Lois Marie Burnell
Jan 9, 2022
Lois Marie Burnell of Emporia died on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia. She was 87.
Lois was born on March 16, 1934 in Adams, Kansas the daughter of Virgil W. and Blanche Carriger Hall. She married Robert Laverne Burnell on July 6, 1952 in Macksville, Kansas. He died...
Cesaria Gonzales Ybarra
Jan 9, 2022
Cesaria Gonzalez Ybarra died on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at Flint Hills Care and Rehab. She was 82.
Cesaria was born on November 3, 1939 in Doctor Arroyo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico the daughter of Ventura and Elisa Coronado Gonzalez. She married Benito Ybarra in February of 1972 in Johnson, Kansas, and had five...
David Harold Reed, Jr.
Jan 8, 2022
David Harold Reed, Jr. of rural Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at the age of 54.
David was born in Kansas City, Missouri on April 17, 1967, the son of David (Sr.) and June (Smith) Reed. He married Darla Keightley at Burlington, Kansas on July 31, 2009. She...
Betty L. Warner
Jan 3, 2022
Betty L. Warner went to her heavenly home on January 3, 2022. At the time of her death, she was at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia, Kansas. She was formerly of Ulysses, Kansas and was 88 at the time of passing.
Betty was born on November 10, 1933 in Granada, Colorado...
Vickie K. Seastrom
Jan 2, 2022
Vickie K. Seastrom, 65 of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, January 2, 2022 at her home.
Vickie was born May 19, 1956 in Harveyville, Kansas the daughter of Melvin and Nellie (Strun) Chenoweth. She held three bachelor degree’s and had worked in many different jobs, most recently as a housekeeper. Vickie was a member of the First United...
Edward Dean Helms
Dec 30, 2021
Edward Dean Helms, 72 of Emporia, Kansas died Thursday, December 30, 2021 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.
Edward was born January 21, 1949 in Ogden, Utah the son of George A. and Juanita (Bowling) Helms. He was a graduate of Allen County Community College and served US Air Force, US Army retiring as a SPC E5....
Marvin R. Allen, Jr.
Dec 29, 2021
Marvin R. Allen, Jr. 94, Madison, Kansas, passed away at Morris County Hospital, Council Grove, Kansas on Wednesday, December 29, 2021.
Marvin R. Allen, Jr. was born in Emporia, Kansas on August 8, 1927, the son of Marvin R. (Sr.) and Effie Mae (Conklin) Allen. He married his sweetheart, Sabra L. Boosinger, on January 3,...
Julie Ann Ambrose
Dec 26, 2021
Julie Ann Ambrose of Emporia died on Sunday, December 26, 2021 at Newman Regional Health. She was 43.
Julie was born on September 13, 1978 in Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Michael Ambrose and Grace Metcalfe.
Surviving family members include: mother, Grace Barker of Independence, Missouri; sisters, Michelle Ambrose of Overland Park, Kansas and...
Denise Yvonne Willey
Dec 25, 2021
Denise Yvonne Willey of Emporia passed away on Saturday, December 25, 2021 at her home. She was 69.
Denise was born on July 28, 1952 in Spokane, Washington, the daughter of James Paul and Helen Caecilia Roberts Chatigny. She married Michael Allen Willey on June 14, 1969 in Cordell, Oklahoma but later divorced....
George D. Rainsbarger
Dec 25, 2021
George D. Rainsbarger of Emporia died on Saturday, December 25, 2021 at his home. He was 68.
George was born on March 14, 1953 in Marshalltown, Iowa the son of William and Phyllis Radobaugh Rainsbarger. He married Charlotte Louise Whitehurst on November 23, 1991 at the First Friends Church in Emporia. She survives.
Surviving family...
Dorothy I. Lucy
Dec 24, 2021
Almost a centenarian, Dorothy Irline Lucy, former longtime resident of Emporia, passed away on December 24, 2021 at Sunnyside Care Center in Peoria, Arizona. She was born in Olpe, Kansas on January 15, 1922 to Minnie Foerster Hitzeman and Emil Hitzeman.
Dorothy married Carl Lucy on October 29, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri...
Donald Delong
Dec 24, 2021
Don DeLong died Friday, December 24, 2021. Don was born May 6, 1930 in Emporia, Kansas to Earl and Josephine Pearson-DeLong. Don died at his home, where he was raised. He attended school at Plumb Creek and graduated from Emporia High School in 1948. Don was involved in Future Farmers of America, and he was a Chapter Farmer and...
Chester John Walker
Dec 24, 2021
Chester John Walker formerly of Burlingame, Kansas died Friday, December 24, 2021 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. He was 94.
Chet was born on October 22, 1927 in Agnes City, Kansas the son of Harry W. and Bertha E. Borkert Walker. He married Betty E. Dent on April 6, 1960 in Topeka,...
Guadalupe "Lupe" Joseph Torres
Dec 23, 2021
Guadalupe “Lupe” Joseph Torres of Emporia passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2021 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He was 86.
Lupe was born on December 12, 1935 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Atanasio and Pabla Perez Torres. He married Delores Aguilar on April 27, 1958 at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Emporia. ...
Craig Aaron French
Dec 20, 2021
On Monday, December 20th, 2021, Craig Aaron French, of Emporia Kansas, husband, father, and grandfather, passed away at the age of 71. Craig was born in Independence, MO, to Harold and Lois French. The family moved to a farm outside of Ottawa, KS, in 1961. Craig graduated from Ottawa High School in 1968. Following high school, Craig became a...
Carol Ann Brown
Dec 19, 2021
Carol Ann Brown, 62, passed over December 19, 2021 at her home surrounded by family and her Auspision friends/family.
Born October 12, 1959, Carol came home from the hospital to her family on Christmas Day. She is the daughter of Sarah Hotzel-Brown and Sylvester Brown who were farmers south of Emporia and preceded her in life. Growing...
Darrell Donald Schroeder
Dec 18, 2021
Darrell Donald Schroeder passed away peacefully at Banner Hospital in Mesa, AZ surrounded by his family on December 18, 2021. His memory will live on forever.
Darrell was born in Olpe, KS on May 16, 1934, the son of Benjamin Ernest “Bud” and Sophia Martha (Kettner) Schroeder. Darrell had one brother Milford Schroeder who pre-deceased him in...
Billy Earl Collins
Dec 17, 2021
Billy Earl “Poppa Billy” Collins, 89, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Diversicare in Council Grove, Kansas on Friday, December 17, 2021.
The son of Earl and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Catherine (Holland) Collins, he was born at Siloam Springs, Arkansas on May 23, 1932. He married Gayla Mae Reifsnyder in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 30, 1958. She passed...
Mary V. Vangundy
Dec 16, 2021
Mary V. Van Gundy, Emporia, passed away at Newman Regional Health in Emporia on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at the age of 77.
The daughter of Addison and Grace Lenora (Floyd) Van Gundy, Mary was born in Emporia, on January 16, 1944. She attended Sacred Heart Grade School and was a graduate of Kansas State Teachers College...
Mary Jane Lutz
Dec 13, 2021
Mary Jane Lutz, 93, Topeka, Kansas, passed away at Rolling Hills Care Center, Topeka, Kansas on Monday, December 13, 2021.
Mary Jane was the daughter of John R. and Bertha (Thill) Lutz. She grew up in the Olpe area and attended Olpe schools. She received her Bachelor degree from Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia in 1951. Following...
