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,...
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...
