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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.
Don Winston Lill
Jan 16, 2022
Don W. Lill, 80, Emporia, Kansas, passed away in Wichita on Sunday, January 16, 2022.
Don Winston Lill was born March 28, 1941 in Stafford, Kansas, the son of Frank and Imogene (Bateman) Lill. He married Judy Elaine Tull in Manhattan, Kansas on June 18, 1961. She passed away August 31, 2017.
Surviving are three...
Jamie Lynn Jones-Jarred
Jan 15, 2022
Jamie Lynn Jones-Jarred of Beatrice, Nebraska died on Saturday, January 15, 2022 at St. Francis CHI Hospital in Grand Island, Nebraska. She was 50 years of age.
Jamie was born on July 19, 1971 in Emporia, Kansas as the daughter of Dennis G. Jones and Stephanie L. Giger Jones. She married Nick A. Jarred on October 28,...
Ronnie Lee Osborn
Jan 14, 2022
Ronnie Lee Osborn of Emporia, Kansas, passed away on January 14, 2022, at Newman Regional Health. He was 79.
Ronnie was born on October 7, 1942, in Piedmont, Kansas, the son of Irvin and Thelma Elaine Foshee Osborn. He and his wife of almost 60 years, Elaine Roebuck Osborn, were married in Sedan, Kansas, on March 31,...
William "Doody" Evaughn Love
Jan 14, 2022
William “Doody” Evaughn Love of Emporia died on Friday, January 14, 2022 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Kansas. He was 76.
Doody was born on January 26, 1945 in Parsons, Kansas the son of William and Bessie Ford Love. He graduated from Parsons High School and worked as a laborer.
Norman Curtis Triemer
Jan 13, 2022
Norman C. Triemer, 78, rural Bushong, Kansas, passed away at his home on Thursday, January 13, 2022.
Norman Curtis Triemer was born on April 9, 1943 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Curtis and Mabel (Thompson) Triemer. Norman and Vivian “Vickie” Triemer were married in Emporia, Kansas on March 15, 1986. She survives of the home. Also...
Steven Lee Allen
Jan 9, 2022
Steven Lee Allen, 66, Burlington, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2022 at the Coffey County Hospital, Burlington, Kansas.
Steven was born August 11, 1955 to William B. and Barbara LeMae (Muller)) Allen at Forbes Air Force Base, Topeka, Kansas
He is preceded in death by his father, William B. Allen, grand-parents; Roy J. &...
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