Emma Hamman

Emma G. Hamman went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 2, 2015 at 11:22 p.m. at the Chetopa Manor. Emma was born April 15, 1915 at Elm City (a little town east of Edna, Kansas) to John J. and Augusta Swenson. She went to school at Edna and graduated from Altamont High School.

She married Rex Henry Hamman from Altamont on June 5, 1937 at Fort Scott, Kansas. They moved back to Edna from Orange, California in March of 1962. Rex passed away May 20, 1962.

Emma had worked at a laundry in Ft. Smith, Nuway Grocery at Coffeyville, Goodwin Funeral Home and Bates Funeral Home in Edna.

Emma was a member of the First Baptist Church of Edna. She was a past member of the Edna Library Board and the Eco Club. She had resided at the Chetopa Manor since April 2008.

She is survived by one niece, Phyllis Hackathorn and her husband Grant of Overland Park, Kansas, a niece by marriage, Delores Corker of Shawnee Mission, Kansas and three nephews, John Swenson and his wife Karen of Grove, Oklahoma, Francis Collins and his wife Deloris and Ray Collins and his wife Dixie of Chetopa. She is also survived by numerous great nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, Florence Smith, Vendla Collins, and Frieda Corker and two brothers, Clifford and Chester Swenson and one nephew, Sammy Corker.

Services will be at the First Baptist Church in Edna on Friday, March 6, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. Burial will be in the North Edna Cemetery. Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel in Coffeyville, Kansas is assisting the family with arrangements.

Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, March 5, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The family suggests memorial contributions can be made payable to the First Baptist Church of Edna; these may be left with the funeral home.

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