Myrna L. Taunton
Jan 25, 2011
Myrna L. (Watts) Taunton, Emporia, Kansas, died at her home the morning of Tuesday, January 25, 2011. She was 63. Myrna L. Watts was born in Kansas City, Kansas on March 4, 1947, the daughter of Frederick L. and Irma L. (Cash) Watts. She married Phillip W. Taunton at Junction City, Kansas on April 5, 1969. He survives of the...
Simon P. Rodriguez
Jan 25, 2011
Simon P. Rodriguez, 67 of Emporia died on January 25, 2011 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Kansas. Simon was born on July 9, 1943 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Simon and Maria Guadalupe Murillo Rodriguez. He married Lupe Mendoza on April 29, 1967 at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Emporia, Kansas. She survives at the home. Other survivors include:...
Mary Ellen Phipps
Jan 25, 2011
Mary Ellen Phipps, 85, formerly of Emporia, and Matfield Green, died on January 25, 2011 at the Golden Living Center in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Mary Ellen was born on October 4, 1925 in Springfield, Colorado, the daughter of Frank Diener and Nettie Erma Adams Swanson. She married Lloyd Nathan Phipps in June 2, 1946 in Ottawa, Kansas. He died on...
Mary L. Adkins
Jan 24, 2011
Mary L. Adkins, Emporia, died Monday Morning, January 24, 2011 at her home. She was 89. Mary L. Cook was born January 14, 1922 in rural Emporia, the daughter of Jerry Franklin and Clara Elizabeth Wagner Cook. She married Sam C. Adkins at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas on January 24, 1940. He died June 8, 1990 in Emporia. Surviving family members...
Patricia Ann Gomez
Jan 23, 2011
Patricia Ann Gomez of Emporia passed away Sunday, January 23, 2011 at her home. She was 69. Patricia Ann Kinney, the daughter of Ralph & Veva E. Vogel Kinney, was born Nov. 22, 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She married Anthony Gomez on Dec. 13, 2001 in Miami, Oklahoma. He survives of the home. Other surviving members of the family include:...
Sue S. Mackiewicz
Jan 19, 2011
Sue S. Mackiewicz, 94 of Olathe, Kansas died on January 19, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Center in Olathe, Kansas. Sue was born on October 31, 1916 in Neodesha, Kansas the daughter of J.M. and Emma E. Lerch Smith. She married Charles Casimir Mackiewicz on August 18, 1941 in Wichita, Kansas. He died on February 9, 1995 in Emporia, Kansas....
Raymond Otis Mccall
Jan 19, 2011
Raymond Otis McCall, 86, Munjor, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. Raymond Otis McCall was born at Concordia, Kansas on December 22, 1924, the son of Ralph Otis and Frances Edith (Howell) McCall. He married Constance Louise Dallke at the Nazarene Church in Salina, Kansas on November 2, 1946. She survives of the home....
Vernon Eugene Matson
Jan 18, 2011
Vernon Eugene Matson, 85, of Emporia died on January 18, 2011 at his son’s home in rural Chase County under hospice care. Vernon Eugene was born on October 14, 1925 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Westy Frank and Mary Elizabeth King Matson. He married Mary Jo Exline Overstake on January 17, 1949 in Emporia, Kansas. She died on July...
Gregory M. Gerleman
Jan 16, 2011
Gregory M. Gerleman, Emporia, Kansas, died at Newman Regional Health Emergency Department on January 16, 2011. He was 62. Gregory M. Gerleman was born at Emporia, Kansas on April 4, 1948, the son of Albert J. and Loretta Rues Gerleman. Surviving family members include: his son, Austin Gerleman of Cleves, Ohio; brothers, Jerry Gerleman, Leavenworth, Kansas, Jim Gerleman, San Francisco,...
Mary Elizabeth Hoelting
Jan 16, 2011
Mary Elizabeth Hoelting, 91, of Rural Olpe, Kansas died on January 16, 2011 at her home. Mary Elizabeth Birkenfeld was born on July 5, 1919 in Nazareth, Texas the daughter of Bernard and Elizabeth (Leinen) Birkenfeld. She married Norbert Hoelting on October 17, 1939 in Nazareth, Texas. He survives at the home. Other survivors include: sons, Floyd (JoEllen) Hoelting of...
Fred Harris Howard Ii
Jan 14, 2011
Fred Harris Howard II, a resident of Lawrence, Kansas, died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence on Friday, January 14, 2011. He was 82. Fred was born September 19, 1928 on his family’s Chase County ranch near Matfield Green, the son of Fred and Anna Marie (Crocker) Howard. He was raised in Chase County and graduated from Strong City Rural...
Glenn Eugene Barrett
Jan 13, 2011
Glenn Eugene Barrett, Hartford, Kansas, died Thursday, January 13, 2011 at the Coffey County Hospital, Burlington, Kansas. He was 74. Glenn was born at Emporia, Kansas on July 1, 1936, the son of Fred J. and Vivian (Wagner) Barrett. He married Patsy Rich at Emporia, Kansas in August of 1958, they later divorced and she survives. He later married Marie...
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...
