Carolyn J. Williams
Mar 27, 2015
Carolyn J. Williams, 72, of Emporia, died March 27, 2015 at her home. Carolyn was born on July 11, 1942 in Ottawa, Kansas, and then raised in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Edwin Harry and Ruth Irene Ramsay Landis. She married Robert E. Williams on December 29, 1961 in Garnett. He died on July 20, 2004 in Emporia. Survivors include:...
Gloria Baxter
Mar 23, 2015
Gloria Baxter, 63, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2015 at Midland Care Hospice House in Topeka. Gloria Harder, the daughter of Calvin Spencer and Anna (Kayser) Harder, was born in Emporia, on April 11, 1951. She married Steve Baxter at Grace Assembly in Burlingame, Kansas, in 1988, and they later divorced, but remained lifelong friends. Surviving Gloria...
Larry Gene Hinrichs
Mar 22, 2015
Larry Gene Hinrichs, 56, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, March 22, 2015 at his home. Larry was born May 2, 1958 in Reading, Kansas, the son of Raymond and Ruth (Vogts) Hinrichs. He married Debra Gates and they later divorced. He then married Cynthia Grady on October 19, 2001 in Emporia. She survives of the home. Other survivors include:...
Lois Nadine Hanson
Mar 16, 2015
Lois Nadine Hanson, 87, of Emporia, Kansas, and formerly of Hamilton, Kansas, died on Monday, March 16, 2015 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Lois was born on April 20, 1927 in Madison, Kansas, the daughter of Burl Victor and Margaret Clarice Leamon Milner. She married William R. Hanson on August 30, 1945 in Emporia. He survives. Other survivors include: son,...
Joyce Anne Courtney
Mar 16, 2015
Joyce Anne (Gibbs) Courtney, 94, of Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, March 16, 2015 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor apartments. Joyce Anne Gibbs, the daughter of Lloyd Raymond and Mamie Eugenia (Fuller) Gibbs Simkins, was born January 2, 1921 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Her father, Lloyd died when she was seven months of age, and she was raised by her mother...
Melvin "Mel" C. Reed
Mar 8, 2015
Melvin C. Reed, 60, of Olpe died Sunday, March 8, 2015, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. Mel was born on November 13, 1954 in El Dorado, Kansas, the son of Vaney and Pauline Olive Crabtree Reed. He married Jeanette M. Redeker on February 14, 1981 in Emporia, Kansas. She survives. Other survivors include: son, Joe Reed and wife Tiffany...
Opal L. Hoyt
Mar 7, 2015
Opal L. Hoyt, Topeka, Kansas, and formerly of Emporia, died at her home on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at the age of 86. Opal L. McCoy, the daughter of Johner Nathaniel and Edith (Bohard) McCoy, was born on July 8, 1928 near Hamilton, Kansas. She and Harold E. Hoyt were married at Hartford, Kansas on August 11, 1946. He passed...
Ronnie Gail Adee
Mar 5, 2015
Ronnie Gail Adee, 60, of Allen, Kansas, died Thursday, March 5, 2015 at his home. Ronnie was born October 24, 1954 in Twin Falls, Idaho, the son of Gaylord Marion and Benny (Hinchey) Adee. He married Ellen Louise Huhs in Kent, Washington on August 16, 1974. She survives of the home. Other survivors include a son, Brian Adee of New...
Marcia Kay Clark
Mar 4, 2015
Marcia Kay Nunemaker Clark, the daughter of Joseph Wesley and Twila Virl (Reece) Nunemaker was born September 10, 1944 at Hutchinson, Kansas. She died at her home in Emporia on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at the age of 70. Mrs. Clark is survived by her sons, Wesley Kunkel, Emporia, and Ron (Melanie) Kunkel, Waverly, Kansas; brother, Wayne Nunemaker, Tulsa, Oklahoma;...
Harold W. Shaw
Feb 28, 2015
Harold W. Shaw, 56, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, February 28, 2015 at his home south of Emporia. Harold Wayne Shaw, the son of James and Elsie Lucille (Scobee) Shaw, was born April 29, 1958 in Mansfield, Missouri. He worked as an operator at the Emporia Water Treatment Plant for five years. He is survived by a son, Travis Shaw...
Dr. Marion P. Emerson
Feb 27, 2015
Dr. Marion P. Emerson, 97, retired ESU professor, died Friday, February 27, 2015 at his home. Marion was a mathematics professor for 35 years. He taught at Harper College (SUNY), and Southwest Missouri State College (MSU), before coming to Kansas State Teachers College (ESU) where he taught 26 years and was Mathematics Department Chair from 1961-1979. Marion Preston Emerson, the...
Richard "Dick" Dixon
Feb 25, 2015
Richard “Dick” Dixon, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at the age of 87. Memorial services will be on Monday, March 2, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. Cremation will occur following the service. Dick was born in Yakima, Washington, on April 5, 1927, the son of Lester and Alice...
Maxine Lucille Gasso
Feb 23, 2015
Maxine Lucille Gasso, 79, Emporia, Kansas, died February 23, 2015 at Stormont-Vail Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas. Maxine Lucille Borlick was born in Cicero, Illinois, on February 15, 1936, the daughter of Max and Lucille (Muranski) Borlick. She is survived by her life partner, Curt Kinzie, Emporia; daughters, Lynn Crabtree, Kenefick, Texas, and Susan Gasso-Arnold, Keller, Texas; son, Mark Gasso, Rapid...
Ralph Bond, Jr.
Feb 22, 2015
Ralph Bond, Jr., 65, of rural Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, February 22, 2015 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. He is survived by his wife of 44 years Monica Bond; a son, Scott Bond (Pamie) of Pensacola, Florida; daughters, Stephanie Taylor (Jesse) of Emporia, and Kelly Robbins (Ian) of Topeka; brother, Walter Bond of Atkins, Arkansas; sisters, Tressa Keeling of Clinton,...
Mary Maxine Schaefer
Feb 22, 2015
Mary Maxine Schaefer, 76, of Emporia, Kansas, died on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Mary was born on June 18, 1938 in Emporia, the daughter of Orville Lester and Mary Emma Porter Housley. She married Charles Ramon Schaefer on July 28, 1957 in Emporia. He died April 16, 2007 in Emporia. Surviving family members include: son, Jay...
Philip Wayne Brand
Feb 22, 2015
Philip W. Brand, 60, of Americus, Kansas, died Sunday, February 22, 2015 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Philip Wayne Brand, the son of Philip E. and Leta Schermerhorn Brand, was born August 1, 1954 in Garnett, Kansas. He married Deborah Louise Picolet on June 11, 1977 in Emporia. She survives of the home. Other survivors include: a son, Patrick John Brand,...
Harold Lloyd Haley
Feb 19, 2015
Harold Lloyd Haley, 89, of Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, February 19, 2015 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Harold was born September 10, 1925 in Olpe, Kansas, the son of Winfield Scott & Ellen (Dunn) Haley. He worked for Panhandle Eastern in Olpe and Alva, Oklahoma, retiring in 1985. Harold served in US Navy on the USS Alabama during WWII....
Rickie Hinrichs
Feb 4, 2015
Rickie Hinrichs, 62, Emporia, Kansas, was found dead at his home on Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Rickie was born April 2, 1952 in Emporia, the son of William W. and Hazel M. (Vogts) Hinrichs. He is survived by his sisters, Rita Miller, Osage City, Kansas, and Ella M. Palm, Roeland Park, Kansas; daughter, Soon Lee Hau, South Korea; and six...
Deloras Mae Lee
Feb 1, 2015
Deloras M. Lee, 78, of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, died Sunday, February 1, 2015 at her daughter’s home in Cottonwood Falls. Deloras Mae Drummond, the daughter of Donald William and Hazel Marie Counsellor Drummond, was born on April 15, 1936 in Strong City, Kansas. She married Louis Alexander Wilder in Topeka, Kansas. He preceded her in death. She later married Roy...
Loretta J. Miller
Jan 28, 2015
Loretta J. Miller, Emporia, Kansas, formerly of Newton, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Holiday Resort, Emporia, at the age of 82. Loretta VanKley was born in Hammond, Indiana on August 8, 1932, the daughter of Rev. Albert and Grace (Wagner) VanKley. Loretta was united in marriage with Norman R. Miller in 1951 in Newton. He passed away on...
