James Lyle Potter
Feb 26, 2021
James Lyle Potter of Emporia died on Friday, February 26, 2021 in Hillsboro, Kansas doing what he loved: running dogs. He was 70.
Jim was born on May 11, 1950 in Strong City, Kansas, the son of Carl W. and Hawa M. North Potter. He married Jody Weeks Gilligan on September 29, 2005...
Kenneth Dean Hedrick
Feb 19, 2021
Kenneth Dean Hedrick of Waverly died on Friday, February 19, 2021 at his home. He was 71 years old.
He was born on December 12, 1949 in Emporia, Kansas to Marvin Hedrick and Mary Ann Lane.
He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Toni Hedrick, two children,...
Karla M. Gieber
Feb 17, 2021
Karla M. Gieber, Emporia, passed away at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at the age of 61.
Karla M. Kelly was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on August 1, 1959, the daughter of William Mack and Mary Lou (Doucet) Kelly. Karla married Andy Gieber on...
Trenton Lee Kohlman
Feb 16, 2021
Trenton Lee Kohlman of Emporia died on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at his home. He was 75.
Trenton was born on September 2, 1945 in Strong City, Kansas. His parents were Clarence and Betty Kohlman.
Surviving family members include: brothers, Gary Kohlman of Portland, Oregon and Dennis Kohlman of...
Cecilia J. Torres
Feb 14, 2021
Cecilia Jesus Torres of Emporia died on Sunday, February 14, 2021 at her home. She was 94.
Cecilia was born on November 22, 1926 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Juan and Maria Villalpando Solano. She married Guadalupe “Lupe” P. Torres on July 22, 1946 at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Emporia. He...
John F. Greer
Feb 10, 2021
John F. Greer, 95, Overland Park, KS and formerly of Emporia, passed away at Morningside Place Care Center, Overland Park, Kansas on Wednesday, February 10, 2021.
Mr. Greer owned and operated Greer Upholstery for a number of years.
Cremation is planned with no services at this time. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral...
Norman N. Thompson
Feb 8, 2021
Dr. Norman N. Thompson, D.D.S., passed away at his home in Emporia on Monday, February 8, 2021 at the age of 89.
Norman Neal Thompson was born in Emporia, Kansas November 24, 1931, the son of Richard and Flora (Weidmer) Thompson. He married Regena Baker in Seneca, Kansas on November 2, 1958. She...
Kathleen F. Ross
Feb 5, 2021
Kathleen F. Ross of Emporia died Friday, February 5, 2021 at her home. She was 78.
Kathleen was born on May 20, 1942 on a farm near Parker, South Dakota the daughter of Harvey and Katheryne Gottschalk Krull. At the age of 2 the family moved from South Dakota to a farm near...
Khalil Gemini Berry
Feb 3, 2021
Khalil Gemini Berry of Emporia died on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at Newman Regional Health.
Khalil was born on December 13, 2020 in Emporia the son of Jeff Carpenter and Autumn Rose Strother Berry.
Surviving family members include: mother, Autumn Berry of Emporia; brother, Quest Strother of Emporia; Catelina Strother of Emporia; grandparents, Teresa Strother...
Hazel Pauline Prothe
Feb 2, 2021
Hazel Pauline Prothe of Emporia died on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, she was 99.
Hazel was born on October 13, 1921 in Fontana, Kansas the daughter of Peter and Myrtle Reece Holtz. She married Fred F. Prothe on October 1, 1941 in Block, Kansas. He died on March 28, 2001....
Charles Edward Schultz
Jan 29, 2021
Charles “Charlie” Schultz passed away on January 29, 2021. He was born to Claude and Dorothy (Green) Schultz in Emporia, Kansas. He grew up with his older brother Richard “Dick”, and his four younger sisters Trish (Markowitz), Ginny (Kiser), Kathy Schultz and Jane (Powell). Charlie attended Sacred Heart School through the 8 th grade and then on to graduate...
David J. Newman
Jan 23, 2021
David J. Newman, 58, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home on Saturday, January 23, 2021.
David was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 25, 1962, the son of Ralph D. and Kathleen Denk Newman.
He is survived by his mother, Kathleen Dummer, Grant Park, Illinois, sons; David Newman, Spotsylvania, Virginia, Thomas and Kevin Fowler,...
Lawrence Wilford Bishop
Jan 22, 2021
Lawrence W. Bishop of Emporia, Kansas passed away Friday, January 22, 2021 at Newman Regional Health. He was 92.
Lawrence was born on November 15, 1928 in the Beaver Community, Barton County to George E. and Anna Isa Schremmer Bishop. He was one of four children raised in Beaver, Kansas. He moved to Holyrood, Kansas in 1942...
Marvin Emanuel Klumpe
Jan 22, 2021
Marvin Emanuel Klumpe passed away peacefully at the Presbyterian Manor on Friday, January 22, 2021 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 85.
The son of Emanuel Klumpe and Anna Burenheide Klumpe, Marvin was born March 18, 1935 at his home in Olpe, Kansas during a dust storm. Marvin was the youngest of six children....
Par Patrick Weyrauch
Jan 17, 2021
Par Patrick Weyrauch, Emporia, passed away surrounded by family on Sunday, January 17, 2021, at Sunflower Care Center, Emporia, Kansas, at the age of 85.
He was born June 21, 1935, in rural Piedmont, Elk County, Kansas on June 21, 1935, the son of George and Thelma Elizabeth (Tice) Weyrauch. He married Melba Melissa Robert at Fredonia,...
Brenda Kay Stock
Jan 15, 2021
Brenda Kay Stock, of Emporia, passed away on Friday, January 15, 2021 at the Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, at the age of 59.
Brenda Kay Petersen was born in Emporia, Kansas June 17, 1961, the daughter of John F. and Roberta Ann (Roberts) Petersen and granddaughter of Evan and Doris Mae Roberts and Earl and...
Sally Lee Giger
Jan 14, 2021
Sally Lee Giger of Emporia passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. She was 91.
Sally was born on November 20, 1929 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of William and Pauline Corey Ferrebee. She married Russell D. Giger but was later divorced.
Surviving family members include: son,...
Phyllis Verlene Hartup
Jan 13, 2021
Phyllis Verlene Hartup of Emporia died on Tuesday, January 13, 2021 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. She was 76.
Phyllis was born on December 12, 1944 in Cedar Vale, Kansas the daughter of Verl Howell and Nila Gordon Howell. She married Larry Dean Hartup on June 4, 1966 in Wichita, Kansas. He survives at the home.
...
Carol Lee Coates
Jan 13, 2021
Carol Lee Coates, 83, Emporia, formerly of Topeka, passed away at her home on Wednesday, January 13, 2021.
Carol Lee Borchert was born May 20, 1937 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Carl and Isal (Harding) Borchert. She married John Wade Coates on April 20, 1957. He died September 28, 2014 in Topeka. Carol is survived...
Harold D'Wayne Wonser
Jan 12, 2021
Harold D. Wonser, 80, of Emporia, passed away January 12, 2021, at Newman Regional Hospital, in Emporia.
He was born on March 14, 1940, the son of Paul Lee and Lillie Mae Logsdon Wonser, north of Wauneta.
The family moved to Beaumont in December 1942, where they lived until they moved north of Beaumont up...
