OBITUARIES
Naomi Florence Everly
May 25, 2016
Naomi Florence Messinger Everly, 87, passed away, Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at Stormont- Vail in Topeka. She was born October 19, 1928 in Auburn, Nebraska, the daughter of Thomas and Alma Pasco Barton. Naomi attended Sabetha High School and graduated with the Class of 1946. Naomi had worked as a Supervisor for the Cooking Staff at Knutson Manor in El...
Melissa Dawn Mays
May 16, 2016
Melissa Dawn Mays, 37, passed away Monday, May 16, 2016 at her home in Madison. She was born March 7, 1979 in Emporia, Kansas. Melissa attended grade school in Emporia, Sabetha and Wellsville. She went on to attend Olpe and Emporia High Schools. As a young lady Melissa worked as a customer service representative at Birch Telecom in Emporia and...
Lois E. Wernli
May 9, 2016
Lois E. Wernli, 99 passed away Monday, May 9, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Society in Parsons where she had been living since 2006. She was born September 3, 1916 in Burlington, Kansas, the daughter of John L. and Margaret J. Sinclair Kerby. Lois attended school in Burlington and later graduated from Madison High School. As a young woman Lois...
Betty E. Potenza
May 2, 2016
Betty E. Potenza, 71, passed away Monday, May 2, 2016 at the Osage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Betty was born September 28, 1944 in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd J. and Doris L. James Hoy. She would graduate from Berryton High School with the Class of 1962. Betty continued her education at the Stormont-Vail School of Nursing and earned...
Ida May Wilson
Apr 30, 2016
EMPORIA- Ida May Wilson, 101, passed away, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. Ida May Tufts was born May 20, 1914 in Eskridge, the daughter of John and Clara (Button) Tufts. She was joined in marriage to Marion Edgar Wilson on May 25, 1932 in Topeka. May was an homemaker for her family. She will be remembered...
James P. Simon
Apr 30, 2016
James P. Simon, 83, of Ottumwa, passed away Saturday, April 30, 2016 at Sunset Manor in Waverly. He was born February 8, 1933 in Sharon, Kansas the son of C.J. and Leota L. Lichliter Simon. Jim grew up in Sharon and graduated from Sharon High School with the Class of 1951. Jim was a lifelong bridge builder, beginning as a...
Ernie Lee Johnson
Apr 21, 2016
Ernie Lee Johnson, 85, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2016, at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka, KS. He was born July 20, 1930, in Osage City, KS, son of Carl Raymond and Angelina Jeanette Johnson. He graduated from Osage City High School in 1947. After serving in the United Sates Air Force, Ernie became a sheet metal worker and spent...
Della Almeta Vannocker
Apr 20, 2016
Almeta Vannocker, Christian mother and grandmother, 94 of Emporia, Kansas, passed away, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kansas, She was born October 15, 1921 in Gridley, Kansas the daughter of Homer and Emma Ratley Brown. Almeta graduated from Marion High School in May, 1939 and was united in marriage to Leonard Vannocker in Hillsboro, Kansas...
Daphne Darlene Davies
Apr 17, 2016
Daphne Darlene Bassett Davies, 81, of Osage City passed away early Sunday April 17, 2016 at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka. She was born on June 10, 1934 in Norton, Kansas, the daughter of Louis David and Daphne Worland Bassett. As a young girl Daphne attended school in Hill City, Kansas before moving to Osage City when she was in...
Frank Edwin Colaw
Apr 5, 2016
Dr. Frank Edwin Colaw, 88, recently of Las Vegas, passed away April 5, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born June 13th, 1927, in Wilson County Kansas, the son of R. Kenneth and Clara (Muninger) Colaw. Following graduation from Emporia High School in 1945, he joined the Army Air Corps serving primarily as an MP in occupied Austria. Frank...
Roy D. Mochamer Jr.
Mar 25, 2016
Roy D. Mochamer, Jr., 84, passed away Friday, March 25, 2016 at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka. Roy was born February 20, 1932 in Osage City, Kansas the son of Roy D. and Gladys Steen Mochamer Sr. He attended a one room school during his early years and went on to graduate from Reading High School. Roy was an accomplished...
Lloyd J. Newton
Mar 22, 2016
Lloyd J. Newton, 96, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at the Geary County Hospital in Junction City. He was born May 31, 1919 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Warren and Laura Jones Newton. Lloyd spent the early years of his life on farms near Arvonia and Reading. He attended area country schools and later attended Reading High School...
Brian Douglas Smith
Mar 22, 2016
Brian Douglas Smith, 74, passed away, Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at the Select Specialty Hospital in Kanas City, Missouri. He was born March 2, 1942 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of John J. and Vesta L. Windsor Smith. Brian attended Emporia High School and graduated with the Class of 1960. He choose to serve his country by joining the United...
Harriet Arlene Oldweiler
Mar 20, 2016
Harriet Arlene Oldweiler, 79, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2016 at the home of her son near Neodesha, Kansas. Harriet was born on January 11, 1937 in Brown County, Kansas the daughter of Lynn Thomas Emil and Irma Hall Jones Meyer. She attended Robinson High School and graduated with the Class of 1955. She went on to attend business college...
Phyllis "Penny" Blecha
Mar 19, 2016
PHYLLIS R. "PENNY" BLECHA OSAGE CITY- Phyllis R. "Penny" Blecha, 73, passed away Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Stormont Vail Healthcare in Topeka. Phyllis R. Hedrick was born August 23, 1942 in Edna, Kansas, the daughter of Jay and Pauline (Dyke) Hedrick. She was joined in marriage to Kenneth Ray Blecha on September 6, 1962 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Penny...
Theresa Ann Hurla
Mar 8, 2016
Theresa Ann Hurla died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, near Clinton, Ark. She was 49. She was born Aug. 24, 1966, at Topeka, the daughter of Mary and Clemence “Sam” Gappa, the youngest of six siblings. She grew up in Topeka, attending Topeka High School and Kaw Area Vocational Technical School. She married Greg Hurla in 1988. They later divorced. She...
Vanita "Jeanie" Ford
Feb 20, 2016
�� Vanita "Jeanie" Ford, 66, of Junction City, Kansas, passed away Saturday, February 20, 2016 at Midland Care in Topeka. Jeanie was born March 7, 1949 in Silsbee, Texas the daughter of Joe H. and Christene G. Risner Ford. She attended Marysville High School. ��Jeanie married Ken Wanamaker in 1968. They had three children together before divorcing in 1980. Jeanie...
Vera Rachel Shimp Hoobler Rhoads
Feb 11, 2016
Vera Rachel Shimp Hoobler Rhoads, 90, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. She was born February 2, 1926 in Garnett, Kansas the daughter of John and Edna Hicks Shimp. ��Vera attended Gridley High school and graduated with the Class of 1944. She continued her education at Emporia State teachers College where she earned her teaching...
Harold Dewayne Hemphill
Feb 2, 2016
Harold DeWayne Hemphill, age 76 of Springfield, MO passed away February 2, 2016. He was born March 2, 1939 in Madison, Kansas. ��He was preceded in death by his parents, Bruce and Ethel Milner Hemphill, brothers Orville and Walter, sister Doris Stair and grandson Joshua Mark Hemphill. He is survived by sister Elizabeth Larkin of LaMesa, California, brother Robert Hemphill...
Louis "John" Siebuhr
Jan 24, 2016
��Louis "John" Siebuhr, 70, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2016 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. ��He was born January 1, 1946 in Lebo, Kansas the son of Nuel James and Mary Louise Price Siebuhr. ��John attended Lebo High School and graduated with the Class of 1964. He joined the United States Navy in August of 1965 and proudly served...
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