Catherine (Kate) Emert passed away at the home of her daughter Monday, February 13, 2012. Kate and her family moved to Iola in 1961. She worked at H.L. Miller's and then was office manager at Columbia Metal Products for 24 years, retiring from there in 1993. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Sorority and enjoyed her hobbies of bowling, quilting, ceramics, and china painting. She was preceded in death by her son Phil, her mother, father, 5 brothers, and her children's father, Dale E. Emert. Survivors include two daughters, Becky Shinn & her husband Alan, Uniontown and Gale Ludlum of the home, 2 sisters, Leona of Phoenix and Lorene of Bartlesville, grandchildren Tony & Jennifer Emert, Parsons, Kevin & Diana Shinn, Uniontown, Melissa & Jason Gage, Louisburg, Kathi & Jason Yokum, Humboldt, Diana & Tony Yanez, Parsons, Chris Vernon, Eastland, TX, Mary Jo & Allan Beiter, Lenexa, and Lawrence Yates, Houston, TX, 20 great grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Following cremation, a Celebration of Life visitation will held at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Memorials are suggested to Allen County Healthcare Foundation (Hospice or Home Health) or Iola Public Library. Memorial gifts may be left with the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences for the family may be left on this website, www.iolafuneral.com.