Dianne Heins
Dec 30, 2014
Dianne Heins, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at her home on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at the age of 70. The daughter of Loren D. and Novella E. I. (Lodle) Merry, Dianne was born in Emporia on September 27, 1944. She married Kenneth C. Heins, and they later divorced. Surviving members of the family include: her son, Randy S. Heins, his...
Frank A. Childers
Dec 30, 2014
Frank A. Childers, 89, Emporia, Kansas, died at Emporia Presbyterian Manor on Tuesday, December 30, 2014. Funeral services will be held at Grace United Methodist Church, Emporia’ on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at 1:30 P.M. Services conducted by Pastor Susan Daniel-Brey of the church. Interment will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, with military honors by Ball-McColm Post #5, American...
Mary Alice Stewart
Dec 28, 2014
Mary A. Stewart, 84, of Americus, Kansas, died Sunday, December 28, at her home in rural Americus. Mary Alice Jamison was born July 4, 1930 to Herbert R. and Margaret Hadden Jamison in McDonald, Pennsylvania, where she lived until her marriage. She married Leslie Alfred Stewart on October 10, 1959 in McDonald, Pennsylvania. They had 45 years together, as Leslie...
Liliana E. Heredia-Taylor
Dec 28, 2014
Liliana E. Heredia-Taylor, 60, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away on December 28, 2014 at her home. Liliana was born on September 21, 1954 in Tucuman, Argentina, the daughter of Richardo and Elena Heredia. She married Jim Taylor on September 9, 2000 at Las Vegas, Nevada. He survives of the home. Other survivors include: a daughter, Naomi Oster of Austin, Texas;...
Ray Kenneth Colaw, Jr.
Dec 24, 2014
Ray Kenneth Colaw, Jr., 85, of Harlingen, Texas, died Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at the Harlingen Medical Center. Ray was born March 1, 1929 at Rest, Kansas, the son of Ray Kenneth and Clara Caroline (Muninger) Colaw. He was a graduate of Emporia High School in Emporia, Kansas, and owned Colaw Auto Services. He was well known for his passion...
John Alan Lostutter
Dec 20, 2014
John Alan Lostutter, Emporia, Kansas, died at Stormont-Vail Healthcare, Topeka, Saturday, December 20, 2014, at the age of 67. A memorial service will be held at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia, on Monday, December 29, 2014 at 10:30 A.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Bob Colerick, First Christian Church of Emporia. Casual dress is requested. Cremation has occurred. Inurnment...
Joyce M. Rose
Dec 19, 2014
Joyce M. Rose, 81, of Newton, Kansas, died Friday, December 19, 2014 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita. Joyce was born on November 18, 1933, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Forest Alexander and Cora Fern Blackburn Arnold. She married Wallace “Jack” Rose on July 9, 1951 in Boone County, Arkansas. He died on September 5, 1994 in Newton. She...
David G. Lumley
Dec 6, 2014
David G. Lumley, Olpe, Kansas, died at his home on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at the age of 61. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Olpe, Kansas on Friday, December 12, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. The Mass will be celebrated by Father John Cordes of the church, and a member of the family, Father...
Phillip "Phil" Charles Myers
Dec 5, 2014
Phillip Charles Myers, 62, slipped away peacefully from this life on December 5th, 2014 at Plaza West Care Center in Topeka, KS. He was born on December 16th, 1952 in Emporia, KS to Franklin Myers and Gladys (Johnson) Myers. Phil grew up in Americus, KS where he attended Americus Elementary School and graduated from Americus High School. He followed up...
Bernard "Barney" Alfred Lee
Dec 4, 2014
Bernard “Barney” Alfred Lee, 86, of Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, December 4, 2014 at his home. Barney was born January 10, 1928 in Emporia, the son of Glen and Fern (Bernard) Lee. He was a farmer and a carpenter. Barney was a member of the United Methodist Church in Americus, Kansas and served in the US Army during WWII. Barney...
Mary "Susie" Guadalupe Villar
Dec 4, 2014
Mary Guadalupe “Susie” Villar 64, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away Thursday, December 4, 2014 at her home. Mary G. Mendoza, the daughter of Frank and Mary Mejia Mendoza, was born September 26, 1950 in Emporia. She married Augustine David Villar on October 18, 1969 at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Emporia. Lupe “Susie” worked as a bank teller for Emprise...
Connie L. Bischoff
Nov 26, 2014
Connie L. Bischoff, 78, Emporia, Kansas, died on November 26, 2014 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia. Connie, the daughter of Jim E. Walls and Helen R. Olsen Walls, was born on December 30, 1935 in El Dorado, Kansas. She married Rolland Mears in 1954, they were divorced. She later married Melvin Bischoff on February 2, 1975 in Emporia. He...
Keith "Kevin" Richmond
Nov 25, 2014
Keith Kevin Richmond, 49, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at his home. Kevin was born on September 4, 1965 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Keith Derald and Virginia Burhenn Richmond. Surviving family members include: mother, Virginia Richmond of Waverly, Kansas; sons, Eric Struttman of Topeka, Kaleb Richmond of Perry, Kansas; daughters, Taylor Richmond of Topeka, and...
Robert D. Stockton
Nov 23, 2014
Robert D. Stockton, Emporia, Kansas, died at his home Sunday, November 23, 2014 at the age of 91. Robert David Stockton was born in Los Angeles, California, on May 6, 1923, the son of Frank W. and Miriam A. (Pike) Stockton. He married Ruby Marguerite Ambrose in Jefferson City, Missouri on May 19, 1945. She died December 6, 2010. Among...
Charles Lester Schaefer
Nov 23, 2014
Charles Lester Schaefer, 55, of Emporia, Kansas, died on Sunday, November 23, 2014 at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. Charles was born on March 4, 1959 in Emporia, the son of Charles Ramon and Mary M. Housley Schaefer. Surviving family members include: mother, Mary Schaefer of Emporia; brother, Jay Schaefer of rural Reading, Kansas; uncle, Orville Lester Housley of...
Marie I. Krisle
Nov 20, 2014
Marie I. Krisle, 86, of Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, November 20, 2014 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. Marie was born on July 25, 1928 in Nashville, Kansas, the daughter of Curtis Lee and Bertha Louella Reed Mease. She married Howard Elmer Thomas on November 2, 1947 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. He died on March 4, 1959. Marie later met William...
Linda L. Hubert
Nov 19, 2014
Linda L. Hubert, 71, formerly of Emporia, Kansas,died Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Linda Lou McDaniel, the daughter of Laurence S. and Libbie Smith McDaniel, was born June 14, 1943 in Emporia. She had one brother, Larry L. McDaniel, who preceded her in death. She married Jim Hubert on May 22, 1966 in...
Norma M. Schreiner
Nov 18, 2014
Norma M. Schreiner, beloved wife of Raymond, died at her home in Olpe, Kansas on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at the age of 79. Norma Murphy was born in Olpe on January 5, 1935, the daughter of Roy and Lorene (Schmidt) Murphy. She married Raymond Schreiner in Olpe on May 21, 1955. Raymond died July 29, 2014. Surviving family members...
June Elaine Hull
Nov 17, 2014
June Elaine Hull, 82, of Emporia, Kansas, died on Monday, November 17, 2014 at her home. June was born August 16, 1932 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur C. and Martha J. Harris Kline. She married Clifton Hull, Jr. on November 5, 1950 in Great Bend, Kansas. He died on June 6, 2011 in Emporia. Surviving family members include:...
Myron Lee Van Gundy
Nov 11, 2014
Myron Lee Van Gundy, 88, of rural Reading, Kansas died Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka, Kansas. Myron was born on December 30, 1925 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of E.W. (Frate) and Gladys Ann Sedgwick Van Gundy. He married Linda K. Thomas on June 11, 1965 in Wichita, Kansas. She survives of the home. Surviving family members...
