Cindy Katherine Primeau
Sep 26, 2023
Cindy Katherine Primeau, 71, of Americus, Kansas died Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at her home.
Kate was born January 21, 1952 in Nuckolls, Nebraska, the daughter of Darrell and Dorothy Dillon. She grew up in Emporia Kansas and graduated from Emporia High School in 1970. She graduated from Minot State University with a bachelors in Art Therapy...
Arlen Scott Stueve
Sep 24, 2023
Arlen Scott Stueve passed away at his home on September 24th, 2023. He was born December 7th, 1953 to Carl and Ruth Stueve and was the 5th of 8 children. Arlen attended Emporia High School and was a Marine Veteran. He married Brenda Tempelmeyer on January 6th, 1979. He worked at Modine Manufacturing and then Lyon County Road and...
Mary Ann Phillips
Sep 22, 2023
Lee Roy “Heavy” and Mary Ann Phillips died on Friday, September 22, 2023, due to a fire at their home in Emporia. Lee Roy was 88, Mary Ann was 85.
Lee Roy was born on October 31, 1934, in Emporia, Kansas. Son of Will and Ovoilette Ruse Phillips. He spent 37 years at...
Leeroy Phillips
Sep 22, 2023
LeeRoy “Heavy” and Mary Ann Phillips died on Friday, September 22, 2023, due to a fire at their home in Emporia. Lee Roy was 88, Mary Ann was 85.
LeeRoy was born on October 31, 1934, in Emporia, Kansas. Son of Will and Ovoilette Ruse Phillips. He spent 37 years at Didde Glasser...
Leroy Andrew "Andy" Gieber
Sep 21, 2023
Leroy Andrew “Andy” Gieber, 65, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2023 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia.
Andy was born in El Dorado, Kansas on July 22, 1958, the son of Leroy Andrew and Verna Lucille (Worley) Gieber. He married Karla M. Kelly at Miami, Oklahoma on July 20, 1987. Karla died February...
Donny L. Bailey
Sep 20, 2023
Donny L. Bailey, 84, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia.
Donny was born December 13, 1938 in Larned, Kansas, the son of Harry G. and Leora E. (Jordan) Bailey. He married Marcia L. Fear in Emporia on January 3, 1959. She survives. He is also survived by daughter; Kimberly...
Sharon E. Spade
Sep 18, 2023
Sharon E. Spade of Emporia passes away on Monday, September 18, 2023, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. She was 66.
Sharon was born on December 21, 1956, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Willard E. and Beverly V. Wilson Spade. She graduated from Emporia High School in 1975 and attended Kansas City Art Institute from 1992...
Linda L. Garrett
Sep 15, 2023
Linda L. Garrett, 78, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Friday, September 15, 2023 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia.
Linda L. Lang was born June 20, 1945 at Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Franklin Leslie and Marie Ethel (Stallings) Lang. She married James D. Gordon on April 25, 1964 in the Rosedale Baptist Church, Kansas City, Kansas. ...
Robert Henry Drake
Sep 13, 2023
Robert Henry Drake, 85 of Osage City, Kansas died Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at his home.
Robert was born October 30, 1937 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Robert Victor and Hazel Viola (Walker) Drake. He served in the United States Navy for 20 years serving in both Korea and Vietnam. Robert then worked for 20 years...
Melvin Wayne Keyser
Sep 9, 2023
Melvin Wayne Keyser of Wichita died peacefully at home with his family on Saturday, September 9, 2023. He was 90.
Melvin was born on July 8, 1933, in Sedgwick, Kansas, the son of Clifford Rex and Irma Small Keyser. The young family lived in several small towns, eventually ending up in Holyrood Kansas...
Larry Edward Stock
Sep 3, 2023
Larry Edward Stock, 83 of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, September 3, 2023 in Emporia surrounded by his family.
Larry was born August 29, 1940 in Marysville, Kansas the son of Edward and Cecillia (Turk) Stock. He graduated from Marysville High School in 1958 and then farmed with his Uncle Karl before serving in the Air Force from...
Bernadine M. Kehres
Sep 1, 2023
On September 1, 2023, our dear mother, Bernadine M. (Nuessen) Kehres, got her wings and went to walk with the angels. She was 98 years old.
A lifelong resident of Olpe, Kansas, she was born on May 26, 1925, the daughter of Henry and Agnes Nuessen. She married Warren Kehres on April 30, 1949, he preceded her...
John Scott Alford
Aug 31, 2023
John Scott Alford, 70, rural Admire, Kansas, passed away Thursday, August 31, 2023, in rural Admire.
John was born August 29, 1953, in Chanute, Kansas, the son of Earl Dean and Betty Lou (Hartman) Alford. He married Nancy Ann Lickteig on August 16, 1975, they later divorced. On November 10, 2012, he married Christina “Tina” Lynn Cunningham...
Wayne Arthur Theel
Aug 31, 2023
Wayne Arthur Theel, 76, of Emporia, Kansas, died on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at Sunflower Care Homes in Emporia. Wayne entered hospice in May of 2023 after a shocking anaplastic thyroid cancer diagnosis the month prior. Hand-in-Hand Hospice provided the support to help the family care for him at his Emporia home until he was transferred to Sunflower Care...
Kenneth Leon Suchy
Aug 31, 2023
Kenneth Leon Suchy, 82 of Emporia, Kansas died Thursday, August 31, 2023 at the Sunflower Care Home in Emporia.
Kenneth was born August 20, 1941 in Great Bend, Kansas the son of Frank & Rosie (Oborny) Suchy. He received his bachelor’s degree from Emporia State University. He worked 25 years for Citizens National Bank and Bank IV...
Nona Rae Jones Thompson
Aug 31, 2023
Nona Rae Jones Thompson, 95, Reading, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, Kansas.
Nona Rae Neff was born September 4, 1927 in Lyndon, Kansas, the daughter of John and Bertha (Bryden) Neff. She married Dean E. Jones in Osage City, Kansas on September 14, 1945. He passed away June...
Cathleen Teresa Dorcas
Aug 29, 2023
Cathleen Teresa (Cronk) Dorcas of Emporia, Kansas, died at home Tuesday, August 29, 2023. She was 58 years old.
Cathy was born on March 11,1965 in Flint, Michigan, the daughter of R. Thomas and Dorothy (Cottrell) Cronk. She married Scott Dorcas on March 13, 1993, in Wichita, Kansas. He survives of the home.
Surviving family...
Ruby Lee Slappy
Aug 26, 2023
Ruby Lee Slappy of Emporia died on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at the Burlington Life Center in Burlington. She was 86.
Ruby was born on February 2, 1937, in Americus, Georgia the daughter of Essie and Anna Hill Perry.
Surviving family members include sons, Johnny B. Slappy of Aliquippa,...
Clois Erlene Hobble
Aug 26, 2023
Clois “Erlene” Hobble of Emporia died on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Sunflower Care Homes in Emporia. She was 81.
Erlene was born on November 21, 1941, in Emporia, the daughter of Howard and Clois B. Zirnstein Ensminger. She married Clayton V. Hobble on August 18, 1962, in Emporia. He survives of the...
Joy Faye Morgan
Aug 25, 2023
Joy Faye Morgan of Emporia died on Friday, August 25, 2023, at her home. She was 77.
Joy was born on July 16, 1946, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Edward, Sr. and Mabel Leona Davis Hensley. She married Amos Owens. He died. She later married Phillip Ullrich until he passed. She...
