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...
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...
