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...
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,...
