Leonard Lurae Gordon
Jul 1, 2015
Leonard L. Gordon, 87, Americus, Kansas, passed away Wednesday morning, July 1, 2015. Leonard LuRae Gordon was born March 16, 1928 in Americus, the son of Stanley R. and Pauline (Birckett) Gordon. Leonard and Virginia Law were united in marriage on May 13, 1953. Virginia died December 12, 2005. Surviving family members include his son, Dr. Scott Gordon, and his...
Teia Carlene Payton
Jul 1, 2015
Teia Carlene Payton, 17, of Hartford died Wednesday, July 1, 2015 in Hartford. Teia was born on August 30, 1997 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of William C. and Annabelle McGinley Payton. She is survived by: parents, William and Annabelle Payton of Hartford; brother, John Payton of Bel Aire, Kansas; sisters, Ashley Payton of Emporia, and Corrine Payton of Hartford;...
Austin Dulsey Bachar
Jul 1, 2015
Austin Dulsey Bachar of Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, July 1, 2015, at Holiday Resort. Austin served in and retired from the United States Air Force. Cremation is planned with a memorial service at a later date.
Opal Hulda Nichols
Jun 29, 2015
Opal Hulda Nichols, 99, formerly of Olpe, Kansas, died Monday, June 29, 2015, at Fairlawn Heights Assisted Living in Topeka. Opal was born August 21, 1915 in Lyon County, Kansas, the daughter of Worda and Hulda Richard Dunkin. She married Scott “Bud” Viles on May 17, 1935 in Emporia, Kansas. He died in April 1959 in Osage City, Kansas. She...
Mabel Ann Shown
Jun 29, 2015
Mabel Ann Shown, 79, of Emporia, Kansas, and Alamo, Texas, died Monday June 29, 2015 at McAllen, Texas. Mabel was born January 14, 1936 in Reading, Kansas, the daughter of James and Etta Helen (Volz) Steen. Her mother died when she was a young girl and she was raised by her father and stepmother, Mildred (Pirtle). Mabel worked all of...
Marjorie "Marge" Ann Hagemann
Jun 28, 2015
Marjorie Ann Hagemann, Olpe, Kansas, passed away June 28, 2015, at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Marge was born at the family farm home in Olpe, Kansas, on June 26, 1932, the fourth of seven children, to John and Mildred (Morrow) Nuessen, and lived in the Olpe area all of her life. She married Donald Hagemann on April 19, 1952. He died...
Rev. Dr. William J. Imhoff
Jun 14, 2015
The Reverend Dr. William J. Imhoff, 88, of Emporia died Sunday, June 14, 2015, at his home. William Jason Imhoff, son of William Felix and Floria Elizabeth Howard Imhoff, was born June 24, 1926 at Gladstone, Oregon. After graduation from Oregon City High School he was drafted into the Army of the United States in September of 1944. He was...
Anita Robinson
Jun 10, 2015
Anita Robinson, 73, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away on June 10, 2015 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at Centro Cristiano de Emporia. She will be cremated following the service.
Harold Walter Schwinn
Jun 9, 2015
Harold Walter Schwinn, 65, Emporia, Kansas, passed away June 9, 2015, in Grand Junction, Colorado, while vacationing with his family. He was born October 7, 1949, in Leavenworth, Kansas, the son of Walter G. Schwinn and Leona R. Hubbel. On January 10, 1971, he married Delores A. Davis in Lincoln, Kansas. After graduating from Leavenworth High School in 1967, he...
Leona L. Ohm
Jun 1, 2015
Services for Leona L. Ohm, 98, longtime resident of Emporia, Kansas, will be at 10:30 A.M., Monday, June 8, 2015 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia. Mrs. Ohm died Monday, June 1, 2015 at Stormont-Vail HealthCare in Topeka. Pastor Norbert Tegtmeier of Messiah Lutherans Church will conduct the service. Burial will be in Bazaar Cemetery, Bazaar, Kansas. The casket will remain...
Marylin M. Hart
May 30, 2015
Marylin M. Hart, 80, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, May 30, 2015 at KU Medical Center. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M. Saturday June 6, 2015 at the Emporia Presbyterian Church West Campus (Westminster Presbyterian Church). Pastor Ron Phelps will officiate. The family will visit with friends after the service ends. Cremation will follow. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions...
Roger Wesley Fowler
May 28, 2015
Roger W. Fowler, 66, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2015 as a result of injuries sustained in a fire at his home. Roger Wesley Fowler was born in Emporia on February 22, 1949, the son of Willard “Bill” and Mabel Fowler. He is survived by his brother, Ivan Fowler, Emporia. He was preceded in death by his...
Mary Elizabeth Brust
May 27, 2015
Mary Elizabeth Brust, born October 30, 1929 in Hartford, Kansas to Rasmus and Alta (Rifenbark) Andersen, slipped free of her earthy bonds on May 27, 2015, and left us for her eternal peace and rest with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in Paradise. Mary was the youngest of four children. She was preceded in death by a son, Ralphie...
Danny Dee Cline
May 24, 2015
Danny Dee Cline, 66, died Sunday, May 24, 2015, after a year-long battle with cancer. He was born December 14, 1948 in Emporia, Kansas, to Earl and Ann (Newman) Cline. Danny was a graduate of Emporia High School, Kansas State Teachers College, and served in the US Navy from 1970 to 1974. Danny retired in 2008 after 32 years with...
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...
