Robert Wayne Rice
Jun 4, 2022
Robert Wayne Rice of San Angelo, Texas left this earth on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at the age of 70, peacefully and surrounded by family.
Robert (Bob) was born September 27, 1951 in Ottawa, Kansas to Irvie and Helen Rice. He graduated from Ottawa University with a degree in Business Administration. Bob worked in the meatpacking industry....
Michael Lynn Gaston
Jun 2, 2022
Michael Lynn Gaston, 58 of Olpe, Kansas passed away at his home on Thursday, June 2, 2022.
Mike was born November 17, 1963 in Noble, Oklahoma the son of Garland and Pat (Miller) Gaston. An Olpe resident and former Leadvillian, Mike enjoyed all things outdoors, a good pig roast, and loud music (the heavier the better). He...
Michael Gene Ragsdale
Jun 2, 2022
Michael G. “Mike” Ragsdale, 68, Emporia, passed away at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia on Thursday, June 2, 2022.
Michael Gene Ragsdale was born in Emporia, Kansas on January 27, 1954, the son of Junior Charles Ragsdale and Rita Marie (Bechtel) Ragsdale. Mike is survived by his brother; Tom Ragsdale, Mulvane, Kansas, sisters; Rosie Hoskins-Anno, Janie...
Mabel F. Gast
May 31, 2022
Mabel F. Gast, Emporia, passed away at her home Tuesday evening, May 31, 2022 at the age of 80.
Mabel F. Johnson was born in Pomona, Kansas on March 25, 1942, the daughter of Karl and Eunice (Gould) Johnson. She married Marvin A. Gast in Ottawa, Kansas on August 18, 1962. He survives. Also surviving are her...
Ethal Jane Aufleger
May 30, 2022
Ethal Jane Aufleger of Emporia died on Monday, May 30, 2022 at her home.
Ethal was born on September 22, 1922 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Ernest and Mary Cartee Sill. She married Paul George Aufleger on February 14, 1941 in Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Emporia. They were married...
David Eugene Schmitendorf
May 27, 2022
David Eugene Schmitendorf, 66 of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, May 27, 2022 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.
David was born November 20, 1955 in Topeka, Kansas the son of George and Louise (White) Schmitendorf. He has worked for the past nine years as a maintenance engineer at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor....
Sue Victoria Claridge
May 25, 2022
Sue Victoria Claridge of Emporia died on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was 60.
Sue was born on August 15, 1961 in Baytown, Texas the daughter of Timothy and Martha Mosley Griffith.
Surviving family members include: her children,...
Royal Ernest Bebermeyer
May 25, 2022
Royal Ernest Bebermeyer, 93 of rural Emporia, Kansas passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Royal was born February 12, 1929 in Emporia, the son of John Ernest and Florence (Wilkerson) Bebermeyer. He owned and operated a small engine repair shop called Bebermeyer’s Electric and was a farmer. Royal was...
Melvin Holloway
May 21, 2022
Melvin Holloway of Burlington, Kansas died on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at the Coffey County Hospital in Burlington. He was 67.
Melvin was born on December 29, 1954 in Wichita, Kansas the son of Ival William and Vina Ovitha Sears Holloway.
He is survived by his brothers, Harold Holloway...
Bernard Michael Mcmanaman
May 20, 2022
Bernard Michael McManaman of Emporia died on Friday, May 20, 2022 at the University of Kansas St. Francis Campus in Topeka. He was 89.
Bernie was born on November 15, 1932 in Spalding, NE the son of Patrick Henry and Rose Lawless McManaman. He was first generation Irish American on both sides of...
John Vernon Humphrey
May 20, 2022
John Vernon “Vern” Humphrey, 82, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home on Friday, May 20, 2022.
Vern was born in Clarinda, Iowa on July 17, 1939, the son of William and Mary (Downing) Humphrey. He married Marilyn Elizabeth Wecker in Emporia, Kansas on September 19, 1981. She survives of the home. Also surviving are sons; Jeff...
Jaron Logan Neal Muench
May 19, 2022
Jaron Logan Neal Muench, 28, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home on Thursday, May 19, 2022.
Jaron was born in Emporia on April 9, 1994, the son of Brian Lee and Barbara Lynn Nicholson Muench. Jaron is survived by his parents and three brothers Jordan Muench and Jon Muench of Emporia, and Jonah Muench of Oklahoma...
Richard Jerome Slimon
May 11, 2022
Richard Jerome Slimon passed away May 11, 2022 at Sunflower Care Homes in Emporia, Kansas, after a long illness. As an artist, husband and father, Richard lived a full and happy life, facing adversities with courage and seizing opportunities fearlessly.
Richard was born March 25, 1933, in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Ellen (Gorman) Slimon and...
James E. Lowther
May 11, 2022
James Eugene Lowther, 92, of Emporia, KS passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.
Jim was born June 20, 1929, in Emporia, the son of Eugene T. and Isobel J. (Milne) Lowther. He married Virginia Elise Briix January 29, 1955, in Herington, KS. She passed away December 25, 2011....
Lois "Betsy" Elizabeth Landwehr
May 3, 2022
Lois Elizabeth “Betsy” Brasier Landwehr formerly of Americus died on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. She was 85
Betsy was born on February 23, 1937 in Emporia, the daughter of Donald M. and Josephine M. Crook Brasier. She married J. Frank Landwehr on January 21,1956 at the...
Alexander Jean Hill
May 3, 2022
Alexander Jean Hill of Allen, Kansas died on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at his home. He was 26.
Alex was born on July 18, 1995 in Wichita, Kansas the son of Adam and Stacy Hagemann.
Surviving family members include: parents, Adam and Stacy Hagemann of Allen; brother, Cameron Hagemann...
Bertha Irene Trear
May 2, 2022
Bertha Irene Trear, a loving mother and grandmother, of Olpe, Kansas passed away at the age of 92 on May 2, 2022.
Bertha was born on September 14, 1929 to John and Martha (Thill) Scheve. She lived most of her life on a farm southeast of Olpe. She married Louis Edward Trear on...
Patricia Neufeld
Apr 26, 2022
Memorial services for Patricia Neufeld will be held at the C. D. Longs Chapel of First United Methodist Church, Emporia, Kansas, on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 11:00 A.M. Cremation has occurred. Private inurnment will be in the Evergreen Cemetery, south of Emporia.
Pat passed away April 26, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona, where she and her husband,...
Larry Lee White
Apr 20, 2022
Larry Lee White of rural Americus died on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at his home. He was 82.
Larry was born on June 6, 1939 in Bushong, Kansas the son of John W. and Leah Rebecca Conlin White. He married Rose Ann Nuessen on August 20, 1960 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church...
Carolyn Sue Eckstrom
Apr 19, 2022
Carolyn Sue Eckstrom of Americus died on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. She was 76.
Carolyn was born on August 31, 1945 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Richard James and Mary Alice Waller Magathan. She married Terry L. Fullen on October 12, 1963 at the First Christian Church in Emporia,...
