Anna May Dickson
Jun 10, 2023
Anna May Dickson, 83 of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, June 10, 2023 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Anna was born February 18, 1940 in Ipswich, Massachusetts the daughter of Stanley and Martha (Welliver) Gregory. She was a graduate of the Washington School for Secretaries and worked 25 years as the secretary for the Osage...
Janis L. Thogmartin
Jun 7, 2023
Janis L. Thogmartin of Emporia died on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was 73.
Janis was born on January 6, 1950, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of William Aaron and Rosalie Ruth Boldt Gilbert. She married Clyde Orville Thogmartin, Jr. on July 1, 1978, in Chase, Kansas. He...
Maybell Turner
Jun 4, 2023
Maybell Turner, 87, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia on June 4, 2023.
Maybell Brockelman was born in Neosho Rapids, Kansas on October 27, 1935, the daughter of Willie and Alta Carrie (Carson) Brockelman. On January 8, 1956 Maybell married Harry LeRoy Turner at the First Baptist Church, Emporia. He passed away on October...
Nathan Wheeler Watkins
Jun 3, 2023
Nathan Wheeler Watkins, 65, died on June 3, 2023, surrounded by his loving family after a two-year battle with metastatic cancer.
Nathan was born on April 13, 1958, in Windber, Pennsylvania, the son of Dr. John Nelson and Sarah Patterson (Qua) Watkins. He attended Shady Side Academy in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, followed by a lacrosse scholarship to Kenyon...
Curtis Delano Johnson
Jun 3, 2023
Curtis Delano Johnson of Emporia, Kansas died on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at his home. He was 88.
Curtis was born on August 7, 1934, in Grantsburg, Wisconsin, the son of Lincoln and Evelyn Magnuson Johnson. He married Linda L Howard They later divorced.
Surviving family members include son,...
David Lee Blair
Jun 2, 2023
David Lee Blair, 73 of Platte Woods, Missouri died Friday, June 2, 2023 at his home.
David was born November 10, 1949 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Richard Lee and Eleanor Frances (Gamer) Blair. He was retired from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad after a 42 year career. David enjoyed working on cars and gardening....
Ruth G. Shupe
May 24, 2023
Ruth G. Shupe, 96 of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Ruth was born June 9, 1926 in Yates Center, Kansas the daughter of Elias and Edna (Jackson) Knotts. She grew up in Eureka, Kansas and met her husband while attending the Kansas State Teachers College. She was...
Linda L. Garrett
May 20, 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. ...
Mary Patricia Wamser
May 20, 2023
Mary Patricia Wamser of Emporia died on Saturday, May 20, 2023, at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor in Emporia. She was 89.
Pat was born on November 29, 1933, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Margaret Evans Sloan. She married David Evans and was later divorced. Pat later married Donald C. Wamser...
Connie Darle Hamman
May 19, 2023
Connie Darle Hamman of Emporia died on Friday, May 19, 2023, at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. He was 88.
Connie was born on December 17, 1934, in Ottumwa, Kansas, the son of Gerald and Pearl Lore Hamman. He married Frances VanGorden on March 6, 1954, in Yates Center, Kansas. She...
Donald Everett Schiesser
May 18, 2023
Donald Everett Schiesser, 93, died on May 18, 2023, at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia, Kansas.
He is preceded in death by his parents, brothers Samuel and Dennis Schiesser; sister Anita Cavanaugh, daughters Joleen Day of rural council Grove and Debra Moser of Allen. He is survived by his wife Dorothy of Allen, KS; daughter Kathy...
Barrett "Barry" Allan Cunningham
May 16, 2023
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Barrett “Barry” Allan Cunningham, 61 of Emporia, Kansas died Tuesday, May 16, 2023 in Atchinson, Kansas.
Barry was born March 26, 1962 in Topeka, Kansas the son of Robert Wayne and Virginia (Snodgrass) Cunningham. He was a truck driver for EVCO in Emporia.
On May 30, 1999...
Ofelia S. Alvarado
May 8, 2023
Ofelia Alvarado of Emporia passed away peacefully into her heavenly home on Monday May 8, 2023, at her home surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She was 89.
Ofelia was born on February 27, 1934, in Veracruz Mexico. She was the daughter of Jose and Delfina Cortez. She married Martin Alvarado...
Peter Scott De Blonk, Jr.
May 3, 2023
Peter Scott de Blonk, Jr. of Emporia was called home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. He was 35. We have lost a son, brother, husband, father, uncle, and a great friend. In his short time with us PJ touched many lives. His laugh was contagious, and he smiled all the time...
Tyler Galloway West
Apr 29, 2023
Tyler G. West, 44, Emporia, passed away Saturday morning, April 29, 2023 at the Emergency Department of Newman Regional Health, Emporia.
Tyler Galloway West was born in Iola, Kansas on May 1, 1978. He married Jennifer Dunn on April 20, 2009. He is...
Kenneth Warren Tanner
Apr 25, 2023
Kenneth Warren Tanner of Emporia died on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at his home. He was 57.
Ken was born on October 16, 1965, in the US Army Hospital in Kanagawa-Kan, Japan the son of Delbert Edward and Dian Valerie Berdish Tanner.
He survived by stepmother Linda Marie Tanner of Trenton, MI...
Betty Jean Whitmore
Apr 23, 2023
Betty Jean Whitmore, 94 of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, April 23, 2023 at the Flint Hills Health Care in Emporia.
Betty was born February 14, 1929 in Admire, Kansas, the daughter of Cleo Robert and Maude Marie (Hooper) Robertson. She retired from the Food Service at Emporia State University in October 1993, having previously worked...
Lusiano Alvarado
Apr 21, 2023
Lusiano Alvarado was born in Council Grove, Kansas on October 26, 1932, and passed away peacefully on Friday, April 21, 2023, at his home in Emporia surrounded by family. He was 90. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday, April 24, 2023, at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home with Graveside services at 10:30 a.m.,...
Sharon Kay Hudson
Apr 18, 2023
Sharon Hudson, 78, passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at her home in Emporia, Kansas.
Mass of Christian Burial will be (were) held at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Emporia, on Friday, April 21, 2023 at 2:00 P.M. with Father Carter Zielinski, Celebrant. Cremation will follow with inurnment in Crawford Cemetery, Crawford, Nebraska. The Rosary...
Randall Marc Hoskins
Apr 12, 2023
Randall M. Hoskins, 71, Emporia, Kansas, passed away of Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at the Chase County Care and Rehabilitation Center, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Cremation is planned and a Celebration of Life will be scheduled for a later date. The family requests no flowers with memorial contributions to the ALS Society, which may be sent to Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home,...
