Marion Johnson
Oct 26, 2014
Marion Johnson, 89, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. He was a retired trucker and school bus driver. Marion was born November 22, 1924 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was raised by his mother and stepfather, Lydia Strupp Sill and Reuben Sill. He is survived by a son, Brett Johnson of Emporia; two daughters, Brenda...
Clara Eckdall
Oct 24, 2014
Clara Regina Maurycy Eckdall was born in Schenectady, New York, in 1918, to Polish immigrant parents, Josephine, nee Draus, and Jan Maurycy. She was the youngest of seven children in a family devoted to education and a better life in the United States. Her father had been a blacksmith and her mother a head cook on an estate in Poland...
John H. Senn
Oct 23, 2014
John H. Senn, 90, passed away October 23, 2014, after a short stay at Holiday Resort, Emporia, Kansas. He was born March 14, 1924 in Emporia, the only child of Henry Senn and Tracy Mayes Senn. After graduating from Emporia High School, class of 1942, John served in the U.S. Army, 142nd AAA Gun Battalion at Battle of the Bulge,...
Billye Fruit
Oct 22, 2014
Billye (Authement) Fruit, 88, of rural Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Billye West was born July 3, 1926 at Granger, Texas, the daughter of Lee and Charlotte (Bean) West. She married LeRoy Authement September 29 1943. He died in 1977 at Lake Charles, Louisiana. Later, she married Dan O. Fruit on November 16, 1992...
Patricia M. Mercer
Oct 21, 2014
Patricia M. Mercer, 76, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at her home. Patricia May Davidson, the daughter of Wayne Harvey and Lillian Easterling Davidson, was born January 2, 1938 in Emporia. She worked at Longbine Chevrolet in the parts department for 25 years, retiring eleven years ago. She was a member of the First Christian Church. Pat...
Edwin W. Shepherd
Oct 21, 2014
Edwin W. Shepherd, Emporia, Kansas, died at Flint Hills Care Center on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at the age of 80. Cremation is planned. A memorial service will be held at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home on Friday, October 31, 2014 at 2:00 P.M., conducted by Allen Wilson, Victory Fellowship Foursquare Church, Emporia. Edwin was born in Gridley, Kansas on October 17,...
Stuart B. Johnson
Oct 18, 2014
Stuart B. Johnson, formerly of Emporia, Kansas, and a resident of Golden Living Center, Eskridge, Kansas, died Saturday, October 18, 2014 in Eskridge. He was 58. Cremation has occurred. A service of committal will be held in the churchyard of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Emporia, on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. The service will be conducted by Rev....
Lois E. Keating
Oct 16, 2014
Lois E. Keating, 96, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas. Lois McNulty was born in Waverly, Kansas, on May 23, 1918, the daughter of William C. and Grace (Hull) McNulty. She married Frank Keating in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas on March 1, 1940. He died in 1985. Surviving family members include her daughters,...
Jeanette Hoy
Oct 13, 2014
Jeanette Hoy, 75, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at her home on Monday, October 13, 2014. Frances Jeanette Hoy was born in Allen, Kansas, on April 8, 1939, the daughter of Ernest and Avanell (Bartram) Dilley. Surviving family members include: her husband, John P. Hoy, of the home; daughter, Gina Adams, Emporia; son, Tom Hoy, Indio, California; her mother, Avenell Wagaman,...
Roberto Reyes Carranza
Oct 12, 2014
Roberto Reyes Carranza of Emporia died Sunday, October 12, 2014. He was 56. Roberto worked at Tyson Fresh Meats for 20 years. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 12:00 P.M., Saturday October 18, 2014 at St. Catherine Catholic Church, Emporia, with Fr. John Cordes, Celebrant. Burial will follow at Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia. The Rosary will be recited...
Joan J. Henoch
Oct 12, 2014
Joan J. Henoch, 87, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, October 12, 2014 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Joan J. Johnson, the daughter of Wesley Johnson and Rachel Nance, was born May 30, 1927 in Manhattan, Kansas. She married Dean U. Henoch on July 29, 1945 in Junction City, Kansas. He survives of Emporia. Other surviving members of the family include: two...
Dorothy May Haynes
Oct 11, 2014
Dorothy May Haynes, 92, formerly of Emporia, passed away October 11, 2014, in McKinney, Texas. She was born February 27, 1922, in Alma, Kansas. Dorothy is survived by her sister, Helen Tenbrink of Rowlett, Texas; her four children, John Haynes of Shawnee, Kansas, Mark Haynes of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Janet Miller of Fairview, Texas, and Karen Bowers of LeCompton, Kansas,...
Harold Eugene Bedner
Oct 10, 2014
Harold Eugene Bedner, 80, of Emporia, Kansas died on Friday, October 10, 2014 at his cabin at Lake Kahola. Harold was born on December 7, 1933 in Emporia, the son of CJ and Lola Lee Tucker Bedner. He married Patricia Ross on June 26, 1954 in Emporia. She survives. Other survivors include: daughters, Dianne Smith and husband Gary, of Bushong,...
Harold Lloyd Stuttle
Oct 10, 2014
Harold Lloyd Stuttle 79, of rural Olpe, Kansas, died Friday, October 10, 2014 at University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City. Harold Lloyd Stuttle, the son of Harold Loyson and Hilda E. Joregenson Stuttle, was born May 10, 1935 on the family farm west of Olpe. He is survived by his sister, Gladys E. Toso, Emporia; his longtime companion, Marie...
Erma Jean Piper
Oct 9, 2014
Erma J. Piper, 85, formerly of Americus, Kansas, died Thursday, October 9, 2014 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia. Erma Jean Miller, the daughter of Curtis and Frances Viles Miller, was born on August 8, 1929 in Americus. She married Wallace Piper on August 12, 1948 in Emporia. He died August 28, 1988. She is survived by: two sons, Bruce...
Barbara Jean Hunter
Oct 9, 2014
Barbara Jean Hunter died October 9, 2014 at The Emporia Presbyterian Manor of congestive heart failure. She was born April 4, 1930 to Anna Misner Miller and Lawrence Miller, in Pittsburg, Kansas. Barbara spent her early years in Pittsburg, later moving to Topeka, Kansas and graduating from Topeka High School. A member of Kappa Delta Sorority, she graduated in 1952...
Mary Ethel Unruh
Oct 5, 2014
Mary Ethel Unruh, 83, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, October 5, 2014, at Golden Living Center in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Mary was born on August 24, 1931 in El Dorado, Kansas, the daughter of Ivan and Lena Blanche Griggs Cooper. She married Harry Franklin Unruh on June 21, 1951 at Cassoday United Methodist Church, Cassoday, Kansas. He died on November...
Lupe P. Torres
Sep 30, 2014
Lupe P. Torres, 90, of Emporia, Kansas, died on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Lupe was born on December 5, 1923 in Pittsburg, Kansas, the son of Atanasio and Pabla Perez Torres. He married Cecilia Solano on June 22, 1946 at St. Catherine Catholic Church, Emporia. She survives at the home. Lupe is survived by: sons,...
Betty Lou Gibb
Sep 27, 2014
Betty Lou Gibb, 98, died Saturday, September 27, 2014, at the Osage Nursing Center, Osage City, Kansas. Betty was born on December 6, 1915, in Virgil, Kansas, the daughter of Glen Dalton and Clara Augusta Wiggins Rose. She married Donald Ray Gibb on September 18, 1938 in Eureka, Kansas. He died on April 3, 2002, in Emporia. She is survived...
Ruth Viola Wiedmer
Sep 24, 2014
Ruth Viola Wiedmer age 94, of Emporia, Kansas, died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at her home in Emporia. Ruth was born on December 5, 1919 in McFarland, Kansas, the daughter of Ezra and TryPhena Wagner Simpson. She is survived by her son, Bruce Bertwell of West Plains, Missouri; her daughter, Mary (John) Forsythe of Emporia;...
