Rodney C. Riley
Nov 9, 2013
Rodney C. “Rod” Riley, 59, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, November 9, 2013 at his home. Rodney Carl Riley, the son of Carl L. and Ruth M. Buchanan Riley, was born July 3, 1954 in Emporia. He married Patricia “Trish” Miranda on April 20, 1974, in Coffeyville, Kansas. Survivors include: his wife Trish of the home; his daughter and spouse,...
Doris Crofoot
Nov 8, 2013
Doris Evans Crofoot, 99, of Wichita, Kansas, died November 8, 2013. Doris was born in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, on July 27, 1914. She was raised on a farm at Bazaar and attended eight grades of school at the Bazaar schoolhouse. Her mother was Ethel Gillaspie Hays, and her stepfather was Harry L. Hays. When her mother married her stepfather, he...
Mildred L. Chew
Nov 6, 2013
Mildred L. Chew, 98, of Wichita, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 06, 2013 at St. Francis Via Christi Hospital in Wichita. Mildred was born on August 30, 1915 in Reading, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Rosa Proehl Rains. She married Edwin Ira Chew on January 27, 1933 in Emporia, Kansas. He died on March 24, 1979 in Wichita. She is...
Georgia Marcile Massey
Nov 2, 2013
Georgia Marcile Massey, 74, of Allen, Kansas, died Saturday, November 2, 2013 at her home. Georgia was born November 2, 1939 in Greensburg, Kansas, the daughter of Henry William and Georgia May (Stewart) Todd. She married Larry G. Melton on May 18, 1954 in Greensburg, Kansas, and they later divorced. On August 10, 1990 she married Jess W. Massey in...
Monica Van Hardesty
Nov 1, 2013
Monica Van Hardesty, 40, of Emporia, Kansas, died November 1, 2013 at her home. Monica was born July 3, 1973 in Emporia, the daughter of Van and Lynda Gayle (Fowler) Hardesty. She was a C.N.A. and worked as a private duty nurse. Monica was a member of the St. James Missionary Baptist Church in Emporia. Monica is survived by her...
Roger Wayne Troutner
Oct 30, 2013
Roger Wayne Troutner, 45, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away October 30, 2013 at his home. Roger was born on October 8, 1968 in Goodland, Kansas, the son of Dallas Ira and Vivian Irene Pears Troutner. He married Deanna Lynn Shearer on September 14, 1996 in Norton, Kansas. She survives of the home. Other survivors include: his sons, Jordan Wayne Troutner...
Linda Kathryn Hedges
Oct 29, 2013
Linda Kathryn Desmarteau Hedges, 60, passed away at her home in Emporia, Kansas, October 29, 2013. Linda Kathryn Yockey was born in Topeka, Kansas on September 17, 1953, the daughter of Merle and Marilyn (Korbe) Yockey. She graduated from Wichita South High School in 1971. She married Duane Desmarteau August 21, 1971 in Wichita. They later divorced. She married Jeff...
Charles Leonard Glenn
Oct 28, 2013
Charles Leonard Glenn, 77, Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on Monday, October 28, 2013. Charles Leonard Glenn was born January 3, 1936 at Charleston, Kansas, the son of Oscar Lee and Della Marie (Tremaine) Glenn. He married Judith A. Needels March 26, 1954 at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. She survives of the home. Surviving family members include his wife; daughter,...
Lois A. Eudaley
Oct 25, 2013
Lois A. (Wheeler) Eudaley, 84, died early Friday morning, October 25, 2013, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born February 27, 1929, at rural Gridley, Kansas, the daughter of Chester Arthur and Audrey Aileen (Wilson) Wheeler. As a young girl, she attended the Emporia school system, graduating from Emporia High School. On June 4, 1950, she...
William Eugene Wilmore
Oct 24, 2013
William Eugene Wilmore, 90, of Emporia, Kansas, died on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Bill was born on December 17, 1922 in Emporia, the son of Glenn Lawrence and Grace Owen Wilmore. He married Glennis Marie Foster on May 26, 1943. She died on November 28, 2007 in Wichita, Kansas. Surviving family members include: two sons,...
Terry L. Turner
Oct 18, 2013
Terry L. Turner, 60, Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on Friday, October 18, 2013. Terry Lee Turner was born in Springfield, Missouri on August 16, 1953, the son of William D. and Doris (Bass) Turner. He married Holly Timm at Wheeler, Texas on July 12, 1983 who survives of the home. Other surviving family members include: his parents, of...
Gerald "Warren" Henrikson
Oct 16, 2013
Gerald “Warren” Henrikson, 64, of Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. The youngest of three children, Warren was born November 2, 1948 in Emporia, to Merle and Ruth (Jones) Henrikson. Warren lived in Emporia for a better part of his life. He graduated from Emporia High School in 1966. In June 1970, he married...
Glen Ray Stinson
Oct 14, 2013
Glen Ray Stinson, 84, of Allen, Kansas, died Monday, October 14, 2013 at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia, Kansas. Glen was born May 15, 1929 in rural Admire, Kansas, the son of Elmer R. and Beulah M. (Bowden) Stinson. He married Norma Lee Cripps at Eskridge, Kansas on May 21, 1950. She survives of the home. Other survivors include:...
Bo Ruffin Fowler
Oct 11, 2013
Bo Ruffin Fowler, the infant son of Jamie D. and Melanie T. Mayo Fowler, died peacefully in his parents’ arms Friday, October 11, 2013 at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, where he was born on September 17, 2013. He is survived by his parents, Jamie and Melanie Fowler of Wichita, Kansas; his sisters, Harlee Fowler and Hayden Fowler,...
Alma May Hartig
Oct 4, 2013
Alma May Hartig, 93 of Emporia, Kansas, died Friday, October 4, 2013 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Alma May Pringle was born August 2, 1920 in Elmdale, Kansas, the daughter of Samuel Alfred and Laura Elizabeth (Gawith) Pringle. She married John Neal Hartig on March 24, 1940 in Strong City, Kansas. They moved to Emporia in 1943. He died January 17,...
Wilma Alice Carson
Oct 3, 2013
A Memorial Service for Wilma Carson is planned for Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. Weather permitting; it will be at graveside in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery just west of Olpe, Kansas. In case of rain, it will be held in the Olpe Methodist Church. Wilma favored the Olpe First Responders or the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery for memorials. Wilma...
Doris Long
Oct 3, 2013
Doris Long, Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 3, 2013 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Mrs. Long was born on November 22, 1922 in Smith County, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Marie Rahjes. She graduated from Agra High School, and attended Fort Hays State University. During World War II, she worked as a secretary for the Federal Civil Service in the...
Betty J. Wernli
Oct 2, 2013
Betty J. Wernli, 80, of Emporia died on Wednesday, October 02, 2013 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. Betty was born on April 5, 1933 in Burlington, Kansas, the daughter of Louis and Esther Kaufman Knapp. She married Roy Wernli on October 12, 1952 at Gridley, Kansas. He died on May 13, 2004 in Emporia. Surviving family members include: her sons,...
A.J. "Tony" Turner
Oct 1, 2013
A.J. “TONY” TURNER, 59, a resident of Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home on Tuesday, October 1, 2013. Anthony J. Turner was born in Newton, Kansas on July 4, 1954, the son of Robert V. and Frances (Walsh) Turner. He married Jalene Day in Emporia on September 9, 1995. She survives of the home. He is also survived by...
Helen Marie Klostermann
Sep 29, 2013
Helen Marie Klostermann, 84, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, September 29, 2013 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Helen was born on November 5, 1928 in Hartford, Kansas, the daughter of Henry Otto and Grace Gardner Klostermann. She is survived by her first cousins and their families. She is preceded in death by her parents and an infant twin sister. Helen received...
