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Daphne Darlene Davies
Apr 17, 2016
Daphne Darlene Bassett Davies, 81, of Osage City passed away early Sunday April 17, 2016 at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka. She was born on June 10, 1934 in Norton, Kansas, the daughter of Louis David and Daphne Worland Bassett. As a young girl Daphne attended school in Hill City, Kansas before moving to Osage City when she was in...
Frank Edwin Colaw
Apr 5, 2016
Dr. Frank Edwin Colaw, 88, recently of Las Vegas, passed away April 5, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born June 13th, 1927, in Wilson County Kansas, the son of R. Kenneth and Clara (Muninger) Colaw. Following graduation from Emporia High School in 1945, he joined the Army Air Corps serving primarily as an MP in occupied Austria. Frank...
Roy D. Mochamer Jr.
Mar 25, 2016
Roy D. Mochamer, Jr., 84, passed away Friday, March 25, 2016 at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka. Roy was born February 20, 1932 in Osage City, Kansas the son of Roy D. and Gladys Steen Mochamer Sr. He attended a one room school during his early years and went on to graduate from Reading High School. Roy was an accomplished...
Lloyd J. Newton
Mar 22, 2016
Lloyd J. Newton, 96, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at the Geary County Hospital in Junction City. He was born May 31, 1919 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Warren and Laura Jones Newton. Lloyd spent the early years of his life on farms near Arvonia and Reading. He attended area country schools and later attended Reading High School...
Brian Douglas Smith
Mar 22, 2016
Brian Douglas Smith, 74, passed away, Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at the Select Specialty Hospital in Kanas City, Missouri. He was born March 2, 1942 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of John J. and Vesta L. Windsor Smith. Brian attended Emporia High School and graduated with the Class of 1960. He choose to serve his country by joining the United...
Harriet Arlene Oldweiler
Mar 20, 2016
Harriet Arlene Oldweiler, 79, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2016 at the home of her son near Neodesha, Kansas. Harriet was born on January 11, 1937 in Brown County, Kansas the daughter of Lynn Thomas Emil and Irma Hall Jones Meyer. She attended Robinson High School and graduated with the Class of 1955. She went on to attend business college...
Phyllis "Penny" Blecha
Mar 19, 2016
PHYLLIS R. "PENNY" BLECHA OSAGE CITY- Phyllis R. "Penny" Blecha, 73, passed away Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Stormont Vail Healthcare in Topeka. Phyllis R. Hedrick was born August 23, 1942 in Edna, Kansas, the daughter of Jay and Pauline (Dyke) Hedrick. She was joined in marriage to Kenneth Ray Blecha on September 6, 1962 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Penny...
Theresa Ann Hurla
Mar 8, 2016
Theresa Ann Hurla died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, near Clinton, Ark. She was 49. She was born Aug. 24, 1966, at Topeka, the daughter of Mary and Clemence “Sam” Gappa, the youngest of six siblings. She grew up in Topeka, attending Topeka High School and Kaw Area Vocational Technical School. She married Greg Hurla in 1988. They later divorced. She...
Vanita "Jeanie" Ford
Feb 20, 2016
�� Vanita "Jeanie" Ford, 66, of Junction City, Kansas, passed away Saturday, February 20, 2016 at Midland Care in Topeka. Jeanie was born March 7, 1949 in Silsbee, Texas the daughter of Joe H. and Christene G. Risner Ford. She attended Marysville High School. ��Jeanie married Ken Wanamaker in 1968. They had three children together before divorcing in 1980. Jeanie...
Vera Rachel Shimp Hoobler Rhoads
Feb 11, 2016
Vera Rachel Shimp Hoobler Rhoads, 90, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. She was born February 2, 1926 in Garnett, Kansas the daughter of John and Edna Hicks Shimp. ��Vera attended Gridley High school and graduated with the Class of 1944. She continued her education at Emporia State teachers College where she earned her teaching...
Harold Dewayne Hemphill
Feb 2, 2016
Harold DeWayne Hemphill, age 76 of Springfield, MO passed away February 2, 2016. He was born March 2, 1939 in Madison, Kansas. ��He was preceded in death by his parents, Bruce and Ethel Milner Hemphill, brothers Orville and Walter, sister Doris Stair and grandson Joshua Mark Hemphill. He is survived by sister Elizabeth Larkin of LaMesa, California, brother Robert Hemphill...
Louis "John" Siebuhr
Jan 24, 2016
��Louis "John" Siebuhr, 70, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2016 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. ��He was born January 1, 1946 in Lebo, Kansas the son of Nuel James and Mary Louise Price Siebuhr. ��John attended Lebo High School and graduated with the Class of 1964. He joined the United States Navy in August of 1965 and proudly served...
Drusilla Esslinger
Jan 20, 2016
Drusilla Piatt Esslinger 79, passed away January 20, 2016 at her home near Madison. Drusilla was born June 10, 1936 in Eureka, Kansas, the daughter of Robert and Lois Benham Piatt. She was joined in marriage to George Esslinger on May 28, 1957, in Madison, Ks. They celebrated their lives together for 59 years. ��After attending several schools, including Hamilton...
Robert Henry Fry
Jan 8, 2016
Robert Henry Fry, 93 of Madison, passed away Friday, January 8, 2016 at Newman Regional Hospital. ��Robert was born on March 21, 1922, the oldest of 5 children born to Andrew F. Fry and Esther Breed Fry of Emporia, Kansas. He attended public schools in Emporia and graduated from Emporia High. His academic career at Kansas State Teacher's College included...
Clifford Davis
Dec 29, 2015
Clifford P. Davis, 81, Osage City, KS passed away December 29, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born on April 21, 1934 in Barclay, Kansas, the youngest of ten children of Merna and Mary Elizabeth Davis. Clifford lived his entire life in the Barclay/Osage City area where he worked at the family dairy farm. He was a...
Elma May Fry
Dec 28, 2015
MADISON-Elma May Fry entered heaven on December 28, 2015. She was born to Arch and Mary Lenhart Johnson of rural Hamilton, Kansas, on September 26, 1922. She was the youngest of the family, having five older brothers. ��She met Bob Fry at Kansas State Teacher's College where she received her lifetime teaching certificate in a two-year program. While in college,...
Donna L. Lyman
Dec 26, 2015
��LEBO- Donna Lea Lyman, 84, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015 at the Kelly House of Meriden. ��She was born June 25, 1931 in Arvonia, Kansas, the daughter of Louis G. and Della R. Lewis King. ��Donna attended grade school at Arvonia and later graduated from Lebo High School with the Class of 1949. Donna worked for the Lebo Enterprise...
William Glenn "Bill" Ainsworth
Dec 26, 2015
��William Glenn "Bill" Ainsworth, 54,Phoenix, Arizona, passed away December 26, 2015. He was born June 9, 1961 in Ottawa, Kansas. He graduated from Waverly High School in 1979. He was employed by Ottawa Bus Services prior to moving to Phoenix, Arizona. At the time of his death he was employed by Direct TV. �� He will remain in the hearts...
Lloyd Vernon Luthi
Dec 20, 2015
Lloyd Vernon Luthi, 87, passed from this life on December 20, 2015 at his home in rural Madison. ��He was born to Fred and Laura (Ott) Luthi on January 16, 1928 in the family home in rural Lamont, Kansas. Lloyd attended school at Lamont and graduated in the class of 1946. He completed a two year agriculture program at Kansas...
William "Wild Bill" Garrett, Jr.
Dec 20, 2015
William "Bill" Garrett, Jr., 96, passed away, Sunday, December 20, 2015 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. William James Garrett, Jr. was born June 13, 1919 in Leflore County, Oklahoma, the son of William James and Lula Pearl (Williams) Garrett, Sr.. Bill was joined in marriage to Margaret Sunell Morgan on February 12, 1939 in Short Mountain, Oklahoma. He, "Wild Bill",��was...
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