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...
Donald Leonard Sharp
Jun 25, 2021
Donald Leonard Sharp, 92 of Emporia died Friday, June 25, 2021 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.
Donald was born April 7, 1929 in Emporia the son of Scott and Eva (DeSpain) Sharp. He was a lineman for Lyon County Electric for 31 years, retiring in 1987. Donald served in the US Army...
Mary Lynn Palmer
Jun 21, 2021
Mary Lynn Palmer of Wichita, Kansas died on Monday, June 21, 2021, at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas. She was 69.
Mary was born on February 1, 1952 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Clifford and Virginia Dieker Myers. She married William L. Palmer on December 29, 1968 at St. Mark’s...
George Albert Wellnitz
Jun 20, 2021
George Albert Wellnitz of rural Neosho Rapids passed away on, Sunday, June 20, 2021 at home surrounded by his family. He was 93.
George was born December 4, 1927, in Emporia, the son of Albert H & Anna M Behnert Wellnitz. He attended school at Quaker Valley District #23 and graduated from Sacred...
Norma Jean Carey
Jun 11, 2021
Norma Jean Carey (Barton), 84, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas on June 11, 2021.
Norma was born in Emporia on August 27, 1936, the daughter of Loy Monroe Barton and Mildred (Walker) Barton. She worked for the telephone company in 1957, and also worked as a Certified Nurse Aide, a...
Tucker Ryan Lee
Jun 9, 2021
Tucker Ryan Lee, 24 of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.
Tucker was born November 19, 1996 in Emporia the son of Joe and Jodee (Rogers) Lee. He worked at Longbine Auto Plaza while he was in high school and then went...
Charles W. Walters
Jun 9, 2021
Charles W. Walters of Emporia died on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at Emporia Place in Emporia surrounded by family. He was 86.
Charlie was born on April 18, 1935 in Lebanon, Missouri the son of Joe and Ruby Massey Walters. He married Edna Marie Forgey on April 17, 1955 in Lebanon, Missouri. She died on May 23,...
