Obituary Listing

Jun 21, 2014

Kenneth D. Pearson, 85, of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, June 21, 2014 at his home. Kenneth Delos Pearson, the son of Raymond Alexander and Lola Olive Grewell Pearson, was born April 23, 1929 in Ottawa, Kansas. He married Patsy “Pat” J. Wagner on July 21, 1951 in Huntsville, Arkansas. She survives of the home. Other surviving members of the family...

Jun 20, 2014

Dowane L. Bartel, 79, of rural Madison, Kansas, died Friday, June 20, 2014, at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center in Wichita, Kansas. Dowane was born on December 8, 1934 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Frank and Rose Weichold Bartel. He married Karen Ann Holliday on January 19, 1958 in Emporia. She preceded him in death on February 2,...

Jun 18, 2014

Burnice C. Ace, 95, Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Burnice C. Cann was born in Caldwell, Kansas on October 9, 1918, the daughter of Sylvester and May (Gibson) Cann. Burnice married Franklin P. Ace in Kansas City, Missouri on February 8, 1942. He died on January 24, 1975. Surviving family members include: daughter,...

Jun 14, 2014

Daniel Edwin Pape, 91, of Olpe, Kansas, died Saturday, June 14, 2014 at his home. Daniel was born May 25, 1923 in Rural Alta Vista, Kansas, the son of Henry Walter and Minnie Christina (Kahle) Pape. He was a graduate of Climax High School. Daniel farmed in the Climax and Severy area; worked for the Santa Fe Railroad at Climax;...

Jun 11, 2014

Orville Karl Buttenhoff, Emporia, Kansas, passed away June 11, 2014 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, at the age of 75. Orville was born July 14, 1938 on the family farm at Lincoln, Kansas, to Karl & Lydia (Behrens) Buttenhoff. He was baptized and confirmed at Saint John Lutheran Church, Lincoln. He attended grade school at Saint John Lutheran School and graduated...

Jun 9, 2014

Clyde Nathan Davidson Jr. passed away at his home on June 9, 2014 at the age of 76. He was born in Kansas City Missouri on February 12, 1938, the son of Clyde Nathan Davidson Sr. and Geraldine Iris Wright. The family moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, and later to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he graduated from Will Rogers High School...

Jun 6, 2014

Norma J. Houck, 84, of Emporia died on Friday, June 6, 2014 at the Ottawa Retirement Village in Ottawa, Kansas. Norma was born on February 13, 1930 in Dunlap, Kansas, the daughter of William David and Mary Ruth Walker Mirfield. She graduated from Leroy High School and was a homemaker prior to working for Emporia State University in Bookkeeping for...

Jun 3, 2014

JaNell Dee Henery Leiszler, 65, Emporia, Kansas, died at Midland Care Hospice House, Topeka, Kansas on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. JaNell Dee Henery was born March 25, 1949 at Norfolk, Nebraska, the daughter of Earl and Alice (Trube) Henery. She married Richard Leiszler at Emporia; he survives. Surviving family members include her husband; son, Jacob Leiszler, Emporia; brothers, Rod Henery...

May 24, 2014

Michael H. Brown, 58, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, May 24, 2014 at KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Michael Howard Brown, the son of Howard and Bernice “Mickey” Brown was born January 16, 1956 in Kansas City, Kansas. He Married Jill Eudaley on August 14, 1982 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Emporia. She survives of the Home. Other...

May 23, 2014

Judith Anne “Judy” Satterfield (74), Emporia, Kansas, died Friday, May 23, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas. Judith Anne Baker, the daughter of Carl Albert and Iva Irene Frisby Baker, was born January 2, 1940 in Liberal, Kansas. Surviving members of the family include: one son, Brad Hackerott of the Kansas City area; two daughters, Tami Tipton...

May 20, 2014

Kenneth R. Ogle, 69, of Emporia, Kansas died Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Ken was born on April 28, 1945 in Stafford, Kansas, the son of Vernon and Grace Byers Ogle. He married Gloria Ruby, and they later divorced. On December 10, 1982, he married Deanna L. “Dee” Love Elbert in Emporia. She died on February 9, 2003. Surviving family members...

May 15, 2014

Wilma Lou Dorsey, 60, Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Saint Francis Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. Wilma Lou was born in Emporia on September 6, 1953, the daughter of William James and Mary Lou (Rogers) Dorsey. She had married Robert L. Evans, and later, Samuel J. Gardenhire, and was divorced from both. Surviving family members include: her mother,...

May 11, 2014

Clarence Robert “Junior” Martin, 90, of the Olpe/ Hartford, Madison/Lamont areas died Sunday, May 11, 2014, at the Burlington Life Care Center. Clarence was born August 20, 1923 in rural Lyon County, the son of C.R. Martin, Sr., and Mimia Lucy Wilson Martin. He married Lucille B. Blahut on August 17, 1950 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Emporia. She...

May 10, 2014

Angel Silva, 86, Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, May 10, 2014. Angel had worked for the Santa Fe Railroad for 44 years, and was a member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way. He was born August 2, 1927 in Madison, Kansas, the son of Jose L. and Ines (Arellano) Silva, who died earlier. He was also preceded in death by...

May 6, 2014

Virgil J. Morris,76, rural Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on Tuesday, May 6, 2014.

Virgil Morris was born in Emporia on May 28, 1937, the son of Virgil E. and Viola May (Pearson) Morris.  He married Bonnie L. Andrews June 8, 1958 in Emporia.  She survives of the home.

Survivors include: his wife; sons,...

May 5, 2014

Carol Ensminger, 85, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Monday, May 5, 2014 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia.

Funeral services will be held at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia, on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 11:00 A.M., conducted by Mr. Charles Bradbury, First United Methodist Church. A graveside service will be held that afternoon at 3:00 P.M. at Moran Cemetery,...

Apr 30, 2014

Hattie Caroline Rathke, 98, of Americus, Kansas, died Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. She had been able to remain in her home until the last week.

Hattie was born March 5, 1916 in Herrington, Kansas, the daughter of Henry B. and Lena C. Young Vahsholtz. She married Earnest C. Rathke on...

Apr 26, 2014

Roy M. Schaefer, 88, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia.

Roy Mount Schaefer, the son of George and Martha Mount Schaefer, was born June 2, 1925 in Emporia. He married Emma Jane Baker on August 21, 1946 in Kansas City, Missouri. She preceded him in death on September 30,...

Apr 24, 2014

Constance “Coni” Ann Lodle, 89, of Emporia, Kansas, died April 24, 2014 at Villa Saint Francis in Olathe, Kansas.

Coni was born in Emporia on August 1, 1924, the daughter of James Conn and Ann Maria Van Cleave. She married Robert A Lodle on December 21, 1946 in Emporia.

Coni worked for many years as...

Apr 22, 2014

Janice D. Jensen, 78, of rural Council Grove, Kansas, died April 22, 2014 at Diversicare of Council Grove, where she had been a patient in recent weeks.

Janice Parker, the daughter of Dale and Opal Parker, was born March 3, 1936. She was reared in Ozawkie, Kansas.

She married Gary L. Jensen on Dec. 30,...