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.
Mark K. Handke
Mar 20, 2022
Mark K. Handke, Emporia, passed away at his home on Sunday, March 20, 2022 at the age of 62.
Mark Kevin Handke was born in Topeka, Kansas on March 17, 1960, to Norma Locklin and he was the adopted son of Kenneth and Elda (Betty) (Marr) Handke. Mark married Terry Eileen Duvall in Atchison, Kansas on September...
Leona Marie Moore
Mar 14, 2022
Leona Marie Moore formerly of Emporia died on Monday, March 14, 2022 in Austin, Texas where she had moved last September to be closer to family. She was 88 years old.
Marie was born on October 16, 1933 in Emporia, Kansas and she lived on the family farm southwest of Emporia until moving...
John Gail Glover
Mar 11, 2022
John G. Glover, 82, Kingman, Kansas and formerly of Madison, Kansas, passed away in Kingman on Friday, March 11, 2022.
John Gail Glover was born in Americus, Kansas on April 14, 1939, the son of Glen Gail and Edith Maxine (Beam) Glover. John and Margaret Ann (Schwindt) were married at the Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Church in...
Gary Ray Robinson
Mar 11, 2022
Gary Ray Robinson of Emporia died on Friday, March 11, 2022 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. He was 83.
Gary was born on February 26, 1939 in Topeka, Kansas the only son of Ray Edward and Ellen “Elaine” Anderson Robinson. He loved his dogs and was an exceptional athlete, playing basketball, track, baseball,...
Helen Alma Spencer
Mar 8, 2022
Helen A. Spencer, 94, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia.
Helen Alma Spencer was born in Emporia, Kansas on December 9, 1927, the daughter of Jesse Lavern and Mary Roxsena (Dunn) Spencer. Helen is survived by her sister, Betty Lee, Milan, Kansas, Nieces and nephew; Debra Hall, Roxsena Brewer,...
Elizabeth "Lisa" Ann Rangel
Mar 8, 2022
Elizabeth “Lisa” Rangel, 68, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 in the loving home of her eldest niece Laura Banuelos of Wichita, Kansas.
Lisa was born on May 8, 1953 in Emporia, Ks., the 9th of 13 children born to Merced and Guadalupe (Torres) Rangel.
Surviving family...
Carol Lynn Nichols
Mar 8, 2022
Carol Lynn Nichols of Emporia died on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at her home. She was 50.
Carol was born on December 25, 1971 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Edward Leroy and Ligaya “Lily” Aguasan Nichols.
Surviving family members include: father, Edward Leroy Nichols of Emporia; mother and...
Lillie Anna Rhoads
Mar 5, 2022
Lillie Anna Rhoads, 87 of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, March 5, 2022 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.
Lillie was born July 16, 1934 in Neosho Rapids, Kansas the daughter of George and Minnie M. (Making) Rosenquist. She worked for many years as a Nurse Aide at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Lillie was a member...
M. Ray Terrell
Mar 5, 2022
Ray Terrell of Emporia died on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at his longtime companion’s house. He was 87.
Ray was born on May 1, 1934 in Grainfield, Kansas the son of Walter F. and Fern Irene (Organ) Terrell. He married Jacqueline Patton in June 1963 in Emporia. They later divorced.
Jolene Polley
Mar 4, 2022
Jolene Polley, age 92, of Overland Park, KS died March 4, 2022. She was a PBX Operator for the Santa Fe Railroad in Newton, KS for 15 years then was a homemaker. Jolene was born October 8, 1929 in Cottonwood Falls, KS, the daughter of Leslie and Beth (Byram) Mann. She married Raymond Polley on October 30,...
Robert Lynn Stonebraker
Mar 1, 2022
Robert Lynn Stonebraker of Emporia died on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia. He was 77.
Bob was born on October 3, 1944 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Warren and Edith Raines Stonebraker.
Surviving family members include: sisters, Sharon VanSickle of Admire, Kansas and...
Wayne W. Vangundy
Feb 20, 2022
Wayne W. VanGundy of rural Americus died at his home on Sunday, February 20, 2022. He was 98.
Wayne was born on October 30, 1923, in Neosho Rapids, Kansas, the son of David and Nellie Clark VanGundy. He married Emma Lou Rains on February 17, 1946, in Emporia, Kansas. She died on May...
Roberto Sanchez
Feb 18, 2022
Roberto Sanchez, 62 of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, February 18, 2022 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.
Roberto was born May 31, 1959 in Chihuahua, Mexico the son of Anselmo Solano and Maria Del Refugio Sanchez. He enjoyed playing and listening to music, riding his bike and lifting weights. Roberto was a member of the St. Catherine’s...
Scott Bardell Senft
Feb 16, 2022
Scott Bardell Senft, 66 of rural Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at his home.
Scott was born July 17, 1955 in Delaware, Ohio the son of Donald Bardell and Gretta Arlou (Brown) Senft. He worked as farrier for 37 years. Scott attended the West Side Baptist Church in Emporia and was a member of the...
