Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Yenzer,Leona Mae Payton Leona Mae Yenzer, 83, of
Emporia, died July 19,
2003, at Emporia
Presbyterian Manor, in
Emporia.
Leona, the daughter of
Jacob H. and Esther
Slabaugh Payton, was born
March 2, 1920, at Allen.
She married Mack
Yenzer on April 6, 1947, in
Wichita. She was a member
of the First United
Methodist Church of
Emporia and a member of
Etude Study Club and
PE.O. of of Emporia. She
worked for the Emporia
State Teachers College,
Kansas Power & Light and
Boeing in Wichita.
Leona is survived by her
husband of the home; three
daughters, Cynthia Adair
of Sapulpa, Okla., Barbara
Grace of Wichita and Sylvia
Millard of Gimli, Manitoba,
Canada; and four grand-
children. She was preceded
in death by her parents,
infant sister, Wilma Payton
and sister Wilma Peak.
The funeral service will
be Friday, July 25, 2003, at
11 a.m., at the First United
Methodist Church in
Emporia. Pastor Jayne
Duncan of the church will
conduct the service. Private
interment will be at a later
date in the Hillside
Cemetery in Toledo.
In lieu of flowers memo-
rials to the First United
Methodist Church or the
Hand In Hand Hospice
may be sent in care of
Roberts -Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home, Box 175,
Emporia, KS 66801.
Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Jul 24 2003.