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...
Norma J. Houck
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...
Janell Dee Leiszler
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...
Michael H. Brown
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...
Judith "Judy" Anne Satterfield
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...
Kenneth R. Ogle
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...
Wilma Lou Dorsey
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,...
