Patricia June Rhoads
Dec 4, 2022
Patricia June Rhoads, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away on December 4, 2022, in her home. She was 72 years old.
Patricia was born in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, on September 11, 1950, the daughter of Clifford Cook and Violet E. (Potter) Cook. She married Randall Dean Rhoads Sr. in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, on September 28, 1968, and moved...
Connie May Hilbish
Dec 3, 2022
Connie May Hilbish, 77 of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, December 3, 2022 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Connie was born January 19, 1945 in Emporia the daughter of John Neal and Alma (Pringle) Hartig. She retired from Newman Hospital having worked in housekeeping and switchboard/tubes. Connie attended the First Church of the Nazarene in...
Genevieve Lorraine Shook
Dec 2, 2022
Genevieve Lorraine Shook of Emporia died on December 2, 2022 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. She was 103.
Genevieve was born on July 11, 1919 in Savonburg, Kansas the daughter of Melvin N. and Gertrude Oberg Larson. She married Harry L. Shook on December 2, 1940 in Topeka, Kansas. He died on...
Christine Sue Allen
Dec 2, 2022
Christine Sue Allen of Emporia went to be with Jesus on Friday, December 2, 2022 at her home. She was 65.
Chris was born on February 28, 1957 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of George Henry and Barbara Jean Dyer Goodell. She married Lester Allen on May 1, 1992 in Emporia. He survives at the home.
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Kenneth Lynn Barrows
Dec 1, 2022
Kenneth Lynn Barrows of Emporia died on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was 65.
Ken was born on May 15, 1957 in Sesquehanna, Pennsylvania the son of Dotha (Doty) Louis Barrows. He attended school in South Gibson and Harford, Pennsylvania before joining the United States Army in...
Dorothy Delores Weeks
Nov 28, 2022
Funeral Services for Dorothy D. Weeks will be held at the Longs Chapel of First United Methodist Church on Monday, December 5, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Karla Sheffy of the church. Burial will follow in the Americus Cemetery, Americus, Kansas.
Dorothy passed away Monday, November 28, 2022 at Holiday Resort,...
David Martin Hinrichs
Nov 28, 2022
David M. Hinrichs, 70, rural Emporia, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Monday, November 28, 2022.
David Martin Hinrichs was born in Emporia, Kansas on July 8, 1952, the son of Martin Gerhardt and Frieda (Meyer) Hinrichs. David married Edith Douglas March 5, 1987 in Miami, Oklahoma. He is survived by his wife, Edith; his son,...
Joe Gene Klingensmith
Nov 25, 2022
Joe Gene Klingensmith, 75 of Emporia, Kansas passed away Friday, November 25, 2022 at the Topeka VA Hospital from complications from Parkinsons and Covid.
Gene was born August 15, 1947 in Newton, Kansas the son of Alvin H. and Frances (Doty) Klingensmith. He grew up in Humboldt, Kansas. Gene proudly served in the US Army during the...
Imogene Arnett
Nov 23, 2022
Imogene Arnett, age 97, formerly of Emporia, KS, died on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at York, Nebraska. She was born on November 19, 1925 to Charles Howard and Della Hannah (Johns) Cannon in Emporia, Kansas. On April 11, 1947, she was united in marriage to William A. Arnett in Kansas City. To this union, four daughters were...
Jerry Raymond Hotzel
Nov 16, 2022
Jerry Raymond Hotzel of Park City, Kansas died on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was 85.
Jerry was born on July 16, 1937 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Albert G. and Inez Archer Hotzel. He married Doris Sattler on September 27, 1959 in Neosho Rapids, Kansas. ...
Patricia Sue Converse
Nov 16, 2022
Patricia Sue (Warnick) Converse, 93, longtime resident of Eskridge, KS, passed away November 16, 2022, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She was born in Kansas City, Kansas, on September 4, 1929, the oldest of two daughters, to Lester Wayne and Claudia Francis Self Warnick. She attended schools in Kansas City and graduated from Wyandotte High School in May 1947....
Timothy W. Gilligan
Nov 16, 2022
Timothy W. “Tim” Gilligan, 69, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away at his home on November 16, 2022.
Tim was born on March 5, 1953 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Dennis James (Jr.) and Edna Mae (Woods) Gilligan. He married Barbara Frain, and they later divorced. Tim is survived by son; Christopher Michael Gilligan, Kansas City, Kansas,...
Susan Joanne (Werts) Gunkle
Nov 14, 2022
Susan Joanne (Elam, Werts) Gunkle passed on Monday, November 14. She was 71 years old. Susan was born on July 29, 1951 in Wichita, Kansas to Dorothy and Harley Elam. Susan graduated from North High School where she was a popular and athletic student. She attended the University of Kansas and spent many years as a nurse before leaving...
William D. Hockanson
Nov 12, 2022
William D. “Bill” Hockanson, 95, Wichita, Kansas, passed away Saturday, November 12, 2022 at Azria Health Care, Wichita.
William was born at Liberty, Nebraska on May 23, 1927, the son of Clarence and Margaret (Patterson) Hockanson. He married Ellen Hoyt in Wichita, Kansas on May 12, 1948. She passed away December 3, 2015 after 67 years of...
Linda C. Fritz
Nov 10, 2022
Linda C. Fritz, 69 of Emporia, Kansas died Thursday, November 10, 2022 at the Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia.
Linda was born December 5, 1952 in Emporia the daughter of Ellis and Grace (Scoggins) Smith. She worked for Greyhound Bus Line and had been retired for 30 years.
Linda is survived by her son...
Mary M. Downing
Nov 10, 2022
Mary M. Downing of Emporia died on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at her home. She was 91.
Mary was born on April 27, 1931 in Carrollton, Missouri the daughter of Maurice G. and Marie Anderson Mills. She married George L. Downing on May 1, 1954 in San Diego, California. He survives.
Louis John Heins, Jr.
Nov 9, 2022
Louis John Heins, Jr., 68 of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at his home.
John was born August 26, 1954 in Emporia the son of Louis John and Esther (Wombolt) Heins. He was a farm hand for Hodges Farms & Dredging.
On May 22, 1999 John married Darby Regina Buckridge on the Heins...
Thomas Vance Baldwin
Nov 8, 2022
Thomas Vance Baldwin passed peacefully in the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Mississippi on November 8, 2022 at the age of 84 years and 2 months.
He was born September 8, 1938 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Wayne and Edna (Kehler) Baldwin. He graduated from Emporia High in 1956. He married...
Ann Doudican
Nov 6, 2022
Ann Doudican passed away Sunday, November 6, 2022 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. She was 89.
Ann was born August 24, 1933 in Oklahoma City, OK to Edward Lowry and Carrie Lee (Westerfield) Barbee. The family moved to Joplin, Mo when Ann was a young child and she graduated from Joplin HIgh...
Gladys Marie Barnett
Nov 6, 2022
Gladys Marie Dees Barnett, 94, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away on November 6 th , 2022, at Holiday Resort Care Center.
Gladys was born in Brush Creek, Kentucky on August 28 th , 1928, the daughter of Cecil Henry Dees and Ellen Mary (Leger) Dees. She married Harry T. Barnett Jr in Florence,...
