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Donald Wayne Miller 89, passed away Saturday, March 9th at the Life Care Center in Burlington. He was born October 13, 1929 to Bill and Georgia Fry Miller on the Olinger oil lease in rural Greenwood County, Kansas. Don attended the #106 Oilfield School and later graduated from Gridley High School with the Class of 1947.Following high school Don immediately...
Linda Diann Fuqua, 54, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2019 at her home in Gridley, Kansas surrounded by her loving family.She was born January 15, 1965 in Sacramento, California the daughter of Larry and Susan Green Lewis. Linda attended Dr. James J. Hogan Senior High School in Vallejo, California and graduated with the Class of 1982.Following high school, Linda enlisted...
David Thomas Booth of Roxboro, North Carolina passed away February 23, 2019 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Tom Booth was born December 18, 1948 in Emporia, Kansas to Lloyd and Helen (Moore) Booth. Tom grew up on the family farm and graduated from Lebo High School in 1966. After graduation, Tom attended Fort Hays State University and...
John Henry Atchison, 88, passed away Monday, February 18, 2019 at his home in Osage City.He was born September 26, 1930 in Osage City, Kansas the son of John H. and Florence Gunterman Atchison. John enlisted in the United States Army on May 8, 1952 and served during the Korean War. He would receive a Honorable Discharge as a Sergeant...
BILLIE JOE DERRYBERRY HAMILTON- Billie Joe Derryberry, 56, passed away on February 15, 2019 at University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Billie Joe Maidens was born on January 25, 1963 in Midland, Michigan, the son of James Ervin Maidens and Barbara Jane Stout. Later he was adopted by Grady W. Derryberry at the age of 5 months....
Harold J. “Mert” Burenheide, 90, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2019 at Holiday Resort in Emporia He was born August 13, 1928 in Olpe, the son of Anthony and Marie Agnus (Hellmer) Burenheide. He was joined in marriage to Constance L. Miller on August 10, 1961 and celebrated 57 years of marriage before her death on October 14, 2018. Mert...
Donald Louis Esslinger, 86, of Kearney, MO passed away on February 12, 2019 at Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Missouri. He had battled Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency since 2007.Esslinger was born the fourth child of Charles and Kathryn (Wohlschlegel) Esslinger of Madison, KS on August 13, 1932. He attended KSU majoring in General Agriculture & was in the Army ROTC. After graduation,...
“Jerry” Gurney G. Bartley, 67, passed away Monday, February 4, 2019 at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born July 29, 1951 in Rock Springs, Wyoming the son of Robert and Madgel Knight Bartley. He attended Lebo High school and graduated with the Class of 1969. Following high school, Jerry worked at I.B.P. in Emporia....
Mary “Faith” Stair, 89 of Emporia, passed away Thursday, January 31, 2019 at Holiday Resort. Faith was born July 7, 1929 in Ukiah, California the daughter of Ray and Mary Van Allen Wilson Faith was joined in marriage to Carol E. “Gene” Stair on February 15, 1969 in Seattle, Washington. They enjoyed over forty five years of marriage until Gene’s...
Gary S. McClung, 82, passed away on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. Gary Stevens McClung was born on May 23, 1936 in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Milton and Vera (Stephens) McClung. He graduated from Baldwin High School in Baldwin City, Kansas. He had attended the University of Kansas. Gary served our country in the...
Brad Helberg, age 45, passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at his home in Reading. Brad Helberg was born April 24, 1973 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Martin Merle and Joyce Marie (Lawrence) Helberg. He graduated from Northern Heights High School and graduated from Flint Hills Vo-Tech with a degree in auto mechanics. He had been employed with Williams...
Judith L. Thornbrugh, 78, passed away, Thursday, January 17, 2019 at the Olathe Hospice House.She was born November 7, 1940 in Williamsburg, Kansas the daughter of Lee Eldon and Nona Martin Van Valkenburg. Judith was raised in the Williamsburg area and attended Williamsburg High School. Judith married the love of her life, James Franklin Thornbrugh on October 16, 1957 in...
FAY LUCILE NOAH Osage City- Fay L. Noah, 90, passed away on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Shawnee, Kansas. Fay Lucile Altis was born March 13, 1928 in Cabool, Missouri, the daughter of Paul Andrew and Rachel Esther (Bray) Altis. Fay was joined in marriage to Howard Warren Welch, they later divorced. On February 27,...
Thelma E. Sullivan, 96, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at Emporia Place. She was born June 30, 1922 in rural Coffey County, the daughter of John A. and Margaret ”Hazel” Danford Hitchens. Thelma was raised in the Agricola and Melvern areas and attended Melvern High School. She married Jack Sullivan on March 1, 1938 in Oklahoma. They would make...
Daniel R. Towle, 56, passed away on Monday, January 7, 2019 at Rolling Hills Assisted Living in Topeka. Daniel Robert Towle was born June 12, 1962 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of James A. and Roberta A. (Sparks) Towle. Daniel grew up in Osage City. Daniel was disabled and had lived in Hartford, Kansas under the care of Quest Services...
Marilyn “Joan” Adkins, 81, passed away early Saturday morning, January 5, 2019 at Emporia Place. She was born October 31, 1937 in Brewster, Kansas the daughter of Marion A. and Vera J. Lowe Tucker. Joan attended high school in Hayward, California and graduated from Hayward High School with the Class of 1955. Following High School, she joined the United States...
Shirley Nadine Parks, beloved wife of Lawrence E. Parks, Miller, KS, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2019, at Stormont Vail Hospital, Topeka, KS, surrounded by her family.Shirley was born April 5, 1931, to Ed and Fern Johnson, Miller, KS. She graduated from Miller High School in 1949. She worked as a nurse aid before marrying her high school sweetheart, Lawrence,...
Ethel M. Parker died January 4, 2019 at the Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, Florida. She was born in Elizabeth City, CO on April 15, 1941. On June 6th, 1959 she married Phillip Larry Parker. Preceded in death by her husband, parents Darrell Eugene Puterbaugh and Helen Ruth Paxton Puterbaugh Dorr; sisters Rosella Faye Puterbaugh and Martha Darlene Puterbaugh...
Jeffrey Allen Mackay, 55 of Hamilton, passed away Monday, December 31, 2018 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born May 23, 1963 in Plymouth, Massachusetts the son of Allen Roderick and Lolene Mary Mondeau Mackay. Jeff was an experienced metal worker and at one time operated his own custom welding business in New Hampshire. He was working at...
Mary Jane Emch, 102, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018 at Holiday Resort. She was born November 10, 1916 in Burlington, Kansas the daughter of George and Bessie Cole Harrington. Mary Jane attended Madison High and graduated as the valedictorian of the Class of 1935. She was also honored as a member of the National Honors Society. After high school,...
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