Ronald Francis Thompson
Oct 19, 2017
Ronald Francis Thompson, 78, of Hillsboro, Kansas died on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at the Hillsboro Community Hospital, Hillsboro. Ron was born on July 30, 1939 in Goodman, Missouri the son of Jesse Woodrow LeRoy and Grace Mildred Mitchell Thompson. He married Colleen Kay Tomlinson on May 5, 1959 in Eureka, Kansas. They divorced. He later married Patricia Joan Holt...
Helen Charlene Huston
Oct 18, 2017
Helen Charlene (Haucke) Huston formerly of Americus, died on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona where she had been living the past five years. She was 90. Helen was born on December 5, 1926 in Council Grove, Kansas, the only child of Charles and Sylvia (Porter) Haucke of Dunlap, Kansas. Helen attended Dunlap Elementary and High School graduation in...
Father Francis Lery Wendling, Ofm
Oct 16, 2017
Fr. Francis Lery Wendling, OFM, a native of Olpe, Kan., died Monday, October 16, 2017 at Our Lady of the Angels Friary in Ava, Mo. He was 83 years old and a Franciscan friar for 65 years. Born in Olpe, Fr. Francis attended St. Joseph Elementary School and completed high school at St. Joseph High School before attending St. Francis...
Donna Ruth Clifton
Oct 13, 2017
Donna R. Clifton, 93, formerly of Emporia died on Friday, October 13, 2017 at the Cambridge Court Assisted Living and Memory Care Community in Mesquite, Texas. Donna was born on April 29, 1924 in Blue Rapids, Kansas the daughter of Adolph and Mina Cole Trickel. She married Robert C. Clifton on March 5, 1942 in Douglas, Arizona. He died on...
Charles August Beardsley
Oct 12, 2017
Charles August Beardsley, 81 of Emporia, died Thursday, October 12, 2017 at the University Of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Charles was born September 10, 1936 in Emporia, the son of Arthur Virgil and Neva Mae (Motzkus) Beardsley. After high school Charles worked construction and helped in the building of the Kansas Turnpike. He then joined the US...
Eileen A. Gasche
Oct 11, 2017
Eileen Ann (Geiger) Gasche, of Olpe, Kansas passed from this world to join her husband Ward on October 11, 2017 surrounded by her five children. Eileen Ann Geiger was born July 27, 1927 on the family farm to Jacob and Anna (Boes) Geiger. She was the eighth of nine children. Eileen was united in marriage to Ward W. Gasche on...
Helen M. Ryno
Oct 11, 2017
Helen M. Ryno, 94, of Emporia died Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at the Holiday Resort Care Center. Her funeral will be 11:00 A.M. on Monday, October 16, 2017 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. Pastor Rob Clausen of the First Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be at Memorial Lawn Cemetery. The family will visit with friends at the funeral home from...
John Edward Peterson
Oct 7, 2017
John Peterson was the first dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the first dean of the Graduate School at Emporia State University; as such he was instrumental in shaping the transition from Kansas State Teachers College to ESU and in establishing ESU’s place in Kansas education. He also was involved in founding ESU’s Honors College, among...
Gloria C. Stewart
Oct 4, 2017
Gloria Catherine (Ritterhoff) Stewart, of Emporia, Kan., was born in Kansas City, Mo., on February 22, 1925, to Herbert Louis and Faye June (Gilbert) Ritterhoff. Gloria passed away October 4, 2017 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka Kan., with her family by her side. She was 92. Memorial services are planned at 3:00 p.m. Friday, October 27, 2017, at St...
Margaret "Marge" Elizabeth Sellers
Oct 3, 2017
Margaret “Marge” Elizabeth Sellers, 94 of Emporia, Kansas died Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Marge was born January 31, 1923 in Hope, North Carolina the daughter of James Arthur and Esther Mae (Haywood) Cooke. She moved to Wichita, Kansas at the start of WWII to work in one of the defense plants. While...
Mildred R. Romine
Oct 2, 2017
Mildred R. Romine, 92, of Emporia died Monday, October 2, 2017 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Mildred was born on December 14, 1924 in rural Lyon County the daughter of Howard A. and Leona Finnell Rees. She married Dean L. Romine on April 30, 1943 in Emporia. He died on October 29, 1986 in Emporia. Surviving family members include: son,...
Richard Gerald "Bud" Stapp, Jr.
Oct 1, 2017
Richard Gerald “Bud” Stapp. 70, Emporia, passed away at his home on Sunday, October 1, 2017. Bud was born in DeKalb, Missouri on December 5, 1946, the son on Richard G (Sr.) and Iona Lucy (Arnold) Stapp. Bud and Mary Beth Meers were married in Junction City, Kansas on August 21, 1970. She survives of the home. He is also...
Doris Ann Hanna
Oct 1, 2017
Doris Ann (Minich) Hanna (Mrs. Charles) 88, of Emporia, KS was born May 23, 1929 in Albuquerque, NM to J. Lloyd and Florence (Cann) Minich. She passed away on October 1, 2017 in Emporia, KS at Holiday Resort Care Center. Funeral services are planned for 2:00pm Friday, October 6, 2017 at the Emporia Presbyterian Church, 8th and Commercial. The family...
Robert D. Golliher
Sep 24, 2017
Robert D. Golliher, 94, of Emporia, passed away on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at Emporia Place, Emporia. Robert was born on July 9, 1923 at the family home east of Plains, Kansas, the son of Jerry and Verna Geisinger Golliher. He married Eileen Heinson on December 18, 1942 in Meade, Kansas. She died on July 18, 2014 in Emporia. Survivors...
Dennis D. Billbe
Sep 9, 2017
Dennis D. Billbe, 62, of Hartford died Saturday, September 9, 2017 at his home in Hartford. Cremation is planned with a private family committal in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery in Topeka at a later date. Dennis Dean Billbe, the son of Ernest D. and Virginia Fern Wallace Billbe was born November 15, 1954 in Maryville, MO. He had worked at Skinner’s Nursery...
Jesus Avila
Sep 5, 2017
Jesus Avila, 19, of Emporia died on September 5, 2017 in Emporia. Jesus was born on April 7, 1998 in Monterey Park, California the son of Jesus Avila Galvan and MariaVirginia Avila-Alanis. Survivors include: parents of Emporia; daughter, Azaira Mae Avila-Verde; sisters, Marilu Avila and Linda Janell Avila both of Emporia. He is preceded in death by his uncle Octavio...
Debra Lynn Ikerd
Sep 4, 2017
Debra Lynn Ikerd, 51, of Emporia died on Monday, September 4, 2017 at Newman Regional Health. Debra was born on September 24, 1965 at St. Mary’s hospital in Emporia the daughter of David H. and Joyce M. Roberts Wilhite. She married Randall S. Ikerd on May 7, 1994 in Emporia, Kansas. He survives at the home. Surviving family members include:...
Herbert "Herb" Lewis Schwien
Sep 3, 2017
Herbert “Herb” Lewis Schwien, 87, of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, September 03, 2017 at Emporia Place, his home for the last two years. Herb was born February 14, 1930 in Rocky Ford, Colorado, the son of Ferdinand and Leah (Grasmick) Schwien. He was a Division Manager at Citizen’s Utility Company – Colorado for 25 years, until his retirement 25 years...
Georgia Marie Haag
Sep 2, 2017
Georgia Marie Haag, 76 of Olpe, Kansas died Saturday, September 2, 2017 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Georgia was born February 2, 1941 in Smithville, Missouri the daughter of Warren L. and Hilda Marie (Marshall) Allen. She worked as a waitress at the Olpe Chicken House and retired from the deli at Dillons West in Emporia. Georgia was a member...
Dr. Dennis Eugene Schmitt
Sep 2, 2017
Dr. Dennis Eugene Schmitt, 73 of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, September 2, 2017 at his home. Dennis was born September 13, 1943 in rural Fairview, Kansas the son of John Merrill and Viola Magdeline (Meyer) Schmitt. He was a professor in the business school at Emporia State University for 42 years until his retirement 6 years ago. Dennis was an...
