Jerry Michael "Mike" Van Gorden
Nov 29, 2021
Jerry Michael Van Gorden, 73 of Overland Park, Kansas died Monday, November 29, 2021 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
Mike was born March 20, 1948 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Richard and Helen (Demler) Van Gorden. He was a graduate of Emporia State University and served in the US Army during the Vietnam...
Brinley Grace Firebaugh
Nov 25, 2021
Brinley Grace Firebaugh was stillborn on November 25, 2021, at 39 weeks weighing 5lbs 14.7oz, at Newman Regional Health.
Brinley is the daughter of Corey and Summer Firebaugh. She is survived by her parents, and grandparents Eric and Deb Appel of Wichita, Kansas Mark Firebaugh and Dee Dee Eastman of Winfield, Kansas, and Amanda Lindsay of Burden,...
Frederick E. "Fred" Spellman
Nov 18, 2021
Frederick E. “Fred” Spellman, rural Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Newman Regional Health in Emporia on Thursday, November 18, 2021 at the age of 79.
Frederick Everett Spellman was born October 25, 1942 in Council Grove, Kansas, the son of Everett Ray and Madelene (Richardson) Spellman. Fred married Lillian A. Schmidt at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Olpe,...
Dennis Lee Versch
Nov 17, 2021
Dennis Lee Versch of Olpe, Kansas, died on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at Sunflower Care Homes in Emporia. He was 83.
Dennis was born on February 1, 1938, in Herndon, Kansas, the son of Paul and Agnes Schmitt Versch. He married Eddie Mae Olson on March 21, 1985, in Russell, Kansas. She survives....
Paul Fredrick Debauge
Nov 12, 2021
Paul Fredrick DeBauge, December 16, 1938 - November 12, 2021, was born at Emporia, Kansas, to Laurent and Marian Mott DeBauge. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Janice. He was married to Lucia Harcum from 1972-1984. The children from that union are Christiane DeBauge and granddaughter, Evelyn; son, John-Paul DeBauge; Suzanne DeBauge and granddaughters...
Larry Wayne Lutes
Nov 11, 2021
Larry Wayne Lutes was born in Pratt Kansas on March 25, 1944 to Howard Osborn Lutes and Elizabeth Irene (Hattabaugh) Lutes. He was the second of 6 children. He died at the Clearwater Nursing and Rehabilitation center in Clearwater KS on November 11, 2021 at the age of 77.
Larry graduated from Byers...
George W. Fosdick
Nov 6, 2021
George W. Fosdick, 67, Emporia, passed away at Newman Regional Health on Saturday, November 6, 2021.
The family will receive friends at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home on Friday, November 19, 2021 from 6:30 P.M. until 8;00 P.M. Cremation has occurred.
Albert L. Newton
Nov 1, 2021
Albert L. Newton of Emporia died on Monday, November 1, 2021 at his home. He was 73.
Albert was born on April 18, 1948 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Elmer and Mary Louise Parker Newton. He married Freda Ingram on July 22, 1974 in Topeka, Kansas. She died on February 11, 1994...
Luis Josue Cervantes Magaña
Nov 1, 2021
Luis Josue Cervantes Magaña of Emporia, Kansas died on Monday, November 1, 2021 as results of a car accident in Kansas City. He was 22. Luis was born on October 21,1999 in Zacapu, Michoacan Mexico the son of Laurencio Cisneros Cervantes and Maria Luisa Magaña.
Surviving family members include: parents Laurencio Cervantes and...
Howard V. Kirk, Jr.
Oct 31, 2021
Howard V. Kirk, Jr., 71 of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, October 31, 2021 at his home in Emporia.
Howard was born August 25, 1950 in Terre Haute, Indiana. He worked 30 years as a truck driver, retiring in 2018.
Howard is survived by his wife Norma Davis of the home, sons Bill Davis and wife...
Dixie C. Watson
Oct 28, 2021
Dixie C. Watson, 80 of Emporia, Kansas died Thursday, October 28, 2021 at her granddaughter’s home in Emporia.
Dixie was born February 21, 1941 in Lone Elm, Kansas the daughter of Arthur and Mildred (Olsen) Minkler. She was a homemaker. Dixie enjoyed spending time at the Emporia Senior Center, playing Bingo and spending time with her grandchildren....
William "Bill" H. Hedges
Oct 28, 2021
A friend to anyone who ever met him, William “Bill” H. Hedges died Thursday, October 28, 2021 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.
Bill was born March 19, 1949 in Emporia, Kansas; eldest son of Robert and Helen (Olin) Hedges. Bill proudly served his country on the USS Midway for the Navy during the Vietnam...
Norma Jean Nickel
Oct 28, 2021
Norma Jean Hostetter Nickel, a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, went to her Lord and to reunite with her husband, Ralph, on October 28, 2021, at the age of 94.
Norma is survived by three sons that include Bruce Nickel, Houston, Texas; Chris (Brenda) Nickel, Olpe, Kansas; and Mark Nickel,...
Sarah Carolyn Beavers
Oct 26, 2021
Sarah Carolyn Beavers of Lauderdale County, Alabama died at her daughter’s home in rural Olpe, Kansas on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. She was 82.
Sarah was born on June 20, 1939 in Lauderdale County, Alabama the daughter of Horace and Lela Case Cole.
Surviving family members include: daughter, Jenifer Denise Butler of Olpe, Kansas; sons,...
Sabra Leota Allen
Oct 25, 2021
Sabra L. Allen, 91, Madison, Kansas, passed away at her home on Monday, October 25, 2021.
Sabra Leota Boosinger was born April 13, 1930 in Allen, Kansas, the daughter of Lester and Sabra Etta (Scott) Boosinger. Sabra married Marvin R. Allen, Jr. on January 3, 1948 in Wichita, Kansas. He survives of the home. She is also...
Calvin Leon Ricketts
Oct 22, 2021
Calvin L. Ricketts, 62, Wichita, Kansas, passed away Friday, October 22, 2021 as the result of injuries received in a vehicle accident north of Belleville, Kansas.
Cremation is planned with private services at a later date.
Marie E. Barrett
Oct 20, 2021
Marie E. Barrett, 87, Hartford, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at the Flint Hills care Center, Emporia.
Marie E. Nuessen was born on June 3, 1934 at Olpe, Kansas, the daughter of John G. and Anna C. (Scheve) Nuessen. Marie is survived by her children; Ferlin Williams, Gary Williams, Danny Williams, Cheryl Carley, Alan Barrett (Pam),...
William Charles Hart
Oct 20, 2021
William “Bill” Charles Hart of Emporia died on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at Costamed Grupo Medico in Cozumel, Mexico while on a cruise with his wife. He was 61.
Bill was born on December 11, 1959 in El Paso, Texas the son of Clayton and Elwyn Clow Hart. He married Judith Doreene Cleveland...
Dorothy Jean Overfield
Oct 18, 2021
Dorothy Jean Hon Overfield, 92, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Stormont-Vail Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas on Monday, October 18, 2021.
Dorothy Jean Stanfill was born in Flint, Michigan on September 5, 1929, the daughter of George and Edna Keith Stanfill. She was married to John William Hon in Parma, Missouri on December 25, 1945, He died March...
Norma Jean Bluma
Oct 17, 2021
Norma Jean Bluma of Emporia died on Sunday, October 17, 2021 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. She was 92.
Norma was born on March 16, 1929 in Olpe, Kansas the daughter of Michael, Jr. and Margaret Schroer Haag. She married Robert Louis Bluma on February 5, 1952 at St. Joseph Catholic Church...
