Kathryn L. Prosser Perkins
Kathryn L. Perkins of Emporia died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. She was 88.
Mrs. Perkins was a music teacher, organist and pianist. She was an active supporter of the community through work on community boards for social services, education and the arts.
The daughter of Dr. Francis and Edna Russell Prosser, she was born July 12, 1923, in Osage City. She graduated from Osage City High School in 1941, and the College of Emporia with a Music Education degree, Pipe Organ major, in 1944.
She married Elvin D. Perkins on Aug. 9, 1944, in Osage City. He survives.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where she directed the youth choirs, served as an Elder and was the organist for more than 25 years. She also served 12 years on the Board of Education and was a past-president, a term on the Board of Directors and was a past-president of the United Way of the Flint Hills, several years on the Emporia Arts Council Board and as past-president, and was a member of the ESU Music School Advisory Board. She was a charter member of the GT Chapter of P.E.O., a member of the Trend Club and a past member of the Mu Phi music sorority, La Sertoma Club and Emporia Social Services. She was a long-time member of the Saint David Society and organist for Saint David’s Day.
She is also survived by two sons, John Perkins of Parkville, Mo., and Steven Perkins of Arkansas City; daughter Janet Jehle of Overland Park; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Frances Ashcraft and Shirley Simcox.
A memorial service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Emporia Presbyterian Church West Campus. The Rev. Ron Phelps will conduct the service. The family will meet friends after the service in the parlor of the church. A private burial will be held at Memorial Lawn Cemetery.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations may be made to the Emporia Community Foundation for the Emporia Arts Council Endowment Fund. Donations may be sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, PO Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801. Messages to the family may be left at www.robertsblue.com.