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Dana Andrew Gillespie
Jul 31, 2019
Dana Andrew Gillespie, 72, passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at his home in Lebo. He was born August 27, 1946 in Wichita, Kansas the son of Mahlin C. and Bette L. Lee Gillespie. Dana attended Wichita Heights High School and graduated with the Class of 1964. Following high school Dana entered the United States Navy, serving in the Vietnam...
George Ray Esslinger
Jul 26, 2019
George Ray Esslinger, 83, passed away Friday, July 26, 2019 at his home near Madison. He was born June 14, 1936 at the family home near Madison, the son of Charles and Katheryn Wohlschlegel Esslinger.George attended Madison High School and graduated with the Class of 1954. It was during his childhood that a classmate caught his eye and his life...
Mark Devin Osmundson
Jul 23, 2019
If you wish to order flowers for Mark's service (do not order from the Tribute Store) Please call the fuenral home or contact your local florist. Mark Devin Osmundson, 70, of Madison passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2019 near Alpine, Wyoming. He was born January 24, 1949 in El Dorado, Kansas the son of Ralph and Maxine Waltman Osmundson. Mark...
Chad Lawrence Olinger
Jul 22, 2019
Chad Lawrence Olinger, 62, of Emporia, passed away early Monday, July 22, 2019 at Midland Care in Topeka. He was born August 17, 1956 in Hugoton, Kansas the son of Don and Nancy Slemp Olinger. Chad attended Hugoton High School where he graduated with the Class of 1974. Following high school he attended Automotive Technical Training in Wichita, receiving his...
Marion E. "Pat" Schurter Agrelius
Jul 18, 2019
If you wish to order flowers for "Pat" do not order from the Tribute Store. Please contact the funeral home or your local florist. Marion Evelyn “Pat” Agrelius, 102, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2019 at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka. She was born on September 23, 1916 in Upstate New York, the daughter of John E. and Esther...
Jean Louise Lambert
Jul 6, 2019
If ordering flowers for Jean do not order from the Tribute Store please contact the funeral home or your local florist. Jean Louise Lambert, 79, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2019 at her home in Neosho Rapids. She was born October 15, 1939 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Ralph and Clara Louise Joles Carson. Jean attended Hartford High School...
Mary Carolyn Reid
Jul 4, 2019
Mary C. Reid, 86. passed away Thursday, July 4, 2019, at Osage City Nursing Center in Osage City. She was born on February 1, 1933, in Portageville, Missouri, the daughter of George Washington (“Cap”) Stewart and Etta Lucy (Hart) Stewart. Mary graduated from City of St. Louis High School in 1951. She married Mirl Qualls in 1951and they moved to...
Myrtle "Kathy" Record
Jun 24, 2019
Myrtle Katheren “Kathy” Record, 64, passed away Monday, June 24, 2019 at her home near Eskridge. She was born January 21, 1955 in St. Joseph, Missouri the daughter of Dayton and Jennie Wilfong Lawson. Kathy attended Nodoway High School in Graham, Missouri and graduated with the Class of 1973. Following high school she worked at Lenscrafters and later for Dr....
Mary Lou Stromgren
Jun 24, 2019
Mary Lou Stromgren, 73, passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019 at Stormont Vail Health in Topeka. Mary Lou Jones was born on April 6, 1946 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Glenn Wayne and Bernice (Standiferd) Jones. She graduated from Lebo High School in 1964. She was joined in marriage to Derald Wayne Stromgren on September 18, 1966 in...
Michael John Paul
Jun 20, 2019
Michael John Paul, 50, passed away Thursday. June 20, 2019 at his home in Emporia. He was born July 1, 1968 in Lincoln, Kansas the son of John J. Paul Sr. and Patricia Hinson Paul. Michael had been working as a mail sorter and handler at the Emporia Post Office and was a member of the American Postal Workers Union...
Bud S. Steinle
Jun 20, 2019
Buddy Stuart Steinle, 84, of Osage City, Kansas passed away on June 20, 2019 at home. . Bud was born in Burlingame, Kansas on January 7, 1935 the son of Ernest and Anna Steinle. He attended school in Burlingame, graduating in 1953. Bud was very athletic and participated in football, basketball and track during high school. Following high school he...
Terry Michael Phillips
Jun 16, 2019
Terry Michael Phillips, 71, of Emporia, passed away early Sunday, June 16, 2019 at Presbyterian Manor.He was born December 11, 1947 in Emporia, KS., the son of Frank and Maxine Wieland Phillips. Terry attended Emporia High School and graduated with the Class of 1965. On June 29th of that same year Terry entered the United States Navy. He proudly served...
Joanne L. Brinkman
Jun 12, 2019
Joanne L. Brinkman, 90, long time resident of Olpe and Madison, Kansas passes away Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at the Holiday Resort in Emporia, Kansas. Joanne L. Arndt was born February 9, 1929 in Emporia, Kansas the youngest child of Joseph and Frances Steffes Arndt. She attended St. Joseph Grade School an Graduated from St. Joseph High School with the...
James Franklin "Jim" Russell
May 7, 2019
James Franklin “Jim” Russell, 71 passed away Tuesday evening May 7, 2019 at his home in Topeka. He was born on September 23, 1947 in Ashland, Kentucky the son of Charles and Myrtle Creech Russell. Jim attended Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia and graduated with the Class of 1967. Following high school Jim enlisted in the United States Air...
Leota "Lorraine" Hammond
May 6, 2019
Leota “Lorraine” Hammond, 78, passed away Monday, May 6, 2019 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born on July 8, 1940 in Lebo, Kansas the daughter of Alfred and Beulah Kennedy Hammond. Lorraine lived most of her life on Lebo before moving to Emporia in the late 1970’s. Lorraine worked as a dental assistant for Dr. Sommers in Emporia...
Margaret Marie Coleman
May 5, 2019
Margaret M. Colman, 79, passed away May 5, 2019 at her home surrounded by family. Margaret Marie Rudolph was born August 17, 1939 in Stanley, North Dakota, the daughter of Oscar Charles and Edith (Fenstermacker) Rudolph. She graduated high school in Stanley, North Dakota. She had worked as a Human Resource Manager for the U.S. Postal Service. She was a...
Carl "Bill" Spicer
May 5, 2019
Carl William “Bill” Spicer, 64, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2019 at his home surrounded by family. Carl William Spicer was born March 1, 1955 in Emporia, KS, the son of Clarence Edward and Claire Jean (Asklund) Spicer. He graduated from Osage City High School in 1973. He played JUCO basketball one year and then attend Emporia State University for...
William D. "Bill" Burnett
May 4, 2019
William Darrel (Bill) Burnett was born in the back bedroom of a small house on Beech Street in Ottawa, Kansas on November 30, 1935. He was the fourth child of Fayette Grace (Miskimon) and Otis Emerson Burnett. When he was a year old the family moved to Lyndon for a brief time prior to making their home in Burlington, Kansas...
Wesley H. Burris, Jr.
Apr 30, 2019
Wesley H. Burris Jr., 54, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at his mother’s home in Hartford. He was born on September 23, 1964 in Iola, Kansas the son of Wesley H. Burris, Sr. and Carmon Sue Adams. Wes attended grade school at Neosho Rapids and later attended Hartford High School. As a young man, Wes worked at I.B.P. in...
Wanda Lucille Hanks
Apr 21, 2019
Wanda Lucille (Raney) Hanks, 81, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2019, at Presbyterian Manor in Emporia. Wanda was born April 25, 1937, in Tulare, California, the daughter of Alva Robert and Jewell Ann (Hayes) Raney. Wanda, her mother, and brother moved to Norwood, Missouri at the age of 7 and she attended school there. She was joined in marriage to...
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