Lyon County, Kansas
Obituaries
Services for Ruby M. Harper, 78, Hartford, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Hartford Christian Church
with the Rev. Mike Graham officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery at Neosho Rapids.
Mrs. Harper died Tuesday, July 21, 1992, at the Madonna Nursing Home in Lincoln, Neb.
She was born Oct. 9, 1913, in Gilstrap, Ky., to Lafe and Jesse Benton James. She moved to Hartford from Lawrence
in 1969 and was active in the Hartford Senior Citizens Group.
She married William T. Harper on April 5, 1934, in Lawrence. He died Oct. 1, 1985.
Survivors include two sons, Donald E., Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Robert D., Lincoln, Neb.; a sister, Lena Overbaugh,
Lawrence; and four grandchildren.
Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Jones Funeral Home in Lebo. The family suggests memorials
to the Hartford Senior Center. Memorials may be sent in care of the funeral home.
(Lawrence Journal-World (KS) ~ 22 Jul 1992)
Karns, Larry Eugene, 54, former self-employed television repairman, died Saturday, May 31, 1997. Services,
11 a.m. Friday, Colmery-O'Neill Veterans Affairs Medical Center Chapel, Topeka, 2 p.m. Friday, Mount Hope Cemetery,
Neosho Rapids.
Survivors: wife, Gaylynn; sons, Mark Price of Smyrna, Ga., Thomas of Marietta, Ga., R. Darrick of Topeka; daughters,
Kelly Sherman of Bremen, Ga., Michaell Moore of Centerville, Iowa, Kimberly Whitney of Grove, Okla.; mother, June
McCabe, father and stepmother, Carl and Virginia Karns, all of Wichita; brother, Phillip McCabe of Deweyville,
Texas; sisters, Sue Thomas, Debra McCabe, both of Wichita, Barbara Hoffman of Towanda; 14 grandchildren. Memorial
has been established with Veterans Affairs Art Department, c/o Kansas Medical Credit Union, 2015 S.W. Tenth, Topeka,
Kan., 66604. Parker-Price Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 Jun 1997)
Charlotte D. Kemp, 69, retired Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. supervisor, died Sunday, Oct. 20, 1991.
Services 10 a.m. Friday, First Presbyterian Church; 3 p.m., Mount Hope Cemetery, Neosho Rapids.
Survivors: husband, Thomas; brothers, Roger Daily of Topeka, Charles Daily of Wichita, Ross Daily of Nickerson;
sisters, Adeline Wood, Faye Jaggard, Jo Anne Fowler, all of Emporia, Fern Gray of Topeka, Leona Mayhill of Newton,
Mary Clemmer of Tampa, Dorla Sharp of Wichita. Memorials have been established with First Presbyterian Church and
West High School Memorial Fund. Cochran Mortuary. Faye T. Lipsey, 85, homemaker, died Sunday, Oct. 20, 1991. Service
1 p.m. Wednesday, Resthaven Mortuary.
Survivors: daughter, Aldine Benjamin of Garfield, Ark.; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 Oct 1991)
WICHITA --- Thomas Warren Kemp, 81, Wichita, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, in Wichita.
Mr. Kemp was a retired teacher and coach. He taught history, government, economics and drivers education at Wichita
West High School, Alta Vista and Osage City. He also coached baseball at Wichita West and basketball at Alta Vista.
Survivors include two sisters, Esther DeRemer, Emporia, and Frances Rees, Castle Rock, Colo.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Cochran Mortuary in Wichita. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Friday
at Mount Hope Cemetery at Neosho Rapids.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church or to the Wichita West Lions Club and sent
in care of the mortuary.
(Topeka Capital-Journal (KS) ~ 19 Dec 2001)
PHILLIPS, WILLIAM F.
William F. Phillips, 69, a lifetime resident of Neosho Rapids, died Friday, Oct. 1, 2004, at Jones Health
Care at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.
Mr. Phillips farmed in the Lyon County area for most of his life. He also operated a road grader for Lyon County
Road & Bridge Department for 39 years until he retired in the late 1990s. He continued to work for the city
of Neosho Rapids in street and lagoon maintenance.
The son of William N. and Eva Verlin Phillips, he was born July 24, 1935, at Neosho Rapids. He graduated from Neosho
Rapids High School in 1953.
He married Alma Lee Mitchell on March 24, 1971, at Ottawa. She survives.
Mr. Phillips was a member of the Neosho Rapids Memorial United Methodist Church and the Hardee's coffee club in
Emporia.
He is also survived by five stepsons, Steven Merwin and Robert Merwin, both of Emporia, Roy Dale Merwin of Washington
state, Jeff Merwin of Utah and Danny Weymouth of Virginia Beach, Va.; three stepdaughters, Ruth Ann of Cascade
Locks, Ore., Debbie Merwin of Stockton, Calif., and Janie Merwin of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; four sisters, Toots
Heckathorn, Leona Boosinger, Rachel LeFord and Mary Besack, all of Neosho Rapids; 16 stepgrandchildren; and eight
stepgreat-grandchildren.
The service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Neosho Rapids United Methodist Church, where the family will meet
friends from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Mr. Phillips has been cremated.
Memorial contributions to the church may be sent in care of the Jones VanArsdale Funeral Home, P.O. Box 43, Lebo,
KS 66856.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 4 Oct 2004)
RHOADS, DORA ELIZABETH
The service for former Neosho Rapids resident Dora Elizabeth Rhoads, 88, of Emporia will be at 1 p.m. Friday
in Mount Hope Cemetery at Neosho Rapids. The Rev. James Scott of the Cornerstone Baptist Church will conduct the
service. Mrs. Rhoads has been cremated.
Memorial contributions to the Neosho Rapids Community Building may be sent in care of the Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
Mrs. Rhoads died Monday, June 21, 2004, at the Holiday Resort.
She was a nurse at St. Mary's Hospital for many years before she retired.
The daughter of Jacob Edward and Tabitha Elizabeth Newman Gayer, she was born Jan. 16, 1916, in Cottonwood Falls.
She married Curtis Thaine Rhoads on Sept. 2, 1936, at Cottonwood Falls. He died March 27, 1983.
Mrs. Rhoads was a Baptist.
She is survived by a daughter, Bonita M. Albin of Emporia; two sons, Eugene A. Rhoads of Emporia and Joseph "Edward"
Rhoads of Neosho Rapids; seven grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Lilly Elizabeth Rhoads, died earlier, as did one sister, one brother, one half brother, three half
sisters and two granddaughters, Elizabeth and Janice Rhoads.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 23 Jun 2004)
Rhoads, Elizabeth J., 44, student, Died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2000. Visitation 7 to 8 p.m. today; service 2
p.m. Wednesday both at Roberts-Blue- Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Steve Baxter of Emporia, Curtis Baxter of Wichita; parents, Eugene and Barbara Rhoads of Emporia;
brother, David Rhoads of Neosho Rapids; sisters, Mary Ann Tollett of Hartford, Janice Rhoads of Emporia; grandmother,
Dora Rhoads of Neosho Rapids; three grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Hand in Hand Hospice.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 Jan 2000)
Rhoads, Janice Marie, 35, Hopkins Manufacturing credit department employee, died Thursday, July 6, 2000.
Visitation with family 7 to 8 p.m. Monday; service 2 p.m. Tuesday, both at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: parents, Eugene and Barbara Rhoads of Emporia; brother, David Rhoads of Neosho Rapids; sister, Mary
Tollett of Hartford; grandmother, Dora Rhoads of Neosho Rapids. Memorials have been established with Hand in Hand
Hospice and Emporia Friends of the Zoo.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 July 2000)
NEOSHO RAPIDS - The funeral for Ralph W. Schemm of Neosho Rapids will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the
Messiah Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery at Neosho Rapids. The family will meet friends from
6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Jones VanArsdale Funeral Home in Lebo.
Memorial contributions to the Center for Basic Cancer Research at Kansas State University may be sent in care of
the funeral home, P.O. Box 43, Lebo, KS 66856.
Mr. Schemm died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007, at Newman Regional Health. He was 86.
He was a farmer.
The son of George and Frieda Schneck Schemm, he was born July 22, 1921, at Wakeeney. He graduated from Neosho High
School in 1938. After high school, he served in the Air Force as a flight engineer with the 32nd Bomb Squadron,
301st Bomb Group.
He married Dena Fern Juyett. They were divorced. He married Mary Jane Andrews on Jan. 22, 1972, at Emporia. She
survives.
Mr. Schem was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church. He also was a member of the American Legion.
He is also survived by one daughter, Pamela Matlock of Lebo; one son, Ronald Schemm of Emporia; one stepdaughter,
Karla Textor of Emporia; three stepsons, Terry Schemm of Neosho Rapids, John Schemm of Philadelphia, Pa., and Michael
Schemm of Evansville, Ind.; two sisters, Dorothy Kramer of Neosho Rapids and Gertrude Ellen Ashcraft of Boulder,
Colo.; many grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. A daughter, Patricia Zirkle; two brothers, Raymond
Carl Schemm and Arnold H. Schemm; and a stepgrandson, Troy Schemm, died earlier.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 19 Oct 2007)
Sykes, Ruth Helen, 81, homemaker, died Thursday, Sept. 17, 1998. Memorial service 1:30 p.m. Monday, Faith
Lutheran Church.
Survivor: sister, Betty Loomis of the home. Memorial has been established with Faith Lutheran Church Deaf Ministry.
Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 19 Sep 1998)
The funeral for Agnes Marie Headley will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Charter Funerals Emporia Chapel. The
Rev. Claudia Bakely will conduct the service. Burial will be in Reading Cemetery at Reading. The family will meet
friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
The family suggests that, instead of flowers, memorial contributions be made to Hand in Hand Hospice or the Holiday
Resort and sent in care of the funeral home, 501 W. Sixth Ave., Emporia, KS 66801.
Ms. Headley died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, at the Holiday Resort, where she was a resident. She was 96.
She retired from the sanitation staff at Newman Regional Health.
The daughter of Warren V. and Alta May Newman Best, she was born May 24, 1911, at Reading. She was married and
divorced.
Ms. Headley is survived by four daughters, Judy Rice and Mary Jane Blow, both of Emporia, Pat Noble of Osage City
and Shirley Evert of Aurora, Colo.; five sons, Jack Blow of Topeka, Donald Blow of Clare, Mich., Ray Blow and Harry
Blow Jr., both of Nixa, Mo., and James Blow of Ronan, Mont.; 17 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren. A
son, Roy Blow; two stepsons, Ernest Robert Blow and Nelson Blow; two brothers, Bud Best and Bill Best; and three
sisters, Charlotte Price, Jane Nelson and Gladys Jones, died earlier.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 12 Oct 2007)
Services for the Rev. Frank Eugene Schlageter, 56, Topeka, will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Parker-Price Mortuary
in Topeka. Graveside services and burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Reading Cemetery, Reading.
The Rev. Schlageter died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1993, at St. Francis Hospital, Topeka.
He was born Sept. 1, 1936, in Lyndon, to Frank Henry and Ruth Hazel Sowell Schlageter.
The Rev. Schlageter helped start many small churches in several cities, including Emporia, Holton, Bend, Ore.,
and Sheridan, Wyo. He also worked at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center, where he retired in 1992 due to his
health. He was a member of East Side Baptist Church.
The Rev. Schlageter married Virginia E. Williams on May 27, 1955, in Emporia. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include a son, David E., Emporia; two daughters, Teresa Lynn Biesiada and Jane E. Schlageter, both
of Wichita; a stepmother, Thelma Schlageter, Emporia; two sisters, Doris Rowlands, Lawrence; Alice St. John, Emporia;
a half-sister, Frances Green, Pine Bluff, Ark.; a stepbrother, Bill VerBrugge, of Colorado; four stepsisters, Linda
Smith, Dorothy Frost and Arlene Leuszler, all of Topeka; Carol Swint, Emporia; and nine grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Jeffrey Alan, who died July 27, 1987.
Friends may call after 8 a.m. Thursday at the mortuary, where the family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8
p.m. Thursday.
The family suggests memorials to the East Side Baptist Church, 4425 S.E. 29th St., Topeka 66605.
(Lawrence Journal-World ~ 3 Feb 1993)
Services for Marie M. Schlobohm, 74, Topeka, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at First Lutheran Church in
Topeka with the Rev. Gerald Weeks officiating. Burial will be in Reading Cemetery in Reading.
Mrs. Schlobohm died Monday, June 1, 1992, in an Arkansas hospital. She was born Dec. 13, 1917, in Gage, Okla.,
the daughter of John and Rosa Seeliger.
She received a bachelor's degree in music from Bethany College in Lindsborg in 1940. She later received a specialist's
degree from the University of Colorado.
She had worked as a supervisor for the sheltered workshop at the Kansas Neurological Institute.
She married Nolan Schlobohm Dec. 22, 1946. He died March 28, 1986.
Survivors include two daughters, Marcia Clay, Topeka, and Deborah Sampson, Lawrence; a son, Mark Schlobohm, Topeka;
four grandchildren; and a sister.
Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Jones Funeral Home in Lebo.
The family suggests memorials to the Kaw Valley Girl Scout Council or the Capper Foundation, all in care of Jones
Funeral Home, Box 43, Lebo, 66856.
(Lawrence Journal-World ~ 3 Jun 1992)
Services for Nellie Alice VanGundy, 104, Emporia, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist
Church, Emporia. Burial will be in Reading Cemetery.
Mrs. VanGundy died Monday, Nov. 13, 1995, at Chase County Nursing Center.
She was born May 14, 1891, in Reading, the daughter of James F. and Mahala A. Baysinger Clark.
She was a homemaker and a member of First Christian Church, Christian Women's Fellowship and the Forest Hill Extension
Unit, all in Emporia.
She married David VanGundy on March 8, 1911. He died July 5, 1945.
Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Nurnberg, Emporia, and Mahala True, Americus; a son, Wayne VanGundy, Americus;
a sister, Maude VanSickle, Topeka; 14 grandchildren, including Marlene VanGundy Penny, Lawrence; 35 great-grandchildren;
four great-great-grandchildren; and three stepgreat-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son and daughter.
The family suggests memorials to the Christian Women's Fellowship of the First Christian Church in Emporia or the
Cerebral Palsy Assn. They may be sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia, which is in charge
of arrangements.
(Lawrence Journal-World ~ 16 Nov 1995)
Services for Ronald Lee Whittington, 41, Maple Hill, will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Reading United
Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Reading Cemetery.
Mr. Whittington died Friday, April 3, 1998, at his home near Maple Hill.
He was born June 28, 1956, in Emporia, the son of Louis Benjamin and Gladys Wamser Whittington. He graduated from
Reading High School in 1974. He was a truck driver for Reading Grain and Lumber for several years before becoming
a substate rural mail carrier in Reading.
He was a member of the Reading United Methodist Church.
He married Janis L. Stephens in 1993. They divorced in 1998.
Survivors include his mother, Emporia; and three brothers, James Whittington, Emporia, Robert Whittington, Reading,
and Richard Whittington, Lawrence.
Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today at the Jones Crable Funeral Home in Lebo.
The family suggests memorials to the Reading United Methodist Church and may be sent in care of the funeral home,
107 W. Sixth, P.O. Box 43, Lebo 66856.
(Lawrence Journal-World ~ 8 Apr 1998)
AGUILAR, MARIA GUADALUPE "LUPE"
The Mass of Christian Burial for Maria Guadalupe "Lupe" Aguilar will be celebrated at 10:30
a.m. Saturday at St. Catherine's Catholic Church. The Rev. Ray May will be the celebrant. Burial will be in Sacred
Heart Catholic Cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home
chapel.
Memorial contributions to Hand in Hand Hospice or the Emporia Alzheimer's Support Group may be sent in care of
the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
Mrs. Aguilar died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at her home in Emporia. She was 88.
She was a homemaker and also worked at the Meadows Nursing Home before she retired 35 years ago.
The daughter of Gil and Marcimiliana Saldana Solis, she was born Feb. 14, 1919, at Guadalajara, Mexico. She married
A.J. "Joe" Aguilar on July 29, 1933, at Topeka. He died Dec. 19, 2004, at Emporia.
Mrs. Aguilar was a member of St. Catherine's Catholic Church.
She is survived by four sons, Louis Aguilar Sr., Fred Aguilar Sr., and James Sparks, all of Emporia, and Wayne
Sparks of Ottawa; three daughters, Delores Torres of Emporia, Bonnie Hernandez of Hutchinson and Margaret Mendoza
of Rock Island, Ill.; one brother, Frutoso Solis of Emporia; 20 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Esther Sparks; a brother, Aurelio Solis; and two sisters, Ignacia Sanchez and Elisia Gonzales, died
earlier.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 1 March 2007)
Applegate, Zachary Reed, infant son of Todd and Wendy Applegate, died Thursday, April 21, 1994. Service
1:30 p.m. Monday, Didde Catholic Campus Center.
Other survivors: grandparents, Lynn and Sue of Wichita, Liz and Chuck Kesinger of Glen Rose, Texas; great-grandparents,
Gene and Bonnie Forshee of Tonganoxie, Jack and Neva, Vera Lentz, Ann and Ezra Boese, all of Marion; great-great-grandparents,
Lillie Lentz of Marion. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established with the Ronald McDonald House and
Children's Mercy Hospital N.I.C.U. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 23 April 1994)
BAYLESS, VIRGINIA BAYLESS
Virginia Adeline Bayless died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005, at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Mrs. Bayless, a
homemaker, was 79.
The funeral is planned for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The Rev. Darren Henson will officiate.
Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery. The family will meet friends at 7 p.m. Monday at Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home.
The daughter of Ernest Henry Dieker and Elizabeth C. Erpelding, she was born Sept. 9, 1925, in Olpe. She married
Clifford Myers on Jan. 26, 1945, in Emporia; he died July 7, 1967. She married George E. Bayless on May 21, 1970,
in Emporia; he died Feb. 29, 1984.
Mrs. Bayless is survived by a son, Larry Myers of Americus, and six daughters, Linda Collins and Tamie Vahsholtz,
both of Emporia; Sue Henry of Eureka Springs, Ark.; Mary Palmer of Topeka; Nancy Myers-Rhoads of Halstead; and
Gina Easley of Eagle Rock, Mo. A brother, Gilbert Dieker of Maize, also survives, as do three sisters, Arlene Shepard
of Emporia; Rita O'Conner of Bernice, Okla.; and Laverne Yocum of Wichita; 22 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren;
and two great-great-grandchildren.
Two daughters, Shari and Carolyn Myers, died in infancy. A brother, Andrew Dieker, also died earlier, as did three
grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Memorial contributions to the Flint Hills Care Center activity fund may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O.
Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 18 & 19 Aug 2005)
A mass of Christian burial for Frank X. Becker, 83, Emporia, will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart
Catholic Church in Emporia, with the Rev. Fridolin Voegle officiating. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Catholic
Cemetery.
Mr. Becker died Tuesday at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on July 3, 1907, in Brilon, Germany.
He was the founder of the Becker Corp. in Emporia. Mr. Becker was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and
the Knights of Columbus.
He married Hattie Nathe on Nov. 25, 1929, in St. Louis. She survives at the home.
Other survivors include two sons, Frank J., El Dorado, and Robert H., Wichita; two daughters, Betty L. Timmerman,
Albuquerque, N.M., and Margaret A. Jehle, Lawrence; two brothers, Al, Daytona Beach, Fla., and Robert, Brilon;
12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to the American Diabetes Assn., in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, 605
State St., Emporia, 66801.
Friends may call until 10 p.m. today, from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, and from 8 a.m. until service time Friday,
at the funeral home. A rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
(Lawrence Journal-World ~ 24 April 1991)
Services for Hattie F. Becker, 86, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Emporia,
the Rev. Bill Porter officiating. A rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home here.
Mrs. Becker died Saturday, August 20, 1994, at her home.
She was born May 20, 1908, in Munster, Germany, the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Bussman Ernstnathe.
She married Frank X. Becker on Nov. 25, 1929, at St. Louis. He died April 23, 1991.
Mrs. Becker was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and its Altar Society, and was a former member of the
Sacred Heart School PTA, all in Emporia.
Survivors include two daughters, Marge A. Jehle, Lawrence, and Betty L. Timmerman, Albuquerque, N.M.; two sons,
Frank J. Becker, El Dorado, and Robert H. Becker, Wichita; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Margaret Ann Becker, died in 1934.
Memorial contributions to Sacred Heart Catholic Church may be sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home,
Box 175, Emporia, 66801.
(Lawrence Journal-World ~ 22 Aug 1994)
Bird, Jane Elizabeth, 34, student, died Monday Oct. 25, 1999 from injuries sustained in auto accident.
Service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Survivors: parents of the home, grandmothers, Marguerite Diebolt, Gladys Bird both of Emporia; brothers, Todd Bird
of Phoenix, Michael Bird of Shawnee; sisters, Sharon Moore of Spring, Texas, Laura Moreland of Americus, Brenda
Bird of Eudora. Memorial has been established with Humane Society of the Flint Hills. Robert-Blue- Barnett Funeral
Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 27 Oct 1999)
Bullington, Mary Catherine, 70, retired teacher and dietitian, died Thursday, Sept. 17, 1992. Prayer
service 7:30 p.m. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home; service 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Survivors: sons, Charles R. of Cincinnati, Robert D., Norman Dennis, both of Emporia; daughters, Jean Cunningham
of Newport Beach, Calif., Betty Kay White of Emporia, Mary Lee Knoeppel of Overland Park; brother, Louis Krueger
of Topeka; sister, Lucian Smith of Gladstone, Mo.; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Memorial has
been established with Sacred Heart Catholic School.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 Sep 1992)
Clark, Kathi D., 43, former Wichita Veterans Administration Hospital oncology nurse, died Sunday, Sept.
11, 1994. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Emporia.
Survivors: husband, Trent; sons, Joshua, Jacob, both of the home; father, Marvin Hedrick of Westville, Okla.; mother,
Mary Ann Lane of Emporia; brothers, Kenneth Hedrick of Waverly, Kevin Hedrick of Olathe; sisters, Karolynn Mendoza,
Koleen Hansen, Kandice Cain, all of Emporia; grandmother, Luna Hedrick of Bartlesville, Okla. Memorials have been
established with Hospice of the Flint Hills and American Cancer Society, Flint Hills Unit. Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 Sept 1994)
COLUNGA, JAVIER "JAPO"
Javier "Japo" Colunga of Emporia died Friday, July 15, 2005, at the Holiday Resort. He was 32.
Mr. Colunga worked in the kitchen at Carlos O'Kelly's until he became disabled because of a stroke. He previously
was a meat processor for IBP (Tyson).
The son of Pedro and Rosario Bautista Colunga, he was born June 10, 1973, in Emporia.
Mr. Colunga was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
He is survived by his father, who lives in Mexico; three brothers, Edwardo C. Bautista and Pedro Colunga Jr., both
of Emporia, and Alberto Colunga of Germany; and three sisters, Yvonne Colunga, Maria Landeros and Maria E. Saenz,
all of Emporia.
His mother and a sister, Carmella Colunga, died earlier.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday in Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The Rev. Darren
Henson will be the celebrant. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 7
p.m. Wednesday in Charter Funerals-Emporia Chapel.
The family suggests that, instead of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the church and sent in care of
the funeral home, 501 W. Sixth Ave., Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 18 Jul 2005)
Carolyn Ann Nicole Crowell, infant daughter of Roy and Maria Crowell, died Monday, March 27, 1989. Service
3:30 p.m. today, Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery.
Other survivors: sister, Olga, at home; grandparents, Jesus and Olga Hinostroza, Jerald Crowell, all of Emporia,
Arlene Fox of Olpe; great- grandparents, Isabel and Isabel Cantu, Martina Cavasos, all of Donna, Texas, Evelyn
Crowell of Emporia. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 31 March 1989)
Guadalupe Dorsey, 50, homemaker, died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1988. Rosary 7 p.m. today, Carlson Funeral Home.;
service 10:30 a.m. Friday, St. Catherine's Catholic Church.
Survivors: brother, Alfonso Luna of Emporia; sisters, Delfina Rangel of Wichita, Feliza Delgado of Emporia, Jobita
Fonseca of Chicago, Teresa Ybarra of Cottonwood Falls, Esperanza Lopez of Kansas City, Mo. Memorial has been established
with St. Catherine's Catholic Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 Feb 1988)
Dorothy Jackie Eastman of Emporia, formerly of Lawrence, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007, at Newman Regional
health. She was 91.
She was born May 16, 1916 in Lawrence, the daughter of Lothe and Marie Watts Sanders. She married Jack Eastman
on Nov. 3, 1933 in Lawrence. He died there on July 21, 1980.
Mrs. Eastman was a dental nurse in Lawrence for 30 years before her retirement 20 years ago. She moved to Emporia
in 1987.
In Emporia, she was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Sharon Cox of Emporia; one sister, Millie Bowen of Prairie Village; two grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by one sister, Virginia Loncar.
The service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Darren Henson
of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Memorial donations to the Sacred Heart Piano Fund may be sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O.
Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 17 Sept 2007)
EMPORIA - Eberhart, Dorothy, 74, died April 23, 2007. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Survivors: son, Wayne; daughter, Deanne Stewart; brothers, James and Ralph Thill; sisters, Sister Helen Mary Thill,
Leona Dieker, Bertha Applehauz, Betty Payne; 3 grandchildren. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 4/25/2007.
EMPORIA - Clark, William B. "Bill," 46, died November 22, 2007. Graveside service 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Chicago Mound Cemetery, southeast of Emporia.
Survivors: wife, Karen; daughters, Jennifer Boyer, Jessica Clark; brothers, Steven & Jeffrey; sister, Kathy
Jean Stewart; 4 grandchildren. Roberts- Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia, KS.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 11/24/2007.
MYERS, RAYMOND S.
The burial service for Raymond S. Myers, 77, of Eureka will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Chicago Mound Cemetery.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Emporia.
Mr. Myers died Monday, Nov. 24, 2003, in Angels Camp, Calif.
He was a bus driver for the Stockton Transit Authority in Stockton, Calif. He also worked for a bank and the American
Can Co., both in California. He moved to Eureka in 1990.
The son of Otis T. and Dolly Mae Dix Myers, he was born June 18, 1926, in Boise, Idaho. He lived in Topeka until
1931, then moved to Stockton, Calif., where he graduated from Stockton High School in 1944.
He married Marie Teasley on Aug. 8, 1953, in Stockton. She died earlier.
Mr. Myers was a member of Jehovah's Witnesses.
He is survived by two daughters, Kathy Ray of Emporia and Carol "Janie" Collins of Jackson, Tenn.; three
sons, Raymond "Gene" Myers of Jackson, Tenn., Michael Myers of Angels Camp, and Jonathan Myers of Stockton,
Calif.; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Two brothers and one grandson died earlier.
Memorial contributions to the World Wide Work of Jehovah's Witnesses may be sent to the Koup Family Funeral Home,
P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 3 Dec 2003)
EMPORIA - Schaefer, Francis, 76, died Jan. 13, 2007. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Westminster United Presbyterian
Church.
Survivors: wife, Mildred; sons, Scott, William, Gary; brothers, Charles, Robert; 1 granddaughter; 2 great-grandchildren.
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 1/14/2007.
Effie E. Torrens, 78, homemaker, died Friday, March 18, 1988. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Floyd J., Marion, both of Emporia; brothers, Earl White of Trenton, Neb., Jess White of Dodge
City; sister, Mabel Baker of Emporia; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established
with Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Heart Fund, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 19 March 1988)
Leonard Earl Torrens, 80, retired Lyon County Road and Bridge Department employee, died Friday. Service
10:30 a.m. Monday, Roberts-Blue- Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Effie; sons, Floyd, Marion, sisters, Maxine Dailey, Ethelyn Lawson, Leatha Schaefer, all of Emporia;
seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Alzheimer's and Related Diseases.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 Feb 1986)
TORRENS, MARION FRANCIS
Marion Francis Torrens, 1835 Road R, died Friday, Nov. 4, 2005, at the Holiday Resort. He was 77.
Mr. Torrens was a conductor with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, where he worked 42 years before
he retired in 1990. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on March 22, 1946 and served until Jan. 27, 1948.
The son of Leonard E. and Effie E. White Torrens, he was born Jan. 14, 1928, in Emporia. He graduated from Emporia
High School in 1945.
His first marriage, to Barbara Jones, ended in divorce. He married Shirley L. Schmidt on June 7, 1960, at St. Mark's
Lutheran Church. She died May 17, 1990. He married Carol Livingston. They also divorced.
Mr. Torrens was a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2587 and the United Transport Union, both for 45 years;
a life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Lowry-Funston Post 1980; and American Legion Ball-McColm Post 5 for 47
years.
He is survived by three sons, Leonard R. Torrens, Dennis L. Torrens and Marlan M. Torrens, all of Emporia; one
daughter, Sheila Palmer of Cashion, Okla; one brother, Floyd Torrens of Emporia; 11 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter;
and his first wife, Barbara Jones Burkhart.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. The Rev. Don Conrade of the church will
officiate. Burial, with military services conducted by a Fort Riley honor detail, will be in Chicago Mound Cemetery
near Emporia. The family will meet friends from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions to the Sertoma Club Train Fund may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia,
KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 7 Nov 2005)
Shirley L. Torrens, 54, homemaker, died Thursday, May 17, 1990. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, St. Mark's Lutheran
Church.
Survivors: husband, Marion; son, Marlan M. of Emporia; daughter, Sheila Palmer of Castle Rock, Colo.; stepsons,
Leonard, Dennis, both of Emporia; brothers, Darrell A. Schmidt of Emporia, Charles F. Schmidt of Hartford, Theodore
D. Schmidt of Neosho Rapids; sister, Alberta M. Brewer of Leavenworth; four grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren.
Memorials have been established with Saint Mark's Lutheran Church and the American Heart Asociation. Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 20 May 1990)
Marion L. Boggs, 74, retired farmer, died Friday, July 8, 1988. Service 10 a.m. today, Chicago Mound
Cemetery, rural Emporia.
Survivor: son, John of Morro Bay, Calif. Memorial has been established with Hospice of the Flint Hills, Emporia.
Carlson Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 July 1988)
Bond, George C., 90, formerly of Emporia, retired Boeing Wichita employee, died Tuesday, June 23, 1992.
Service 11:30 a.m. Saturday, The Chicago Mound Cemetery, Emporia.
Survivors: son, Michael of Wichita; brother, Granville of Great Bend; one grandchild. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral
Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 26 June 1992)
BRACK, FRED L.
Fred L. Brack, 72, died Monday, May 3, 2004, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
Mr. Brack owned and operated Brack's Pest Control in Hartford. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War, having
served from 1951 to 1953.
The son of Henry and Mary Brack, he was born Aug. 23, 1931, at Otis.
He married Virginia Surface on Dec. 4, 1954, at Great Bend. They were divorced.
Mr. Brack is survived by a son, Terry Brack of Lebo; two daughters, Pamela Landis of Hartford and Debra Jones of
Branson, Mo.; six grandchildren; one stepgrandchild; and two stepgreat-great-grandchildren.
Nine brothers and four sisters died earlier.
There will be a private family service.
All Faiths Funeral Services in Wichita has the arrangements.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 6 May 2004)
EMPORIA --- Richard Dwayne Burden, 66, Emporia, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002, at an Emporia hospital.
Mr. Burden was a welder for Sauder Tank in Emporia for more than 30 years. He retired in 1997. He was an air force
veteran.
He was born July 30, 1935, at Emporia, the son of Howard and Doris Marie Varelman Burden.
He married Alva J. Schaefer on Aug. 8, 1957, in Emporia. She survives.
Survivors include a daughter, Becky Peres, Emporia; three sisters, Jeanetta Alvarado, Wichita, and Vera Mason and
Bary Besack, both of Allen; and a grandson.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home in Emporia. Interment will be at
Chicago Mound Cemetery in Emporia. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Military graveside
services will be done by Lowry-Funston post No. 1980, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ball-McColm Post No. 5, American
Legion, both of Emporia.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Mound Ridge Community Center, sent in care of the funeral home.
(Topeka Capital-Journal ~ 5 Jan 2002)
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