Joe J. Lapping
Nov 2, 2022
Joe J. Lapping of Emporia died on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. He was 91.
Joe was born on September 1, 1931 in Cherokee, Kansas the son of Thomas Burton and Elizabeth Blanche Holland Lapping. He married JoAnn Kelley on July 16, 1955 in Hamilton, Kansas. She survives....
Martha Lee Bomberger
Oct 31, 2022
Martha Lee Bomberger, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Monday, October 31, 2022 at Flint Hills Care Center at the age of 81.
Martha Lee Spradlin was born July 4, 1941 in Safford, Arizona, the daughter of Earl Ray and Marjorie (Kaiser) Spradlin. She married Dale Bomberger in 1960, they divorced in 1973, he died in 1991 in Atchison,...
David Lee Schumann
Oct 30, 2022
David Lee Schumann, 59 of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, October 30, 2022 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.
David was born November 17, 1962 in Sabetha, Kansas the son of Gerald Lee and Orinne (Lacy) Schumann. He was an electrician and part owner of Gerald Schumann Electric. David was a member of the Messiah Lutheran Church. He...
Sandra Sue Riggle
Oct 30, 2022
Sandra Sue Riggle, 72 of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, October 30, 2022 at her home.
Sandra was born July 12, 1950 in Gainesville, Missouri the daughter of Clarence and Wilma (Burton) Hargis. She was a homemaker.
Sandra married Burt Melton and they later divorced. She then married Robert Riggle in 1976 and the later divorced....
Susan Jane Kuhn
Oct 29, 2022
Susan Jane Kuhn, 69 of Admire, Kansas died Saturday, October 29, 2022 at her home.
Susan was born January 30, 1953 in rural Admire, Kansas the daughter of Thomas and Mary Sue (Bridges) Phillips. She was an Elementary School Teacher in the North Lyon County School District #251 for 40 years. Retiring 7 years ago. Susan was...
Shirley Faye Finke
Oct 28, 2022
Shirley Faye Finke, 85 of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, October 28, 2022 at the Chase County Care Center in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.
Shirley was born June 15, 1937 in Virgil, Kansas the daughter of Albert Bryant and Faye Pearl (Shepherd) Meadows. She sold Home Interiors & Design. Shirley was a member of the Light House Baptist Church...
Paula Jean Standley
Oct 27, 2022
Paula Jean Standley, 79 of Emporia, Kansas died Thursday, October 27, 2022 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.
Paula was born August 30, 1943 in Emporia, the daughter of Alfred Eugene and Una Mae (Crumb) Baillod. She worked as a paraprofessional at Emporia area schools. Paula was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church.
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Eric Laurence Trump
Oct 25, 2022
Eric Laurence Trump of Emporia died on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at his home. He was 66.
Eric was born December 7, 1955 in Lansing, Michigan the son of Frederick Leonard Trump and Lois Arlene Stelson Trump and resided in East Lansing with his parents and three siblings.
When...
Joe Francis Hallowell
Oct 24, 2022
Joe Francis Hallowell of Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on October 24, 2022. He was 77 years old.
Joe was born on December 17, 1944 in Wichita, Kansas. He was a graduate from Belleville High School in Belleville, Kansas. Joe was a veteran of the United States Army, and a member of...
Dorine D. Harter
Oct 24, 2022
Dorine Dilak Harter was born in Masjed-Soleman, Iran on May 1, 1942, the daughter of Andrew and Magdelata Dilak. She was preceded in death by her husband, James F. Harter, in 2013. They were married for nearly 40 years. She was the proud mother of 3 boys (Pierre, Derrek, Erren), the proud mother-in-law of three daughters-in-law (Kristin, Kristin, Melanie),...
Elizabeth "Betty" Jean Nail
Oct 23, 2022
Elizabeth “Betty” Jean Nail of Emporia died on Sunday, October 23, 2022, at her home in Emporia surrounded by her daughters. She was 83.
Betty was born January 10, 1939, in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Wilbur and Mildred (Heffron) O’Mara. On September 1, 1956, Betty married the love of her life and...
Gary Dean Pedersen
Oct 16, 2022
Gary Dean Pedersen, 80, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Sunday, October 16, 2022, at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.
Gary was born in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Clarence Christopher and Lola Mae (Johnson) Pedersen. He married Patricia Ann Williams in Emporia on February 23, 1963. She passed away on October 29, 2015. Surviving family members include his...
John Dolan Roush Iv
Oct 13, 2022
John Dolan Roush IV of Emporia, Kansas died October 13, 2022 at his home. He was 38 years old.
John was born on October 30, 1983 in Portsmouth Virginia. He graduated from Bacon Academy High School in Colchester, Connecticut. After high school, John enlisted in the United States Army where he served as...
Gloria Ann Hastings
Oct 13, 2022
Gloria Ann Hastings (Grant), 73; of Emporia, Kansas; died Thursday, October 13, 2022; at her home surrounded by her loving family.
Gloria was born December 24, 1948 in Enid, Oklahoma, the daughter of Ernest Sr. and Georganna (Kienholz) Grant. Gloria graduated from Moline High School in 1967. She then continued her education, earning a Bachelor of Science...
James W. Pickert
Oct 9, 2022
James W. Pickert of Emporia died on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at his home. He was 87.
Jim was born on November 17, 1934 in Hoisington, Kansas the son of Leo Herman and Lucille Katherine Hermreck Pickert. He married Helen Ruth Aldrich on April 22, 1957. She survives.
Surviving...
Walter Kent O'Shel
Oct 8, 2022
Walter Kent O’Shel died on October 8 th , 2022 in Emporia. He was 75 years old.
Walter was born on September 18, 1947 in Emporia Kansas, the son of Walter Odell and Roberta Ellen (Martin) O’Shel. He graduated Emporia High School. He worked in maintenance for 44 years, and also enjoyed auto mechanics. He married Janet...
Corrine J Cole Frizell
Oct 4, 2022
Corrine J. Cole Frizell, 85, Olpe, Kansas, passed away at her home on Tuesday, October 4, 2022.
Corrine J. Schmidt was born in Emporia, Kansas on November 2, 1936, the daughter of Leonard and Ida (Sterbenz) Schmidt. She married Donald L. Cole in Olpe, Kansas on January 8, 1955. He died December 19, 1994. On October 30,...
Sandra Elaine Hubbard
Oct 4, 2022
Sandra Elaine Hubbard, 66, of Salina, Kansas went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, October 4, 2022.
Sandra was born on June 14, 1956 in Hays, Kansas to Vernell Arends and Norma Pauline Ives. Sandra was lovingly raised by her grandparents Harold and Hilma (Fisher) Ives. Sandra graduated from Stockton...
Gould Coates Garcia
Sep 28, 2022
Gould Coates Garcia passed into eternity at the age of 89 on September 28, 2022 at Sunflower Care Home, Emporia, Kansas.
Gould was born in Daytona Beach, FL, on November 2, 1932, the youngest of Raymond and Ruth Garcia’s four children. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Florida State University in 1954, a...
Leo W. Pauls
Sep 28, 2022
Dr. Leo W. Pauls, 82 of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at his home.
Leo was born January 21, 1940 in Hutchinson, Kansas the son of Jake and Justina (Wiens) Pauls. He was a professor and teacher for 45 years, 35 spent at Emporia State University. Leo has been retired for 15 years. He was...
