Deanna Louise Buss
Jan 27, 2015
Deanna Louise Buss, 57, of rural Reading, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at her home. Deanna was born on April 30, 1957 in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Arlon and Frances Easton Tiffany. She married Rick Buss and later divorced. Surviving family members include: fiancé, Harry Whitaker of the home; son, Caleb Wayne Buss of Emporia; daughter, Ashley Marie...
Dorothy May Giffin
Jan 27, 2015
Dorothy May Giffin, 87, of Waverly, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Sunset Manor in Waverly. Dorothy was born on December 30, 1927, the daughter of Perry and Wanda Sorensen Phillips. She married Earl Alonzo Giffin on May 22, 1946 in Melvern, Kansas. He died on July 24, 2002 in Emporia, Kansas. Surviving family members include: son, Gayle Giffin...
Victor Ray Winter
Jan 26, 2015
Victor Ray Winter, 70, of Allen, Kansas, died Monday, January 26, 2015 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Victor was born October 6, 1944 in Marion, Kansas, the son of Ruben and Ella (Ebel) Winter. He worked as a meat cutter for several years at Iowa Beef Processors in Emporia, Kansas, and then the Allen Locker in Allen. Victor retired...
Betty Ann Dengler
Jan 25, 2015
Funeral services for Betty Dengler, 43, who passed away Sunday evening, January 25, 2015 at her home in rural Olpe, Kansas, will be held at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home on Friday, January 30, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Lucille Barb, of the United Methodist Church, Olpe. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery, south of Emporia....
Walter L. Graham
Jan 24, 2015
Walter L. Graham, 93, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Walter was born December 24, 1921 in Liberal, Kansas, the son of Logan and Margaret (Bruce) Graham. He attended Pratt Junior College, Independence Junior College and Wichita State University. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and served as a B-17 pilot...
Jerry Jim Bainum
Jan 22, 2015
Jerry Jim Bainum, 72, formerly of Centralia, Kansas, died on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia, Kansas. Jerry was born on September 16, 1942 in Arlington, Kansas, the son of Brice and Betty Ann Burgess Bainum. He married Linda M. Nelson on March 24, 1978 in Chanute, Kansas. Survivors include: his wife, Linda of Emporia; sons,...
Anita "Jo" J. Bitler
Jan 19, 2015
Jo Bitler, 87, Emporia, Kansas, died at Holiday Resort in Emporia on Monday, January 19, 2015. Anita Joyce “Jo” Cuadra was born in Homewood, Kansas on June 27, 1927, the daughter of Benjamin Samuel and Florence Katherine (Silverthorne) Cuadra. She married Daniel VanTress Bitler June 18, 1949 at Emporia. He passed away March 30, 1982. Surviving family members include: daughter,...
Larry Gene Schaefer
Jan 19, 2015
Larry Gene Schaefer, of Emporia, Kansas, was born on September 9, 1938 to Oscar and Mary (Pantle) Schaefer, in Emporia. Surrounded by his family, he passed away on Monday, January 19, 2015 at Life Care Center in Burlington, Kansas. Larry was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Mary Jane Viar of Overland Park, Kansas. Larry married his...
Jerilynn "Jeri" Joy Fish
Jan 18, 2015
On Friday January 23rd, we will be celebrating the life of Jerilynn Joy (Greig) Fish, devoted wife, loving mother, proud 'MeMa,' and cherished friend. Jeri went to be with the Lord Sunday, January 18, 2015 and will no longer be confined by ALS. Jeri was born to Charles and Edith Greig of Emporia, February 13, 1953. Jeri married her high...
Fernando E. Vergara Camero
Jan 18, 2015
Fernando E. Vergara, 69, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away peacefully and in the company of all his loved ones in Emporia on January 18, 2015. He had struggled with Leukemia for the past nine months. Fernando was born in Bogota, Colombia, to Samuel and Cochita Vergara. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Carmen Correa de Vergara. They...
Rubie Lee Vahsholtz
Jan 13, 2015
Rubie Lee Vahsholtz, 83, of Emporia, Kansas, died on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Rubie was born on June 5, 1931 in Geneva, Alabama, the daughter of Lee Roy and Cozie Owens McDuffie. She married Alfred Vahsholtz on August 16, 1958 in Emporia. He died on September 14, 2003 in Emporia. Surviving family members include:...
Mary Eileen Crook
Jan 7, 2015
The bluest eyes in Kansas closed for the final time on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 as Eileen Crook drew her final breath before she went to be with her Lord and Savior and be reunited with her one true love, John Russell Crook. What sights those blue eyes have seen in the 98 plus years that God shared her with...
Anna R. Allison
Jan 4, 2015
Anna R. Allison, 78, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2015 at her home. Anna Rusk, the daughter of John Cicero and Bonnie Chisolm Wheat Rusk, was born February 4, 1936 in Dallas, Texas. She married A.D. Allison on March 29, 1968 in Oklahoma. He preceded her in death. Anna was a retired business woman. She is survived...
David R. Hollond
Jan 4, 2015
David R. Hollond, 52, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, January 4, 2015 at his home. David was born September 18, 1962 in Paola, Kansas, the son of Bill and Billie (Bunyan) Hollond. He was a graduate of Emporia High School and owned and operated Dave’s Pumping Service and Emporia Truck Wash. He married Kim Turney on May 11, 1985 in...
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...
