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,...
Judith Ellen Keeling
Apr 17, 2022
Judith Ellen Faulkner Keeling, 89, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Easter morning, April 17 th , 2022.
Daughter of Ruth Irene Timmons Faulkner and Sidney Royse Faulkner, Judy was born in Waynetown, Indiana on Sept. 27 th , 1932. She graduated as valedictorian from Waynetown High School where she met Richard (Doc) Paire Keeling. After...
Ricky Eugene Larson
Apr 17, 2022
Ricky Eugene Larson of Emporia died on Sunday, April 17, 2022 at his home. He was 49.
Ricky was born in Emporia, Kansas the son of Raymond and Patricia Reedy Larson. He married Bobbi Dodge on November 28, 2015 in Emporia, Kansas.
Surviving family members include: wife, Bobbi Larson...
Harold Eugene Odgers
Apr 12, 2022
Harold Eugene Odgers of Emporia died on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at his home in Emporia. He was 84.
Harold was born on December 28, 1937 in Manchester, Oklahoma the son of Wilbur and Lela Cundiff Odgers. He married Dorothy Pauline Collier but later divorced. He then married Hazel Williams on February 14,...
Kenneth D. Koch
Apr 7, 2022
Kenneth D. Koch, 89, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home on Thursday, April 7, 2022.
Kenneth was born in Emporia, Kansas on September 30, 1932, the son of August and Gertrude (Jacob) Koch. He married Ana Lea Quisenberry on April 12, 1953 at Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church, Leavenworth, Kansas. Kenneth is survived...
Randall "Randy" Lynn Burris
Mar 26, 2022
Randall “Randy” Lynn Burris, 63 of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, March 26, 2022 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.
Randy was born November 13, 1958 in Hoisington, Kansas the son of Ed and Edelgard (Twardy) Burris. Randy started R&L Electric on June 1, 1984 and was still running his company at the time of his death. He...
Mark K. Handke
Mar 20, 2022
Mark K. Handke, 62, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Newman Regional Health on Sunday, March 20, 2022. Cremation is planned. The obituary for Mark, and his wife, Terry, who passed away February 3, 2022, together with plans for a memorial service, will be announced at a later date. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.
