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...
Kenneth D. Pearson
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...
Dowane L. Bartel
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,...
Burnice C. Ace
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,...
Daniel Edwin Pape
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;...
Orville Karl Buttenhoff
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...
Clyde Nathan Davidson, Jr.
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...
