Mary L. Korte-Johnson
Apr 6, 2016
Mary Lee (Leona) Korte-Jonson, 73 of Hartford, KS passed away on April 6, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, KS. Mary was born September 18, 1942 in Olpe, KS to Robert and Charlotee (Fladung) Korte. Mary married William Gordon in 1970; they divorced in 1975. She is survived by her beloved family, husband of 27 years Jesse “Bud” Johnson,...
Marjorie I. Jones
Apr 6, 2016
Marjorie I. Jones, 94 of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Marjorie was born March 23, 1922 in Virgil, Kansas the daughter of Jesse and Anna (Neuenschwander) Storrer. She was a graduate of Emporia High School and a homemaker. Marjorie was a member of the First Christian Church in Emporia. Marjorie married Wayne E. Jones...
Patricia Weakley
Apr 2, 2016
Patricia Weakley, 65, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Patricia was born in Emporia, Kansas on October 6, 1950, the daughter of Dale and Jenny (Lawson) Weakley. She is survived by four children: Robert Brandt, Austin, Texas, Phillip Brandt, Emporia, Janette Storm, Scott City, Kansas, and Cristi Hailey, Valley, Center, Kansas; brothers, Danny, John,...
Sylvester Rodriguez
Apr 1, 2016
Sylvester Rodriguez, 86, Emporia, Kansas, died Friday, April 1, 2016 at Holiday Resort Care Center. Sylvester was born in Emporia on November 26, 1929, the son of Anastacio and Reyes (Torres) Rodriguez. He married Florence Drake February 14, 1970 in Emporia. She passed away in May of 2000. Surviving family members include his stepdaughter, Ce-celia Parks, Emporia; brothers, Joseph Rodriguez,...
Arthur D. "Art" Selves
Mar 31, 2016
Arthur David Selves, Jr., Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Stormont-Vail Medical Center, Topeka, on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at the age of 85. Arthur “Art” Selves was born at Saffordville, Kansas on September 25, 1930, the son of Arthur David (Sr.) and Ruby Irene (Hulett) Selves. He married Doris Virginia Wessell June 7, 1953 at Emporia, Kansas. They celebrated their...
Betty L. Scheve
Mar 29, 2016
Betty L. Scheve, 88, of Olpe died March 29, 2016 at her home. Betty was born on September 26, 1927 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Allen and Myrtle Murray Vickrey. She married Lawrence J. Scheve on January 31, 1946 in Emporia. He died on June 16, 1993 in Olpe. Surviving family members include: daughters, Phyllis Krueger and the late...
Doris Charlene Krone
Mar 27, 2016
Doris Krone August 3, 1929 - March 27, 2016 Doris Charlene (Vierth) Krone passed away Easter Sunday. Born in Chanute, Kansas, she graduated from Kansas State University. Doris selected Emporia, Kansas as her home in 1975, retiring from Emporia State University in 1995. Memberships include First United Methodist Church, UMW, Monday Night Circle, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Parliament Club, Civil Service...
Rose Marie Pfaff
Mar 24, 2016
Rose Marie Pfaff, 85, formerly of Olpe died Thursday, March 24, 2016 at the Catholic Care Center in Bel Aire. Rose Marie Haag, the daughter of Albert J. and Helen Rose Brown Haag was born on September 19, 1930 in Emporia. She founded the MIR House of Prayer in St. Joseph, MO. and served as chaplain for a St. Joseph...
Leonard L. Werner
Mar 21, 2016
LEONARD L. WERNER, 96, Emporia, died Monday, March 21, 2016 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Leonard was born January 11, 1920 at Kirwin, Kansas, the son of Otto F. and Charlotte (Nostrand) Werner. He married Wanita Riddle March 22, 1952 in Emporia. She died June 7, 1999. Surviving family members include his daughter, Christy Werner-Elliott, Council Grove, Kansas; grandchildren,...
Essie R. Scharenberg
Mar 20, 2016
Essie R. Scharenberg, 95, of Emporia died on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Essie was born on September 10, 1920 in Haywood, Oklahoma the daughter of Joe H. and Cora D. Martin Windle. She married George C. Scharenberg on August 17, 1949 in Olathe, Kansas. He died on September 20, 2009 in Emporia. Surviving...
Benjamin Franklin Whittredge
Mar 20, 2016
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN “BEN” WHITTREDGE, 92, Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, March 20, 2016 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, March 28, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Mass will be celebrated by Father Brandon Farrar of the church. Interment will be in the Admire Cemetery, Admire, Kansas. Military Honors rendered by...
Jeane B. Fanestil
Mar 19, 2016
Jeane Margaret Barlow Fanestil was born in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 23rd, 1926 to Ada Shidler and Milton Barlow. Mrs. Fanestil died on March 19, 2016 of influenza, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, and sepsis at the age of 89 in Chandler, Arizona. Throughout her life, she lived in Kansas and Arizona. Jeane received a bachelor’s degree from Kansas University in...
Don W Mcalister
Mar 18, 2016
Don W. McAlister, 87, Emporia, Kansas, died Friday, March 18, 2016 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Don Wendell McAlister was born March 8, 1929, the son of Arthur R. and Maude C. (Armour) McAlister. He married Edna M. Smith January 15, 1951 at San Diego, California. She died October 3, 1994. Don and Gladys L....
Rex William Hileman
Mar 17, 2016
Rex William Hileman, 81 of Emporia died Thursday, March 17, 2016 at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. Rex was born August 3, 1934 in Clay Center, Kansas the son of Howard and Marie Hileman. He had worked as a brick mason, security guard at Modine Manufacturing, and a truck driver. Rex was a driver for Dolly Madison Bakery when...
Stephen W. Shaw
Mar 15, 2016
Stephen W. Shaw, 71, of Emporia, died Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Steve was born November 24, 1944 in Yates Center, Kansas, the son of Max and Ruth Schade Shaw. He married Peggy Collins on July 5, 1969 in Hutchinson, Kansas. She survives at the home. Other survivors include: son, Jerod Shaw and wife Kayla...
Bernadette Caroline Hamman
Mar 15, 2016
Bernadette C. Hamman, 91, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at her home Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Bernadette Caroline Baalman was born May 4, 1924 at Grinnell, Kansas, the daughter of Anthony and Amelia (Ladenberger) Baalman. She married Wendell “Bud” Hamman in Burlington, Kansas, on September 19, 1943. He died May 22, 1990. She is survived by her sons, Danny Hamman (Kathy),...
Theresa O. Coble
Mar 8, 2016
Theresa Coble, 79, of Olpe, Kansas, died surrounded by her family, March 8, 2016. She was born on August 1, 1936, to Seraphin and Anna Wendling at the family homestead. She is survived by her best friends and siblings, Marie Russell, Emporia, KS; Sonny Wendling, Olpe, KS; Lucille Trear, Olpe, KS; Fr. Francis Wendling, Ava, Missouri; Joe Wendling, Olpe, KS;...
Jean Ann Wright
Mar 8, 2016
Jean Ann Wright was born March 8, 1955 in Emporia, Kansas and passed away March 8, 2016. She was the daughter of the late Dale and Jean Tyson Wright. Ann was in the nursing profession all of her adult life. She was a 1973 graduate of Hartford High School. She graduated from Flint Hills Area Vocational Technical School Practical Nursing...
Larry Owen Thurston
Mar 6, 2016
Larry Owen Thurston, 67, of Emporia, died Sunday, March 6, 2016 at his home, after a courageous 15-year battle with cancer. Larry was born on March 18, 1948 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Prentice Boyd and Lillian Gazella (Shumate) Thurston. Larry graduated from Elmdale High School afterwhich he attended a vocational school. Larry was previously married to Peggy Grundy,...
Judith Ann Tufts
Mar 5, 2016
Judith Ann Tufts, 66, died Saturday, March 5, 2016, at her home north of Emporia. Judith Ann Gehring was born Dec. 18, 1949, in Topeka, the daughter of Joseph and Ann (Beasterfeld) Gehring. She married John H. Tufts on May 19, 1973, in Reading. Mrs. Tufts is survived by her husband; daughters, Jennifer Munday (Jason), Emporia, and Jessica Tufts (Sherman...
