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Roy Earl Crank

Roy Earl Crank

Oct 15, 2010

Roy Earl Crank, 70, of Emporia died Friday, October 15, 2010, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Roy E. Crank, son of Halla and Ann (Hanshell) Crank, was born on February 17, 1940, in Dayton, Ohio. He married Pamela Stockton on July 14, 1961, in Winterhaven, California. She survives of the home. Other surviving members of the family include: two...

Marcella "Sally" Peet

Marcella "Sally" Peet

Oct 14, 2010

Marcella M. “Sally” Peet, Emporia, died at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia, Kansas on Thursday, October 14, 2010. She was 85. Marcella M. Aufleger was born May 29, 1925, in Olpe, Kansas, the daughter of John and Catherine (Resenader) Aufleger. She married Willis G. Peet at Kansas City, Missouri, on April 9, 1949. He died September 20, 1996. Surviving family...

Raphael Henry Conrade

Raphael Henry Conrade

Oct 10, 2010

Raphael Henry Conrade, 90, of Emporia went to be with the Lord on October 10, 2010, at Newman Regional Hospital in Emporia. Raphael was born on February 5, 1920, in Olpe, Kansas, the son of Jacob and Bertha Meier Conrade. He married Leona Schmidt on February 21, 1944, at the Messiah Lutheran Church, Emporia, Kansas. She survives of the home....

Emelia Rangel

Emelia Rangel

Oct 8, 2010

Emelia Rangel, 89, Emporia, Kansas, died Friday, October 8, 2010, at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, Kansas. Emelia Luna was born in Emporia, Kansas on May 30, 1921, the daughter of Epitacio and Felipa Avaloz Luna. She married John Rangel August 22, 1942, in Emporia, Kansas. He died November 3, 1982, in Emporia. Surviving family members include four Sons:...

Kimberly Jo Olson-Schneider

Kimberly Jo Olson-Schneider

Oct 7, 2010

Kimberly Jo Olson – Schneider, 39, Americus, Kansas died as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident northwest of Emporia on Thursday, October 7, 2010. Kimberly Jo Olson was born in Council Grove, Kansas on December 31, 1970, the daughter of Kenneth and Kathi (Otto) Olson. She married Glenn Schneider and they later divorced. Surviving family members include...

Albert "Lee" Andrews

Albert "Lee" Andrews

Oct 6, 2010

Albert Lee “Lee” Andrews, Emporia, Kansas, died at Newman Regional Health on Wednesday, October 6, 2010. He was 81. Albert Lee Andrews was born March 3, 1929, at Emporia, Kansas, the son of Edwin Earl and Dorothy Lucile Spencer Andrews. Lee married Dorothy May Burden at the First United Methodist Church, Emporia, Kansas on September 11, 1948. She survives of...

Carmen Tabares

Carmen Tabares

Oct 4, 2010

Carmen Tabares, of Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, October 4, 2010, at the Jones Health Care Center, Emporia Presbyterian Manor. She was 89. Carmen Torres was born March 4, 1921, at Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Felipe and Socorro M. (Contreras) Torres. She married Antonio Tabares at Emporia, Kansas on March 10, 1942. He died February 17, 2008. Surviving members of...

Erline Yvonne Stow

Erline Yvonne Stow

Oct 3, 2010

Erline Yvonne Stow, 83, of Emporia died on October 3, 2010 at the Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. Erline was born on December 9, 1926 the daughter of Harold and Cecial Hollingsworth Maxson in Coffeyville, Kansas. She later married Stanley Stow on March 17, 1956 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He died in 1983 in Emporia, Kansas. Survivors include: Daughter, Nancy...

Merle Lee Sayre

Merle Lee Sayre

Oct 2, 2010

Mr. Merle L. Sayre, 82 of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, died October 2, 2010, at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, OK. He was a life-long farmer and stockman, farming in Lyon and Coffey counties in Kansas. Merle Lee Sayre was born August 21, 1928, to Ernest E. and Rosa E. Whetherholt Sayre at Burns, KS. In 1945, he moved with his...

Richard "Doc" Keeling

Richard "Doc" Keeling

Sep 22, 2010

Richard P. “Doc” Keeling, 79, Emporia, Kansas, died at his home Wednesday, September 22, 2010. Richard P. Keeling was born at Crawfordsville, Indiana on September 17, 1931, the son of Clifford and Bessie (Paire) Keeling. He married Judith Faulkner March 22, 1952, at Long Beach, California. She survives. Other family members include: Daughter: Joanne Denise “Jody” Gross and husband Tim...

Donald Edward Fanestil

Donald Edward Fanestil

Sep 21, 2010

Donald Edward Fanestil was born in Hoisington, KS on November 4, 1926 to Edna Olive and Edward Emmanuel Fanestil. Mr. Fanestil, 83, died of natural causes on September 21, 2010, in Chandler, AZ. Throughout his life, Don lived in Nebraska, Kansas, and Sun Lakes, Arizona. Don graduated from Emporia High School in 1943, and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business...

Mary Madge Shaw

Mary Madge Shaw

Sep 16, 2010

Mary Madge Shaw (92) formerly of Emporia, passed away Thursday, September 16, 2010, at the Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. Mary Madge Wining, the daughter of William Richard and Amy M. (Rehn) Wining, was born September 18, 1917, in Canton, Kansas. She spent her early life around Canton, graduating from Canton High School and later graduating from the Asbury Hospital...

Marilyn K. Dieker-Hall

Marilyn K. Dieker-Hall

Sep 13, 2010

Marilyn K. Dieker-Hall, Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, September 13, 2010, at Stormont Vail Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas. She was 59. Marilyn K. Dieker was born at Emporia, Kansas on August 28, 1951, the daughter of Donald H. and Cleta R. (Moon) Dieker. She married Terry Joe Hall at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia, Kansas, on January 15, 1972. He survives...

Debra C. Downs

Debra C. Downs

Sep 11, 2010

Debra C. Downs, 58 of Emporia, died on September 11, 2010, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Debra was born on February 16, 1952 in Enid, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles and Joyce Morlan Schneider. She married Gale Clair Downs on July 22, 1972 in Council Grove, Kansas. He survives of the home. Other survivors include:...

Marie J. Waterman

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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