia, Kansas, died at her home on Saturday, June 4, 2011 at the age of 75. Kay Lorraine Bates was born at Emporia, Kansas on December 3, 1935, the daughter of Alfred Lorraine and Raye Lucille (Gilbert) Bates. She married Ronald S. Thomas, whom she later divorced. On October 30, 1971, she married Martin J. “Jerry” Bowers....
Florence M. Evans
May 29, 2011
Mrs. Florence M. Evans, 95, of Emporia, Kansas, and formerly of Americus, Kansas, died on May 29, 2011 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Florence McCullough, the daughter of Edgar and Ida A. Grieder McCullough, was born June 30, 1915 near Olpe, Kansas. She married John A. Evans on September 5, 1946 in Emporia, Kansas. She is survived by:...
Linda "Sue" Rogers
May 28, 2011
Sue Rogers (71) of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Saturday, May 28, 2011 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Linda Sue Smith, the daughter of William “Bill” and Hazel Marie Pearson Smith, was born on November 17, 1939 in Emporia, Kansas. She married Lloyd “Bill” Rogers at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Emporia, Kansas on June 26, 1960. He survives of the...
Sarah Janell Holt
May 28, 2011
Janell Holt (46) of Springfield, Missouri, passed away Saturday, May 28, 2011 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was formerly an Emporia resident. Sarah Janell Nix, the daughter of Robert “Bob” and Jeanie Dougherty Nix, was born May 20, 1965 in Wichita, Kansas. She married Bruce E. Holt September 15, 2001 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He survives of...
Shirley Ann Bannon
May 27, 2011
Shirley A. Bannon (75) of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Friday, May 27, 2011 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Shirley Ann Friesen, the daughter of David & Adina (Schmidt) Friesen, was born June 12, 1935 on the family farm in rural Newton, Kansas. She married John Bannon on January 22, 1955 in Newton. He survives of the home. She is...
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,...
