Chester Howard Wamser
Jan 4, 2018
Chester Wamser, 64, Harveyville, Kansas, died Thursday, January 4, 2018 at his home. Chester Howard Wamser was born May 13, 1953 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Preston Eugene and Mary Ellen (Helberg) Wamser. Surviving family members include his daughters; Marcie (Michael Bartlett) Wamser, Emporia, KS, Charla Wamser, Myrtle Beach, SC, Hannah ( Randy ) Gerberding, Mayfield, KS Josie (Dustin)...
Wilbert Martin Hinrichs
Jan 3, 2018
Wilbert M. Hinrichs, 97, Olpe, passed away at the Flint Hills Manor Care Center Wednesday evening, January 3, 2018. Wilbert Martin Hinrichs was born on a farm southwest of Olpe, Kansas on September 29, 1920, the son of Martin G. and Lena (Pohl) Hinrichs. Wilbert married Louise (Kuhn) Sylvester at Canton, Kansas on June 4, 1961. She survives. Together with...
Deeanne Richard
Dec 30, 2017
DeeAnne Richard of Emporia, died on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. She was 66. DeeAnne was born on July 22, 1951 at the Burtonwood Air Force Base in England, the daughter of Herman and Doreen Jean Sharpton Byers. She married Dan Richard on November 21, 1978 in Emporia, Kansas. He survives at the...
Isabel L. Wheat
Dec 30, 2017
Isabel L. Wheat, 93, of Emporia died Saturday, December 30, 2017 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. The funeral service will be at 1:30 P.M. Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett. Her daughter Adel Burhenn will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Emporia Friends of the Zoo may be sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett. Isabel...
Frances Kay Ripley
Dec 30, 2017
Frances Kay Ripley, 74 of rural Americus, Kansas died Saturday, December 30, 2017 at the Golden Living Center in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Frances was born April 21, 1943 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of George and Constance (Erickson) Luginsland. She was a homemaker. Frances enjoyed sewing, canning, and gardening. Frances married Joseph Todd in November of 1965. They later divorced....
Lucille A. Trear
Dec 29, 2017
Lucille A. Trear, 86 of Olpe, Kansas died Friday, December 29, 2017 in Olpe. Lucille was born September 6, 1931 in Olpe the daughter of Seraphin F. and Anna D. (Fitzpatrick) Wendling. She was a graduate of St. Joseph High School in Olpe. Lucille worked as the school secretary at USD #252 Harmony Hill School for 27 years. She retired...
George Donald Forrester
Dec 29, 2017
George Donald Forrester, 80, died on Friday, December 29, 2017, at Comfort Care Home of Wichita, KS. He was born to Donald Dean and Virginia May (Burnap) Forrester in Emporia, Kansas where he was raised. George followed various career paths. He retired as a Warrant Officer 3 from the Kansas National Guard after 23 years of service. Of all his...
Sandra Sue Atchison
Dec 29, 2017
Sandra S. Atchison, 77, of Emporia died Friday, December 29, 2017 at her home. Cremation is planned with a private family service held later. Sandra Sue Johnson the daughter of Vernon and Elizabeth Williams Johnson was born August 25, 1940 in Emporia. She married Kenneth M. Saffer on November 26, 1960 in Emporia. They later divorced. He died on November...
Geraldine Irene Burden
Dec 29, 2017
Geraldine Irene Burden, 93, of Emporia died on Friday, December 29, 2017 at her home. Geraldine was born on September 27, 1924 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Jack and Dorothy Jones Glenn. She married William C. Burden on March 4, 1943 in Emporia. He died on October 24, 2007 in Emporia. Surviving family members include: sons, Virgil Burden of...
Elsie Mae Bohm
Dec 28, 2017
Elsie Mae Bohm, 91 of Emporia, Kansas died Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Elsie Mae Fidermutz was born January 27, 1926 on a farm near Humboldt, Nebraska. Her parents were Albinia and George Fidermutz. Elsie attended Union Star country school thru the 8th grade and graduated. Then she attended Humboldt High School 4 years and...
Donald Jay Smith
Dec 25, 2017
Donald Jay Smith, 81, Emporia, Kansas, passed away December 25, 2017 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Don was born June 12, 1936 at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, the son of John Howard and Doris Maurine (Lilly) Smith. Don and Leonita Boan were married in Emporia, Kansas on January 29, 1956. She survives. Also surviving Don are two daughters; Regina (Larry)...
James E. Schreck
Dec 25, 2017
James E. Schreck, 70, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Monday, December 25, 2017 at Flint Hills Manor Care Center, Emporia. James was born August 19, 1947 in Emporia, Kansas, the son on Sylvester and Evelyn (McGlinn) Schreck. He married Christy Burch in Emporia on August 9, 1980. She survives. Mr. Schreck was preceded in death by his brother, Brother John Schreck,...
Ann Marie Peet
Dec 24, 2017
Ann Marie Peet, 59, died on Sunday, December 24, 2017 at Pratt House in Ottawa, Kansas surrounded by her friends and family. Ann was born on November 15, 1958 in Albuquerque, New Mexico; she was the adopted daughter of Irl E. and Ruby Dreasher Peet. She is survived by two brothers, Lawrence Peet and his wife Betty of Kansas City,...
Terry Lynn Ford
Dec 23, 2017
Terry Lynn Ford, 55 of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Terry was born December 26, 1961 in Emporia the son of Robert E. and Lorene Carol Ford. He worked at Emporia State University for 25 years. Terry was an avid Kansas City Chiefs fan and a longtime season ticket holder. He also...
Roy E. Helums
Dec 22, 2017
Roy E. Helums, 81 of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, December 22, 2017 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Roy was born January 12, 1936 in Norwood, Missouri the son of Noel and Verba (Hurt) Helums. He worked in maintenance at the Kansas Turnpike Authority for 23 years. Retiring 24 years ago. Roy served in the US Army during the Korean...
Sylvia S. Klumpe
Dec 21, 2017
Sylvia S. Klumpe passed away at her home on Thursday, December 21, 2017 surrounded by her family after a courageous 16 month battle with bile duct cancer. She was 81. The daughter of Elizabeth C. Decker Lantz and Melvin E. Lantz, Sylvia was born August 23, 1936 in Emporia, KS and graduated from Hartford High School in 1954. She married...
Glenn E. Johnson
Dec 19, 2017
Glenn E. Johnson, 92, of Emporia, died Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Holiday Resort Care Center. Glenn Edward Johnson, the son of Edward O. & Fern Austin Johnson was born April 11, 1925, on the family farm near Miller. He married Lois Florine Galutia on June 22, 1952 in Miller. She preceded him in death on January 8, 2017. He...
Twila Lou Fowler
Dec 18, 2017
Twila Lou Fowler of Emporia died on Monday, December 18, 2017 at the Rosewood Health Center in Independence, Missouri. She was 85. Twila was born on June 18, 1932 in rural Osage City, Kansas the daughter of John and Gladys Bloomquist Wills. She married Raymond Fowler on April 8, 1956 in Osage City, Kansas. He died on September 26, 2009...
Rolland Neil Gibson
Dec 18, 2017
Rolland Neil Gibson of Emporia died on Monday, December 18, 2017 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. He was 96. Rolland was born on November 3, 1921 in Mercedes, Texas the son of Wallace E. and Hazel F. Pearce Gibson. He married Carrie Burris on July 10, 1945 in Emporia. She died on July 2, 2016 in Emporia. Surviving...
Ray H. Woods, Jr.
Dec 17, 2017
Ray H. Woods, Jr., 81 of Overbrook, Kansas formerly of Neosho Rapids, Kansas died Sunday, December 17, 2017 at Doctors Hospital of Renaissance Health in Edinburg, Texas. Ray was born April 19, 1936 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Ray Hulley and Ruth B. (Shellman) Woods. Ray was a farmer and a welder. He served 6 years in the U.S....
