Yvonne Elaine Sommers
Jul 25, 2022
Yvonne Elaine Sommers, 85, of Emporia passed on to her heavenly home on Monday, July 25, 2022. Yvonne was born August 9, 1936 in the small community of Hope, Kansas to Herbert and Kittie Ann (Leeds) Anderson.
Yvonne attended grade school at Dunlap and later graduated from Americus High School. She then attended...
Helen Colleen Hubert
Jul 25, 2022
Helen Colleen Hubert, 94 of Emporia, Kansas passed away Monday, July 25, 2022 at her daughter and son-in-law’s home surrounded by her loving family.
Helen was born November 8, 1927 in Reading, Kansas the daughter of William and Ruth (Staley) Jacob. She was a homemaker and had previously worked at Hallmark Cards and Newman Hospital. Helen was...
Diana R. Wilhite
Jul 25, 2022
Diana R. Wilhite, 66, rural Emporia, passed away Monday, July 25, 2022 at the Saint Luke Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri after a long battle with cancer.
Diana R. Hawk was born in Iola, Kansas on April 22, 1956, the daughter of Dale and Pauline (Baugher) Hawk. Diana married Robert Wilhite at Messiah Lutheran Church in Emporia...
Gary Greenwood
Jul 22, 2022
Gary Greenwood, 79 of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, July 22, 2022 at his home.
Gary was born December 1, 1942 in Emporia the son of Warren “Bud” and Lucile (Dunn) Greenwood. He was a contractor and carpenter, and owned Greenwood Home Remodeling. Gary served in Vietnam in the US Army, was a member of the Lowry-Fuston Post...
Beth Lee Schmidt
Jul 22, 2022
On Friday, July 22, 2022, Beth Lee (Mattingly) Schmidt passed peacefully. Beth was born on October 5, 1943 to Shirley and Milford “Judd'' Mattingly. She grew up in South Haven, Kansas and was the second oldest of nine siblings. Being known as one of the “Mattingly Sisters” gave her great joy.
In 1966, she graduated from Kansas...
James A. "Jim" Koch
Jul 14, 2022
James A. “Jim” Koch, 84, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2022.
James Austin Koch was born October 10, 1937 at home in Elmdale, Kansas, the son of Albert Henry and Ferne Keith (Wright) Koch. 63 Years ago, Jim married his soulmate and true love, Sandra Sue Clements at Grace United Methodist Church, Emporia, on...
William Joseph Hill
Jul 13, 2022
William Joseph Hill of Emporia died on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at his home. He was 91.
Bill was born on November 19, 1930 at Carthage, Missouri the son of Lee S. and Nellie Pearl Berkeybile Hill. He married Helen Evans on September 8, 1949 in Carthage, Missouri, she survives at the home....
Janice Schulte
Jul 12, 2022
Janice Schulte, 90 of Emporia, Kansas died Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at her home.
Janice was born November 6, 1931 on the family farm outside of Peru, Nebraska the daughter of Raymond and C. Alfie (Nicholas) Redfern. She was a homemaker. Janice was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Emporia, PEO chapter HY, and...
Robert B. Foster
Jul 12, 2022
Robert B. Foster, 75, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home on Wednesday, July 13, 2022.
Robert was born June 26, 1947 at Dodge City, Kansas the son of Robert and Martha (Dykstra) Foster. He is survived by his sisters; Betty Salem, Oberlin, Kansas and Wilma Weiser (Jim) Lake Charles, Louisiana, and nieces; Brenda Ploussard, Sidney Steinmetz,...
Robert Michael "Rob" Clark
Jul 11, 2022
Robert Michael “Rob” Clark, 51 of Emporia, Kansas died Monday, July 11, 2022 at his home.
Rob was born September 10, 1970 in Fayetteville, North Carolina the son of Dan Leroy Clark and Betty Spellman. He was an electrician having worked for Mid-America Electric and Day & Zimmerman. Rob was a member of ABATE District 12. He...
Linda Marie Dix
Jul 9, 2022
Late in the evening on July 9, 2022, Linda Marie (Biehler) Dix passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Linda was born on March 22, 1943, in Herington, KS, the daughter of Thelma Marie Clore and Andrew Joseph Biehler. Linda grew up on a farm, the second eldest of eight siblings.
Linda...
Nancy J. Zimmerman
Jul 8, 2022
Nancy J. Zimmerman, 79 of Emporia, Kansas died at her home Friday, July 8, 2022.
Nancy was born September 4, 1942 in Teterville, Kansas the daughter of Clerance and Edna (Dial) Brickley. She worked over 40 years as a Home Health Aide and had been retired for 20 years. Nancy loved animals and had many different kinds...
Lowell Dean Chambers
Jul 6, 2022
Lowell Dean Chambers of Emporia, Kansas passed away peacefully in his home on July 6, 2022. He was 90 years old.
He was born on August 14, 1931 in Silver Lake, Kansas, the son of Fred and Leona (Smulling) Chambers. He had two older brothers, Fred Chambers Jr., and Willis (Shirley) Chambers. Lowell spent much of his...
Douglas Jay Cunningham
Jun 30, 2022
Douglas Jay Cunningham, Reading, passed away June 30, 2022 at the age of 42. Doug was born June 7, 1980 in Emporia KS the son of Cecil Cunningham, surviving, and Norma June Dains Cunningham, deceased. He graduated from Emporia High School and attended Flint Hills Vo-Tech.
Survivors include sons Cecil and Gavin Cunningham,...
Krishawn Ymette Hunter
Jun 28, 2022
Krishawn Ymette Hunter was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 8, 1985. She then moved to Emporia, Kansas at the age of 5.
Krishawn enjoyed playing the piano and watching over her sisters as a child. During High School, Krishawn found her passion in color guard and forensics. She graduated from Emporia High...
Guy Kevin Barrett
Jun 26, 2022
Guy Kevin Barrett, 58, Emporia, passed away at his home on Sunday, June 26, 2022.
Private graveside services will be held at a later date.
Betty Louise Geraldine Johnson
Jun 26, 2022
Betty Louise Geraldine Johnson of rural Emporia died on Sunday, June 26, 2022 at her home. She was 88.
Betty was born on April 25, 1934 in Leon, Kansas the daughter of Lloyd Myron and Mildred Beth Seglem Green. She married Marion Johnson on April 1, 1957 in Florence, Kansas. He died on...
Lawrence Albert Gramke
Jun 24, 2022
Lawrence Albert Gramke of Emporia died on Friday, June 24, 2022 at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. He was 94. Private services are planned with burial at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, in Olpe.
Craig Dean Wilson
Jun 20, 2022
Craig Dean Wilson, 64, of Emporia died Monday, June 20, 2022 at his home.
Craig was born on June 15, 1958 in Hutchinson, Kansas the son of Alvin Dean and Fyrma Loree (Hall) Wilson. He spent most of his childhood in the Kansas towns of Norton, Canton, and graduated from Tonganoxie High School...
Lois Lynn Jones
Jun 18, 2022
Lois Lynn Jones, 98 of Kansas City, Missouri died Saturday, June 18, 2022 at North Kansas City Hospital.
Lois Lynn was born July 21, 1923 in Olpe, Kansas the daughter of Roy E. and Jennie Lee (Mays) Langley. She worked a year as a teacher, then in the Topeka office for the Santa Fe Railroad for 2...
