George Leroy Flowers
Sep 6, 2014
George LeRoy Flowers, 70, of rural Allen, Kansas, died Saturday, September 6, 2014 at his home. George was born October 1, 1943 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of George F. and Margaret Doel Flowers. He was a graduate of Jarbloe High School in Tonganoxie, Kansas. George married Mary L. Pratt on June 26, 1972 in Seattle, Washington. She survives of...
Beverly "Lennie" A. Bain
Sep 5, 2014
Beverly A “Lennie” Bain, age 91, went to be with her Lord and Savior, September 5, 2014 in Henderson, Nevada, where she had moved to be closer to her daughters. Lennie was born August 6, 1923 to C.R.O. “Blackie” and Selma (Johnson) Sorrels at Potamo Township, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. She was preceded in death by the love...
Emma H. Voorhees
Sep 4, 2014
Emma H. Voorhees, 97, formerly of Americus, Kansas, died Thursday morning, September 4, 2014 at the Golden Living Center in Cottonwood Falls. Emma H. Smith was born in Emporia, Kansas, on May 4, 1917, the daughter of Robert and Hannah Etta (Pierce) Smith. She married Henry F. Voorhees in Americus on August 17, 1935. He died March 6, 1997 in...
Gary Dean Fuller
Aug 25, 2014
Gary Dean Fuller, 49, of rural Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, August 25, 2014 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Gary was born July 13, 1965 in Emporia, the son of Kenneth and Carlene (Munson) Fuller. He was a graduate of Butler County Community College and attended Kansas State University. He married Lisa Keller on April 1, 1989 at the First...
Gladys I. Comeaux
Aug 9, 2014
Gladys I. Comeaux, 97, retired school teacher, formerly of Reading, Kansas, passed away Sunday, August 09, 2014 in Auburn, California. Gladys Irene Hoyt, the daughter of Charles F. and Mary Stewart Hoyt, was born on January 5, 1917 in Reading. She married Herbert Comeaux, and he preceded her in death. Surviving members of the family include: two daughters, Donna Marie...
Geraldine "Gerry" Rees
Aug 8, 2014
Geraldine "Gerry" Schroeder Rees, 84, Emporia, Kansas, died on August 8, 2014 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Gerry was born on February 26, 1930 in rural Olpe, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Martha Kettner Schroeder. She married Emlyn Rees on June 25, 1950 at Zion Lutheran Church, southwest of Olpe. Geraldine is survived by a son, David Rees and wife,...
Ruth M. Rumage
Aug 5, 2014
Ruth M. Rumage, 98, of Gardner, Kansas, died on August 5, 2014 at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Ruth was born on May 10, 1916 in Emporia, the daughter of Robert and Anna Elizabeth Groh Simmons. She married John Edward Rumage on March 31, 1936 in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. He died on April 6, 1978 in Topeka, Kansas. Ruth...
Sylvia Lavonne Flott
Jul 31, 2014
Sylvia LaVonne Flott (75) died Thursday, July 31, 2014 at Holiday Resort, Emporia, Kansas. Sylvia was born March 5, 1939 and grew up on a farm near Claflin, KS, where she lived with her parents, Alvin and Jennie Mae Bryant Harzman and her brother Leonard Harzman. Sylvia received her teaching degree at Emporia State Teachers College and began her teaching...
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...
