Imogene "Jean" Nelson
Feb 22, 2014
Imogene (Jean) Nelson, 85, passed away February 22, 2014 at her home in Emporia, Kansas. Jean was born April 2, 1928 in Delaware County, Iowa to Glenn and Adah Seward, who preceeded her in death. Jean graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in English. While attending the University of Iowa she met and upon graduation, married her...
Kenneth Stephen Bennett
Feb 21, 2014
Kenneth Stephen Bennett, 93, of Lodi, California died Friday, February 21, 2014 in Elk Grove, California. Kenneth was born October 10, 1920 in Schenectady, New York, the son of Frank and Pearl (Yeaple) Bennett. Kenneth married Estalene “Faye” Harris on October 1, 1944 at the Norfolk Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia. She died July 25, 2000 in San Jose, California....
Jay Curtis Ollenberger
Feb 20, 2014
Jay Curtis Ollenberger, 48, died unexpectedly at his home in Madison, Kansas, on Thursday, February 20, 2014. Jay was born December 23, 1965 in Gary, Indiana, to Martin and Helen (Young) Ellsworth. He was then raised by Helen and his stepfather, the late David Ollenberger. He was a graduate of Herington High School in Herington, Kansas and attended Butler County...
Rodney Dale Pattison
Feb 18, 2014
Rodney Dale Pattison, 67, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at his home. Rodney was born on June 13, 1946 in Council Grove, Kansas, the son of E. Dale and Charlene Morgan Pattison. He married Judy K. Huff on January 23, 1965 in Council Grove. She survives. Other surviving family members include his son, Rodney M. Pattison of...
Shelby L. Zimmerman
Feb 15, 2014
Shelby L. Zimmerman, 91, Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on Saturday, February 15, 2014. Shelby Lewis Zimmerman was born in Isabella, Oklahoma on December 13, 1922, the son of Andrew and Eda (Fuller) Zimmerman. He married Mary Conley November 14, 1942, they later divorced. He later married Mattie Montene Shirley April 22, 1970. She died August 14, 2003. Surviving...
Donna Jean Lowry
Feb 15, 2014
Donna Jean Lowry, 51, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, February 15, 2014, Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Donna was born on July 29, 1962 in Kimball, Nebraska, the daughter of Wayne and Doreen Robinson Sharpton of Lancaster, TX. She married Chris Lowry on March 22, 1996. He survives at the home. She is survived by a son, William Travis Richard and...
Ruth Lorain Irey
Feb 15, 2014
Ruth Lorain Irey, 86, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. Ruth was born February 15, 1928 in Osborne, Kansas, the daughter of George and Cora Marie (Davis) Irey. She graduated from Toledo Township High School in Saffordville, Kansas, and Emporia State University with a Master’s Degree in Library Science. Ruth had...
Harold Michael Haag
Feb 14, 2014
Harold Michael Haag, 98, of Olpe, Kansas died February 14, 2014, at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. He was the oldest living descendent of Michael and Ida Weinman Haag who moved to the Olpe area in 1891. He was born at the original Haag Homestead on April 15, 1915, to Jacob E. and Antonette C. Snider Haag. He attended schools in...
Everett Ray Call
Feb 14, 2014
Everett Ray Call, retired executive editor of The Emporia Gazette, died February 14, 2014 at his home. He and his wife Helen first came to Emporia in 1955 upon his discharge from two years of active duty in the Army Reserve. They had been stationed in Alaska before it became a state. Ray also served from 1993 to 2004 on...
Wanda Talkington
Feb 9, 2014
Wanda Love Edwards Talkington, 89, Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday morning, February 9, 2014 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Wanda Love was born in Emporia, on June 18, 1924, the daughter of Earl and Marie (Smith) Love. She married Laurance E. Edwards at Hartford, Kansas on February 19, 1944. He died April 11, 1971. She later married Merton Talkington on...
Gerald W. Green
Feb 7, 2014
Gerald W. Green, 71, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home on Friday, February 7, 2014. Gerald William Green was born in Emporia on January 24, 1943, the son of Charles William and Adella (Wolcott) Green Mr. Green is survived by his daughter, Jennifer Jo Salb, Sand Springs, Oklahoma; son, Eric William Green, Olathe, Kansas; sister, Betty Steele, Topeka, Kansas;...
Peter Leander Murphy
Feb 5, 2014
Peter Leander Murphy died Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at Stormont-Vail Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas, at the age of 59. Peter Murphy was born in Brussels, Belgium on February 14, 1954, the son of Ernest VanDyke and Leona (Johnson) Murphy. He married Mary A. Pound at Saint Catherine Catholic Church, Emporia, on December 27, 1975. She survives of the home. Also...
Barbara Anne Smith
Feb 5, 2014
Barbara Anne Smith, 79, of Emporia, KS, died on February 5, 2014, surrounded by family at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. She is preceded in death by her parents and husband. "Bobbie" was born on February 6, 1934 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, the daughter of Millard W. Jr., and Lillian Hall Baldwin. She graduated from Glen Ridge High School...
Cleo E. Stone
Feb 4, 2014
Cleo E. Stone, 93, formerly of Toledo, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at his home in Olathe, Kansas. Cleo Eugene Stone, the son of William A. and Gladys M. Hankins Stone, was born July 31, 1920 in Toledo. He married Marion Elizabeth Hudson on February 19, 1944 in Council Grove, Kansas. She preceded him in death on September 27,...
Marian Edith Theye
Jan 29, 2014
Marian Edith Theye, 97, died Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, Kansas. Marian was born November 3, 1916 in Chula, Missouri, the daughter of Lewis and Nettie (Graham) Tompkins. She worked as the office manager for Spic-N-Span Cleaners in Emporia, Kansas for 35 years. She was a member of First Christian Church, Emporia. Marian married George...
Andrew J. Rodriguez
Jan 28, 2014
Andrew John Rodriguez, 68, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 28, 2014, at his home. Andrew was born on February 4, 1945 in Emporia, the son of Lorenzo and Sofia Torres Rodriguez. He married Madeline Terrones in Emporia; she died previously in Kansas City, Kansas. He later married Janet E. Smith on October 19, 1968 in Emporia. She survives of...
Larry Ronald Kramer
Jan 25, 2014
Larry Ronald Kramer, born April 6, 1942 in Austin, Minnesota, died Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Rossville Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Rossville, Kansas. He was 71. Kramer had been diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and his health had been declining the past eight years. A native of Minnesota, Larry Kramer originally wanted to attend the University of...
Wayne W. Whitaker
Jan 24, 2014
Funeral services for Wayne W. Whitaker will be held at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 10:30 A.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Lee Hoskins. Interment will follow in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, with military honors by Ball-McColm Post #5, American Legion, and Lowry-Funston Post #1980, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Masonic Rites will be presented...
Virgil William Brown
Jan 20, 2014
Virgil William Brown, 72, of Olpe, Kansas, died on Monday, January 20, 2014 at his home. Virgil was born on July 2, 1941 in Olpe, the son of George Matthew and Mary Catherine Schneider Brown. He married Nancy Pendleton on June 8, 1963 in Emporia, Kansas, and later divorced. Surviving family members include: his brothers, Marvin N. Brown of Emporia,...
Dorothea Grace Bush Myers Mitchell
Jan 19, 2014
Dorothea Grace Mitchell, 82, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, January 19, 2014 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Dorothea Grace Bush was born December 3, 1931 in Emporia, the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Helene Montina (Pickett) Bush. Her father died when she was very young and she was raised by her mother and stepfather, Paul Pickett. Dorothea married Robert Edward...
