Lyon County, Kansas
Obituaries
Davies, Anna Mae Belle, 91, homemaker, died Saturday, Sept. 9, 1995. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home.
Survivors: brothers, Roy and Walter Thomas, sisters, Inez Morris, Dolly Givens, all of Emporia. Memorial has been
established with Calvary Baptist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 Sept 1995)
Eckel, Eva Jane, 82, homemaker, died Monday, Sept. 12, 1994. Service 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Agnes City Cemetery,
rural Bushong.
Survivors: several cousins. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 14 Sept 1994)
Dewitt Clinton Houck, 78, retired farmer and cattleman, died Monday, May 15, 1989. Service 2 p.m.
today, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Grace; son, James Albert of Bushong; daughter, Joanne P. Devin of Des Moines; seven grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 May 1989)
Houck, Grace Caroline, 88, homemaker and former teacher, died Saturday, May 6, 2000. Service 10
a.m. Wednesday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: son, James of Allen; daughter, Joanne Devin of Des Moines; sister, Mabel Reichardt of McPherson; seven
grandchildren; eight great-gr andchildren. Memorial has been established with Hand-In-Hand Hospice.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 May 2000)
Miller, Raymond Wilson, 71, Dillons courtesy clerk, died Wednesday, March 31, 1999. Services 10 a.m.
Saturday, Resthaven Mortuary; 1:30 p.m., Agnes City Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Mary; stepson, Robert Reaka of Oklahoma City; stepdaughter, Connie Borchard of Wichita; sister,
Doris Holt of Wichita; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 April 1999)
Raymond August Schlesener, 91, of rural Council Grove died Sunday, Feb. 19.
The family provided the following information.
He was called home to meet his savior.
Life began for Mr. Schlesener at his parent's farmhouse in rural Latimer. They later moved to Herington. Another
move was to rural Lincolnville. Being flooded our for several years at this location, his father vowed to find
the highest hill he could. In 1930, he traded for land in the Flint Hills which included the highest elevation
in Lyon County. Mr. Schlesener lived the remainder of his life on this ranch, spending the last two and a half
years at the Council Grove Healthcare Center.
Mr. Schlesener was baptized on July 5, 1914 at White City and confirmed with the verse from Matthew 26:14 on April
13, 1930. He was a charter member of the Calvary Lutheran Church in Council Grove.
His marriage to Dorothy Carmen Marcella Stuewe occurred on Aug. 18, 1948 in Council Grove. She survives of the
home. Shortly after their marriage, at his wife's suggestion, he bought some Black Angus heifers from his uncle
George Schlesener.
Four daughters were born to the Schleseners; they survived and include: Rael Blubaugh and her husband Richard of
McPherson, Karen Calhoun of Allen, Carol Tiffany and her husband Steve of rural Council Grove, and Elizabeth Buller
and her husband Bradley of rural Council Grove.
Mr. Schlesener was call "Grandpa" by 14 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
He will be sadly missed, but we know he is truly in Paradise, and this comforts us until we meet him again in that
great, green pasture in Heaven, with Jesus smiling at us.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Council Grove, with burial
to follow in the Agnes City Cemetery, east of Council Grove in Lyon County. Mr. Schlesener will lie in state at
the Penwell-Gabel Council Grove Chapel, until 9 p.m. today, where the family and friends will gather from 7 to
9 tonight. To honor his life, the family has requested memorial contributions be made to the Calvary Lutheran Church
in Council Grove. To leave a message for the family online, visit www.PenwellGabel.com.
(Manhattan Mercury - February 21, 2006)
Shellenberger, Isla, 96, homemaker, died Friday, Jan. 22, 1999. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home, Emporia.
Survivors: sons, Dale of Emporia, Clyde of Lenexa; daughters, Darlene Rees of Emporia, Helen Becker of Topeka;
four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Heart
Fund, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 Jan 1999)
Shellenberger, Marilyn Mae, 64, Bill's TV and Appliance co-owner, died Sunday, Dec. 15, 1996. Service
2 p.m. Wednesday, Agnes City Cemetery, rural Council Grove.
Survivors: husband, Billy; son, Rohn of Scott City; daughters, Karen Snyder of Lyons, Sharon Emrick of Medicine
Lodge; brother, Teddy Kramer of Olathe; sisters, Linda Myers of Ava, Mo., Kathren Sanger of Seymour, Mo.; six grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with the Kidney Foundation. Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home, Medicine Lodge.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 Dec 1996)
Shellenberger, Virgil R. Sr., 85, retired farmer and stockman, died Friday, Oct. 9, 1992. Service 2 p.m.
Monday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia.
Survivors: wife, Flora; sons, Virgil Jr. of Emporia, George W. of Clarksville, Ark.; daughter, Betty Rose Mason
of Kingman; sister, Esther McInnes of Emporia; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Memorials have been
established with the Kidney Foundation and the American Heart Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 Oct 1992)
Stueve, Paul H., 75, retired Iowa Beef Processing yard man, died Friday, Nov. 27, 1992. Service 1 p.m. Monday,
Messiah Lutheran Church, Emporia.
Survivors: sisters, Elsie Wise, Louise Tracy, Betty Hauser, Lida Huenergardt, Sylvia Major, Verla Brown, all of
Wichita, Ida of Olpe, Hilda Glewwe of St. Paul, Minn., Dorothy Schlesener of Council Grove. Memorial has been established
with Messiah Lutheran Church. Carlson Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 29 Nov 1992)
DENICE LYNNETTE BEST, 30, of Farmington Hills, Mich., formerly of Wichita, Avery Inc. technical
representative, died Sunday, August 16, 1987. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Admire (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: father, Billy Best of Gilbert, Ariz.; mother, Varlene Best of Wichita; grandmother, Hazel Bathurst of
Allen; brother, Kevin of Brisbane, Australia; sister, Cindy Gough of Kansas City, Mo. Memorial has been established
with the Denice Best Memorial Fund in care of National Bank of Wichita. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 26 Aug 1987)
BOOTH,
CONSTANCE MARTIN
Lyon County native Constance
Martin Booth is to be
buried at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Admire Cemetery. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Thursday at St.
Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Buckport, Maine.
Mrs. Booth died Monday, Sept. 20, 2004, at home in Ellsworth Maine.
The daughter of Jacob Their and Ida Mae Hausermann Martin, she was born Dec. 12, 1912, in Admire. She taught for
many years in a one-room Kansas schoolhouse. She was a lifelong member of the Parliament Club and a member of the
Kansas State Teachers Association.
Her survivors include Carlene Parsons of Ellsworth; a brother, Glenn Martin, and a sister, Meryl Mansfield, both
living in Kansas; and a grandson.
Her husband, Carl L. Booth, died in 1978. Two sisters, Mary Morris and Francis Bruce, and two brothers, Verne Martin
and Frank Martin, also died earlier.
Donations in Mrs. Booth's memory may be sent to the Emporia Public Library, 110 E. Sixth Ave., Emporia, KS 66801.
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home has the Emporia arrangements.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 25 Sept 2004)
Kaitlin R. Kile, 1-month-old daughter of Greg and Lisa Kile, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1987. Service 2 p.m.
today, United Methodist Church.
Other survivors: sister, Jacy E. at home; grandparents, Richard and Ruth of Madison, Vernon Winter of Admire; great-grandparents,
Margaret Stevenson of Madison, Mr. and Mrs. John Kile of Cedaredge, Colo. Memorial has been established with United
Methodist Church. Wilson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 16 Oct 1987)
Miller, Bertha Z. "Betty," 79, homemaker, died Monday, Nov. 16, 1992. Service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home.
Survivors: brother, Richard A. Goldsmith of Newton; sister, Gladys Haney of Topeka.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 Nov 1992)
Beulah Irene Moore, 67, homemaker, died Sunday, March 1, 1992. Memorial service 7 p.m. today, Faith Lutheran
Church.
Survivors: son, Jim of Emporia; brother, Richard Goldsmith of Newton; sisters, Betty Miller of Emporia, Gladys
Haney of Topeka; two grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Hospice of the Flint Hills. Carlson Funeral
Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 March 1992)
COFFEYVILLE - Timothy
Fitzgerald, 54, died
Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005, at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center.
He was born March 22, 1951, in Pensacola, Fla., to Julius Bernard, Jr. and Bonneva Gertrude Powell Fitzgerald.
The family moved from Pensacola to Allen, Kansas. They later moved to Hutchinson in 1956 where Tim attended grade
school. They moved to Coffeyville in 1964 and he was a 1969 graduate of Field Kindley Memorial High School, Coffeyville.
He joined the United States Navy in 1969 and served four years in Hawaii. He was honorably discharged October of
1973.
He married Kristine Larsen Feb. 16, 1973, at the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base in Hawaii while they were both serving
in the U.S. Navy. After separation from the Navy they made their home in Coffeyville.
He attended the Coffeyville Vo-Tech where he completed the Building Trade Course.
He worked for the City of Coffeyville, Morrow Foundry, Union Street Meat Market, Kansas Matchplate, Templeton Woodworks.
He was co-owner of D and T Fencing with Doug Grayum. He later owned and operated Fitzgerald Industries Inc., Mound
Valley.
He attended Crossroads Community Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, bingo, cooking and spending time with his
family.
Survivors include his wife, Kristine, of the home; his mother Bonneva G. Fitzgerald, Wichita; three daughters,
Jennifer Holman, Wichita, Heather Isle, Independence, Melissa Fitzgerald, Coffeyville; and seven grandchildren;
.
two sisters, Beverly Courington, Goddard, Patt Hutchison, Chanute; a brother, Jim Fitzgerald, Hohenwal, Tenn.;
and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, and a brother, Michael D. Fitzgerald.
Visitation is 1 to 8 p.m. today at the Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home Chapel, 2405 Woodland Ave., Coffeyville.
Funeral will be 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Crossroads Community of Christ Church RLDS, 3906 CR 2600 Rural
Coffeyville, with Pastor Marjorie Miller officiating.
Burial will follow at 3 p.m. in the Allen Cemetery, north of Emporia.
Memorials may be given to donor's choice in care of the funeral home.
(Chicago Tribune ~ 16 Sept 2005)
OLATHE - Morris,
Mason Kelly, infant
son of Kelly Morris and Jessica Reed, died Jan. 13, 2008. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Allen (Kan.) Cemetery. Other
Survivors: brother, Derrek; grandparents, Kiristi Lauridsen, Nancy and Richard Winsky, Don and Alberta Morris.
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 1/15/2008.
Shope, Irving "Hap," 61, Sauder Custom Fabrication welder and roll operator, died Tuesday, Oct.
6, 1992. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Roberts-Blue- Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia.
Survivors: wife, Betty; sons, Richard, Donald, both of Allen, Ronald of Americus, Gerald of Wichita; daughters,
Barbara Meyer, Jackie Leakey, both of Topeka, Glenda Kerstetter of Leon, Kathy Woodward of Eudora, Gloria Orender
of Osage City, Kim of Allen; brothers, Frank of White City, John of Luther, Okla.; sisters, Louise Miller of Junction
City, Lena Pitts of Council Grove; 13 grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Hospice of the Flint
Hills, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 7 Oct 1992)
WAMEGO- Luella
Beth "Betty" Simmons,
95, of Wamego, KS, passed away Friday evening November 2, 2007 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego.
She was born on January 2, 1912, in Allen, Kansas, the daughter of Harry W. and Elma L. (Conrad) Leavell. On September
1, 1928, Betty married Merle D. Simmons in Emporia, Kansas. Merle preceded her in death in 1975.
Her survivors include: her daughters, Carol Bryson,Wamego, KS, Judith Boline, Gardner, KS, and Susan Partridge,
Wamego, KS; her sons, Lawrence Simmons, Wichita, KS, Bruce Simmons, Olney, TX, and David Simmons, Blytheville,
AR; 18 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at Stewart Funeral Home in Wamego, burial following
in Allen Cemetery in Allen, Kansas. Betty will lie in state at the funeral home on Monday from 2:00 p.m. until
5:30 p.m. There will not be an evening visitation. In Lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to Wamego
Public Library, Heart of America Hospice, or the First United Methodist Church of Wamego Building Fund, and may
be left in care of Stewart Funeral Home, P.O. Box 48, Wamego, 66547. Online condolences may be left for the family
at www.stewartfuneralhomes.com
(Topeka Capital-Journal ~ 4 Nov 2007)
Blair, Esther I., 84, homemaker and business co-owner, died Friday, Nov. 17, 2000. Visitation with family
7 to 8 p.m. Monday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home; service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Cottonwood Cemetery.
Survivors: daughter, Naomia Jackson of Emporia; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial established with Hand In Hand Hospice.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 Nov 2000)
Blair, Roy Ivan, 91, formerly of Hesston, retired self-employed trader, died Wednesday, Oct. 9, 1996. Service
2 p.m. Saturday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Esther; daughter, Ruth Jackson of Emporia; sister, Fern McIntyre of Hill City; three grandchildren;
eight great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Emporia Friends of
the Zoo.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 Oct 1996)
BROWN,
FRED LeROY, SR.
Fred LeRoy Brown Sr.,
91, of Osage City died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004, at the Osage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Osage City.
Mr. Brown farmed, was an automobile mechanic and an oil field construction worker before he retired.
The son of Louis F. Edith E. Smith Brown, he was born Feb. 16, 1912, in Americus. His first marriage, to Grace
V. Duncan, ended in divorce.
He married Jewel Longshore Pope on June 28, 1969, in Strong City. She survives.
Mr. Brown was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church in Vassar.
He is also survived by two daughters, Josephine G. Williams of Emporia and Lorene A. Anliker of Madison; a son,
Fred L. Brown Jr., of Montrose, Colo.; two stepdaughters, Judith A. O'Brien of Ada, Okla., and Leona K. Whisenhont
of Stratford, Okla.; two stepsons, Clyve L. Pope of Cherokee and James R. Pope of Gillette, Wyo.; 11 grandchildren;
two stepgrandchildren; and many great- and stepgreat-grandchildren.
A son, Phillip Lee Brown, died earlier, as did six brothers and two sisters.
The funeral, conducted by the Rev. Niles Lloyd of the Trinity Baptist Church, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Cottonwood Cemetery, west of Emporia.
Memorial contributions to Midland Hospice Care may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia,
KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 19 Jan 2004)
Brown, Wilbur E., 92, retired farmer, died Friday, Aug. 26, 1994. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home.
Survivors: brother, Fred Brown of Osage City; several nieces and nephews. Memorial has been established with Beta
Sigma Phi Heart Fund.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 28 Aug 1994)
The funeral for Nicholas
Lee Buxton is planned
for 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church. The Rev. Al Areheart of the church will officiate.
Burial will be at Cottonwood Cemetery, west of Emporia.
The family will meet friends from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Mr. Buxton, 1527 Sherwood Way, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2005, as the result of an electrical-line accident in Kenner,
La., where he was working to repair damage from Hurricane Katrina. He was 27.
He was born Feb. 4, 1978, in Wichita to Samuel Allen and Janet L. Middleton Buxton. He was a 1996 graduate of Emporia
High School and earned a degree in electric power and distribution from the Manhattan Area Technical College in
2001. In May 2003, he was inducted into the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, joining Local 57 in
Salt Lake City. In July of this year, he transferred his membership to Local 304 in Topeka.
At the time of his death, he was a lineman for PAR Electric Contractors of Kansas City, Mo., his employer for the
past two years. Previously, he had worked for two years for Hastco Construction in Emporia and for six months in
2002, he worked for Alaska Village Electric Cooperative.
Mr. Buxton is survived by his mother, Janet Jefferis, and her husband, Jan, of Emporia; his father, who lives in
Oklahoma City; a brother, Luke Buxton of Emporia; and grandparents Gene and Ruby Middleton of El Dorado.
Grandparents Jason Buxton and Pamela Wagner died earlier.
Contributions to the Nick Buxton Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Manhattan Area Technical College may be sent
in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801
(Emporia Gazette ~ 15 Sept 2005)
Alzina L. (Gillett) Coleman, 81, homemaker, died Sunday, Aug. 19, 1990. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, First
Friends Church.
Survivors: husband, Ernest; sons, Stephen of Emporia, Ralph of Topeka, Ernest J. of Lawrence, William of Central
City, Neb., John of Tigard, Ore., James of Raymond, N.H.; daughter, Elsie Cate of Raymond, Ruth Stone of Eudora,
Rose Eckert of Fremont, Mich., Anna Wadsworth of Aumsville, Ore.; 31 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren. Memorial
has been established with First Friends Church. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 21 Aug 1990)
Services for Ernest
J. Coleman Jr., 55,
Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Wakarusa Valley School with the Rev. Nick Shaffer and the Rev. Robert
Winters officiating. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Cottonwood Cemetery west of Emporia.
Mr. Coleman died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1992, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital shortly after collapsing at Wakarusa Valley
School.
He was born July 20, 1937, in Hay Springs, Neb., the son of Ernest J. and Alzina Luella Gillette Coleman. He graduated
from Sandridge Grade School and from Hay Springs High School.
Mr. Coleman became part-time principal of Wakarusa Valley School in 1985 and full-time principal in 1991. He originally
joined the Lawrence school district in 1971 as director of federal programs, and he continued in that role part-time
during the years he was part-time principal at Wakarusa Valley.
Coleman also had served as federal revenue consultant for Douglas County from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s.
Coleman's first position in education was in Ashby, Neb., where he worked in a one-room country school. All his
other positions were in Kansas.
He was a teacher and coach in Haviland before serving as a teacher, principal and coach in Lincolnville. Coleman
then served as superintendent of schools in Eskridge from 1965-68, and he was superintendent of schools and high
school principal in Spring Hill from 1968-71.
He attended Chadron State College, Chadron, Neb., and graduated in 1960 from Friends University, Wichita. He earned
a master's degree from Emporia State University and worked on a doctorate at Kansas University.
Mr. Coleman was a member of Lawrence Friends Church. He also was involved with Youth for Christ, the O'Connell
Youth Ranch, the Lawrence school district's Indian Education program, the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence and the
Gideons.
He married Hazel Sparks on Aug. 16, 1960, in Emporia. She survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Candi Coleman and Chris Self, both of Lawrence; three sons, Craig Coleman,
Sarasota, Fla., Dennis Hanlon, Fairview, Okla., and Edward Hamilton, Iola; his father, Ernest J. Coleman Sr., Emporia;
four sisters, Elsie Cate, Raymond, N.H., Rose Eckert, Fremont, Neb., Anne Wadsworth, Aumsville, Ore., and Ruth
Stone, Eudora; five brothers, William, Central City, Neb., Ralph, Topeka, John, Tigard, Ore., James, Broken Arrow,
Okla., and Steve, Emporia; and two grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to Lawrence Friends Church in care of the church or Rumsey Funeral Home.
Family and friends will meet from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
(Lawrence Journal-World ~ 3 Sept 1992)
The funeral for Fern
S. Combes, 98, a resident
of Holiday Resort, will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Charter Funerals-Emporia Chapel. The Rev. Chad Poland of First
Congregational Church will conduct the service. Burial will be in Cottonwood Cemetery, west of Emporia. The family
will meet friends at 9 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions to Hand in Hand Hospice may be sent in care of the funeral home, 501 W. Sixth Ave., Emporia,
KS 66801.
Mrs. Combes, a homemaker, died Wednesday, June 9, 2004, at the Holiday Resort.
The daughter of Edd and Anna Mohr Strode, she was born March 2, 1906, in Cuba, Ill. She married Ray T. Combes Sr.
on Aug. 23, 1922. He died in 1976.
She grew up as a member of the United Brethren Church.
She is survived by two daughters, Nelda Swan of Emporia and Lois Barton of Ulysses; two sons, Ray Combes Jr. of
Olpe and Harlan Combes of Wheatridge, Colo.; a sister, Elizabeth Doyle of Litchfield, Ariz.; 20 grandchildren;
48 great-grandchildren; and 29 great-great-grandchildren.
Three brothers, six sisters, two grandsons and one great-granddaughter died earlier.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 11 June 2004)
Davis, Bertha J., 97, homemaker and babysitter, died Friday, Nov. 1, 1996. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday,
Cottonwood Cemetery.
Survivors: daughter, Peggy Rosenboom of Emporia; one grandchild; three great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with Meals on Wheels, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 Nov 1996)
EMPORIA - Davis,
Gladys V., 87, died
Nov. 30, 2007. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Messiah Lutheran Church.
Survivors: sons, Larry, Robert; daughter, Carolyn David; sister, Leona Ohm; 7 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren;
1 great-great-granddaughter. Roberts- Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 12/2/2007.
A longtime Emporia resident, Margaret Donovan,
died Thursday, April 10, 2003, at Newman Regional Health. She was 89.
The family attended a private service today in Cottonwood Cemetery.
Margaret Brooks was born July 3, 1913, in Marshallton, Del., to Walter and Pearl Gray Brooks. She grew up in Wilmington,
Del., and attended Wilmington High School. She married William W. Donovan on Jan. 6, 1945, in Wilmington. He died
Jan. 8, 1982.
A daughter, Florence S. Bryan, and a grandson also died earlier.
She is survived by a granddaughter, Tammy Davisson of Emporia, and two great-grandchildren.
Memorials in her name to the Salvation Army can be sent in care of Charter Funerals-Emporia Chapel, 501 W. Sixth
Ave., Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 11 April 2003)
Doudican, Louise M., 85, homemaker, died Thursday, April 22, 1993. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Cottonwood Cemetery,
Emporia.
Survivors: sons, Robert of Emporia, David of Tulsa; daughter, Lou Carol Stevens of Riverside, Calif.; brother,
Huber Hughes Jr. of Wichita; sister, Hilma Morris of Edmond, Okla.; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. Memorial
has been established with the Emporia Public Library in lieu of flowers. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 April 1993)
DRUMMOND,
LAURETTA MAE (BIELMAN)
Drummond, Lauretta Mae (Bielman), 97, formerly of Neva and Reading, retired teacher, died Saturday, Nov. 5,
1994. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Roberts- Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: daughter, Marice Pinkston Copt of Emporia; several nieces and nephews.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 6 Nov 1994)
Lawrence E. Harris, 64, former Emporia resident, retired Kansas Power and Light Co. maintenance employee, died
Tuesday, March 31, 1987. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia.
Survivors: brothers, Alvis of Friendly, Md.; sisters, Mildred Bennett of Washington, D.C., Margaret Michalek of
Fort Washington, Md., Georgia Taylor of Emporia. Memorial has been established with First Baptist Church, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 1 April 1987)
Former Neosho Rapids resident Clara L. Holdeman,
86, of Emporia died Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at the Emporia Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Holdeman was a homemaker.
Clara L. Jackson, the daughter of Ernest E. Edna Done Jackson, was born April 28, 1917, in Elmdale. She married
Charles H. Holdeman on April 12, 1936. They were divorced.
Mrs. Holdeman is survived by a daughter, Alice Garrison of Emporia; a son, Donald Holdeman of Topeka; a half brother,
Ernest Jackson Jr. of Emporia; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Two half brothers, James Jackson and Robert Jackson, died earlier.
There are no services planned.
Charter Funerals-Emporia Chapel has the arrangements.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 12 June 2003)
Hughes, Liberty Lucille, 73, retired Santa Fe Inn employee, died Monday, July 29, 1996. Service 10
a.m. Friday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. Survivors: sons, Gary Smith of Topeka, Virgil of Cortez, Colo.,
Delbert of Hastings, Neb.; daughters, Barbara Hooton of Sterling, Colo., Betty of Chicago, Bertha Cutshall of Emporia,
Bonnieta Tatum of Waterloo, Iowa; 16 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with
the American Diabetes Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 1 August 1996)
John C. Lore, 74, retired taxi driver, died Sunday, June 10, 1990. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Cottonwood
Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Grace; son, John Charles, daughter, Patricia, both of Emporia; brothers, George of Moran, Frank
of Eureka; sisters, Dorothy Woods of Eureka, Pearl Hamman of McPherson, Vada Ryther of Yates Center, Flossie Hamman
of Pomona, Calif.; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Memorials have been established with Center for Basic
Cancer Research, Kansas State University, and Cottonwood Friends Church. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 12 June 1990)
Martin, Anson Lee, 16, Learning Center student and Martin Muffler mechanic, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 1999.
Service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Victory Fellowship Church.
Survivors: parents, Gary and Teri Martin of the home; brother, Gary of Garnett; sisters, Lynette Travis of Kansas
City, Mo., Sharae, Mariel, both of the home; grandmothers, Rosalee Lenigan of Emporia, Leona Walker of Oklahoma
City. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 1 March 1999)
McClelland, Clarence R., 88, Saint Mary's Hospital inventory clerk, died Friday, Jan. 7, 2000. Visitation
7 to 9 p.m. Monday; service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, both at Roberts-Blue- Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: daughters, Sharon Matthews of Wichita, Joyce Barham of Belton, Mo., Connie McClelland; sister, Vera
McIlvain of Madison; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 January 2000)
Mercer, Charles W. "Bud," 54, retired Emporia street department foreman, died Friday, Aug. 7, 1998. Memorial
service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: son, Matthew of Manhattan; sisters, Mary Clements of Branson, Mo., Wauneta Zumbrunn of Emporia. Memorial
has been established with the Emporia Fire Department Light Stick Fund.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 August 1998)
VERA MARGUERITE MOON, 81, of 3716 N. Athenian Court, retired teacher, died Saturday, June 27, 1987.
Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, 3 p.m., Cottonwood Cemetery, rural Emporia.
Survivors: several nephews and nieces. Memorial has been established with Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church.
Cochran Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 28 June 1987)
The graveside service for Ed "E.L." Morgan, 82, a resident of the Holiday Resort, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Cottonwood Cemetery.
The family will meet friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions to the Sertoma Miniature Train at Soden's Grove Fund or the Emporia Friends of the Zoo may
be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
Mr. Morgan died Wednesday, May 5, 2004, at the care center.
He was an engineer with the Santa Fe Railroad for 40 years before he retired on April 11, 1983.
The son of Cyrus and Orpha Kinsey Morgan, he was born Sept. 19, 1921, in Cedar Point. He married Esther Arlene
Baker on April 26, 1942, in Clements. She died May 21, 1996, in Emporia.
Mr. Morgan was a member of the Flint Hills Christian Church. He also was a member of the Civilian Conservation
Corps and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
He is survived by two sons, Larry D. Morgan and Ron J. Morgan, both of Emporia; two daughters, Penny Morgan of
Emporia and Debbie Allen of Richland, Mo.; three brothers, Harold Morgan of Wichita, Clarence Morgan of Kansas
City, Mo., and Clifford G. Morgan of Canyon City, Colo.; eight grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
An infant son, three sisters, three brothers and a grandson died earlier.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 7 May 2004)
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