Jeff "Jb" Taylor
Jul 19, 2024
Jeff “JB” Taylor of Emporia passed away on Friday, July 19, 2024, at Sunflower Legacy in Emporia. He was 71.
JB was born on June 11, 1953, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of John L. (Jack) and Eleanor Taylor. In 1975 he married Cynthia Jennings in Emporia. They later divorced.
He is survived by his...
Joan Gertrude Arnold
Jul 17, 2024
Joan Gurtrude Arnold of Emporia, passed away on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. She was 97.
Joan was born on April 22, 1927, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Arthur Henderson and Elvyn Tressler,Henderson,Baker. She married Carl Arnold, Jr. He died in 1969 in California.
Surviving family members include...
Gary Thomas Robertson
Jul 16, 2024
Gary Thomas Robertson of Emporia passed away on Tuesday July 16, 2024, in Wichita, Kansas. He was 52.
Gary was born on February 25, 1972, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The son of Junius Heggwood and Lucille Bazille Robertson.
Gary graduated from McKinley High School in 1990. He then served in the U.S. Army for four...
Jaquelyn Jean Burnett
Jul 14, 2024
Jacquelyn Jean Patton was born in Sheridan County near Selden, Kansas on March 7, 1933, the only daughter of Elvie Roscoe (E.R.) (Pat) Patton and Jenny Juanita Carpenter Patton. She was raised a Kansas farm girl alongside her brothers Don and Bill. Jacque graduated from Scott Community High School in the class of 1950 as valedictorian. She later attended...
Lynn Ann Cunningham
Jul 11, 2024
Lynn Ann Cunningham
May 18, 1968 - July 11, 2024
As was her nature, Lynn Cunningham took everyone by surprise Thursday, when she joined her twin sister, Kelly, in Heaven. She entered this world on May 18th, instantly improving the quality of the population of Toledo, Ohio. After her family moved southwest, she spent her...
Donald D. Blaylock
Jul 11, 2024
Donald Dee Blaylock of Emporia, died on Thursday, July 11, 2024, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. He was 88.
Don was born on September 24, 1935, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of V. Clyde and Bonnie McClung Blaylock. He married Joellen Elliott at the First United Methodist Church in Emporia in 1955. She survives.
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Larry Shurtz
Jul 10, 2024
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Larry Shurtz, a devoted husband, loving father, cherished Papa and a true cowboy at heart.
Larry Shurtz of Emporia, died on Wednesday, July10, 2024, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was 83.
Larry was born August 21, 1941, in Arkansas City, Kansas, the...
Maxine E. Mitchell
Jul 9, 2024
Maxine E. Mitchell of Emporia, died on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was 91.
Maxine was born on December 6, 1932, in Clay Center, Kansas, the daughter of Leon B. and Frieda E. Weiss White. She married John James (Jack) Mitchell on June 11, 1955, in...
Danny Joseph Giefer
Jul 6, 2024
Danny Joseph Giefer, 76, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home on Saturday, July 6, 2024.
Danny was born April 12, 1948 in Parsons, Kansas, the son of Fred and Marjorie (Bond) Giefer. He married Betty Polchlopek in Girard, Kansas on June 13, 1970. She survives. He is also survived by son; Jeffrey Alan (Mandy Leigh) Giefer,...
Marie Theresa Haag
Jul 6, 2024
Marie Theresa Haag of Olpe, Kansas died on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. She was 80 years old.
Marie was born on April 18, 1944, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of John Jr. and Laura Dieker Redeker. She married Charles Michael Haag on December 27, 1966, at the...
Margaret Ann Vogts
Jul 4, 2024
Margaret Ann Vogts of Olpe, Kansas died on Thursday, July 4, 2024, at her home in Olpe. She was 83.
Margaret was born on September 26, 1940, in Sedgwick, Kansas, the daughter of Glen Parker Wilson and Winifred Walker Wilson. She married Ray Lee Vogts on December 18, 1961, at the Cottonwood Falls...
Joann Marie Mcrell
Jul 3, 2024
Joann Marie (Hollesen) McRell (58) was born on May 22,1966 in Nebraska City, NE to Alyce (Stoll) Hollesen and Billy Jo Hollesen. Joann grew up in Nebraska City and attended middle school and high school in LaVista Nebraska, where she would officially meet her husband Michael McRell in their junior-senior study hall hour commonly known as ‘the pits.’
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Frances Ruth Quintana
Jun 30, 2024
Frances Quintana of Emporia, Kansas, passed away June 30, 2024. She was 89 years old.
Frances was born on April 3, 1935, on a farm near Peabody, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob and Anna (Wall) Seibel. She married Samuel Quintana in 1953 in Bartlesville, OK. Samuel passed away on May 29, 1994.
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William Francis Schaefer
Jun 30, 2024
William Francis Schaefer of Emporia, died on Sunday, June 30, 2024, at his home. He was 64.
Bill was born on December 16, 1959, in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Francis and Mildred Schaefer. Surviving family members include his mother Mildred Schaefer of Emporia, brothers, Robert Scott Schaefer of Overland Park, Kansas, and Gary Schaefer of Prairie...
Robert Arthur Sweet
Jun 29, 2024
Robert Arthur Sweet of Emporia, Kansas, died June 29, 2024, at the Presbyterian Manor. He was 83 years old.
Bob was born in Wichita, Kansas, on February 9, 1941, the son of William Arthur and Hilda Mary (North) Sweet. He married Jolynn Mae Bishop on December 6, 1980, in Emporia, Kansas. She died on January 27, 2018,...
Donald Gene Guard
Jun 28, 2024
It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of Donald Gene Guard of Emporia, Kansas, at the age of 93. He died peacefully in his home.
Donald was born on January 5, 1931, in Asherville, Kansas, the son of Ralph and Ruth (Piper) Guard. He married Arleta Joan Guard-Thomas on November 4,...
Avery Elizabeth Hart
Jun 27, 2024
Avery Elizabeth Hart, 18 years old, of Emporia, Kansas passed into the arms of Jesus on Thursday, June 27th, 2024, at her home. Avery was born on December 22, 2005, in Olathe, Kansas, the daughter of Britton and Alisa Hart. Avery attended Timmerman Elementary and recently graduated from Emporia High School.
All who...
Violet M. Selby
Jun 26, 2024
Violet M. Selby, St. Joseph Missouri, and formerly of Emporia Kansas, passed away at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, Missouri, at the age of 85, surrounded by her family.
Violet was born on June 6, 1939, in Springfield Colorado, the daughter of Walter E. and Estella Marie McNair Kuhn. She married Loren Jay Selby in Council...
Judith Ann Dieker
Jun 24, 2024
Judith Ann Dieker, Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, June 24, 2024.
Judy was born on April 17, 1949 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of James Joseph and Ruth Marie (Fuller) Dieker. She worked in Human Resources for over 40 years, ending her career as the Executive Director for the Humane Society in Emporia. She loved sewing projects and...
Robert Lee Williams
Jun 23, 2024
Mentor, Instructor, and Coach Bob Williams of Allen, Kansas died on Sunday, June 23, 2024, at his home.
Robert Lee Williams was born on November 25, 1945, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of John Junior and Nellie Koons Williams. He married Shirley J. Van Dyne on June 26, 1966, in Coffeyville, Kansas.
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