Marie J. Waterman
Sep 10, 2010
Marie J. Waterman, 82 of Lake Ronkonkoma, New York, died on Friday, September 10, 2010 at the Good Shepherd Hospice Center in Port Jefferson, New York. Marie was born on March 20, 1928 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the daughter of Roland and Ivy (Stanley) Johnson. In 1964 she married Edward L. Waterman in Anaheim, California. He died on February...
Joanna Lee Posey
Sep 8, 2010
JoAnna Lee Posey, 17, a Northern Heights High School Senior, was killed Wednesday, September 8, 2010 in an auto accident north of Americus. JoAnna Lee Posey, the daughter of Camden David and Tracy Diane (McKee) Posey, was born July 15, 1993 in Clinton, Missouri. She attended Northern Heights High School and worked at the Emporia Wendy’s. She is survived by...
Kasidy "Kasi" Rae Hart
Sep 8, 2010
Kasidy Rae “Kasi” Hart, 16, Americus, Kansas, died Wednesday, September 8, 2010, as a result of injuries received in an auto accident north of Americus, Kansas. Kasi was born at Emporia, Kansas on March 18, 1994, the daughter of Steven G. Hart and Amie L. Germann Hart. Surviving family members include: her parents, Amie Hart, Americus, Kansas and Steven Hart,...
Jacquelyn Wamser
Sep 5, 2010
Jacquelyn Wamser, 99, of Denver, Colorado died September 5, 2010 at Apple Ridge Assisted Living in Denver, Colorado. Jacquelyn was born on November 12, 1910 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of John P. (Swede) and Nell L. (Stephens) Nelson. She married Clarence H. Wamser in Emporia, Kansas on April 25, 1944. They later divorced. Surviving family members include: Son:...
Norman Joseph Brinkman
Sep 5, 2010
Norman Joseph Brinkman (87), Lyon County egg producer, farmer, and livestock owner, died Sunday, September 5, 2010 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Norman Joseph Brinkman, the son of Joseph and Anna Fladung Brinkman was born October 1, 1922 on the family farm west of Olpe. He attended St. Joseph School and graduated in 1940. He married Mary Dee Archer on...
Mildred Lydia Bura
Sep 4, 2010
Mildred Lydia Bura, 88, of Emporia, died on Saturday, September 4, 2010 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Mildred was born February 2, 1922, the daughter of Walter and Lydia (Schultz) Bahre. She married Aaron Alfred Bura on September 15, 1946 in McPherson, Kansas. He survives of the home. Other survivors include: Son: Dennis Bura of Lilburn, Georgia Daughters: Rose...
Evelyn D. Scheve Rodgers
Aug 31, 2010
Evelyn D. Scheve Rodgers of Olpe passed away Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at the Golden Living Center in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. She was 76. Evelyn Dora Hoch, the daughter of Clem A. and Agnes Schneider Hoch was born Feb. 18, 1934 in Madison, Minnesota and grew up in Lacona, Iowa. She married Edward Scheve August 13, 1955 in Bauer, Iowa....
H. Justine Curry
Aug 30, 2010
H. Justine Curry, 91, of Emporia, died on August 30, 2010 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor in Emporia, Kansas. Justine was born on February 17, 1919 in Greenwood County, southwest of Madison, the daughter of Daniel J. Curry, Jr. and Hazel Kates Curry. She is survived by several cousins. She is preceded in by her father Daniel J. Curry, Jr....
Mary Lorene Bethurem
Aug 29, 2010
Mary Lorene Edwards Bethurem M. Lorene Bethurem died Sunday, August 29, 2010 at her home in Emporia. She was 101. M. Lorene Edwards, the daughter of Robert John and Beatrice C. (Courtner) Edwards, was born May 28, 1909 in Lebo, Kansas. She Married William J. Bethurem in Lebo on October 18, 1928. He died August 22, 1987. She is survived...
Margaret B. Brown
Aug 28, 2010
Margaret B. Brown, 93, Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, August 28, 2010 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Kansas. Margaret B. Simpson was born at Clifton, Kansas on November 14, 1916, the daughter of Ezra and Try-Phena (Wagner) Simpson. She married Loren W. Brown at Manhattan, Kansas on October 2, 1935. He died May 4, 1987. Surviving family members include a daughter,...
Alvena Helen Ahrens Williams
Aug 27, 2010
Alvena Ahrens Williams, Emporia, Kansas, went home to be with her Lord on August 27, 2010. Alvena Helen Ahrens Williams was born September 7, 1931 in Alamos, Colorado to Alfred and Helen Jussel Ahrens. The Oldest Child, she grew up in the McCook, Nebraska area. She went to grade school in McCook. She moved to St. Francis, Kansas where she...
Elizabeth Elinor Lewis
Aug 23, 2010
Elizabeth Elinor Lewis, Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, August 23, 2010 at her home. She was 92. Elizabeth Elinor Hughes was born in Emporia, Kansas on January 22, 1918, the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Lloyd Hughes. She married James Trevor Lewis at Emporia, Kansas on September 29, 1940. He survives of the home. She is also survived by a daughter,...
Kathryn Lucile Duffield
Aug 20, 2010
Kathryn Lucile Duffield of Emporia died Friday, August 20, 2010 at Sterling House, where she had resided the last five years. She was 98 years old. She was born November 21, 1911 in Emporia, the daughter of Clarence Morris & Laura (Atkinson) Hughes. She married Homer Louis Duffield on September 3, 1938. He died June 21, 1963. Kathryn graduated from...
Eleanor Louise Blaufuss
Aug 13, 2010
Eleanor Louise Brinkman Blaufuss of Olpe died Friday, August 13, 2010, at Overland Park Memorial Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. She was 91. In recent years she had resided with her daughter and son-in-law, Mary Eleanor and Gary Baugh in Lenexa, KS. She was born September 29, 1918, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Theodore and Nellie Walker Brinkman....
Clyde Lesley Giffin, Jr.
Aug 12, 2010
Clyde Lesley Giffin, Jr., 84, of Waverly Kansas died August 12, 2010 at the Sunset Manor in Waverly. Clyde was born on June 13, 1926 in Waverly, Kansas the son of Clyde Lesley and Theresa Lorene Noblett Giffin. He married Helen E. Gibson, she died on March 2, 1968 in Topeka, Kansas. He later married Bertha L. Stevens in 1969...
Doris Louise French
Aug 11, 2010
Doris Louise French, Emporia, Kansas, died at the Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia, Kansas on August 11, 2010. She was 82. Doris Louise Figueroy was born in Maryland on October 5, 1927, the daughter of Henry and Helen Figueroy. She married Eldon Everett at Leavenworth, Kansas in 1950, they later divorced. She married Ralph French, and they later divorced. Surviving...
Alice "Winnie" Winifred Gatewood
Aug 11, 2010
ALICE WINIFRED GATEWOOD, Emporia, Kansas, died at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at the age of 92. Alice Winifred “Winnie” Grimsley was born at Americus, Kansas on May 5, 1918, the daughter of John and Anna Christensen Grimsley. She married Carroll Gatewood at Emporia, Kansas on May 9, 1941, at which time she moved to Emporia....
Laura A. Redeker
Aug 8, 2010
Laura A. Redeker, 89 a longtime resident of Olpe, Kansas died on August 8, 2010 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor in Emporia. Laura was born on July 9, 1921 in Olpe, Kansas the daughter of George and Frances Weber Dieker. She married John F. Redeker on July 16, 1940 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Olpe, Kansas. He died...
Marvin Nicholas Messerschmidt
Aug 7, 2010
Marvin N. Messerschmidt died Saturday August 7, 2010 at his home. He was 77. Marvin Nicholas Messerschmidt, the son of Matthew and Teresa (Leise) Messerschmidt, was born December 18, 1932 in Colwich, Kansas. He married Ruth Hogwood July 7, 1957 in Emporia. They later divorced. He then married Janice Merscick on July 7, 1975. They later divorced. He is survived...
Helen Theresa Windle
Aug 1, 2010
Helen Theresa Katzer Windle, 77 of Olpe, Kansas died on August 1, 2010 at her home. Helen was born April 8, 1933 in Greeley, Kansas, the daughter of Francis and Josephine Egidy Katzer. She married Fred Oliver Windle on June 17, 1958 in Greeley, Kansas. He survives at the home. Other surviving family members include: Sons: Francis Windle of Garnett,...
