Eduardo C. "Pocho" Bautista
Dec 26, 2023
Eduardo “Poncho” C. Bautista, Sr. of Emporia died on Tuesday, December 26, 2023, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. He was 75.
Eduardo was born on December 3, 1948, in Couches, Texas, the son of Pedro Colunga and Rosario Bautista de Colunga. He married Maria San Juana Rodriguez DeAvilia on March 31, 1972, in El Paso, Texas. ...
Troy Amos
Dec 26, 2023
Troy Amos, rural Emporia, passed away at his home on Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at the age of 37.
Troy was born in Emporia, Kansas on October 30, 1986 the son of John Michael and Marcia Fields Amos. On September 12, 2015 Troy married Maggie Danborg in Emporia. They later divorced and she survives. He is also...
Barbara Jean Ernst
Dec 25, 2023
Barbara Jean Redelfs Ernst 1930 - 2023
Barbara Jean Redelfs Ernst, age 93, passed peacefully at Sunflower Care in Emporia, Kansas on Christmas Day 2023.
She was born in Americus Kansas on June 14, 1930, to L. John and Mary Redelfs, who she loved so much. She grew up in Americus where she graduated from...
Patricia "Patty" Louise Gilligan
Dec 23, 2023
Patricia (Patty) Louise Willard Gilligan passed away peacefully at the age of 69 (so close to 70!) on December 23, 2023 surrounded by her family and fur babies. A devoted mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, she leaves behind a legacy of laughs, strength, and love that will live on in those who knew her.
Born on...
Donald Whittredge
Dec 15, 2023
Donald Whittredge, 71, of Rogers, Arkansas, passed away at Circle of Life Hospice House in Bentonville, Arkansas on December 15, 2023, following a pancreatic cancer diagnosis in December 2021.
Don was born on July 17, 1952, to Ben and Leona Whittredge of Admire, Kansas. He grew up on a farm near Admire. After graduating from Northern Heights...
Victor "The Jayhawker" Rodriguez, Jr.
Dec 13, 2023
Victor "The Jayhawker" Rodriguez, Jr. of Emporia died on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at his home. He was 55.
Vic was born on March 20, 1968, in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Victor, Sr. and Mary Duran Rodriguez.
Surviving family member: Mother, Mary Rodriguez of Emporia.
He is preceded in death by his...
Roy Joseph "Joe" Kuhlmann
Dec 13, 2023
Roy Joseph (Joe) Kuhlmann of Olpe, Kansas died on December 13,2023 at Homestead Assisted Living of Emporia.
Roy was born on September 19, 1937, in the Maydale Community, near Olpe, Kansas, the son of Paul and Regina Schafer Kuhlmann. He married Marilyn Ann Burenheide on May 3, 1958, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Olpe.
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Victor Rodriguez
Dec 13, 2023
Victor Rodriguez, Jr. of Emporia died on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at his home. He was 55.
Vic was born on March 20, 1968, in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Victor, Sr. and Mary Duran Rodriguez.
Surviving family member: Mother, Mary Rodriguez of Emporia.
He is preceded in death by his father and...
James F. Leonard
Dec 11, 2023
James F. Leonard, 75 of Overland Park, Kansas died December 11, 2023 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Overland Park.
Jim was born February 27, 1948 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Gene and Norma (Kopke) Leonard. He was a graduate of the Kansas State Teachers College. Jim served in the U.S. Army, was a member of the...
Cindy Marie Clatterbuck
Dec 10, 2023
Cindy Clatterbuck, 62, Emporia, passed away at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, on Sunday, December 10, 2023.
Cindy Marie Lanzrath was born in Emporia, Kansas on January 12, 1961, the daughter of Lyle and Delores (Evans) Lanzrath. She is survived by her daughters; Kimberly (Tyler) Todd, Emporia, and Sara Hortenstine, Topeka, brothers; Gilbert, Pat, Matt (Marilyn), Daniel (Amy),...
Thomas Eugene Hicks, Jr.
Dec 2, 2023
Dr. Tom Hicks, Emporia surgeon, died unexpectedly at his home on December 2, 2023. He was 70 years old.
Thomas E. Hicks, Jr. was born in Memphis, TN on April 29, 1953, to Thomas E. Hicks, Sr. and Mildred (McPherson) Hicks.
Thomas graduated from Liberal High School, the University...
Christopher Stephen Gutierrez
Dec 1, 2023
Christopher Stephen Gutierrez, Topeka, Kansas, passed away peacefully on December 1, 2023, at his home. He was 74 years old.
Christopher was born on April 27, 1949, in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Pedro and Maria Natividad (Rodriguez) Gutierrez. He married Catalina Rodriguez in Emporia, Kansas, on October 2, 1971. She survives of the home. Other survivors...
Larry Victor Krom Sr.
Dec 1, 2023
Larry Victor Krom Sr., Americus, Kansas, died December 1, 2023 at his home. He was 80 years old.
Larry was born in Emporia, Kansas, on May 29, 1943, the son of Clarence Krom and Audrey Slack. He married Delores Duesler in December of 1963. They later divorced. Larry then married Joyce M. Coop-Richard on May 25, 1973....
Marcelina Rodriguez Bruce
Dec 1, 2023
Marcelina Rodiguez Bruce of Emporia, died on Friday, December 1, 2023, at her home. She was 83.
Marcelina was born on April 25, 1940, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Anastacio and Reyes Torres Rodriguez. She married Robert Eugene Bruce but later divorced.
She is survived by her brothers: Frank Rodriguez of Emporia, Joseph Rodriguez...
Daniel J. Slater
Nov 29, 2023
Daniel J. Slater, 74, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, on Wednesday, November 29, 2023.
Daniel was born in Topeka, Kansas on October 20, 1949, the son of Sonny and Esther (White) Slater. He married Connie Lake in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas on August 5, 1972. She survives of the...
Larry Dean Pierce
Nov 29, 2023
Larry Dean Pierce, 86 of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.
Larry was born June 5, 1937, in Emporia, the son of Wilbur Franklin and Sarah Helen (Cannon) Pierce. He graduated from Emporia High School in 1955. At the age of 16 Larry joined the Kansas National Guard. Also in...
Charles Wayne Brown
Nov 26, 2023
Charles Wayne Brown, 89 of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, November 26, 2023 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Wayne was born July 6, 1934 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas the son of Willliam D. and Ethel Barbara (Wright) Brown. He served in the US Army in Korea during the Korean Conflict. Wayne taught for a while...
Susan Laverne Knight
Nov 23, 2023
Susan LaVerne Knight of Eskridge, Kansas died on Thursday, November 23, 2023, at her home. She was 73.
Suzi was born on May 17, 1950, in Washington, Missouri, and was adopted in infancy by William E. and Eileen D. Ready Bullington. She married Kenneth W. Knight on September 1, 1968, in Eskridge. He survives at home. She...
Charles Eugene "Gene" Chapman
Nov 19, 2023
Charles Eugene "Gene" Chapman of Emporia died on Sunday, November 19, 2023, at his home.
Gene was born on March 23, 1953, in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Ralph Alden and Esther Marie Andrews Chapman.
Surviving family members include brother, Jack A Chapman of Emporia, sister, Rosalie Fowler of Emporia.
Gene worked for...
Emiko Risley
Nov 19, 2023
Emiko (Inoue) Risley, Emporia, Kansas, died November 19, 2023. She was 92 years old.
Emiko was born on August 20, 1931, in Kanagawaken Fujisawa City, Japan, the daughter of Sannosuke and Aki (Uno) Inoue.
Survivors include son Kevin (Carolyn) Risley, Emporia, KS; daughter Tammy (Jason) Montgomery, North Pole, AK; sister Matsue Nishio, Japan; grandchildren Bryson...
