Obituary Listing

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Mar 13, 2014

Eldon V. “Parky” Parkman, 73, a lifelong resident of rural Emporia, died Thursday, March 13, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka, Kansas.

Eldon Parkman was born August 2, 1940 in Emporia, the son of Virgil E. Parkman and Ethel (Rice) Parkman Cunningham. He grew up and lived in the area east of Emporia. Parky married Sharon K. Benson...

Mar 13, 2014

Dorothy Marie Bryant Edgar, 85, of Emporia died on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at the Golden Living Center in Edwardsville, Kansas.

Dorothy was born on December 24, 1928 the daughter of Joseph and Laura Vivian Metcalf Suddock.  She married Robert Gavin and later divorced.  She married Tommy Bryant in December of 1965 in Rapid City, South Dakota. ...

Mar 12, 2014

Ruth M. Storrer, 88,of Virgil, Kansas passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at Holiday Resort, Emporia.

Ruth Marie Christy, the daughter of Daniel Phillip and Faye Lingenfelter Christy, was born September 18, 1925 on the family farm in rural Coffey County. She graduated high school and received her teaching certificate from K.S.T.C. She taught in several rural...

Mar 11, 2014

Lee Loyd Lowder, Jr., 82, a longtime resident of Allen, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at the Ottawa Retirement Village, Ottawa, Kansas.

Lee was born in Osage County, Kansas on June 30, 1931, the son of Lee L. (Sr.) and Grace (Hetler) Lowder.  He married Sylvia Jane Hyde at the Reading Methodist Church, Reading, Kansas on...

Mar 6, 2014

Anna M. Saffer, 82, Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Harry Hines Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. Anna M. Kimbrel was born June 17, 1931 at Emporia, the daughter of Benjamin and Myrtle (Cozad) Kimbrel. Anna married Floyd Saffer at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas on June 17, 1947. He survives. Other surviving family members include: a daughter, Pat Stutesman, Pueblo,...

Mar 6, 2014

David A. Rife, 77, of Emporia, Kansas, died on March 6, 2014 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia. David was born on September 20, 1936 in Great Bend, Kansas, and raised in Yates Center, Kansas, the son of George “Junior” Andrew and Flossie Louise Woods Rife. He married Nina Ball; they were divorced. He later married Olive “Skip” A. Stead...