Virginia M. Suddock
Sep 8, 2022
Virginia M. Suddock of Emporia died on Thursday, September 8, 2022 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor in Emporia. She was 105.
Virginia was born on July 22, 1917 in Americus, Kansas the daughter of William and Mary Busch Viles. She married Thomas Suddock on July 31, 1935 at the Emporia First Baptist Church...
Ima Jean Markowitz
Sep 8, 2022
Ima Jean Markowitz of Emporia died on Thursday, September 8, 2022 at Specialty Select Hospital in Wichita. She was 96.
Ima Jean was born on June 30, 1926 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Jesse S. and Iona May (Davis) Varner. She attended Emporia schools and graduated from Emporia High School in 1944. ...
Loren J. Selby
Sep 6, 2022
Loren J. Selby, Kansas City, Kansas, and formerly of Emporia, passed away in Overland Park, Kansas on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at the age of 78.
Loren was born in the Chalk Mound Community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas on April 12, 1944, the son of Nelson Alonzo and Aletha (Rees) Selby. He married Violet M. Kuhn in...
Vivian L. Hase
Sep 4, 2022
Vivian L. Hase, 92 of Emporia, Kansas formerly of Allen, Kansas died Sunday, September 4, 2022 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.
Vivian was born March 27, 1930 in Miller, Kansas the daughter of John George and Leona M. (Parks) Mann. She worked as a nurse’s aide at St. Mary’s Hospital in Emporia then at Newman Hospital in...
Oliva Rivera-Viveros
Sep 2, 2022
Oliva Rivera-Viveros, 56, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Friday, September 2, 2022 at the Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.
Oliva was born in Villa Jiménez, Michoacán, México on July 3, 1966, the daughter of Fidel Rivera and Aurora Salinas-Rivera. She is survived by her children Linda, Yuliana, Olivia, Adolfo and Mia, brothers; Ramiro and Antonio,...
Aaron Ellis Smith
Aug 26, 2022
Aaron Ellis Smith of Emporia, departed this plane with close friends and family by his side at Newman Regional Health on Friday August 26, 2022. He was 28 years old.
Born to Tina Silver and Mel Conner in Emporia, KS on January 12, 1994. He worked at La Quinta in Emporia as a...
Marcia Janzen
Aug 25, 2022
Marcia A. Janzen, 82, Emporia, passed away Thursday morning, August 25, 2022 at Newman Regional Health.
Marcia A. Ruhnke was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the daughter of Harold and Hilda (Larsin) Ruhnke. She married Larry Janzen in California on November 18, 1964. He passed away on February 4, 2022. Marcia is survived by her daughters; Gayle...
Sarah Ruth Denny-Haig
Aug 24, 2022
Sarah Ruth Denny-Haig, 91 of Emporia, died Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Ruth was born March 31, 1931 in Burns, Kansas the daughter of Joe and Wilna (Williams) Ayers. She worked 32 years for KPL/Westar and was an office manager when she retired 25 years ago. Ruth was a member...
Ronald Dean Wessel
Aug 19, 2022
Ronald D. Wessel, rural Emporia, passed away at his home on Friday evening, August 19, 2022 at the age of 81.
Ronald Dean Wessel was born in Holton, Kansas on August 31, 1940, the son of Henry Dietrich and Esther Elvira (Williams) Wessel. Ronald and Charlotte Ann Olsen were united in marriage in Council Grove, Kansas on...
Ileen Lynelle Meyer
Aug 15, 2022
Ileen Lynelle Meyer, 77 of Emporia, Kansas died Monday, August 15, 2022 at her home.
Ileen was born November 17, 1944 in Burdick, Kansas the daughter of Carl and Lilly (Peterson) Strand. She had received her master’s degree from Emporia State University and had worked as a nurse for Newman Regional Health, USD 253, Kansas Department of...
Jennifer Nicole Myers
Aug 15, 2022
Jennifer Nicole Myers, 42 of Emporia, Kansas died Monday, August 15, 2022 around 7:45 AM at her home.
Jennifer was born January 26, 1980 in Gridley, California the daughter of Dennis and Julie (Jones) Maguire. She was a paraprofessional at Timmerman Elementary School in Emporia she always had a real good read on the special needs kids...
James F. Muckenthaler
Aug 14, 2022
James F. Muckenthaler passed away Sunday evening, August 14, 2022 at the Sunflower Care Home.
Jim was born in St. Marys, Kansas, March 18, 1938, the second of Manual & Bertha Muckenthaler’s six children. He graduated from St. Marys High School in 1956 and came to Emporia to attend KSTC (Kansas State Teachers College). While at KSTC...
Mary May Fuller
Aug 11, 2022
Mary May Fuller, 83 of Emporia, Kansas died Thursday, August 11, 2022 at the Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia.
Mary was born October 30, 1938 in El Dorado, Kansas the daughter of Isaac Raymond and Cleo Mary (Pfaff) Beach. She was a homemaker. Mary was a member of the First Baptist Church and the ABW(American Baptist...
Bridget Deon Monroe
Aug 10, 2022
Bridget D. Monroe, Emporia, passed away at her home on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at the age of 44.
Bridget Deon Combes was born in Emporia, Kansas on March 6, 1978. She was the daughter of Gary Combes and Sheila (Black) Combes Knoll. Bridget married Brad Monroe, and they later divorced. She is survived by her daughter;...
George Mcmurdo
Aug 9, 2022
George McMurdo, 58 of Emporia, Kansas died Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at the Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia.
George was born May 7, 1964 in Tachikawa, Japan the son of Raymond and Marjorie (Rife) McMurdo. He served in US Navy and the Kansas National Guard.
He is survived by his brother James McMurdo and...
Rex Henry Johnson
Aug 8, 2022
Rex H. Johnson, 78, rural Emporia, Kansas, has passed away.
Rex Henry Johnson was born on July 29, 1944 in Lamar, Colorado, the son of Jack Virgil and Ruby June (Robbins) Johnson. Rex and Linda Darlene Dunkin were married in Dallas, Texas on October 20, 1965. She survives of the home. He is also survived by his...
Richard Todd Wright
Aug 6, 2022
Richard Todd Wright, 62 of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, August 6, 2022 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.
Todd was born November 9, 1959 in Emporia the son of Richard Warren and Betty Lou (Christiansen) Wright. He graduated from ESU with a degree in accounting. While at ESU, he was a member of the debate team. Todd...
Jimmie Joe Nielsen
Aug 5, 2022
Jimmie Joe “J J” Nielsen, rural Allen, Kansas, passed away at his home on Friday, August 5, 2022, at the age of 84.
JJ Nielsen was born in Dunlap, Kansas on December 31, 1937, the son of Christian and Roberta Vivian (Bronaugh) Nielsen. He married the love of his life and high school sweetheart, Helen McElfresh in...
Gladys Joann Toso
Aug 5, 2022
Gladys Joann (Stuttle) Toso, age 85 died on Friday August 5, 2022 in Emporia, Kansas.
Gladys Stuttle was born on April 14, 1937 to Harold Loyson and Hilda E. (Joregenson) Stuttle in Emporia. Gladys grew up and attended school in Olpe, Kansas graduating in 1955. Following graduation, she worked at Falls City Creamery and the Crawford Manufacturing....
Bonnie Elaine Martin
Aug 2, 2022
Bonnie Elaine Martin passed away on August 2, 2022 in Emporia, KS after a long battle with Parkinson's. She was preceded in death by her husband, William (Bill) Martin who she was married to for 57 years. She leaves behind her daughter Brenda Boyce, married to Randy Boyce, Kelly Schorgl, married to Francis (Dutch) Schorgl, Jeff Martin, married to...
