Norma Rose Moran
Feb 6, 2022
Norma Rose Moran of Lee’s Summit, Missouri formerly of Admire, Kansas died on Sunday, February 6, 2022 at St. Luke’s East Hospital in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. She was 87.
Norma was born on January 25, 1935 in Osage County, Kansas the daughter of Charles Chester and Olive Viola Stout Milbradt. She married Robert...
Larry F. Janzen
Feb 4, 2022
Larry F. Janzen of Emporia died on Friday, February 4, 2022 at Topeka Hospice House in Topeka. He was 84.
Larry was born on April 24, 1937 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Henry and Mary Virginia Kleck Janzen. He married Marcia Ruhnke on November 18, 1964 in Canoga Park, California. She survives...
Terry E. Handke
Feb 3, 2022
Terry E. Handke, Emporia, passed away at her home on Thursday, February 3, 2022 at the age of 69.
Terry Eileen Handke was born in Hiawatha, Kansas on March 21, 1952, the daughter of George and Winifred (Jonach) Duvall. Terry married William David Coe in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1974. He...
Richard Dean Lowry
Feb 3, 2022
Richard Dean Lowry of Emporia died at his home on Thursday, February 3, 2022. He was 83.
Richard was born on December 6, 1938 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Cassius C. and Edith F. Snow Lowry. He married Karen Sue Lowry on February 1, 1959 in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. She died on...
Donna Adelle Williams
Feb 3, 2022
Donna Adelle Williams of Emporia died on Thursday, February 3, 2022 at Sunflower Care Homes in Emporia. She was 87.
Donna was born on May 15, 1934 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Virgil E. and Viola Pearson Morris. She married William J. Williams on November 24, 1957 at the United Methodist Church...
Terry Eileen Handke
Feb 3, 2022
Terry E. Handke, 69, Emporia, passed away at her home on Thursday, February 3, 2022. Cremation is planned. A memorial service, together with the obituary, will be announced at a later date. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home is assisting with arrangementns.
Deborah Ann Miller
Feb 2, 2022
Deborah Ann Kent Miller of Emporia died of Covid on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at Newman Regional Health. She was 73.
Deborah was born on January 9, 1949 in Garnett, Kansas the daughter of Jerry and Rosa Lee Kent. She came into this world during a blizzard and she went out during a...
Miguel Sotelo Lazaro
Feb 1, 2022
Miguel Sotelo Lazaro, 49 of Emporia, Kansas died Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at his home.
Miguel was born April 2, 1972 in Guerrero, Mexico the son of Domingo Sotelo and Francisca Lazaro De La Cruz. He worked as an operator at Hostess in Emporia. Miguel was a member of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in...
Wade Cameron White
Jan 31, 2022
Wade Cameron White, 50 of Emporia, Kansas died Monday, January 31, 2022 at his home.
Wade was born July 23, 1971 in San Diego, California the son of Ronald “Ron” White. He had previously worked for 20 years at Simmon’s Pet Foods in Emporia. Wade enjoyed hunting and fishing in his free time.
Wade was...
Melchior A. "Mel" Ferrara
Jan 29, 2022
Melchior A. “Mel” Ferrara, 90, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home Saturday, January 29, 2022.
Melchior Anthony Ferrara was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 15, 1931, the son of Michael Melchior and Marguerite (DeGraci) Ferrara. Mel married Geneva (Ormsby) White on May 22, 1970. She passed away on November 15, 2019. Surviving family members...
Lois Jon Tucker
Jan 29, 2022
Lois Jon Tucker of Emporia died on Saturday, January 29, 2022 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. She was 77.
Lois was born on July 4, 1944 in Laurel, Montana the daughter of Louis John Heins, Sr. and Esther Wombolt-Heins. She married Richard Tucker on September 10, 1967 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church,...
Randy Lee Briar
Jan 27, 2022
Randy L. Briar of Emporia died on Thursday, January 27, 2022 at his home. He was 54.
Randy was born on December 10, 1967 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Gary and Donnia Baucom Briar. He married Debbie Gerety on October 8, 1993 in Emporia, Kansas. Randy and Debbie made their home on...
Paula Joan Martin
Jan 25, 2022
Paula Joan Martin of Emporia passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. She was 64.
Paula was born April 7, 1957 in Lincoln, Nebraska the daughter of Everett and Adele Wenzlaff Bailey. She grew up in Olathe, KS. Paula graduated from Emporia State University receiving a Bachelor of Science in...
Lloyd Stewart Brown
Jan 25, 2022
Lloyd S. Brown, 87, Americus, Kansas, passed away at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, on Tuesday, January 25, 2022.
Lloyd Stewart Brown was born in the family home in Americus on August 11, 1934, the son of James Rankin and Gladys Pauline (Stewart) Brown. Lloyd married Betty R. Phillips at the United Presbyterian Church in Americus on December...
Curtis Jay Mccoy
Jan 24, 2022
Curtis Jay McCoy, 48 of Americus, Kansas died Monday, January 24, 2022 at his home.
Curtis was born May 1, 1973 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Tom McCoy and Linda Moore. He was a diesel mechanic and welder at Williams Towing & Recovery in Emporia. Curtis enjoyed motocross, and mechanics turning wrenches on anything with moving...
Steven Robert Smith
Jan 23, 2022
Steven Robert Smith, 50 of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, January 23rd, 2022, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.
Steven, also known as Steve, was born on January 21st, 1972, in Anderson, South Carolina. He is the son of Lawrence Orr and Sally Theresa (Burton) Smith. He was a truck driver and enjoyed decorating his truck on the...
Edward L. Baillod
Jan 23, 2022
Edward L. Baillod, 81 of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, January 23, 2022 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.
He was born November 20, 1940 in Emporia the son of Alfred E. and Una Mae (Crumb) Baillod. Edward attended the Grace United Methodist Church in Emporia.
Edward is survived by his sister Paula Standley of Emporia,...
Carl Joseph Hoffmans
Jan 20, 2022
Carl Hoffmans, 90, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, on Thursday, January 20, 2022.
Carl Joseph Hoffmans was born February 5, 1931 in Burlington, KS to Karl Anthony and Marguerite Gorman Hoffmans. Carl graduated from Emporia High School, served in the Army Reserves, and graduated from Kansas State Teachers College.
He...
Harry Lloyd Jenkins
Jan 19, 2022
Harry Lloyd Jenkins, 77 of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at his home.
Lloyd was born May 4, 1944 in Emporia, the son of Harry James and Blanch Irene (Bovenmyer) Jenkins. He was a graduate of Roosevelt High School in Emporia. After high school Lloyd served in the US Army in Vietnam. Upon returning home...
Joan Carol Bailey
Jan 17, 2022
Joan Carol Baldwin-Bailey, 72, Emporia, passed away at her home on Monday, January 17, 2022.
She was a retired employee of Emporia State University.
Cremation is planned with no services at this time.
