Clinton James Young
Aug 5, 2021
Clinton J. Young of Olpe, Kansas died on Thursday, August 5, 2021 at his home with his wife by his side. He was 71.
Clinton was born on December 14, 1949 in Fredonia, Kansas the son of James and Clara Jensen Young. Clinton was a lifelong resident to the Olpe Area. He graduated from Olpe High School...
Randy N. Church
Aug 3, 2021
Randy N. Church formerly of Emporia died on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at Rossville Healthcare and Rehab. He was 65.
Randy was born on June 26, 1956 in Johnson City, Tennessee the son of Dean and Marie Bare Church. He married Donna Troxell on July 3, 1976 in Johnson City, Tennessee. She survives.
Surviving family...
Chris Arthur Sharples
Aug 2, 2021
Chris Arthur Sharples, 70 of Americus, Kansas died Monday, August 2, 2021 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.
Chris was born February 26, 1951 in Dodge City, Kansas the son of Arthur K. and Arlen Eloise (Winkler) Sharples. He was a Journeyman Plumber, a member of the Grace United Methodist Church in Emporia, active in the Boy...
Steven Ray Hudson
Jul 31, 2021
Steven Ray Hudson of Emporia died on Saturday, July 31, 2021 at Flint Hills Care Center. He was 60.
The son of Wilber and Evelyn Gilbert Hudson and Wilson Camron was born on February 28, 1961 in Emporia, Kansas. Before becoming disables he worked in construction, cement work and trash services.
He is survived by:...
Gene Bloxom
Jul 30, 2021
Gene Bloxom of Emporia died on Friday, July 30, 2021 at The Emporia Place in Emporia. He was 90.
Gene was born to Wood and Charlotte Kunz Bloxom on June 29, 1931. He married Ruth Staton on July 3, 1955 in St. John, Kansas. She proceeded him in death on June 27, 2019....
Jack Edward Alumbaugh
Jul 27, 2021
Jack Edward Alumbaugh of Emporia died on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at his home in Emporia. He was 79.
Jack was born on February 14, 1942 in Hutchinson, Kansas the son of Albert and Mary Jane Dyson Alumbaugh. He married Mary Margaret Brown in June 1970 in Miami, Oklahoma. She survives of the home.
Surviving...
Halana Reece Barrone
Jul 25, 2021
Halana Reece Barrone took her place in Heaven on Sunday, July 25 th , 2021 at UC Davis Hospital in Sacramento, California after battling reoccurring Ewing’s Sarcoma cancer at the age of 18.
Halana was born November 10 th , 2002 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She graduated from Tombstone High School on May 27th,...
Augusta Shepherd
Jul 25, 2021
Augusta Hannah Dickson Shepherd, 98, of Emporia, Kan., passed from this life to the next on July 25, 2021, in Emporia. She was born Aug. 22, 1922, on a farm in northern Lyon County (Reading Township) to Matthew Dickson, an immigrant from Denmark, and Elizabeth Davis Dickson, first generation from Wales. She was the fifth of six surviving births....
Pauline Anita Arb Baxter
Jul 23, 2021
Pauline Anita O'Connor Arb Baxter, age 86, of Madison, Kansas, passed away July 23, 2021. She was born on December 28, 1934, at home in rural Hartford. She was the daughter Charley Finace "Bud" O'Connor, Elizabeth Irene Wheeler O'Connor. She grew up on the farm east of Hartford in Coffey County. She attended Sunny Dale District 17, and graduated...
Bryan Boyce Long
Jul 21, 2021
Bryan Boyce Long of Emporia died on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. He was 60.
Bryan was born on January 8, 1961 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Earl Robert Long and Marcia Guard. He married Brenda McCabe on August 20, 1983 at the First Congregational Church in Emporia. ...
James A. Gray
Jul 16, 2021
James A. Gray, 80, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas on Friday, July 16, 2021
He was born in Topeka, Kansas on July 30, 1940, the son of Verl Ross and Helen Aura (Gilmore) Gray. James married Bonnie M.C. Stewart on July 31, 1970 in Emporia. She survives. He...
Marjorie Nadine Judd
Jul 14, 2021
Marjorie Nadine Judd, 93 of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.
Marjorie was born April 21, 1928 south east of Lebo, Kansas the daughter of Willis and Sadie (Berndt) Traylor. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Emporia. Marjorie’s family still enjoys the many...
Harry William Groh
Jul 14, 2021
Harry W. Groh, 79, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at Wexford Place, Parkville, Missouri.
Harry William Groh was born at Emporia, Kansas on November 13, 1941 the son of Harry and Helen (Linger) Groh. Harry and Kay Patterson were married August 30, 1964. She survives of the home. Also surviving Harry are his...
Todd Carlton Bird
Jul 13, 2021
Todd Carlton Bird, 62 of Emporia, Kansas died Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.
Todd was born April 22, 1959 in Manhattan, Kansas the son of Carlton and Nancy (Diebolt) Bird. He attended Sacred Heart Grade School and graduated from Emporia High in 1977. He was a member of the Emporia High State...
Michael Earl "Mickey" Karr
Jul 11, 2021
Michael E. “Mickey” Karr, 82, rural Americus, passed away at Via Christi, St. Francis Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas on Sunday, July 11, 2021.
Michael Earl Karr was born in Emporia, Kansas on March 17, 1939, the son of Orren and Kathleen (Keller) Karr. He married Karen J. Allen in the Americus Presbyterian Church, Americus, Kansas on June...
Russell Franklin Schoenberger
Jul 10, 2021
RUSSELL FRANKLIN SCHOENBERGER, 88
Russell Franklin Schoenberger, died on July 10, 2021 at his home in Emporia.
Russell was born September 2, 1932 in Ellis, Kansas the son of Russell Franklin Schoenberger and Ruth Mae Herbert Schoenberger. He graduated from Parsons Kansas High School in 1950 and Parsons Junior...
Virginia Lea Fields
Jul 9, 2021
Virginia Lea (Fox) Fields passed away in Topeka on Friday, July 9 th , 2021 at University of Kansas Hospital St Francis Campus in Topeka, surrounded by her loving family. She was 81 years old.
Virginia was born on March 2 nd , 1940 in Harper, KS to Harold U. & Lily May (Trollope) Fox. She was...
Harold Edward "Ed" Rohling, Jr.
Jul 8, 2021
Harold Edward Rohling Jr., 71, died Thursday, July 8, 2021, at the KU Med Center in Kansas City, Kansas after a short illness.
The son of Harold Edward and Sarah A. Jones Rohling Sr., Ed, or Eddie, as he was known to his family and friends, was born at Wichita, Kansas on July 14, 1949. He was...
Dale D. Grimsley
Jul 6, 2021
Dale D. Grimsley, 89, of Americus, KS died July 6, 2021, at Holiday Resort in Emporia. He was born December 7, 1931, to John William Grimsley and Anna Marie (Christensen) Grimsley in the family farmhouse near Americus. Left to celebrate his life include his wife B. Belle (Gates) Grimsley of the home; daughter Lendi L. (Grimsley) Bland (Paul), of...
David Ricki Hovious
Jun 27, 2021
David R. Hovious, 70, of Lebo, Kansas died Sunday, June 27, 2021 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.
David was born August 22, 1950 in Wichita, Kansas son of Francis Loy and Marjorie Frances (Cossairt) Hovious. On December 7, 1968 David married Cheryl Kendall in Burlington, KS. They would become the parents of two children, Lisa...
