OBITUARIES
Wretha L. Mcdaniel
Sep 24, 2018
Wretha L. McDaniel 81, passed away Monday, September 24, 2018 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born October 4, 1936 in Council Grove, Kansas the daughter of Charles and Jewel Reasoner VanFossen. Wretha grew up in the Council Grove area and attended Council Grove High School. She met the love of her life, Jack McDaniel at the local Council...
Gerald Lee "Jerry" Gulick
Sep 23, 2018
Gerald Lee “Jerry” Gulick, 80, passed away early Sunday, September 23, 2018 in Olpe,Kansas. He was born on May 11, 1938 in Eureka, Kansas the son of Emery and Iva Walkup Gulick. Jerry attended Tonovay High School and graduated with the Class of 1957. Following high school, Jerry worked at Boeing. He later worked for Dick Gilbert on his farm...
Shirley Maxine Hodges
Sep 13, 2018
Shirley Maxine Lovett Hodges, 80, passed away early Thursday, September 13, 2018 at her home in Emporia. She was born on January 1, 1938 in Olivet, Kansas the daughter of Homer and Wilma Hamilton Lovett. Shirley attended Olivet High School and graduated with the Class of 1955. Shortly after school she began working at Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Shirley...
Patricia Anne Rasmussen
Sep 12, 2018
Patricia Anne Rasmussen, 86, passed away Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at the Newton Medical Center. She was born November 10, 1931 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Ola and Edith Rice Berentz. Patricia was a graduate of Tonganoxie High School and chose to further her education at Emporia State Teachers College. As a young women she was employed as a...
Laura "Jean" Schwindt
Aug 30, 2018
Laura Jean Schwindt, 97, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2018 at Newman Regional Health. She was born October 25, 1920 in Englewood, Kansas the daughter of George and Myrtle Sherman Brewer. Jean attended District 17 Rural School as a child and would later graduate from Hartford High School with the Class of 1939. Jean was joined in marriage to Edward...
Floyd Edwin Henderson
Aug 30, 2018
Floyd Edwin Henderson, 89, entered his eternal reward Thursday, August 30th at his home near Maple Hill, Kansas. He was born March 5, 1929 in Wakarusa, Kansas the son of Sam and Hazel (Thompson) Henderson. Floyd was raised on the family farm east of Auburn on Urish Road and attended school at the Six Mile schoolhouse through eighth grade and...
Nyla Jeanne Shaner
Aug 26, 2018
Nyla J. Shaner, 70, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2018 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. Nyla Jeanne Smith was born December 15,1947 in Emporia, the daughter of John Junior and Vesta Lorraine (Windsor) Smith. She finished her sophomore year of high school in 1963. She received her GED at Emporia State University and went to Flint Hills Vo-Tech School and...
Raymond Kenneth Sturgeon
Aug 23, 2018
Raymond Kenneth Sturgeon, 74, passed away August 23, 2018 at his home in Madison. He was born August 23, 1944 in Wichita, Kansas the son of Glenn Arthur and Wilma Gruber Sturgeon. Ray attended Madison High School and graduated with the Class of 1962. Shortly after High School, Ray enlisted with the United States Air Force. He would serve in...
Robert Keith Marlar
Aug 15, 2018
Robert Keith Marlar. 85, passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. He was born August 20, 1932 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Emil and Sylvia Farr Marlar. Bob attended Madison High School and graduated with the Class of 1950. On July 31, 1953, Bob was inducted into the United States Army. He was a member...
Stephen Ray "Snuggy" Sheets
Aug 14, 2018
Stephen Ray “Snuggy” Sheets, 52, passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at Via Christy St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. He was born September 28, 1965 in Lindsborg, Kansas the son of Ronald H. and Janice K. Harlan Sheets. Stephen attended Neodesha High School and graduated with the Class of 1984. In high school Steve was an avid football, basketball and...
Jimmie Eldon Cress
Aug 13, 2018
Jimmie Eldon Cress,78, passed away Monday, August 13, 2018, on the way to his home from Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born September 9, 1939 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Jimmie Boten and Zatha Ferol (Henricks) Cress. He grew up in Florence, Kansas and graduated from Florence Memorial High School in 1957. He served in the United...
Betty Jean Standiferd
Jul 31, 2018
Betty Jean Standiferd 94, of Lebo, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at the Osage Nursing Center. She was born November 6, 1923 in Lebo, Kansas the daughter of William Fred and Laura Myonette Rutledge Rosine. Betty attended the Sunny Knoll District #18 Country School through the eighth grade. She would go on to graduate from Lebo High School with...
Robert Dale Garner
Jul 16, 2018
Robert Dale Garner, 77, passed away Monday, July 16, 2018 at his home south of Eskridge, Kansas. Military graveside services will be conducted at 2:30 P.M., Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at Eskridge Cemetery.
Joyce Ann Cress
Jul 16, 2018
Joyce Ann Cress, 74, finished her fight with ovarian cancer on Monday, July 16, 2018 surrounded by family and friends at her home. Joyce Ann Cress was born April 22, 1944 in North Platte, Nebraska, the daughter of Duane Edward and Thelma Lucille (Eshleman) Jones. She grew up in Aurora, Colorado and graduated from Aurora Central High School in 1962....
John Lee Runcie
Jul 4, 2018
John Lee Runcie. 62, passed away, Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at Via Christy St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. John was born April 20, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Donald and Jean Pontine Runcie Sr. He attended Hastings High School and graduated with the Class of 1974. Following high school, John worked for a local farmer near Doniphan and...
Jack Allegre
Jul 2, 2018
Jack Allegre, 92, of Lebo, KS, died July 2, 2018 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. He was born in Wichita KS on August 30, 1925, the only child of Kenneth M. and Lulu Mae (Leach) Allegre. Jack was a lifelong resident and booster of Lebo, moving there before his first birthday when his father opened the Allegre Rexall Drugstore. After...
Melissa Ann Siler
Jul 1, 2018
Melissa Ann Raymie Siler, 52, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2018 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. She was born February 19, 1966 in Ottumwa, Iowa the daughter of Bobby and Gloria Olesen Raymie. Melissa attended Ottumwa High School and graduated with the Class of 1984. Following high school, Melissa traveled throughout the United States, living in Kansas, Colorado, Texas...
Robert Alden Beal
Jun 30, 2018
Robert Alden (Bob) Beal died peacefully in Overland Park, KS on June 30, 2018 with his family at his side. He was 85 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents Glen and Agnes (Vanderman) Beal, his brother David and his grandson Jason Hinkel. He is survived by his wife of 65 years Kathleen; his brothers Tyson (Nita)...
Dennis Dale Combes
Jun 30, 2018
Dennis D. Combes, 66, passed away Saturday, June 30, 2018 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. Dennis Dale Combes was born September 18, 1951 in Burlington, Kansas, the son of Walter Clinton and Ethel Lorene (Norris) Combes. He graduated from Reading High School in 1969. He served with Army Reserves after high school. He was joined in marriage to Colleen...
Jack J. Nicol
Jun 10, 2018
Jack J. Nicol, 75, “Guan Hame”, Sunday, June 10, 2018 in Emporia, Kansas. Jack was born July 8, 1942 in Glasgow, Scotland. The early years of his life were laced with various hardships that would effect Jack throughout his lifetime. Jack’s fortune would forever change on February 5, 1965, the day he married Sarah “Sadie” Gallagher. Jack and Sadie began...
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