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,...
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...
