Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Yenzer, Dorothy Bell McMillan Former Emporia resident Dorothy Bell Yenzer, 78, of Lawrence died Friday, Sept. 1, 2006, at the Baldwin Healthcare and Rehabilitation center.
The daughter of George E. and Anna Hess McMillan, she was born Jan. 31, 1928, in Wichita. She graduated from Emporia High School.
She married C. Wayne Yenzer on Dec. 28, 1945, in Burlington. He died Dec. 26, 1984.
Mrs. Yenzer, a home-maker, also worked in retail sales at Sears and J.C. Penney in Manhattan.
She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by three daughters, Sandra Lawson of Eudora, Gail
Coppersmith of Georgetown, Texas and Beverly Yenzer of Colorado Springs, Colo.; two sons, Gary Yenzer of St. George and Douglas Yenzer of Bellevue, Neb.; 10 grand-children; and two great-grandchildren.
A grandson, Derek J. Yenzer, died earlier.
The private burial service will be held later in Chase County.
Memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association may be sent in care of the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS 66044.
Messages to the family may be left at www rumsey-yost.com.
Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Sep 14 2006