Janis Vanpelt
May 24, 2015
Janis VanPelt, 73, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia. Janis was born on February 27, 1942 in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Minford L. and Louise M. Hall Lovett. She married Larry Dean VanPelt on February 19, 1977 in Wichita, Kansas. He died June 9, 2012 in Wichita. Surviving family members include:...
Jule F. Fowler
May 23, 2015
Jule F. Fowler (86), a lifetime resident of Lyon County, Kansas, died Saturday, May 23, 2015 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Cremation is planned, with a memorial service at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, May 30, 2015 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. Gene Smerchek, a lifelong friend, will officiate. A private family interment will be held at a later date in Chicago Mound Cemetery,...
Dolores "Dee" Erma Long
May 23, 2015
Dolores “Dee” Erma Long, 97, of Emporia, Kansas, died on Saturday, May 23, 2015 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Dolores was born on August 7, 1917 in Holyrood, Kansas, the daughter of William and Lula Schnellbacker Ehler. She married Melvin “Shorty” Long in McPherson, Kansas on Flag Day in 1941. He died on April 10, 1969 in Emporia....
Glenn Leroy Belt
May 21, 2015
Glenn Leroy Belt, 80, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2015 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Glenn was born December 15, 1934 in Council Grove, Kansas, the son of Henry Jefferson and Mary Elizabeth Clark Belt. Upon graduation from Emporia High School, he worked for the DeBauge Brothers for thirteen years. He later owned and operated a Standard Oil...
Juanita R. Kennison
May 19, 2015
Juanita R. Kennison, 93, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Juanita was born on July 17, 1921 in El Reno, Oklahoma, the daughter of Ross B. and Rebecca Yeo DeWeese. She married Kenneth Kennison on June 5, 1937 in Emporia. He died on November 4, 1985 in Emporia. Surviving family members include: sons, Kenneth...
Dorothea Perrier Kaesler
May 17, 2015
Dorothea Perrier Kaesler, 76, died Sunday morning, May 17, 2015, in Jacksonville, Florida. Dorothea was born in Olpe, Kansas, to Ernest and Frances Perrier on June 27, 1938. After completing high school in Olpe, she began a lifelong dedication to her faith, serving initially as a postulant in the Catholic Convent in Concordia, Kansas. Following her service in Concordia, she...
Ilda Maurine Kline
May 12, 2015
Ilda Maurine Kline, 96, of Emporia, Kansas, died on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Ilda was born on August 5, 1918 in Eureka, Kansas, the daughter of Cread and Hazel Bailey Souders. She married Fred “Ted” Brooks Kline on November 16, 1962 at the First Christian Church in Emporia. He died on July 10, 2010 in Emporia....
Marjorie Helen Rose
May 11, 2015
Marjorie Helen Rose, 89, passed away Monday, May 11, 2015 at her home in Emporia. Marjorie Helen Coffman was born in Boston, Massachusetts on December 19, 1925, the daughter of Earl R. and Edith (Seeliger) Coffman. She married Edward Lee Rose July 22, 1947, in Newkirk, Oklahoma. He died March 15, 2001 in Topeka, Kansas. Surviving family members include her...
Emil "Joe" Joseph Schneider
May 9, 2015
Emil Joseph Schneider, 68, of Emporia, Kansas, died May 9, 2015 at Holiday Resort, Emporia, after a long battle with cancer. Joe was born on March 9, 1947 in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Emil John and Lucille Whinery Schneider. He married Jane Buenning January 29, 1972 and they later divorced. He is survived by his wife, Gloria (Ruby) Ogle,...
Mary Edwards
May 4, 2015
Mary Edwards, 88, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Monday, May 4, 2015 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Mary Celia Mejia was born May 31, 1926 in Neosho Rapids, Kansas, the daughter of Genovevo and Lupe A. (Delgadillo) Mejia. Surviving family members include her sons, Jim Edwards and Darwin Boisen, Souix City, Iowa and John Edwards and his husband, Dr. Jamie Proffitt, Bend,...
Elizabeth Conrade
Apr 30, 2015
Elizabeth Trear Conrade, Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, April 30, 2015 at Fredonia Regional Hospital, Fredonia, Kansas, at the age of 90. Elizabeth Trear was born April 8, 1925 on the family farm northeast of Madison, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph Simon and Anna C. (Keine) Trear. She attended Maydale School, rural Olpe. After graduation she helped on the farm of...
Norbert "Nub" August Hoelting
Apr 28, 2015
Norbert A. “Nub” Hoelting, rural Olpe, Kansas, died at his home on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at the age of 96. Norbert August Hoelting was born in Nazareth, Texas on May 17, 1918, the son of Henry Joseph and Elizabeth (Schroer) Hoelting. He married Mary Elizabeth Birkenfeld at Nazareth, Texas on October 17, 1939. She died January 16, 2011. Surviving...
Alice Bernice Conrade
Apr 25, 2015
Alice Bernice Conrade, 82, passed away, April 25, 2015 in Emporia, Kansas. Alice was born November 20, 1932 in Happy, Texas, to Carl Hugo and Alice Lorena Bauer Fehr. Her family moved to Lyon County in December 1933 where she lived the remainder of her life, graduating from Neosho Rapids High School in 1950. She married Albert Mathias Conrade of...
Wanda Jeanne Douglas
Apr 25, 2015
Wanda Jeanne Douglas, 87, of Americus, Kansas, died on April 25, 2015 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Wanda was born on February 16, 1928 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of John and Harriott Thayer Baker. She married C.E. “Gene” Douglas on May 20, 1945 in Emporia. He died on August 7, 2000 in Topeka. Survivors include: sons, Darrell Douglas...
Alice Evelyn Millerskow
Apr 20, 2015
Alice Evelyn Millerskow, 98, of Americus, Kansas, died Monday, April 20, 2015 at Holiday Resort, Emporia, Kansas. Alice Evelyn was born April 9, 1917 in Americus, the daughter of Frederick John and Lucy Eva (Stanfield) Warnken. She married Bendix Millerskow on April 15, 1940 in Clinton, Iowa. He died November 8, 1970 in Emporia. She is survived by son, Duane...
Brian Fredrick Benson
Apr 20, 2015
Brian F. Benson, 43, of Topeka, Kansas, died Monday, April 20, 2015 in an car accident. Brian was born April 22, 1971 in Bottineau, North Dakota, the son of Rick and Pat (Schulte) Benson. Brian loved making his family and friends laugh with his endearing silliness and clever sense of humor. He loved riding motorcycles and was a member of...
Dale E. Crook
Apr 20, 2015
Dale E. Crook, 86, rural Emporia, passed away at his home Monday afternoon, April 20, 2015. Dale Everett Crook was born on May 2, 1928, at Topeka, Kansas, the son of Floyd and Gladys (Sheldan) Crook. He married Betty McFadden June 21, 1948 in Santana, California; she died July 5, 1997. He later married Darlene (Foster) Standley in Topeka on...
Cynthia L. Thompson
Apr 17, 2015
Cynthia L. Ashburn Thompson, 57, of Emporia, Kansas, died Friday, April 17, 2015, at her home. Cindy was born on August 20, 1957 in Olathe, Kansas, the daughter of Larry and Karon Baker Ashburn. She married Daniel Thompson and later divorced. Survivors include: sons, Scott Ramirez and wife Amber of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, and Preston Ashburn and wife Amber of...
Jennifer Lynn Bechtel
Apr 15, 2015
Jennifer Lynn Bechtel, 21, rural Olpe, Kansas, died Wednesday, April 15, 2015 in a one-vehicle accident south of Hartford, Kansas. Jennifer was born at Emporia, Kansas on December 20, 1993, the daughter of Jim and Valarie (Norton) Bechtel, who survive. She is also survived by her grandmother, Dorothy Norton, Springfield, Colorado; aunts and uncles, Mildred and Phil Norton, Robin and...
Teresa Ann Parnell
Apr 13, 2015
Teresa Ann Parnell, 37, Americus, Kansas, died at Stormont-Vail Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas, on Monday, April 13, 2015. Teresa Ann Kinsey was born in Emporia, Kansas on May 8, 1977, the daughter of Verlin and Tammie (Collins) Kinsey. She married Richard Lee Parnell, Sr. on December 15, 1998 in Emporia. He survives. Other surviving family members include her sons, Richard...
