Betty Louise Hull
Apr 20, 2014
Betty Louise Hull, 93, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, April 20, 2014 at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia.
Betty Louise was born July 14, 1920 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Charles and Clara M. (Garber) Kearns. She was a homemaker and a member of the Christian Science Church and Railroad Women’s Auxiliary.
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John Wayne Winter
Apr 20, 2014
John Wayne Winter, 52, Emporia, Kansas, died at his home April 20, 2014.
Mr. Winter owned and operated Winter Aviation, Inc. at the Emporia Municipal Airport, and had also been a mechanic for Life Flight Air Ambulance service for five years.
Cremation is planned. A memorial service will be held at Grace United Methodist Church,...
Randall Dean Rhoads, Sr.
Apr 19, 2014
Randall Dean Rhoads, Sr., 63, of Emporia died on Saturday, April 19, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
Randy was born on May 4, 1950 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Emporia, the son of James Walter, Sr. and Phyllis Irene Parks Rhoads. He married Patricia June Cook on September 28, 1968 in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. She...
Oliver "Sonny" L. Williams
Apr 19, 2014
Oliver L. “Sonny” Williams, 76, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, April 19, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.
Oliver was born February 4, 1938 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Oliver Levester & Margaret (Coffelt) Williams. He served in U.S. Navy Reserve and was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers #124. Oliver...
Frances E. Erpelding
Apr 16, 2014
Frances E. Erpelding, 98, Topeka, Kansas, and formerly of Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at Saint Francis Hospital, Topeka.
Frances Elizabeth Trear was born at the family home in Maydale, Kansas (southeast of Olpe) on April 13, 1916, the daughter of William V. and Mary F. (Keine) Trear. She married Sylvester J. Erpelding at Saint...
Glennis M. Lyons
Apr 14, 2014
Funeral services for Glennis M. Lyons, 97, Emporia, Kansas, will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia. The service will be conducted by Mr. Ken Hanson, Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Cremation will follow services, with inurnment at a later date in Blakely Cemetery, Madison, Kansas.
The family will receive friends...
Darwin W. Lehning
Apr 10, 2014
Darwin W. Lehning of rural Emporia, Kansas, died on April 10, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. He was 81.
Darwin was born on July 27, 1932 in Boone, Iowa, the son of Thomas H. and Ferne E. Johnson Lehning. He married Margie Ann Lyle on December 31, 1954 in Austin, Texas. She survives of the...
Paul H. Shepherd
Apr 5, 2014
Paul H. Shepherd, 100, of Emporia, Kansas died, Saturday, April 5, 2014 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.
Paul was born April 20, 1913 in Hartford, Kansas, the son of Charles Elwood and Eva Clair (Eppley) Shepherd. He married Mary C. “Jane” Gilligan at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in...
Steven L. Corbin
Apr 5, 2014
Steven L. Corbin, 61, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away from cancer on April 5, 2014 at his home. Mr. Corbin was a local club owner for over 30 years, operating MY PLACE, WISE GUYS, and TOWN ROYAL CLUB. Earlier he was employed at Modine Manufacturing Company.
Steven L. Corbin,...
Scott D. Williams
Apr 1, 2014
Scott D. Williams, 50, of Americus, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.
Scott was born May 20, 1963 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Robert J. and Paula M. (Burris) Williams. He was a graduate of Northern Heights...
Beverly Jean Akers
Mar 31, 2014
Beverly Jean Akers, 89, of Emporia, Kansas, died on Monday, March 31, 2014 at Holiday Resort in Emporia.
Beverly was born on March 23, 1925 in Emporia, the daughter of Carl William and Lillian Hansen Kopke. She married Jesse Glenn Akers on November 17, 1946 in Topeka, Kansas. He died on May 9, 2010 in Emporia.
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Marjorie J. Culver
Mar 30, 2014
Marjorie J. Culver passed away at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, on March 30, 2014. She was 81.
Marjorie J. (Marge) Culver, the daughter of George D. and Elsie I. Lingenfelter Sauder, was born at Gridley, Kansas, September 12, 1932. She was raised in the Gridley and Madison area. Marge attended school at Madison, graduating from...
Juanita J. Evans
Mar 30, 2014
Juanita J. Evans, 84,of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, died Sunday, March 30, 2014 at the Golden Living Center in Cottonwood Falls.
Juanita J. Watchous, the daughter of Clarence and Jenny Harlan Watchous, was born December 20, 1929 in Emporia, Kansas. She was a high school graduate, and was a homemaker. She married John Odle on May 24, 1947...
John Michael Lantow
Mar 25, 2014
John Michael Lantow, 70, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at his home.
John was born November 24, 1943 in Beloit, Wisconsin, the son of Alfred and Sophie (Kleczewski) Lantow. John Married Muriel Groundwater on December 16, 1972 at Messiah Lutheran Church in Emporia. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include: son,...
Judith A. Glenn
Mar 25, 2014
Judith A. Glenn, 77, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at her home.
Judith was born on February 20, 1937 in Emporia, the daughter of L.H. and Carrie M. Clark Needels. She married C. Leonard Glenn on March 26, 1954 in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. He died on October 28, 2013.
Surviving...
Norma J. Redick
Mar 22, 2014
Norma J. Redick, 78, of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, died on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at Holiday Resort, Emporia.
Norma was born on July 2, 1935 in Cottonwood Falls, the daughter of Lillard and Mary Jane Brewer Brown. She married James J. Redick on September 14, 1957 in Cottonwood Falls. He survives of the home.
Other...
Donna Lou Coffelt
Mar 22, 2014
Donna Lou Coffelt, 80, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, March 22, 2014 at Holiday Resort in Emporia.
Donna was born January 19, 1934 in Emporia, the daughter of Leslie and Lena (Doty) Davis. She married Nelson C. Coffelt on February 15, 1951 in Independence, Missouri. He died October 12, 2005 in Emporia.
Donna and Nelson...
Lee Stolfus, Jr.
Mar 19, 2014
Lee R. Stolfus, Jr., 88, Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday morning, March 19, 2014 at the Emergency Department of Newman Regional Health.
Lee Roy Stolfus, Jr. was born at Newton, Kansas on July 13, 1925, the son of Lee Roy (Sr.) and Gladys Edna (Jones) Stolfus. Lee married Shirley Ford in 1948, they later divorced, and she has...
Kay Thomson Calvert
Mar 15, 2014
Kay Thomson Calvert of Emporia, Kansas, passed away peacefully at the University of Kansas Medical Center following a brief illness. She was 77. Services will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. at Heath Recital Hall in Beach Music Hall on the Emporia State University campus. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests instead, contributions to...
Evelyn Rose Powell
Mar 14, 2014
Evelyn Rose Powell, 82, of Osage City, Kansas, died on Friday, March 14, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Evelyn was born on July 8, 1931 in Plymouth, Kansas, the daughter of Barney Oscar and Martha Reber Lehnherr. She married Perry Walter Powell on April 4, 1950 in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. He died on December 12, 2003 in Topeka,...
