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...
William "Bill" A. Long
Dec 15, 2010
William A. “Bill” Long, Columbia, South Carolina, died at his home on Wednesday, December 15, 2010. He was 63. William A. Long was born at Halstead, Kansas on December 28, 1946, the son of Melvin A “Shorty” and Delores E. (Ehler) Long. He married, and later divorced, Inez Davis Long. Surviving family members include: his mother, Delores, of Emporia, Kansas;...
Leslie Deweese
Dec 14, 2010
Leslie DeWeese, 77, Ottawa, and a former resident of Rantoul and Americus, Kansas, died at his home in Ottawa on Tuesday, December 14, 2010. Leslie DeWeese was born April 2, 1933 on the family farm in Americus, Kansas, the son of Warren Dewey and Bertha E. (Klemm) DeWeese. Surviving family members include: his brother, Carl DeWeese, Americus, Kansas; seven nieces...
Sherry Ann Harris
Dec 14, 2010
Sherry Ann Harris, 56, of Hamilton, Kansas died on December 14, 2010 at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas. Sherry Ann Mathena was born on March 5, 1954 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Donald and Marian Turpin Mathena. She married Marvin Harris on September 20, 1971 in Emporia, Kansas. He survives of the home. Sherry is also survived...
Edwin E. Moran
Dec 11, 2010
Edwin E. Moran (82) of Olpe died Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010 at his home. Edwin E. Moran, the son of Edwin W. and Ruth (Emrick) Moran, was born on January 31, 1928 near Hamilton, KS. His family moved to the Olpe Community in 1936, and he resided there until his death. He graduated from Emporia High School in 1946, and...
Donald F. Haag
Dec 11, 2010
Donald F. Haag (83) of Olpe died Sat. Dec. 11, 2010 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Donald F. Haag, the son of John A. and Irma Striegel Haag, was born on Aug. 4, 1927 in Olpe. He is survived by: seven sisters, Phyllis (John) Wilson, Marilyn Allen, and Wilma (John) Flattery all of Wichita, Margaret Haag of...
Ruby Marguerite Stockton
Dec 6, 2010
Ruby Marguerite Stockton, Emporia, Kansas, died Monday night, December 6, 2010 at the University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas. She was 87. Ruby Marguerite Ambrose was born at Russellville, Missouri on April 27, 1923, the daughter of John F. and Blanche V. (Leslie) Ambrose. She married Robert D. Stockton at Jefferson City, Missouri on May 19, 1945. He survives....
Jason Allen Jenkins
Dec 4, 2010
Jason Allen Jenkins, 40, of Neosho Rapids, Kansas, died December 4, 2010 from injuries he sustained in a boating accident while duck hunting at John Redmond Reservoir in Coffey County. Jason Allen Jenkins was born on April 24, 1970 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Ronald & Sandra (Lyon) Jenkins. Jason married Shelley Yeager on June 14, 1997 at Neosho...
Jeremy Gene Jenkins
Dec 4, 2010
Jeremy Gene Jenkins, 11, of Neosho Rapids, Kansas, is presumed dead after a boating accident while duck hunting at John Redmond Reservoir in Coffey County, KS, December 4, 2010. Jeremy Gene Jenkins was born November 16, 1999 in Burlington, Kansas, the son of Jason & Shelley (Yeager) Jenkins. Jeremy was a fifth-grader at Neosho Rapids Grade School in Neosho Rapids,...
