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Hector Landaverde
Jun 16, 2022
Hector “Titon” Landaverde of Emporia died at the age of 68 on Thursday, June 16, 2022 in Emporia, KS.
Hector was born on May 16, 1954 in Santa Ana, Metapan, El Salvador.
Surviving family includes: son, Ronald Magana of Emporia; daughter, Zulma Magana Landaverde of Emporia.
David Neil Gold
Jun 13, 2022
David Neil Gold of Emporia, died on Monday, June 13, 2022 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. He was 66.
David was born on January 14, 1956 in Horton, Kansas the son of Thomas H. and Alyce M. Burke Gold. He married Cheryl Lynn Bletscher on August 1, 1986 in Emporia, Kansas.
Rist James Coffman
Jun 8, 2022
Rist James Coffman of Overland Park, Kansas died on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at his home. He was 79.
Rist was born on September 19, 1942 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Harry “Dewey” and Bertha Coffman. He is survived by his wife, LoRie JoAnn (Loomis). They just celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary,...
Ricky Dean Miller
Jun 8, 2022
Ricky Dean Miller of Emporia died on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was 69. Ricky was born on November 13, 1952 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Leo and Marie Campbell Miller. He married Carol Harriman Gentry on April 9, 1983 in Emporia. She survives.
Surviving family...
Mary Ann Scheve
Jun 5, 2022
Mary Ann Scheve, of Emporia Died Sunday June 5 th 2022 at the Life Care Center, Burlington.
Mary Ann Ripperger was born at home in Lacona, Iowa on February 8, 1935 the daughter of Vincent and Agnes (Frueh) Ripperger. She married John Lewis Scheve at Rosemount Church Iowa on April 14, 1956. John died October 8, 2012. ...
Frank Lee Robidou
Jun 5, 2022
Frank Lee Robidou, 81, Americus, Kansas, lost his battle with cancer and was called to heaven at Chase County Care and Rehabilitation Center, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas on Sunday, June 5, 2022.
Frank was born in Morris County, Kansas on June 4, 1941, the son of William H. and Jessie (Ramsaur) Robidou. He was preceded in death by...
Anna Marie Kuhlmann
Jun 4, 2022
Olpe native Anna Marie Kuhlman, 92, died Saturday, June 4, 2022 at the Presbyterian Manor in Emporia, Kansas.
Anna Marie Pimple, the daughter of Wendell J. and Mary Helen Lenninger Pimple, was born on March 24, 1930 in Olpe, Kansas. She married James J. Kuhlmann on June 7, 1948. He died February 23, 1996.
She...
Anna Marie Kuhlmann
Jun 4, 2022
Anna Marie Kuhlmann, 92, a resident of Olpe, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia, Kansas.
Cremation is planned. Services will be announced at a later date. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home is assisting with arrangement.
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...
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