Raymond Schreiner
Jul 29, 2014
Raymond Schreiner, 81, Olpe, Kansas, died at his home Tuesday evening, July 29, 2014. Raymond was born in St. Peter, Kansas on May 8, 1933, the son of Leo and Lidwina (Riedel) Schreiner. He married Norma Jean Murphy at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Olpe, on May 21, 1955. She survives. Family members include: his wife; three sons, Craig Schreiner, Madison,...
Duane A. Desmarteau
Jul 27, 2014
Duane A. Desmarteau, 65, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2014 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Duane was born on August 29, 1948 in Stockton, Kansas, the son of Elmer and Velois (Bellerive) Desmarteau. He married Linda Yockey on August 21, 1971, in Wichita, they later divorced, and she passed away earlier. He married Roxanne Logan in Las Vegas, Nevada...
Roberta Effie Judd
Jul 27, 2014
Roberta Effie Judd, 90, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, July 27, 2014, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Roberta Effie Boles was born May 30, 1924 in Greenfield, California, the daughter of Edward L. and Edith (Fillmore) Boles. She moved to Kansas with her parents when she was only a few months old. She attended grade school and high school...
Sam K. Wagoner
Jul 27, 2014
Sam K. Wagoner, 84, of Emporia died on Sunday, July 27, 2014 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Sam was born on July 9, 1930 in Strong City, Kansas, the son of Fred E. and Gladys Sampson Wagoner. He married Marylou Fagan on January 3, 1951 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Emporia. She survives of the home. Other surviving family members...
Carol Jean Landis
Jul 26, 2014
Carol Jean Ward Landis, 76, of Emporia, Kansas, died on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Carol was born December 13, 1937 at Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Clifford D. and Thelma R. Ward. She and her parents moved to Emporia in 1940. She graduated from Emporia High School in 1955. She then worked part-time at Citizens National...
Eileen M. Golliher
Jul 18, 2014
Eileen M. Golliher, 90, of Emporia, died on Friday, July 18, 2014 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Eileen was born on September 4, 1923 in Meade, Kansas, the daughter of William F. and Nora E. Cordes Heinson. She married Robert D. Golliher on December 18, 1943 in Meade, Kansas. He survives. Other survivors are: her son, Richard Golliher and wife Becky...
Mary Gertrude Kuhlmann
Jul 18, 2014
Mary Gertrude Tholen Evans Kuhlmann, 106, died Friday, July 18, 2014 at Halstead Health and Rehabiliataion in Halstead, Kansas. Mary Gertrude Tholen, the daughter of Edward Bernard and Frances Mae King Tholen was born June 8, 1908 in Emporia, Kansas. She grew up and attended school in Emporia, graduating from Kansas State Teachers College with a degree in Elementary Education....
Juanita G. Gunkle
Jul 15, 2014
Juanita G. Gunkle, 84, Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Juanita E. Garriott was born at Canton, Oklahoma on July 20, 1929, the daughter of Charles M. and Helen R. (Boring) Garriott. She married Glen Dale Gunkle in Emporia on November 30, 1950. He died May 24, 1996. Juanita is survived by a daughter, Nancy...
Harry Gibbs Bird
Jul 10, 2014
Harry Gibbs Bird, age 94, died at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul, Kansas on Thursday, July 10, 2014. Born in Normal, Illinois on December 5, 1919, Harry was the youngest child of Isabelle Gibbs Bird and Herbert C. Bird. He graduated from Bloomington High School in 1939. At the advice of his father to avoid the infantry, he...
James "Jim" L. Wells
Jul 8, 2014
James L. Wells “Pappy,” age 60, of Emporia; an amazing man, son, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandpa and friend, passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2014 surrounded by family and friends. Jim will be greatly missed. Jim was previously employed at Leiszler Transport Co. and was a proud fireman of 24 years, retired from the Emporia Fire Department. Jim is survived by...
R. Marion Plummer
Jul 6, 2014
R. Marion Plummer, Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, July 6, 2014 at Magnolia Square Care Center, Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 88. Robert Marion Plummer was born in Emporia on April 18, 1926, the son of Robert and Roberta (Hamlin) Plummer. He and Paula Lowe were married in Emporia, on January 21, 1950. She died December 21, 1990. Surviving family...
L. Doris Traw
Jul 6, 2014
L. Doris Traw, 88, formerly of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, July 6, 2014 at Windsor Place Care Center, Iola, Kansas. Lela Doris Williamson, the youngest of eleven children of Arthur Eben and Laura May (Sime) Williamson, was born in rural Hartford, Kansas on September 10, 1925. She married Paul R. Traw at Burlington, Kansas on April 9, 1944. He died...
Glenn R. Palmer
Jul 6, 2014
Glenn R. Palmer, 82, retired barber, formerly of Emporia, died Sunday, July 6, 2014 9 in Shawnee, Kansas. He was born in Mapleton, Kansas, to Esker and Verna (Killion) Palmer on May 21, 1932. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Dolores; daughter and son-in-law, Amy Palmer and Lee Root, all of the home; a son, Ron Palmer...
Heidi Johanna Dixon
Jul 3, 2014
Heidi Johanna Dixon, 54, of Americus, Kansas, died on Thursday, July 3, 2014 at her home. Heidi was born on April 5, 1960 in Plattsburgh, New York, the daughter of Kenneth Martin and Marlene Kaherl Gustafson. She married Mark Dixon on September 9, 2000 in Emporia, Kansas. He survives of the home. Other surviving family members are: her sons, Matthew...
Robert Duane Watts
Jul 2, 2014
Robert Duane Watts, 74, of Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Duane was born May 28, 1940 in Emporia, the son of Daniel Newton Watts and Neva (Clemetson) Watts. He graduated from Kansas State Teachers College with a Bachelor’s of Science in Business. Duane married Ellen Sue Thomson on July 22, 1962 in Winfield,...
Michael "Steve" Steven Law
Jun 30, 2014
Graveside services for M. Steve Law will be held at the Patio Garden, Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, on Thursday July 3, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Susan Daniel-Brey, Grace United Methodist Church, Emporia. Military honors will be presented by Ball-McColm Post #5, American Legion, and Lowry-Funston Post #1980, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mr. Law...
Hobart "Sonny" Earl Minor
Jun 29, 2014
Hobart “Sonny” Earl Minor, Sr., 69, of Americus, Kansas died Sunday, June 29, 2014 at his home. Sonny was born April 26, 1945 in Embolton, Virginia, the son of Howard and Blanch (Herron) Minor. He worked 32 years in maintenance at Modine Manufacturing in Emporia, until retiring when the plant closed. Sonny enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was good at...
Leland "Red" Dean Rodgers
Jun 27, 2014
Leland Dean “Red” Rodgers, 84, Olpe, Kansas, died Friday, June 27, 2014 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Red was born at Beeler, Kansas on June 18, 1930, the son of Lowell J. and Beaulah (Brocher) Rodgers. He married Carol Johnson in Lindsborg, Kansas December 11, 1953, they later divorced, and she survives. He married Evelyn Scheve on June 22, 1984 at...
Agnes P. Pimple
Jun 25, 2014
Agnes P. Pimple, 90, Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday morning, June 25, 2014 at Sterling House, Emporia. Agnes P. DeLair was born in Wilmore, Kansas on July 29, 1923, the daughter of Ralph and Nellie (Carter) DeLair. She married Fred J. Pimple at Tonapah, Nevada on April 21, 1941. He died in Emporia on January 11, 1999. Surviving members of Mrs....
Ruth L. Sumner
Jun 23, 2014
Ruth L. Sumner, 88, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Monday, June 23, 2014 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. Cremation is planned. The memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, June 26, 2014 at Emporia Presbyterian West Campus, Westminster Presbyterian Church building, 1702 W. 15th, Emporia. Pastor Ron Phelps and Pastor Mike Sorsen will officiate. Burial will be...
