Sara Kay Miller
Apr 5, 2021
Sara Kay Miller, 43, of rural Emporia, Kansas died Monday, April 5, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri.
Sara was born September 14, 1977 in Mason City, Iowa, the daughter of Royce and Beverly (Faber) Kaduce. She was the bookkeeper for CD Miller farms. Sara was a member of the St. Joseph...
Joyce Katherine Smith
Apr 4, 2021
Joyce Katherine Smith, 92 of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, April 4, 2021 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Joyce was born May 18, 1928 in Emporia the daughter of John and Hattie (Zieammerman) Montgomery. She worked 40 years in management at the Hallmark Cards Manufacturing Plant in Topeka, retiring in 1986. Joyce was a member of...
Christina Marie Briggs
Apr 3, 2021
Christina Marie Briggs of Lawrence, Kansas died on Saturday, April 3, 2021 at Tanglewood Health and Rehabilitation in Topeka. She was 64.
Christina was born on February 5, 1957 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Carl and Anna Mae Peak Petersen. She married Mark Dixon on February 20, 1976 in Emporia. They later...
William W. Jones
Apr 1, 2021
William W. Jones of the Emporia Presbyterian Manor died on Thursday, April 1, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas at the age of 101.
Bill was born on March 13, 1920 in Lawrence County, Missouri the son of King M. and Bessie M. Rose Jones. He married Fern M. Griffiths on...
Kevin Mark Baysinger
Mar 29, 2021
Kevin Mark Baysinger of Emporia died on Monday, March 29, 2021 at his home in Emporia. He was 53.
Mark was born on May 12, 1967 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Clyde and Marie Carlson Baysinger.
Surviving family members include: wife, Lisa LaMorte of the home; son, Trenton...
June Marie Heine
Mar 24, 2021
June Marie Heine, 89, Rural Allen, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at the Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia.
June Marie Banks was born on the banks of a river in Nebraska on December 17, 1931, the daughter of Jimmie and Dorothy ( Hammer) Banks. She and Herbert Heine were married...
Bryan Eugene Douglas
Mar 23, 2021
Dr. Bryan Eugene Douglas (47) of Emporia passed away from kidney cancer on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at his home with his family surrounding him.
Bryan was born on September 22, 1973 in Hutchinson, KS to Darrell & Connie (Moore) Douglas. He married his high school sweetheart Lori Marsh on June 7, 1997...
Harold William Sielert
Mar 22, 2021
Harold William Sielert, 64 of Emporia, Kansas died Monday, March 22, 2021 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.
Harold was born March 29, 1956 in Emporia the son of David and Donna Jo (Brasier) Sielert. He retired in 2006 after working 25 years for the Lenexa Fire Department in Lenexa, Kansas. Harold was a member of the...
Steven Arlen Henry
Mar 18, 2021
The Mass of Christian Burial for Steven Arlen Henry will be conducted at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Emporia on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 10:30 A.M. Father Brandon Farrar will be the Celebrant. Interment will follow in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at the church Tuesday evening at 7:00. Steven passed...
Anthony Roger Esquivel
Mar 17, 2021
Anthony “Ant” Roger Esquivel of Emporia died on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at his home (after a battle with cancer). He was 34.
Anthony was born on August 24, 1986 in Carrizo Spring, Texas the son of Guadalupe B. Sr. and Norma Vargas Esquivel. He married Daniella Nava but later divorced.
Bill Kenton Burris
Mar 13, 2021
Bill Kenton Burris of rural Allen, KS passed away on Saturday, March 13, 2021, at the age of 69. He passed peacefully in his home with his beloved wife Debra by his side.
Bill was born in Caney, KS on October 7, 1951 to John and Shirley Burris (Robison). The second oldest of 9 siblings, Bill spent...
Donald E. Douglas
Mar 12, 2021
Donald E. Douglas, 72, Tecumseh, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2021 at Midland Hospice House, Topeka, Kansas.
Donald Eugene Douglas was born July 22, 1948 in Joplin, Missouri, the son of Donald Herman and Agnes Pauline (Geeding) Douglas. He married Donna Jo Hannigan in Stateline, Nevada on November 25, 1998. She...
Jean Eunice Brockelman
Mar 11, 2021
Funeral services for Jean Brockelman, rural Emporia, will be held at Lowry-Funston Post #1980, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 930 Graphic Arts Road, Emporia, Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 10:30 A.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Karla Sheffy, First United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Cottonwood Cemetery, West of Emporia. Jean passed away at her home...
Robert Ted Keisler
Mar 11, 2021
Robert Ted Keisler of Emporia died on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at his home. He was 67.
Teddy was born on October 8, 1953 in Union, South Carolina, the son of Fred Magnolia and Betty Jean Prince Keisler. He married Elizabeth Anne Hall on May 30, 1986 in Emporia, Kansas. She survives.
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Lee Hoskins
Mar 9, 2021
Lee Hoskins of Emporia died on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at the Sunflower Care Home in Emporia. He was 92.
Lee was born on October 5, 1928 in Stanberry Missouri the son of Robert Dee and Ida Lee Kier Hoskins. He married Louise Jane Bowen on July 18, 1947 in Emporia, Kansas. She...
Gerald L. Myers
Mar 8, 2021
Gerald L. Myers, 71, rural Americus, Kansas, passed away at his home on Monday, March 8, 2021.
Gerald was born in Emporia, Kansas on November 8, 1949, the son of Franklin C. and Gladys L. (Johnson) Myers. He married Verla Lou Mize on June 5, 1970. They later divorced. On October 16, 1993 Gerald married Sharon M....
Mary Lynn Casebier
Mar 2, 2021
Mary Lynn Casebier, 69 of Emporia, Kansas died Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Mary was born September 10, 1951 in Emporia, the daughter of Fred E. and Cleda (Davison) Busenbark. She retired from Newman Regional Health in 2013 where she worked as an ER Clerk. Prior...
Venda Leigh Doxon
Feb 27, 2021
Venda Leigh Doxon, 99, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Saturday, February 27, 2021 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.
Venda Leigh Hunter was born in Barnard, Kansas on December 8, 1921, the daughter of Roy Clayton and Nona Opal (Miller) Hunter. She graduated from Jewell (Kansas) Rural High School and took Normal Training at Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia...
James Lee Clumsky
Feb 27, 2021
James Lee Clumsky, 65, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home on Saturday, February 27, 2021.
Mr. Clumsky had worked for 30 years as a Supervisor for Dolly Madison Cakes/ Interstate Brands in Emporia.
Cremation is planned. No services will be held at this time. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home is...
Jody Lynn Potter
Feb 26, 2021
Jody Lynn Potter of Emporia died on Friday, February 26, 2021 in Hillsboro, Kansas. She was 61.
Jody was born on September 20, 1959 in Topeka, Kansas the daughter of Robert Lynn and Carolyn Louise Falter Weeks. She married Patrick Byron Gilligan on April 7, 1978 in Miami, Oklahoma. He died on February 23, 1989 in Madison,...
