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.
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...
