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Norman "Casey" Appel
Jan 11, 2011
Norman “Casey” Appel, 81, of Emporia, Kansas, died January 11, 2011 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kansas. Norman “Casey” Appel was born January 29, 1929 in Otis, Kansas, the son of Sam and Sophie (Hartman) Appel. Casey married Mary Marie White in Emporia, Kansas on February 24, 1957. He is survived by: his wife Mary of the home; son,...
Vivian G. Fowler
Jan 9, 2011
Vivian G. (Garriott) Fowler, 85, Emporia, died on January 9, 2011 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia, KS. Vivian G. Garriott was born on May 10, 1925 in Canton, Oklahoma to Charles M. and Helen Boring Garriott. She attended Quincy school in Greenwood County and graduated from Emporia High School. She earned her bachelors and masters degrees from...
Mary Margaret Smith
Jan 4, 2011
Mary Margaret Smith, 73, of 25 Carter Street, Emporia, died on January 4, 2011 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Mary was born on March 4, 1937 in Hartford, Kansas, the daughter of Sylvester and Irene Fish Garland. She married Don Smith on March 6, 1959 in Emporia, Kansas. He survives of the home. Other survivors include: sons, Stephen...
Martha Marlar
Jan 3, 2011
Martha Marlar, 75, of Emporia, Kansas died January 3, 2011 at the Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia, Kansas. Martha Marlar was born January 17, 1935 in Madison, Kansas the daughter of Walter Scott & Ruth Mae (Draper) Marlar. Martha was a professional housekeeper until her retirement in 2008. Martha is survived by two sisters, Gladys Wescott of Augusta, Kansas...
Preston D. Monroe
Jan 3, 2011
Preston D. Monroe, 69, of Emporia, Kansas, died on January 3, 2011 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Preston was born on November 28, 1941 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of W. Preston and Thena Louise Huff Monroe. They precede him in death. He is survived by: brothers, Don Monroe of Emporia, Kansas, and Charlie Monroe of Ypsilanti, Michigan. Preston...
Nola B. Andrews
Jan 2, 2011
Nola B. Andrews, Emporia, died Sunday, January 2, 2011 at Flint Hills Care Center, where she was a resident. She was 91. Nola B. Danford was born at Hartford, Kansas on November 7, 1919, the daughter of Dempsey D. and Jesse Farmer Danford. She married Raymond L. Andrews at Hartford, Kansas on June 4, 1938. He died April 4, 2000...
Lazaro Antonio Garcia
Jan 2, 2011
Lazaro Antonio Garcia, Emporia, died January 2, 2011 near Preston in Pratt County, Kansas as a result of injuries received in a one vehicle accident. He was 43. Lazaro was born in El Salvador on February 11, 1967. Surviving family members include: wife, Irma Mejia; son, Yovani Martinez, of the home; and daughters, Sandy Garcia, Alice Garcia, and Karla Garcia,...
Rachel Davis
Dec 31, 2010
Rachel “Ol’ Rach” Davis, 92, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away on December 31, 2010 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor in Emporia, Kansas. Cremation is planned. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Rachel Schoenig was born June 22, 1918 in Grano, North Dakota where her father was a train station manager. She is the daughter of Jon...
Etta Viola Musquiz
Dec 29, 2010
Etta Viola Musquiz, 92, of Emporia, died on December 29, 2010 at her home. Etta Viola Beeman was born on July 20, 1918 in Blackwell, Oklahoma, the daughter of Oscar Phoebus and Minnie Elizabeth Willhoite Beeman. She married Robert A. Waite on September 4, 1941 in Winfield, Kansas. He died on August 3, 1975 in Perryton, Texas. She later married...
Louis R. Redeker
Dec 24, 2010
Louis R. Redeker, 79, Olpe, Kansas, died at Garden Terrace Care Center, Overland Park, Kansas on Friday, December 24, 2010. Louis Redeker was born in Olpe, Kansas on October 20, 1931, the son of John and Theresa (Hagemann) Redeker. He married Patricia Stockton at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia, Kansas on April 27, 1957. She died April 15, 2005. Surviving...
Vivian Nielsen
Dec 24, 2010
Vivian Nielsen, 94, Emporia, Kansas died on December 24, 2010 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Vivian was born on September 12, 1916 just southeast of Council Grove, Kansas, the daughter of Albert Ed and Minnie Stoltz Bronaugh. She married Christian Nielsen on February 23, 1937 in Council Grove, Kansas. He died in January 22, 1990 in Emporia,...
Thelma Eileen Humphreys
Dec 23, 2010
Thelma Eileen Humphreys, 86 of Emporia died on December 23, 2010 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, Kansas. Thelma was born on May 24, 1924 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Samuel E. and Adar (Brown) Macomber. She married Kenneth L. Humphreys, Sr. on January 18, 1942 in Emporia, Kansas. He died on November 19, 1983 in Emporia, Kansas....
Leslie Francis Nuessen
Dec 21, 2010
Leslie Francis Nuessen, 68, Emporia, Kansas, died at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka, Kansas on Tuesday, December 21, 2010. Leslie Nuessen was born at Olpe, Kansas on August 12, 1942, the son of John Joseph and Mildred Irene (Morrow) Nuessen. He married Linda Rogers in England, and they later divorced. Surviving family members include: daughter, Julie Wilson, Emporia, Kansas; son, Marc Nuessen,...
Grace Ann Suddock
Dec 18, 2010
Grace Ann Suddock, 87, formerly of Emporia, died Saturday, December 18, 2010 at the Golden Rule Home, Shawnee, Oklahoma. Grace was born February 25, 1923 in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, the daughter of David William and Mabel Irene Woyame Brainard. Grace married Dwight E. Suddock on May 19, 1946 in Emporia, Kansas. He passed away on September 6, 1995. She is...
Essa Juanita Haught
Dec 18, 2010
Essa Juanita Haught, Emporia, Kansas, died at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia on December 18, 2010. She was 91. Essa Juanita Newton was born at Americus, Kansas on January 12, 1919, the daughter of Earl J. and Eva Anderson Newton. She married Jessie Greenfield at Lyndon, Kansas on October 4, 1938. He died August 5, 1988; she later married Charles...
Clois Ensminger
Dec 18, 2010
Clois Ensminger, 90, a longtime resident of Emporia, KS, died early Saturday morning, December 18, 2010, at Holiday Resort following a brief illness. Clois was born August 31, 1920 in Elizabeth, AR, the daughter of Fred L. Zirnstein, Sr. and Ruth Estel Guffey Zirnstein. The Zirnsteins move to Emporia in 1922. Clois married Howard E Ensminger in 1938, and they...
Mary Louise O'Neal
Dec 18, 2010
Mary Louise O’Neal, 56, of Rural Madison, Kansas died December 18, 2010 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Mary Louise Harrier was born on August 9, 1954 at Topeka, Kansas the daughter of Phillip C. & Dorothy R. (Parker) Harrier. She Married V. Steve O’Neal at Messiah Lutheran Church in Emporia, Kansas on December 28, 1979. Mrs. O’Neal is survived...
Catherine W. Carter
Dec 18, 2010
Catherine W. Carter, 111, a resident of the Jones Health Center, Emporia Presbyterian Manor, died there on Saturday December 18, 2010. Catherine Williams was born at Burlingame, Kansas November 22, 1899, to Wesley and Anna Hinds Williams. She married Allen Carter on October 12, 1926 at Mount Olive AME Church, Emporia, Kansas. He died March 23, 1959. Mrs. Carter worked...
Louise Y. Heitman
Dec 17, 2010
Louise Y. Heitman, 93, Emporia, Kansas, died Friday, December 17, 2010 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Louise Y. Young was born at Clearwater, Kansas on July 19, 1917, the daughter of Seymore and Gladys Wolf Young. She married Walter R. Heitman at Clearwater on November 5, 1939. He died April 9, 1997. Surviving family members include: her daughter, Barbara Gimple,...
Patricia "P. Kay" Kay Duncan
Dec 17, 2010
Patricia Kay “P. Kay” Duncan passed away from breast cancer on December 17, 2010 at home overlooking her horse stables and arena where she touched so many lives. P. Kay was born June 17, 1943 in Topeka, Kansas as the daughter of Phillip and Jean (Daneke) Ingersoll. She was raised on a turkey farm in Michigan Valley, Kansas and attended...
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