Judith K. Boehme
Nov 10, 2023
Judith K. “Judy” Yearout-Boehme, 84, Emporia, passed away Friday, November 10, 2023 at her home.
Judith Kay Jones was born in Emporia, Kansas on November 19, 1938, the daughter of Dave and Margaret Lillian (Lewis) Jones. She was raised in Emporia and attended Emporia Schools, graduating from Emporia High School. While in high school, she was the...
Carol Louise Stock
Nov 7, 2023
Carol Louise Stock, 81 of Emporia, Kansas died Tuesday, November 7, 2023 in Emporia surrounded by her family.
Carol was born on October 1, 1942 in Frankfort, Kansas the daughter of George and Elinore (Lindsey) Tebbutt. She was a 1960 graduate of Marysville High School. On July 9, 1961, Carol married the love of her life, Larry...
Mary Anne Atherton
Oct 31, 2023
Mary Anne Howell Atherton of Emporia, died on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor in Emporia. She was 89.
Anne was born on March 29, 1934, in Henderson County, Tennessee, the daughter of Dewey Edison and Verdie Reed Howell. She married John (Jack) Griffith Atherton on August 26, 1960, in Lexington, Tennessee.
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Randy Lee Mcclure
Oct 31, 2023
Randy Lee McClure, 67 of Strong City, Kansas died Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at The Center at Waterfront in Wichita, Kansas.
Randy was born December 1, 1955 in California. He was the son of Wilford Howard Hemenway and Carrie McClure. Randy retired from Tyson Meats in April of 2020 after working 35 years as a maintenance engineer....
Roger Dean Anderson
Oct 29, 2023
Roger Dean Anderson, 68 of rural Americus, Kansas died Sunday, October 29, 2023 at the Diversicare of Council Grove.
Roger was born June 4, 1955 in Topeka, Kansas the son of Donald and Elsie (Nielsen) Anderson. He was a farmer. Roger was active in the Americus community, enjoyed playing the trumpet and played “Taps” for Memorial Day...
Warren George Forrester
Oct 27, 2023
Warren G. Forrester, 83, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Friday, October 27, 2023 at the Valley View Senior Living Center.
Warren George Forrester was born in Enterprise, Kansas on April 23, 1940, the son of Henry Everett and Helen Lucile (Eberspacher) Forrester. He married Sharon Thompson in Emporia, Kansas on July 31, 1999. She survives of Emporia. He...
Freda N. Ponder
Oct 24, 2023
Freda N. Ponder, 97, passed away on Tuesday, October 24, 2023.
She was born August 28, 1926 in Stark, Kansas, the daughter of Austin and Leila Myers.
Freda is survived by a son, Kirk Hale, daughters, Teresa Rinker and LaDonna Curzon, Four grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. She will be truly missed, but wonderful memories of...
Linda K. Soendker
Oct 22, 2023
Linda K. Soendker of Emporia died on Sunday, October 22, 2023, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was 71.
Linda was born on February 12, 1952, in Topeka, Kansas the daughter of Walter Benjamin and Eula Evangeline Witmer Pooler. She married Clarence J. Soendker on November 23, 1973, in Topeka.
Betty Jean Rhoads
Oct 22, 2023
Betty Jean Rhoads of Neosho Rapids, Kansas died on Sunday, October 22, 2023, at her home. She was 76.
Betty was born on July 15, 1947, in Goodland, Kansas, the daughter of Elmer L. and Eva M. Grefe Palmer. She married Joseph Edward Rhoads on March 25, 1966, in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.
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Leroy Roscoe "Ross" Rhoads
Oct 19, 2023
Leroy Roscoe “Ross” Rhoads, Jr. 58, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Thursday, October 19, 2023 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.
Ross was born September 11, 1965 in Emporia, the son of Lee Roy and Roberta Inez (Lambeth) Rhoads. He married, and was divorced from, Carrie Phillips Rhoads, Cynthia Jones Rhoads Gehring, and Stacia Dawes Morgan. Surviving family...
Wilbur G. Barrett
Oct 18, 2023
Wilbur Gene Barrett died on the morning of October 18, 2023, at Homestead Assisted Living, formerly known as Emporia Place. He was 99. Wilbur was born in Emporia, KS on August 27, 1924, and was one of 11 children. His parents, Fred and Annie Barrett, resided on a small family farm north of Emporia. Wilbur married the love of...
Cathy Lynn Coop
Oct 16, 2023
Cathy Lynn Coop, of Emporia, Kansas, died October 16, 2023, at home. She was 67 years old.
Cathy was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on January 12, 1956, the daughter of Ralph Leroy and Alma Lorene (Ford) Harris. She married Marvin Coop on January 12, 1980, in Emporia, Kansas. He passed in August of 1985. Cathy then married...
Betty Eleanor Walker
Oct 16, 2023
Betty Eleanor Walker of Emporia, died on Monday, October 16, 2023, at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. She was 100.
Betty was born on September 18, 1923, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of George Alvin and Lennie Hamblin Dent. She married Chester John Walker on April 6, 1960, in Topeka, Kansas. ...
Michael Allen Risley
Oct 15, 2023
Michael Allen Risley died October 15, 2023, at Advent Health in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. He was 60 years old.
Michael was born on July 13, 1963, at Camp Zama Army Hospital in Fujisawa, Japan, the son of Larry Grant and Emiko (Inoue) Risley.
He married Scarlett Sherretts on July 28, 1990, in Emporia, Kansas. She...
Mary "Marie" Mathilda Russell
Oct 15, 2023
Mary “Marie” Russell, 97, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Sunday, October 15, 2023 in Emporia, KS.
Mary “Marie” Mathilda Wendling was born in Olpe, Kansas on May 19, 1926, the daughter of Seraphin Fredrick and Anna Dorothy (Fitzpatrick) Wendling. She married Willis Clayton Russell at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Emporia on May 1, 1948. He died...
John O. Sanderson
Oct 12, 2023
Judge John O. Sanderson of Emporia, died on Thursday, October 12, 2023, at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. He was 85.
John was born on August 2, 1938, in Osceola, Iowa, the son of Earl and Eleanore LeHew Sanderson. He married Joann Ashbacher on December 2, 1962, in Indianola, Iowa. She survives at home.
Survivors include:...
Norma Jean Worley
Oct 12, 2023
Norma Jean Worley, 89, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, October 12, 2023, at Holiday Resort.
Norma was born on her parent’s farm to Paul and Lois (Hylton) Johnson on August 21, 1934. She grew up on her father’s farm, helping out, and riding her horse Jerry to the Big John Schoolhouse. She moved to Emporia, Kansas,...
Gail Marie Hunsucker
Oct 8, 2023
Gail Marie Hunsucker of Emporia, Kansas, died October 8, 2023, at Presbyterian Manor. She was 74 years old.
Gail was born on April 25, 1949, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, the daughter of Raymond and Charlotte (Palmer) Betz, the oldest of seven children. She married James Robert Hunsucker Jr. on December 2, 1972, in Rosemont, Minnesota. He passed...
Delbert Wesley Moran
Sep 30, 2023
Delbert W. Moran, 93, Emporia, passed away Saturday, September 30 2023 at Emporia Place.
Delbert Wesley Moran was born in Emporia, Kansas on November 25, 1929, the son of Edwin Washburn and Ruth (Emrick) Moran. He married Barbara Ann Hughes at the First United Methodist Church, Emporia on March 12, 1949. She died September 30, 2016. Surviving...
Dorothy Ann Bowers
Sep 29, 2023
Dorothy Ann Bowers, 91, of Concordia, Missouri, formerly of Olpe, Kansas, passed away September 29, 2023, at the Good Shepherd Care Community In Concordia.
Dorothy was born in rural Olpe, Kansas, on April 23, 1932, Dorothy was the daughter of the late Norbert and Loretta (Waechter) Schmidt. She attended Sunnyridge and Twin Mound...
