Lyon County, Kansas
Obituaries
Irwin E. Carpenter,
57, retired, died Sunday, March 6, 1988. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Joan; sons, Ronald of Hartford, Irwin of Emporia; daughter, Rhonda Christlieb of Scott City; mother,
Mildred Hale of Eugene, Ore.; brothers, Wilbur of Missouri, Clifford of Florida; sister, Violet Quested of Fort
Worth; half brothers, Bobby Hale, Larry Hale, half sisters, Barbara Hale, Debbie Hale, all of Oregon; five grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with the Beta Sigma Phi Heart Fund.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 March 1988)
Ronald E. Carpenter Jr., 18, nurse's aide for Hartford Manor Training Center and Heritage Manor Nursing Home, died
Friday, Sept. 27, 1991, of a gunshot wound. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Hartford Christian Church.
Survivors: parents, Ronald Sr. and Susan, brother, Norris, sister, Heather, all of Hartford; grandmothers, Joan
Carpenter of Emporia, Lois Loftus of Great Falls, Mont.; great-grandmother, Johanna Loftus of Great Falls. Memorial
has been established with Hartford Manor Training Center. Roberts- Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 29 Sept 1991)
EMPORIA --- Hazel
Dell Foster, 90, Emporia,
died Sunday, March 10, 2002, at an Emporia nursing home.
She was born Aug. 14, 1911, in rural Olpe, the daughter of James F. Bolton and Olive Fritts.
She married Don Tomlin Foster on Oct. 11, 1938, in Alma. He died Feb. 28, 1976.
Survivors include a son, Alan D. Foster, Del Rio, Texas; a daughter, Alma Merrifield, Newton; a brother, Orville
Bolton, Wichita; a sister, Mildred DeMott, Emporia; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Charter Funeral Emporia Chapel. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today
at the funeral chapel.
(Topeka Capital-Journal ~ 13 March 2002)
Riddle, Bertha Ellen (Sill), 89, homemaker, died Tuesday, June 14, 1994. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home.
Survivors: daughters, Barbara Thomas of Bellevue, Wash., Geraldine of Emporia, Carol Troxel of Silver Lake; sister,
Vesta Foster of Emporia; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the
Emporia Friends of the Zoo and Grace United Methodist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 16 June 1994)
Ray, David Joseph,
26, of St. Joseph, Mo., self-employed contractor, died Friday, June 2, 2000. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home, Emporia.
Survivors: parents, Paul and Kathy of Emporia; brother, Mark of Washburn, Mo.; fiance, Andrea Cunningham of St.
Joseph, Mo.; grandparents, Marie and Ray Myers of Eureka, Ella Ray of Pasadena, Calif.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 5 June 2000)
EMPORIA - Schaefer,
Charles Ramon, 80, died
April 16, 2007. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28, 2007, First Christian Church.
Survivors: wife, Mary; sons, Jacob, Charles; brother, Robert; 1 grandsons; 2 stepgrandchildren. Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 4/18/2007.
SCHAEFER,
HELEN A. (SCHMITTER)
Helen A. (Schmitter) Schaefer, 88, homemaker, died Saturday, May 13, 1989. Service 2:30 p.m. today, Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Charles R., Robert Dean, both of Emporia, Francis of Neosho Rapids; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with First Presbyterian Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 16 May 1989)
Schaefer, Leatha Irene, 82, homemaker and retired restaurant cook, died Sunday, March 12, 1995. Service 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Don, Ron, both of Emporia; daughters, Charlotte Shaffer, Alva Burden, both of Emporia, Barbara
Gahman of Wichita, Eunice Smith of Lyndon; sisters, Maxine Dailey, Ethel Fowler Lawson, both of Emporia; 10 grandchildren;
nine great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 March 1995)
Schaefer, Mary Agnes, 78, retired Flint Hills Vo-Tech custodial worker, former Pool's Clothing and mercantile
store manager, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Carlson Funeral Home, Emporia.
Survivors: daughters, Norlene Bower of Kansas City, Mo., Muriel Lantow of Emporia, Mary Crisp of Madison, Juanita
Comp of White City; stepson, Richard; father, Jesse G. Baker, both of Emporia; brother, Jesse C. Baker of Excelsior
Springs, Mo.; sisters, Glenda LaCoursierer of Edwardsville, Pansy Oberhelman of Warsaw, Mo., Laola Burke of Kansas
City, Kan.; 15 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established with
Emporia Friends of the Zoo, Hartford Methodist Church and Veterans' Memorial at Soden's Grove, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 Nov 1996)
Schaefer, Ronald D.,
45, powder painter for Didde Web Press, died Wednesday, July 29, 1998. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Grace United Methodist
Church.
Survivors: wife, Denise; son, Hoyt of the home; daughter, Stacy, brother, Donald, both of Emporia; sisters, Charlotte
Shaffer, Alva Burden, both of Emporia, Barbara Hill of Wichita, Eunice Wedermyer of Lyndon. Memorial has been established
with the Children's Cancer Unit at University of Omaha Medical Center. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 31 July 1998)
SCHARENBERG,
ADA MARIE
The funeral for Ada Marie
Scharenberg, 86, of
rural Neosho Rapids will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home chapel. Lee Hoskins will
conduct the service. Burial will be in Chicago Mound Cemetery, south of Emporia.
Mrs. Scharenberg died Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004, at Newman Regional Health.
She taught in rural schools in the Hartford and Olpe area and for a year at the Chicago Mound Rural School, south
of Emporia.
The daughter of Francis and Evelyn Ireland Arnett, she was born June 28, 1918, in Arapaho, Colo. When she was 3
years old, the family moved to the Twin Mound community on Eagle Creek, east of Olpe. She attended Kansas State
Teachers College in Emporia for two years to obtain her teaching certificate.
She married Ernest Albert Scharenberg on April 24, 1943, in Emporia and they moved to his farm, where she lived
the rest of her life. He died Dec. 12, 1997.
Mrs. Scharenberg was a charter member of the CSC extension home unit and a 4-H leader with the Sunnyside 4-H Club.
She is survived by two daughters, Linda Kurzen and Elizabeth Nuessen, both of Emporia; a sister, Ruth Vohs of Lafayette,
Colo.; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Three brothers, Leonard F. Arnett, William H. Arnett and Guy H. Arnett, and an infant grandson died earlier.
Memorial contributions to the Emporia Friends of the Zoo may be sent to the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia,
KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 22 Oct 2004)
Scharenberg, Ernest A., 88, retired auto mechanic and farmer, died Saturday, Dec. 20, 1997. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday,
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Ada Marie; daughters, Elizabeth Nuessen, Linda Kurzen, both of Emporia; brother, George of Neosho
Rapids; sister, Emma Huth of Emporia; four grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Emporia Friends of
the Zoo.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 Dec 1997)
Shaffer, Charles L.,
66, U.S. Army retiree and retired Didde Graphics employee, died Saturday, Sept. 18, 1993. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday,
Roberts- Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Charlotte; sons, Robert of Emporia, Charles Jr. of Swansea, S.C.; daughter, Jacqueline Ellis of
Americus; brothers, Bill of Bristol, Tenn., Frank of Kingsport, Tenn., Sam of Bluff City, Tenn.; sisters, Virginia
Skeens, Anne Skeens, both of Bristol, Ruth Dean of Nicklesville, Tenn., Frances Widiner of Bluff City; two grandchildren.
Memorial has been established in lieu of flowers with the American Heart Association, Flint Hills Chapter.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 21 Sept 1993)
LYNDON - Smith,
Shellie, 36, died Jan.
29, 2007. Service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feltner Funeral Chapel.
Survivors: father and stepmother, Gary and Letha Smith; mother and stepfath er, Eunice and Larry Wedermyer; brother,
Troy Smith; half-sister, Tina McComb; stepbrothers, Andy, Nathan, Scott Treinen; stepsisters, Cheryl, Stacy.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 2/1/2007.
Beverly Jane Taylor,
38, Shears Construction Co. flagwoman, died of injuries suffered in an automobile-pedestrian accident Thursday,
June 22, 1989. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: husband, Lee; sons, Edward Nichols, Richard Nichols, daughter, Amanda Nichols, all of Fort Smith, Ark.;
one brother; one sister.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 June 1989)
Thornton, George W.,
81, retired farmer, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 1994. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Chicago Mound Cemetery, rural Emporia.
Survivors: sons, Noble of Hartford, George A. of Sedalia, Mo.; sister, Ruth Ream of Kansas City, Kan.; four grandchildren;
four great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the Emporia Friends of the Zoo and Sacred Heart
Catholic Church. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 12 Oct 1994)
Thornton, Helen C.,
81, homemaker, died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 1994. Prayer service 7 p.m. today, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home; service
10 a.m. Saturday, Chicago Mound Cemetery, rural Emporia.
Survivors: husband, George W.; sons, Noble of Hartford, George A. of Sedalia, Mo.; sisters, Frances Tsuglis of
Holton, Ethel Good of Sun City, Calif., Martha Sutton of Farmington, Utah, Isabella Matthews of Monroe, Mich.,
Josephine Krueger of Emporia; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with
Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the American Cancer Society Lyon County Unit.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 Sept 1994)
TURNER,
CHARLES DEAN, JR.
Charles Dean Turner Jr.,
a foreman at Bunge North America in Emporia, died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005, at Stormont-Vail hospital in Topeka.
Mr. Turner, who lived in rural Hartford, was 43. He had been employed a Bunge since July 26, 1993.
The funeral is planned for 2 p.m. Monday at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. The Rev. Leonard Wagner of the Church
of God of Prophecy will officiate. Burial will be in the Chicago Mound Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 8
p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Charles Dean Turner Jr. was born Jan. 25, 1962, in Emporia, the son of Charles Dean and Judy Kay Walker. He married
Julie Potter in 1982 in Emporia.
Mr. Turner is survived by two sons, Scott Turner of Emporia and Josh Turner of New York, and a stepdaughter, Lacey
Kohlman of Emporia. His father lives in Hartford, as does his sister, Brenda Gordon; his mother and her husband,
Loyal Duffy, live in Fort Scott. He is also survived by his companion, Charlotte Harder of the home, and her children,
Thomas Harder and Jamie Harder, both of Emporia.
Contributions in Mr. Turner's memory to the American Heart Association or the Kansas Wildlife Federation may be
sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 10 Sept 2005)
JULIE NICOLE WHITE,
2 month old daughter of Johnny and Jody White of 3028 E. Funston, died Sunday, Feb. 1, 1987. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday,
Chicago Mound Cemetery, Emporia.
Other survivors: half-brothers, Johnny Randall of Mustang, Okla., Clarence Andrew of Haysville, James Matthew of
Wyoming; half-sister, Ann Marie of Haysville; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Parker of Emporia, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Walden of Sedan, Ivan Standley of Kansas City, Kans.; great- grandparents, Vesta I. Foster of Emporia,
Lillie May White of Wichita, Faye Standley of Osborn. Broadway Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 Feb 1987)
Williams, Kenneth L., 32, Mid-America Electric shop manager, died Thursday, March 5, 1998. Service 2 p.m. Monday,
Grace United Methodist Church, Emporia.
Survivors: wife, Jolene; son, Kyle, daughter, Shelby, both of the home; parents, Marjorie and Oliver Williams of
Emporia; brother, Rodger of Kansas City, Kan.; sister, Madeline Yoakum of Shawnee; grandmother, Addie Willis of
Fort Scott. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 7 March 1998)
MILLER,
JEANNE ANNE BEAT
The memorial service for Jeanne
Anne Beat Miller, 61,
of Hartford will be at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hartford. The rosary will be recited at
7 p.m. Thursday at the church.
Mrs. Miller, a homemaker, died Sunday, March 21, 2004, at Newman Regional Health.
The daughter of Albert J. and Mary Eileen Evans Beat, she was born Oct. 13, 1942, in Wichita. She married Ervin
E. Miller on Jan. 5, 1968, in Wichita. He survives
She moved from Wichita to the Emporia area in 1968.
Mrs. Miller was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. She also was a member of the Twin Mound Ladies Aide, CSC
extension unit and T.O.P.S.
She is also survived by two daughters, Amy L. Miller of Hartford and Theresa M. McFarland of Emporia; two sisters,
Virginia L. Balbierz of Wichita and Mary L. Brockman of Manhattan; a brother, Roy H. Beat of Long Beach, Calif.;
and a grandson.
Her parents and a brother, A.D. "Bud" Beat, died earlier.
Contributions in Mrs. Miller's name to a memorial at the Emporia Christian School Library Fund may be sent in care
of Charter Funerals-Emporia Chapel, 501 W. Sixth Ave., Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 23 March 2004)
MYERS,
HETTIE MARIE
Hettie Marie Myers,
82, died Friday, Sept. 26, 2003, at Medicalodge in Eureka. She was the mother of Kathy Ray of Emporia.
The daughter of Alfred and Hettie Jane Teasley, she was born July 30, 1921, in Branch, Ark. She grew up in Arkansas
and Oklahoma before moving to Stockton, Calif., in the late 1940s. She married Raymond S. Myers on Aug. 8, 1953,
in Stockton, Calif. She had lived in Eureka since 1990.
Mrs. Myers is survived by her husband; another daughter, Carol Collins of Jackson, Tenn.; three sons, Raymond "Gene"
Myers, also of Jackson, Michael Myers of Angels Camp, Calif., and Jonathan Myers of Stockton; 11 grandchildren,
seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Three brothers, a sister and one grandson, David Ray, died earlier.
The service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Eureka. Gene Smerchek will
officiate. A private burial is planned.
Koup Funeral Home of Eureka has the arrangements.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 30 Sept 2003)
NEVITT,
TOM W., SR.
Tom W. Nevitt Sr., 88, a longtime resident of Emporia, died Tuesday,
April 13, 2004, at the Medical Center of Georgia in Augusta, Ga.
Services are pending with the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 14 April 2004)
HODGES,
KENNETH CLINTON
Kenneth Clinton Hodges,
89, of Olpe, a retired car inspector for the Santa Fe Railroad, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, at the Madison Manor
in Madison.
Kenneth Clinton Hodges, the son of Walter and Maggie Phillips Hodges, was born Aug. 6, 1914, in Marion County.
He married Ethel Windle on June 27, 1940, in Emporia. She survives.
Mr. Hodges worked for the Santa Fe for 26 years before he retired 22 years ago.
Mr. Hodges was a member of the United Methodist Church in Olpe.
He is also survived by two daughters, Janet Cummings of Emporia and Doris Hund of Leavenworth; a son, Richard Hodges
of Claremore, Okla.; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
A grandson, Daniel Baker, died earlier.
The funeral, conducted by the Rev. Lucille Barb of the Olpe United Methodist Church, was today in the Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home. Burial was in Chicago Mound Cemetery.
Memorial contributions to the church may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 5 Jan 2004)
GUTHRIE,
BRENT A.
Brent A. Guthrie, 19,
Emporia State University student, died Saturday, Oct. 15, 1988, as the result of injuries suffered in an automobile
accident. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Carlson Funeral Home, Emporia.
Survivors: parents, Gerald and Jean Guthrie at home; brother, Jerry of Emporia; sisters, Bobbie Duncan of Emporia,
Kathy Guthrie of Wichita; grandparents, Charles and Doy Guthrie of Emporia, Roy Lasseter of Mammoth Springs, Ark.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 Oct 1988)
Jessie F. Allen,
86, retired William Allen White housekeeper and Brown Floral employee, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 1990. Service 9:30
a.m. Thursday, Chicago Mound.
Survivors: son, Robert, daughter, Margaret Fry, both of Topeka; sisters, Hulda Bostrom of Minneapolis, Minn., Hilda
Stuttle of Olpe; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the American
Heart Association. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 Sept 1990)
George L. Ballard
of Emporia died Sunday, March 13, 2005, at Newman Regional Health. He was 48.
Mr. Ballard worked for the Emporia waste water treatment plant as a licensed Class 4 Technician before he retired
because of health concerns.
The son of Garland Loraine and Margaret Louise Blevins Ballard, he was born Jan. 26, 1957, at Hillsboro. He married
Nancy Young on Jan. 26, 1980, at Tyler, Texas. They were divorced.
Mr. Ballard was a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2587.
He is survived by two sons, Gary Ballard and Scott Ballard, both of Tyler, Texas; his mother, Margaret Cook of
Emporia; a brother, William L. Ballard of Emporia; and two sisters, Loraine Stang of Bronson and Margaret Ballard
of Lawrence.
His father; stepfather, C.E. Cook; one brother; and grandparents died earlier.
The memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Eagles Aerie 2587 at Ninth Avenue and Whittier Street. Mr. Ballard
was cremated.
Memorial contributions to the Emporia Friends of the Zoo may be sent to the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home,
P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 15 March 2005)
Cole, Walter R. "Steve," 59, self-employed general contractor, died Saturday, April 22, 2000. Service
10 a.m. Wednesday, Cornerstone Baptist Church.
Survivors: wife, Linda; sons, Steven of Topeka, Todd of Auburn; daughters, Kim Hernandez of Dodge City, Staci Trujillo
of Emporia, Kathy Tilden of Lawrence; brother, Larry of Neosho Rapids; sisters, Bonnie Belt, Norma Gurley, Barbara
Stotts, all of Emporia, Mildred Thompson of Texas; seven grandchi ldren. Memorial has been established with Cornerstone
Baptist Church. Roberts- Blue-Barnett Funeral Home .
(Wichita Eagle ~ 25 April 2000)
COLLINGE,
THELMA IRENE
The funeral for former area resident Thelma
Irene Collinge, 94,
of Topeka will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Paul Mitchell of
the Countryside United Methodist Church in Topeka will conduct the service. Burial will be in Chicago Mound Cemetery.
Memorial contributions to Midland Hospice can be sent to the funeral home, P.O. 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
Mrs. Collinge, a homemaker, died May 27, 2003, at her home.
Thelma Irene Foster, the daughter of Albert Daniel and Ettie J. McClelland Foster, was born July 24, 1908, in Lyon
County. She married Hurshal A. Collinge on Dec. 31, 1930, in Lawrence. He died July 25, 1979, in Topeka.
Mrs. Collinge was a member of the Countryside United Methodist Church and the Sarah Circle of the church.
She is survived by a daughter, Thelma Schroeder of Topeka, and a granddaughter.
Three brothers, Frank Foster, Albert Foster and John Foster, and a granddaughter, Sandra Schroeder, died earlier.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 29 May 2003)
COOK,
JACK LEE
The funeral for Jack
Lee Cook, 68, of Emporia
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Jones VanArsdale Funeral Home in Lebo. Burial, with military services conducted
by the Fort Riley Honor Guard, will be in Chicago Mound Cemetery.
Mr. Cook died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2003, at Newman Regional Health.
He was born July 12, 1935, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Fred and Ida Cook Birchmeier. As a child, he lived in
Neosho Rapids, Emporia and Los Angeles. After graduating from high school in Los Angeles in 1952, he enlisted in
the U.S. Navy and was stationed in San Diego, assigned to the USS Sea Devil/USS Tang.
He worked on the Alaska pipeline and was a maintenance technician for the University of Alaska after his honorable
discharge from military service. He worked on the construction of Interstate 35 in Kansas and then was a crossing-signal
technician for Santa Fe Railroad before he retired.
Mr. Cook is survived by five sons, David J. Cook of Neosho Rapids, Richard J. Wall of Lebo, John L. Cook of Topeka,
Daniel W. Wall of Plano, Texas, Timothy P. Cook of Richmond, Mo.; four daughters, Deborah J. James of Wichita,
Cathy Heath of Greensburg and Kendra Cook and Carrie Cook, both of Missouri; his mother, who lives in Emporia;
one sister, Jean Young of Claremore, Okla.; one brother, John Birchmeier of Americus; 12 grandchildren; several
stepgrandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 15 Oct 2003)
COUNTRYMAN,
CYNTHIA "CINDY" JEAN
Cynthia "Cindy" Jean Countryman of Emporia died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007, at the University of Kansas Hospital.
She had acute lymphoblast leukemia. She was 48.
The daughter of Melvin and Sue Ann Suther, she was born July 22, 1958, at Frankfort. She married James Countryman
on May 27, 1978, at Emporia. He survives.
Mrs. Countryman was an active member of the Emporia Congregaton of Jehovah's Witnesses for 30 years.
She is also survived by her children, Abbie Countryman and John Countryman, both of Emporia; and her stepchildren,
Anita Countryman Brunner, Patty Countryman Fancher and Toby Countryman, all of Emporia, and Michael Countryman
of Eureka; her father and stepmother, Peg Suther of Frankfort, who helped rear her; three brothers, Jerry Suther
and Tim Suther, both of Frankfort, and Michael Suther of LaPorte, Colo.; two sisters, Amee Suther Kenworthy of
Frankfort and Sarah Suther of Shawnee; and many grandchildren. Her mother died earlier.
The memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.
The family suggests that, instead of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Kingdom Hall and sent in care
of Charter Funerals - Emporia Chapel, 501 W. Sixth Ave., Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 14 Feb 2007)
EMPORIA --- Tammie Lee Criqui, 30, Emporia, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2002, in Kinsley.
Ms. Criqui had worked as a cashier and waitress.
She was born April 15, 1971, in Stilwell, Okla., the daughter of Larry Gene and Pam Kelly Chapman-Diehl.
Ms. Criqui was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Emporia.
Survivors include her mother, Pam Diehl, Emporia; her father, Larry G. Chapman, Kansas City, Kan.; three sons,
Shawn Puckett, Emporia, and Anthony Criqui and Corey Criqui, both of Lebo; two daughters, Tabatha Criqui and Victoria
Criqui, both of Emporia; two brothers, Larry M. Chapman and Terry Joe Chapman, both of Emporia; a sister, Kimberlie
Steele, Peabody; and two stepsisters, Tress, in Oskaloosa, and Dee, in Lawrence.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Chicago Mound Cemetery southeast of Emporia.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Tammie Lee Criqui Children's Education Fund and sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home in Emporia.
(Topeka Capital-Journal ~ 8 Feb 2002)
GREAT BEND - Robert Leon Curtis, 79, died Sept. 27, 2006, at his home, Great Bend.
He was born April 1, 1927, in Emporia, the son of Ira and Emma Hubley Curtis. A Great Bend resident since 1951,
coming from Emporia, he was an electronic repairman and owner of A-1 Radio and CB Service.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy. He belonged to First Christian Church, Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post No. 4111, American Legion Argonne Post No. 180, Fraternal Order of Eagles, No. 646, all in Great
Bend.
On Dec. 24, 1948, he married Hazel I. Fowler in Emporia. She survives.
Other survivors include: four sons, Robert Ira, Pawnee Rock, David Christopher Lee, Truth or Consequences, N.M.,
Leon Henry, Austin, Texas, and Timothy Gayle, Greenwood, Mo.; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Private family inurnment will be in Chicago Mound Cemetery, Emporia, at a later date. There will be no visitation,
as cremation has taken place.
Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend, is in charge of arrangements.
(Hutchinson News ~ 28 Sept 2006)
Bertha Ellen Dailey, 101, homemaker, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 1992.
Service 1:30 p.m. Friday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: many nieces and nephews. Memorial has been established with the Emporia Friends of the Zoo.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 14 Jan 1992)
Edward E. Dailey, 80, retired truck driver, died Saturday, Jan.
7, 1989. Service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Maudie; sons, Edward J., Delbert L., both of Emporia; daughters, Mary Bowman of Hartford, Loraine
McManara of Oxford, Alice Dailey of Yates Center, Sheila Turpin, Carolyn Dailey, Diane Gosser, Linda Tipton, all
of Emporia; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Hospice of the Flint
Hills, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 Jan 1989)
DAILEY,
EDWARD J., Jr., "Butch"
Dailey, Edward J. Jr. "Butch," 50, roofer, died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001.
Service 10 a.m. Monday, Chicago Mound Cemetery.
Survivors: daughter, Tracy Alcorn of Irving, Texas; brother, Delbert of Emporia; sisters, Carolyn Dailey, Sheila
Turpin, Diane Gosser, Linda Tipton all of Emporia; two grandchildren. Memorial established with Emporia Friends
of the Zoo. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 30 Nov 2001)
Dailey, Ella Mae, 85, homemaker, died Friday, May 12, 1995.
Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Chicago Mound Cemetery, Emporia.
Survivors: daughters, Mary Boman of Hartford, Alice Dailey of Haven, Lorene McNamara of Oxford; brothers, Loren
Hudson of Milo, Ora Hudson of Hanston; sister, Avis Warner of Gypsum; 11 grandchildren; 19 great- grandchildren;
eight great-great-grandchildren. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 May 1995)
Dailey, Lucas Austin, infant son of Cory and Angela Potter Dailey,
died Sunday, May 6, 2001. Service has been held.
Other survivors: brother, Skylar of the home; grandparents, Les and Linda Potter of Emporia, Tom and Gayle Dailey
of Emporia; great-grandmothers, Ginette Potter of Mission, Texas, Imogene Wilkins of Allen. Memorial establis hed
with Capper Foundation. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 May 2001)
Dailey, Maudie G., 75, homemaker, died Friday, Dec. 25, 1992.
Service 10:30 a.m. Monday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Edward, Delbert, daughters, Carolyn, Sheila Turpin, Diane Gosser, Linda Tipton, all of Emporia;
15 grandchildren; 18 great- grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Hospice of the Flint Hills.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 27 Dec 1992)
DAILEY,
ROBERT ALLEN "BOB"
The funeral for Robert
Allen "Bob" Dailey,
62, of Emporia will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Dallas Evans
of the Lowell Friends Church in Baxter Springs will conduct the service. Burial will be in Chicago Mound Cemetery,
southeast of Emporia.
Mr. Dailey died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2004, in the emergency room at Newman Regional Health.
The son of Homer A. and Maxine Ida Torrens Dailey, he was born Feb. 15, 1941, at Emporia. He married Davone R.
"Davee" Loving on Oct. 31, 1970, at Las Vegas, Nev. She survives.
Mr. Dailey was a transport driver for Interstate Brands-Dolly Madison Cake Co. before he retired. He previously
worked for Duane Birk Trucking and the Emporia Police Department.
He was a member of Emporia Masonic Lodge 12.
He is also survived by two daughters, Lori Tabares of Emporia and Melissa Ellsworth of Lisbon Falls, Maine; two
brothers, Tom Dailey of Emporia and Michael J. Dailey of Seattle, Wash.; two sisters, Carolyn Blackwell of Seattle,
Wash., and Marilyn Dailey of Winter Haven, Fla.; and four grandchildren.
The family suggests, instead of flowers, memorial contributions to the Beta Sigma Phi Heart Fund, sent in care
of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 27 Feb 2004)
Diltz, Joseph Leo "Joe", 89, office equipment repairman, office supply
salesman and apartment manager, died Wednesday, April 11, 2001. Rosary 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral
Home; service 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Survivors: wife, Lelia; sons, Lamar of Emporia, Gerry of Laramie, Wyo.; foster daughters, Cecilia Worthington of
Garland, Texas, Ellen John of St. Joseph, Mo.; 13 grandchildren; one foster grandchild; six great-grandchildren;
three great-great-grandchildren. Memorial established with Sacred Heart Catholic Church Building Fund.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 12 April 2001)
Lelia Adeline Diltz, 89, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004, at her home,
2 S. State St.
The daughter of Thomas Erins and Clara Mae Cripe Goff, she was born Aug. 30, 1915, in McPherson. She married Joseph
L. Diltz on June 2, 1935, in Chase. He died April 10, 2001.
Mrs. Diltz, a homemaker, was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Sacred Heart Altar Society.
She is survived by two sons, LaMar Diltz of Emporia and Gerry Diltz of Laramie, Wyo.; two foster daughters, Ellen
John of St. Joseph, Mo., and Cecilia Worthington of Garland, Texas; one sister, Clara Unruh, whose address is unavailable;
nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Four brothers died earlier.
Mrs. Diltz has been cremated. The burial, in Chicago Mound Cemetery, will be a family service at a later date.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 6 Dec 2004)
Foster, Vesta Irene, 90, homemaker, former Kress Variety Store
and Newman Hospital employee, died Thursday, April 27, 2000. Service 2:30 p.m. Monday, Chicago Mound Cemetery,
rural Emporia.
Survivors: son, Leo of Abilene; daughters, Darlene Standley of Emporia, Bartrella Atwell of Meeker, Okla., Chassie
Lehner of Abilene; eight grandchi ldren; one stepgranddaughter; nine great-grandchildren; four stepgreat-grandc
hildren. Memorials have been established with Westside Baptist Church and Vintage Manor. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral
Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 29 April 2000)
Jery Wayne Fowler, 23, Southern Kansas Telephone Co. service
technician, died Thursday, Nov. 29, 1990. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Survivors: wife, Rachel; parents, Jule and Imogene Fowler, brothers, Jim, Jeff, all of Emporia; sisters, Julie
Huffman of Mount Pleasant, Utah, Jeanette Budd, Jeanne Williams, Joanie Deines, Judy Powell, all of Emporia; grandparents,
Robert and Ethel Lawson, Lena Giger, all of Emporia. Memorial has been established with Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's
Witnesses. Roberts-Blue- Barnett Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 1 Dec 1990)
John L. Fowler, 62, retired Boeing Military Airplanes employee,
died Monday, Jan. 2, 1989. Service 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Chicago Mound Cemetery, Emporia.
Survivors: son, Dr. J.B. of Priest River, Idaho; daughter, Janice Vock of Arkansas; two grandchildren. Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 Jan 1989)
FRY,
DONALD E.
Former Emporian Donald
E. Fry died Tuesday,
Sept. 17, 2002, at his home in Topeka. He was 67.
He was born Feb. 9, 1935, in Emporia, the son of George R. and Opal C. Waller Fry. He grew up in Emporia and worked
at Opal's Market, A&P and Emporia Floral before joining the Army in 1956.
After his discharge from the Army in 1959, he returned to Emporia and worked for Merchant's Supply, then as a truck
driver for New Process Laundry. He worked for a time as a campus patrolman at Kansas State University and as a
deputy for the Riley County Sheriff's Office.
He returned to Emporia and worked in Emporia State University's physical plant and at the William Lindsay White
Auditorium. He later lived in Winchester and in Topeka, where he retired in February 2000 from his job as a supervisor
at the physical plant.
He is survived by his wife, the former Margaret Allen, whom he married on Sept. 2, 1961, at the First Christian
Church in Emporia.
Other survivors are two sons, Cash Fry and Jeffrey Fry, and a daughter, Sheryl Fry Allen, all of Topeka; a sister,
Margaret Fry Watkins of Overland Park; and two grandchildren.
He was a member of the Northland Christian Church, where the funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will
be at 1 p.m. Friday at Chicago Mound Cemetery, southeast of Emporia.
Visitation is scheduled from 1 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Davidson Funeral Home, where the family will meet friends
from 6 to 7 p.m.
Contributions in his memory to the American Cancer Society can be sent in are of the funeral home, 1035 N. Kansas
Ave., Topeka, KS 66608.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 18 Sept 2002)
GERMANN,
GEORGE ANTHONY "TONY", JR.
Former Emporian George
Anthony "Tony" Germann Jr.,
65, of Port Richey, Fla., will be buried at 3 p.m. Monday after a service at Chicago Mound Cemetery, southeast
of Emporia. The Rev. Kenneth Hennessey of Flint Hills Baptist Church in Osage City will officiate.
Mr. Germann died Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at a hospital in Hudson, Fla.
He was born Sept. 18, 1937, in Emporia, the son of George Anthony and Ada Irene Burton Germann. He served in the
U.S. Army. He moved from Emporia to Florida in 1949.
He was the owner of ABS Office Equipment of Port Richey and had formerly worked for Apollo Business Machines in
St. Petersburg, Fla. His memberships included the Jokers Club of St. Petersburg and the Republican Party.
He is survived by a son, Michael Anthony Germann of Port Richey; a sister, Nina Waller of Osage City; a brother,
Fenton Harold Germann of St. Petersburg; and a granddaughter.
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home has the arrangements.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 5 April 2003)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. --- Irene Germann, 95, St. Petersburg, died Nov. 16, 2001, at a St. Petersburg nursing home.
Mrs. Germann owned and operated a nursing home in St. Petersburg for many years before she retired at the age of
82.
She was born June 25, 1906, the daughter of Ferris and Vesta Burton. She was reared on a ranch near Chicago Mound,
Kan. She attended high school in Emporia, Kan., and she studied nursing at Newman Memorial Hospital in Emporia.
She married George Anthony Germann on May 30, 1925, in Burlington, Kan. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Germann
also was preceded in death by two daughters, Sharon Anne and Kathy Hunt.
Survivors include two sons, Tony Germann and Fenton Germann, both of St. Petersburg; a daughter, Neta F. Waller,
Osage City, Kan.; and two grandchildren.
Services will be scheduled by Flint Hills Baptist Church in Osage City, Kan.
Anderson-McQueen Funeral Homes and Crematory Services in St. Petersburg was in charge of Florida arrangements.
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home in Emporia is in charge of Kansas arrangements.
(Topeka Capital-Journal ~ 30 Nov 2001)
William Lee Gosser, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2007, at his home, 619
Rural St. He was 71.
Mr. Gosser, a carpenter, owned and operated Gosser Construction in Emporia for 50 years before he retired in 2005.
The son of James L. and Viola M. White Gosser, he was born Feb. 17, 1936, at Plymouth. He married Edith Diane Dailey
on Jan. 6, 1970, at Emporia. She survives.
Mr. Gosser was a member of the Cornerstone Baptist Church.
He is also survived by three sons, Brian L. Gosser and William Gosser Jr., both of Emporia, and Phillip E. Gosser
of Topeka; five sisters; and six grandchilden. Two brothers and one sister died earlier.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. The Rev. James Scott of the
Cornerstone Baptist Church will conduct the service. Burial will be in Chicago Mound Cemetery.
Memorial contributions to Hand-in-Hand Hospice may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia,
KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 4 Sept 2007)
CANTRALL, LORA A. (MRS. W. J.)
CANTRALL, Mrs. Lora A. wife of W.J. Cantrall, and daughter of Mrs. L. J. Bentley. d. Emporia, Kans. Feb. 15, 1871. aged 34 years, 9 months . (Central Illinois Obituaries, 1871-1880 (compiled from old newspapers), by Milo Custer, Bloomington, Illinois, 1912, submitted by Teri Colglazier)
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