Lyon County, Kansas
Obituaries
Nevitt, George A., 86, retired J.B. Ehrsam Company, Enterprise, welder, died Saturday, May 17, 1997. Service
1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Cottonwood Cemetery, Emporia.
Survivors: sons, Harold of Wichita, David of Solomon; daughter, Sylvia Bishop of Wichita; brother, Tom of Emporia;
10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Abilene (Kan.) Historical Society.
Broadway Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 19 May 1997)
MARY V. NEVITT, 78, of 417 W. Campus, homemaker, died Monday, March 9, 1987. Services 10 a.m. Thursday,
Broadway Mortuary, 2 p.m., Cottonwood Cemetery, Emporia.
Survivors: husband, George; sons, Harold of Wichita, David of Solomon; daughter, Sylvia Bishop of Wichita; sister,
Emma Larsen of Mentone, Calif.; 10 grandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with
Riverside Free Methodist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 March 1987)
NORTON,
LEWIS "LOUIE"
Lewis "Louie" C. Norton,
81, of Emporia died Saturday, April 30, 2005, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka.
Mr. Norton worked in sales at Bluestem Farm & Ranch Supply before he retired. He was a veteran of World War
II.
The son of Archie J. and Joanna Hooper Norton, he was born Feb. 14, 1923, in Hartford. He married Betty J. Jeanneret
on May 15, 1948, at Grace United Methodist Church. She survives.
Mr. Norton was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. He was a Mason and a member of the American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He is also survived by two sons, Norman Norton of Emporia and James of Upland; one brother, William Norton of Madison;
a sister, Hartsel Storrer of Madison; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Jeane, and a grandson, Levi Norton, died earlier.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Charter Funerals-Emporia Chapel. The Rev. Mic McGuire will conduct the
service. Burial, with Masonic services and services conducted by American Legion Ball-McColm Post 5 and Veterans
of Foreign Affairs Lowry-Funston Post 1980, will be in Cottonwood Cemetery, west of Emporia.
The family suggests that, instead of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Emporia Friends of the Zoo
or American Legion Post 5 and sent in care of the funeral home, 501 W. Sixth Ave., Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 2 May 2005)
PHILLIPS,
TRACY RENEE
The funeral for Tracy
Renee Phillips, 25,
who died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004, in a traffic accident in Geary County, has been scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. The Rev. Lyle Williams of the First Baptist Church in Reading will officiate.
Burial will be in Cottonwood Cemetery, west of Emporia.
The family will meet friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Ms. Phillips, the daughter of Randy Winn and Vicky V. Estabrooks Phillips, was born Dec. 4, 1978, in Emporia. She
was a nursing student and worked as a certified nurses' aide.
She is survived by a son, Darion Winn Phillips, and her mother, both at home; her stepfather, Steve Eckman of Emporia;
two brothers, Rick Estabrooks of Americus and Ryan Phillips of Osage City; and a grandmother, Velda Parker of Howard.
Her father died earlier.
Contributions to a fund for her son's education may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia,
KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 2 Nov 2004)
Bryan, Florence (Smith), 57, Maynard High School food service employee and Presbyterian Manor employee,
died Monday, Jan. 1, 2001. Service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Cottonwood Cemetery.
Survivors: husband, David; son, Ricky Smith of the home; daughter, Tammy Davisson; mother, Margaret Donovan both
of Emporia; one grandchild. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 January 2001)
Smith, Harold Edward, 62, Western Auto mechanic, died Monday, Aug. 18, 1997. Service 11 a.m. Thursday,
Cottonwood Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Florence; son, Ricky at home; daughter, Tammy Davisson of Gladston, Mo.; stepdaughter, Brenda
Heins of Astin, Minn.; brothers, John of Madison, Paul of Hutchinson, Francis of Sparta, Ill., Wayne of Emporia;
sisters, Leota Gunkel of Emporia, Irene Weatherman of Locust Grove, Okla. Memorial has been established with Westside
Baptist Church. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 20 August 1997)
EMPORIA --- Richard
"Ricky" Ward Smith,
33, Emporia, died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2001, at his home.
Mr. Smith had work at the east Hardee's in Emporia since high school.
He was born Aug. 18, 1968, at Emporia, the son of Harold Edward and Florence Margaret Donovan Smith. He graduated
from Emporia High School in 1987 and had lived at Emporia his entire life.
Mr. Smith was a member of the Emporia Model Railroad Club. He attended activities at the Baptist Student Union.
Survivors include his step-father, David Bryan, Emporia; two sisters, Tammy Davisson, Emporia, and Brenda Heine,
Austin, Minn.; and maternal grandmother, Margaret Donovan, Emporia.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Cottonwood Cemetery, west of Emporia. Friends may visit from 1 to
9 p.m. today at Carlson Chapel, Emporia.
The family suggests memorials to the Richard W. Smith Memorial Fund, sent in care of Charter Funerals/Carlson Chapel,
501 W. 6th Ave., Emporia, 66801.
(Topeka Capital-Journal ~ 8 November 2001)
William E. Spillman, 83, retired farmer, died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 1990. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Marjorie L.; son, James W. of Rosalia; daughters, Edna Long, Peggy J. Stice, both of Emporia,
Mary Ann Place of Clarksville, Texas, Judith M. Magerl of Olathe; 12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren. Memorial
has been established with the Masonic Lodge No. 395, Saffordville.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 23 August 1990)
Earl Roy Stout, 92, retired implement dealer and farmer, died Wednesday, April 13, 1988. Service 4 p.m.
Saturday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: daughters, Lynda, Mynda Poff, both of Topeka; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Memorial has
been established with Cottonwood Friends Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 April 1988)
Lois Vance, 101, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. today, Cottonwood Cemetery, Emporia.
Survivors: son, Lewis of Wichita; two grandchildren; two great- grandchildren. Memorials have been established
with United Methodist Church, Cottonwood Falls, and Kansas Society for Crippled Children. Croy Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 28 March 1985)
The family of Ralph
Edward VanSickle will
meet friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. VanSickle of rural
Emporia died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007 at Newman Regional Health. He was 82.
The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. Charity
Sandstrom and Galen Hinshaw will conduct the service, assisted by Mr. VanSickle's grandson the Rev. Brent VanSickle
and the Revs. Tomas Martinez and Richard Buck. Burial will be in the Cottonwood Friends Cemetery .
An entrepreneur, Mr. VanSickle was a realtor and auctioneer for almost 40 years and a dairyman and rancher in his
early years.Ê He pioneered the auction method of selling real estate in Lyon County and mentored several
young people to help them learn the auction business.Ê
The son of Leroy and Bertha Smith VanSickle, he was born Feb. 18, 1925, in rural Emporia. He married Grace Eileen
Schwindt on May 5, 1946, at Ebenezer Evangelical Church west of Olpe.
Mr. VanSickle was a lifelong member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) Church and a member and elder
of Emporia Friends Church. While living in the communities, he was a member of Cottonwood Friends Church and Twin
Mound Friends Church, where he served as treasurer for many years along with serving on other committees in the
church, Cottonwood Quarterly Meeting, Area Meeting and Yearly Meeting. He was a longtime member of the Emporia
chapter of Gideons International.
He was president of the Emporia Realtors Association and named Realtor of the Year and was president of the Lyon
County Historical Museum when the museum raised funds to move into the old Carnegie Library on Sixth Avenue.
Mr. VanSickle was a former member of the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Kansas and National
Realtors and Auctioneers Associations. He served as community leader and tractor leader for the Sunnyside 4-H and
was a member of the 4-H Alumni Association, Emporia Masonic Lodge and volunteered as a greeter at Newman Regional
Health.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, one son, Ray D. VanSickle of Newton; two daughters, Carol Schaefer of Emporia
and Joan VanSickle Sloan of Maryville, Tenn.; six grandchildren, David Sloan of Maryville, Tenn., Nathan Sloan
of Seymour, Tenn., Melodi Wood of Ringgold, La., Lisa Smallwood of Tulsa, Okla., Brent VanSickle of Alton, Ill.,
and Andrea Bazan of Red Oak, Texas; and one great grandson, Schaefer McKee Smallwood of Tulsa; one brother, Raymond
L. VanSickle of Emporia; two sisters, Evelyn Frazier of Emporia and Elsie Adams of Olathe.
A sister, Esther Rich, died earlier.
Memorial contributions to the Emporia Friends Church, Hand In Hand Hospice, the American Cancer Society or Gideons
International, may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 22 November 2007)
Services for Helen
Vermillion, 70, Emporia,
will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home in Emporia. Burial will be in Cottonwood Cemetery
west of Emporia.
Mrs. Vermillion died Sunday at a Topeka hospital.
She was born Dec. 31, 1920, in Emporia. She was a former nurses' aide at nursing homes in Emporia, Lawrence and
California.
She married Wayne M. Vermillion on Dec. 31, 1937, in Council Grove. He died Nov. 2, 1969.
Survivors include five daughters, Donna Roubison and Waynet Brower, both of Lawrence, Anita Stevens, Emporia, Helen
Ray Grafmyre, Lynden, Wash., and Sue Ann Vermillion, Coolidge, Ariz.; a sister, Dorothy Lane, Avon Park, Fla.;
nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to the Meals-On-Wheels program in Emporia.
(Lawrence Journal-World ~ 19 March 1991)
White, Commadore C., 99, of Burlingame, formerly of Emporia, self-employed truck driver, died Saturday, Nov.
25, 2000. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Cottonwood Friends Cemetery, west of Emporia.
Survivor: wife, Zelma. Memorial established with Cottonwood Friends Church. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 27 November 2000)
Zelma Helen White died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007, at the Flint Hills Care Center, where she was a resident. She
was 91.
Mrs. White, a homemaker, worked for three years as a nurses aide at Newman Memorial Hospital until 1950. She moved
to Emporia in 1938.
The daughter of Loyd and Lora Bell Anderson Pitts, she was born Dec. 12, 1915, in Centerville, Iowa. She married
Thomas V. Rees on June 3, 1964, in Emporia. He died Aug. 8, 1969, in Emporia. She married Commodore C. White in
November 1972 in Emporia. He died Nov. 25, 2000, in Burlingame.
Mrs. White is survived by a cousin, LoraDell "Dixie" Thomas of Emporia.
A brother, Claude Pitts, died earlier.
The graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Cottonwood Cemetery, west of Emporia. The Rev. Claudia Bakely
of the First United Methodist Church will conduct the service.
Memorial contributions to the Flint Hills Care Center may be sent in care of the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home,
P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 8 January 2007)
WILEY,
ROBERT A. "BOB"
Former Emporia resident Robert
A. "Bob" Wiley,
62, of Wichita died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2004.
Mr. Wiley worked at Didde Web Press in Emporia and later was project manager at Raytheon Facilities before he retired.
He was the son of the late H.H. "Bus" and Laura Wiley.
Mr. Riley is survived by his wife of 43 years, Karen A. Pennebaker Wiley; a daughter, Dana DeVries of Allen; a
son, Scott Wiley of Eudora; and five grandchildren.
A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in College Hill United Methodist Church. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m in
Cottonwood Cemetery, west of Emporia.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, 313 S. Market, Wichita, KS 67202 or College
Hill United Methodist Church, 2930 E. First St., Wichita, KS 67214.
Cochran Mortuary in Wichita has the arrangements.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 21 December 2004)
Brickley, Edward P "Pie," 89, Morgan Packing Co. and Fanestil Packing Co. butcher, died Sunday, Nov.
9, 1997. Service 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: daughters, Marjorie Willey, Mary Madden, Mildred Gunkel, all of Emporia, Marie Richardson Waudby of
Derby, sister, Sister Agnes Mary Brickley of Leavenworth; 13 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with First Friends Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 November 1997)
Nora E. (Barrett) Brickley, 79, homemaker, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1991. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home.
Survivors: husband, Edward P.; daughters, Marjorie Willey, Mildred Gunkel, of both Emporia, Mary Madden of Kansas
City, Kan., Marie Richardson- Waudby of Derby; brothers, Fred J. Barrett of Hartford, Chester Barrett, Vernon Barrett,
both of Emporia, Wayne Barrett of Council Grove; 13 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.
Memorial has been established with First Friends Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 5 December 1991)
David L. Bryan, formerly of 10 S. Neosho St., died Saturday, March 10, 2007, at the Flint Hills Care Center.
Mr. Bryan worked for the City of Emporia Transfer Department from April 1981 to April 2001.
The son of Vera Robinson, he was born Oct. 10, 1938. He married Florence Smith on Nov. 9, 2000. She died Jan. 1,
2001, at Emporia.
Mr. Bryan was a member of the West Side Baptist Church.
He is survived by two sisters, names and addresses unavailable. A stepson, Richard W. "Ricky" Smith died
Nov. 6, 2001.
The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the West Side Baptist Church. Ken Armstrong will conduct the
service. Mr. Bryan was cremated. Burial will be at a later date in Evergreen Cemetery.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 15 March 2007)
BURDEN,
WILLIAM GLEN
William Glen Burden
died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005, at his home in rural Emporia. He was 60.
Mr. Burden was taught industrial arts at De Soto High School for 13 years before he retired in 2004.
The son of William C. and Geraldine Glenn Burden, he was born Dec. 27, 1944, in Emporia. Two marriages, to Karen
Welch and to Sondra Center, ended in divorce.
Mr. Burden was a member of the National Education Association and several other professional groups and organizations.
He is survived by three daughters, Caroly Jo Burden of Overland Park, Glenna Armbrust of Hutchinson and Jerrie
Kroeker of Royal Palm Beach, Fla.; one son, Brent Burden of Emporia; his parents of Emporia; two brothers, Virgil
Burden of Olathe and Leonard Burden of Kansas City, Kan.; two grandchildren; and his former wives, Karen Wingfield
of Hutchinson and Sondra Burden of Emporia.
The funeral was Tuesday in the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home chapel. Lee Hoskins of the First United Methodist
Church conducted the service. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, south of Emporia.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 14 September 2005)
COX,
CATHERINE AMELIA GRAYBEAL
Cox, Catherine Amelia Graybeal, 99, of St. Charles, Mo., formerly of Burlington, died Thursday, Oct. 24,
1996. Service 1:30 p.m. Monday, Jones Funeral Home, Burlington.
Survivors: sons, Daryl Graybeal, Gerald Graybeal, both of Emporia, Jack Graybeal of Wichita; daughters, Evelyn
Trahan, Beverly Griffith, both of Yates Center, Elaine Sullivan of Wichita, Shirley Kupfer of Kendall, N.Y., Betty
Whitrock of St. Charles; stepsons, Dale Cox of Afton, Okla., Frank Cox of Cassoday, Roy Cox of Burlington; 40 grandchildren;
62 great-grandchildren; 14 great-great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Capper Foundation.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 26 October 1996)
EDWARDS,
LAURA RUFENA
Laura Rufena Edwards
will be buried in Evergreen Cemetery of Emporia, where a funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday; the Rev. Norbert Tegtmeier
of Messiah Lutheran Church will officiate.
Mrs. Edwards, 87, died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003, at Emporia Rehabilitation Center. She was a homemaker.
She was born to John and Nettie Rathke on Sept. 10, 1915, in Olpe. She married Charles Edwards in 1943 at Messiah
Lutheran Church; they were later divorced.
Her survivors include a daughter, Carrie Jean Heinbaugh of McConnellsburg, Pa., and a brother, Leo Rathke of Emporia.
Three brothers, Edward Rathke, John Rathke and Oscar "Al" Rathke, and one sister, Ruth Borkth, died earlier.
She was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church.
Memorials in her name to the church can be sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia,
KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 16 January 2003)
Fowler Harry L. Sr., 85, farmer and stockman, died Saturday, April 6, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday,
Westminster United Presbyterian Church.
Survivors: wife, Jane; sons, Thomas, Harry, both of Emporia; daughter, Elizabeth Knoll of Topeka; 11 grandchildren;
nine great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Westminster United Presbyterian Church. Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 April 1996)
Fowler, Jane, 89, homemaker, died Thursday, April 6, 2000. Visitation with family 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday,
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home; service 2 p.m. Monday, Westminster United Presbyterian Church.
Survivors: sons, Thomas, Harry both of Emporia; daughter, Elizabeth Knoll of Topeka; sister, Edith Means of Emporia;
11 grandchildren; 13 great-gr andchildren. Memorial has been established with Westminster United Presbyte rian
Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 April 2000)
Grandstaff, Phillip Dean, 39, was found dead Friday, Feb. 28, 1997. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Evergreen
Cemetery, rural Emporia.
Survivors: brothers, Harvey, Anthony, Hubert, all of Emporia, Mathern of Topeka. Memorial has been established
with Salvation Army Citadel, Emporia. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 March 1997)
Graybeal, Daryl L., 78, retired Sauder Custom Fabrication welder, died Sunday, April 11, 1999. Service 10:30
a.m. Friday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Elizabeth; sons, Terry, Randy, both of Emporia; brothers, Gerald of Emporia, Jack of Wichita;
sisters, Evelyn Trahan, Beverly Griffith, both of Yates Center, Elaine Sullivan of Wichita, Shirley Kupfer of Kendall,
N.Y., Betty Whitrock of St. Charles, Mo.; two grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 April 1999)
GRAYBEAL,
ELIZABETH "BETTY" ANN
EMPORIA - Graybeal,
Elizabeth "Betty" Ann,
74, died December 29, 2006. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia.
Survivors: sons, Terry, Randy; brother, Bill Jones of Arcada, CA; grandchi ldren, J.R. Graybeal, Travis Graybeal,
both of Madison.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 12/31/2006.
Ira C. Headley, 86, retired Santa Fe Railway conductor and brakeman, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 1986. Service
2 p.m. today, Roberts-Blue- Barnett Funeral Home Chapel.
Survivors: sons, Clayton of Arlington, Texas, Darrell of Lyons; daughters, June DePew of Junction City, Arline
Butler of Great Falls, Montana, Doreen Newland of Baldwin, Sharon Hensley of Emporia; sister, Anita Robinson of
Denver, Colo.; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Flint Hills Heart
Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 14 October 1986)
Henry, Gladys Louise, 70, of Irving, Texas, formerly of Emporia, bookkeeper, died Saturday, May
7, 1994. Services 11 a.m. today, Donnelly Colonial Funeral Home, Irving; 2 p.m. Wednesday, Evergreen Cemetery,
Emporia. Survivors: brother, Owen Williams of Wiley, Colo.; sisters, Elizabeth Shaw of Emporia, Eunice McNiel,
Dorothy Kussman, both of Houston, Ethel Smith of Fort Worth. Memorial has been established with the Salvation Army.
Carlson Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 10 May 1994)
HOLCOMB,
LORENE MAE
Longtime Emporia resident Lorene
Mae Holcomb, 83, died
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003, at her home in Manhattan.
The daughter of John and Linnie Hunter Heckathorn, she was born Feb. 3, 1920, in Emporia. She married Roy Holcomb
on June 26, 1938, in Cottonwood Falls. He died April 5, 1989.
Mrs. Holcomb, a homemaker, was a clerk for the Dollar General Store and for a children's clothing store in Emporia.
Five years ago, she moved to Manhattan to live with her daughter.
Mrs. Holcomb is survived by a son, Gary Holcomb of Neosho Rapids; a daughter, Cheryl Countryman of Manhattan; six
grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and 14 stepgreat-grandchildren.
A son, Phillip Holcomb; five brothers, Clark Heckathorn, Elmer Heckathorn, Russell Heckathorn, Milton Heckathorn
and Clyde Heckathorn; and two sisters, Opal Whaley and Ogal Scheck, died earlier.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall at Manhattan. Robert Bliven will officiate.
The burial service will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Evergreen Cemetery, south of Emporia.
The Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home in Manhattan has the arrangements.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 9 October 2003)
EMPORIA --- Services will be at 11 a.m., Jan. 28, at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home in
Emporia for David Lee
Jones, 79, Emporia,
who died Jan. 2, 2002, at a Topeka hospital.
He was born Sept. 12, 1922, in Emporia, to Chester L. and Floy Virginia Shirky Jones. He was a farmer.
He served in the Army during World War II.
He was a former member of Twin Mounds Friends Church south of Emporia and attended First Friends Church in Emporia.
He was a member of Ball-McColm Post No. 5 of the American Legion in Emporia for 48 years and a member of Lowry-Funston
Post No. 1980 of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Emporia.
He married Lorraine Davis in November 1978 in Severy. She survives.
Other survivors include a stepson, Robert Nevil, South Bend, Wash.; a stepdaughter, Judy Michaels, Rose Hill; and
a brother, John H. Jones, Arlington, Texas.
Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion will conduct graveside services at Evergreen Cemetery south of Emporia.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association of South Central
Kansas and sent in care of the funeral home.
(Topeka Capital-Journal ~ 8 January 2002)
EMPORIA - Jones,
Margaret Lillian, 94,
died Jan. 26, 2007. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: daughter, Judith Boehme; son, David "Charlie" both of Emporia; 6 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren;
3 great-great-grandchildren.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 1/28/2007.
King, David M., 65, formerly of Hays, certified financial planner and David M. King & Associates owner,
former Investment Management and Research Inc. vice president and registered principal, former Westamerica Financial
Corp. vice president, died Sunday, June 6, 1993. Memorial service 3 p.m. Friday, First Presbyterian Church, Lawrence.
Survivors: wife, Bernice; daughter, Liz Pearce of Lawrence; five grandchildren. Memorial has been established with
David M. King Memorial Fund for the Ryan Gray Playground. Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 June 1993)
Miller, Nelda C., 70, of Stillwell, formerly of Emporia, E.B.P contract services secretary, died Wednesday,
Sept. 20, 1995. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Evergreen Cemetery, Emporia.
Survivors: daughter, Carole Smith of Stillwell; brothers, Gene Baier of Omaha, Roger Baier, Dennis Baier, both
of Wayne, Neb., Alfred Baier of Salem, Ore.; sisters, Elna Victor of Fremont, Neb., Iola Sieckman of Greeley, Colo.,
Joyce Suber of Fremont, Neb., Carolyn Ross of Troy, Mont., Connie Sponsler of The Colony, Texas; three grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with American Lung Association. Carlson Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 September 1995)
Naylor, Tamalin Sue, 42, former Emporia High School and Hillcrest Services food service employee and teacher's
aide, died Wednesday, May 31, 2000. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, First Congregational Church.
Survivors: husband, Chuck; sons, Ryan, Brandon both of Emporia, Tyler of the home; parents, Lester and Shirley
Kusmaul of Reading; brothers, Mark Kusmaul, Steve Kusmaul both of Emporia; sisters, Patty Vonfeldt of Americus,
Gina Nuessen of Emporia. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 June 2000)
Hulda Marie Nicholas,
formerly of Emporia, died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005, at her home in Wichita. She was 101.
Mrs. Nicholas was a homemaker.
She was born on Jan. 14, 1904, in Elmdale, the daughter of Fredrick William and Hulda (Pockrant) Imm.
She married Clarence A. Nicholas on March 21, 1925, in Emporia. He preceded her in death on Dec. 19, 1977. She
also was preceded in death by a son, the Rev. William "Bill" L. Nicholas; a grandson, Benjamin Nicholas;
one brother; and four sisters.
Surivors include a daughter, Alberta Kroeker of Wichita; a sister, Elsie Austrup, of Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada;
three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Mrs. Nicholas was a member of First Congregational Church, First Congregational Women's Circle and many card parties.
The service and burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Evergreen Cemetery. The Rev. Chad Poland will officiate.
Visitation will be from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Instead of flowers, the family requests contributions to First Congregational Church in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 24 November 2005)
Rifenbark, Garry Alton, 33, of San Francisco, formerly of Emporia, National Auto Recovery Bureau
credit manager, died Saturday, April 25, 1998. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: parents, Alfred and Gloria Rifenbark of Emporia; brother, Glenn of Joplin, Mo.; grandmother, Helen Rifenbark
of Burlington.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 28 April 1998)
SAN ROMANI, EGIDEO PERRY "BUD"
Egideo
Perry "Bud" San Romani will
be buried at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Evergreen Cemetery, south of Emporia. Mr. San Romani, who died Friday, Oct.
28, 2005, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, will be cremated. He was 86.
Harvey Foyle of Emporia will preside at the service.
The son of Egideo Germano and Coltilda Turigliatto San Romani, he was born Nov. 2, 1918, in Frontenac. He graduated
from Frontenac High School in 1936 and from Emporia State University in 1941. He taught and coached basketball
at Bushong High School before enlisting in the U.S. Navy Reserves in 1942.
He married Laura Elizabeth McColl on May 22, 1943, in Jacksonville, Fla. They were married 61 years at her death,
on Nov. 17, 2004.
At the end of World War II, the San Romanis returned to Emporia, where they lived for the next 60 years. Mr. San
Romani worked at Alspaw Jewelry, which he eventually owned, in partnership with Stuart Watson.
He is survived by three sons, David San Romani of Rose Hill, Danny San Romani of Topeka and Dennis San Romani of
Kingman; a daughter, Debra San Romani of Bonner Springs; and a sister, Delida Price of Independence. Four grandchildren
also survive.
In addition to his wife, his brother, Archie San Romani Sr., died earlier, as did two infant sisters, Barbara San
Romani and Doris San Romani, and a stepgrandson, Justin Kent San Romani.
Instead of flowers, the family requests contributions in his memory to the Emporia Zoo and Hand in Hand Hospice.
Memorials may be sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 31 October and 1 November 2005)
EMPORIA - San
Romani, Laura E., 83,
died Nov. 17, 2004. Service 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Evergreen Cemetery.
Survivors: husband, E.P. "Bud"; sister, Ida of Emporia; sons, David of Rose Hill, Danny of Topeka, Dennis
of Kingman; daughter, Debra of Bonner Springs; 4 grandchildren. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 11/19/2004.
EMPORIA - Scott,
Amy Corine, 83, died
Jan. 9, 2006. Service 2 p.m. Saturday , Evergreen Cemetery.
Survivors: sons, Paul, Richard and Henry Partridge, Larry Warren Jr.; daughters, Janie Edington, Nancy Henderson,
Marsha VanSyoc, Laura Sullivan, Pamela Gomez, Penny McConkey; 25 grandchildren. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 1/11/2006.
SHAW,
EDWARD EVERETT
Edward Everett Shaw, formerly of 9 S. Mechanic St., died Saturday,
Sept. 10, 2005, at Alterra Sterling House, where he was a resident. He was 93.
Mr. Shaw was a welder at Didde-Glaser for 11 years before he retired 28 years ago. During World War II, he was
a member of the State Guard.
The son of Edward and Emma Baber Shaw, he was born Feb. 8, 1912, in Olathe. He graduated from Lawrence High School.
He married Marjorie Emma Cummings on Oct. 30, 1938, in Moran. She died March 1, 2005, in Emporia.
Mr. Shaw was a member of the Flint Hills Beekeeper Association.
He is survived by two sons, James Edward Shaw of Olpe and John A. Shaw of Fort Scott; two brothers, Willard Shaw
of Topeka and Clifford L. Shaw of Lawrence; a sister, Luella Strong of Bakersfield, Calif.; four grandchildren;
and five great-grandchildren.
Three sisters, Mabel McNees, Helen Stanley and Opal Goodlove, died earlier.
The service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Evergreen Cemetery, south of Emporia. Mr. Shaw has been cremated. The
Rev. Don Barb of the Olpe United Methodist Church will conduct the service.
The family suggests that, instead of flowers, memorial contributions be made to Hand in Hand Hospice and sent in
care of the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 12 September 2005)
The graveside service for Marjorie Emma Shaw,
90, a resident of the Holiday Resort Care Center will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Evergreen Cemetery. The Rev. Don
Barb of the Olpe United Methodist Church will conduct the service. Mrs. Shaw was cremated.
The family suggests that, instead of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Emporia Friends of the Zoo
and sent in care of the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
Mrs. Shaw died Tuesday, March 1, 2005, at Newman Regional Health.
She was a homemaker.
The daughter of Arthur and Grace Austin Cummings, she was born Oct. 7, 1914, at Clinton. She married Edward Everett
Shaw on Oct. 30, 1939, at Moran. He survives.
Mrs. Shaw was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She also was a member of the Cottonwood extension home
unit and the auxiliary at Newman Regional Health.
She is also survived by two sons, James Edward Shaw of Olpe and John A. Shaw of Fort Scott; four grandchildren;
and five great-grandchildren. A sister, Dorothy Day, died earlier.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 2 March 2005)
Stewart, L. Ilene "Granny," 74, homemaker and former Super 8 Motel employee, died Wednesday, July 25,
2001. Service 10:30 a.m. today, Roberts-Blue-Bar nett Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Thomas Thompson of Glen Allen, Va., John Thompson of Pemborke, Va., Jack Thompson of Pearisburg,
Va.; daughters, Iretta Thompson of North Little Rock, Ark., Jeannie Petersen of Emporia; sisters, June Cox, Anna
Lee Dressler both of Blacksburg, Va., Bertie Collins, Mary Jane Martin both of Christiansburg, Va.; 11 grandchildren;
six great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 28 July 2001)
STINER,
LAURA L. SHIRLEY
Emporia native Laura
L. Shirley Stiner of
Watertown, S.D., died Monday, Sept. 22, 2003, in a Sioux Falls, S.D., hospital.
She was born Laura Lee Shirley to Vernon D. and Peggy L. Palmer Shirley on June 21, 1953, in Emporia. She married
Robert Stiner on Aug. 1, 1970, in Emporia. In 1971, she graduated from Emporia High School. They moved to Watertown
in 1983.
She was a member of A.B.A.T.E. motorcycle group.
She is survived by her husband and by three daughters, Nicki Halling and Christi Chaney, both of Watertown, and
Shelly Randazzo of Seattle, Wash. Her father lives at Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. Also surviving are two brothers,
Dean Shirley of Blaine, Minn., and Terry Shirley of Washington; two sisters, Johnnie Rae Lay and Jade Tucker of
Sioux Falls; and eight grandchildren.
Her mother died earlier.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Christian Life Assembly of God Church in Watertown.
The Wight and Comes Funeral Chapel of Watertown has the arrangements.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 25 September 2003)
STINER,
ROBERT RAYMOND
Former Emporian Robert
Raymond Stiner, 53,
died Friday, Aug. 19, 2005, in St. Paul, Minn., of injuries from a house fire in Watertown, S.D.
The funeral, at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, will be conducted by the Rev. Joe Tuttle.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
The family will meet with friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
He was born July 21, 1952, in Abilene, the son of Bob R. and Earldene Harrington Stiner. He was raised in Emporia
and married Laura Lee Shirley on Aug. 1, 1970, in Emporia. She died Sept. 23, 2003.
Mr. Stiner served in the U.S. Air Force from 1971 to 1981. He had worked as a hydraulic engineer since 1971.
In Emporia, he was a member of the Free Methodist Church. In Watertown, he was a member of the Church of God.
He is survived by three daughters, Francine Eppard of Fargo, N.D.; Michele Randazzo of Federal Way, Wash.; and
Christina Chaney of South Shore, S.D. His parents survive, as do two brothers, Wesley Paul Stiner of Topeka and
Edwin Earl Stiner of Overland Park, and a sister, JoAn Stiner Lucy of Port Orchard, Wash. Ten grandchildren also
survive.
A sister, Beverly Stiner Vanley, died earlier.
Memorial gifts to Emporia Friends of the Zoo may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS
66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 22 August 2005)
EMPORIA - Watts,
Neva C., 102, died March
7, 2008. Visitation 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, service 2 p.m. Thursday, both at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia.
Survivors: sons, Duane, Gary & Ronald; daughter, Joyce Beardsley; 9 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren;
6 great-great-grandchildren.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 3/10/2008.
WILLIAMS,
LUCILE PEARL
The funeral for former Americus resident Lucile
Pearl Williams, 95,
of Wichita will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Bethel Baptist Church in Emporia. The Rev. Joe Tuttle of the church
and the Rev. Bruce Thomas of the Glenville Bible Baptist Church in Wichita will conduct the service. Burial will
be in Evergreen Cemetery, south of Emporia. The family will meet friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions to the Bethel Baptist Church, Kansas Masonic Home in Wichita or Hospice Care of Kansas in
Wichita may be sen in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
Mrs. Williams, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004, at the Kansas Masonic Home in Wichita.
The daughter of Albin and Edna P. Nevitt Grandeen, she was born Feb. 4, 1909, in Allen. She married Justus A. Williams
on Nov. 14, 1928, in Cottonwood Falls. He died April 16, 1964.
Mrs. Williams is survived a daughter, Virginia Schlageter of Wichita; five grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren;
and 11 great-great-grandchildren. Paula Williams of Americus is a daughter-in-law.
A son, Robert J. Williams; a brother, Arthur Grandeen; and two grandchildren, Jane Schlageter and Jeffrey Schlageter,
died earlier.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 27 February 2004)
Williams, Robert J., 61, farmer and City of Emporia Park Department employee, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000.
Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Paula; son, Scott of Americus; daughters, Robin Williams, Shannon Williams both of Emporia; mother,
Lucile Williams; sister, Virginia Schlageter both of Wichita; two grandchildren. Memorials have been established
with Emporia Friends of the Zoo and American Heart Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 Sept 2000)
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