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.
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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...
Roberta D. (Eckdall) Berg
Jan 10, 2021
Roberta D. (Eckdall) Berg, 76, Salina, Kansas, passed away at the Salina Regional Health Center, on Sunday, January 10, 2021.
Roberta Drausine Eckdall was born in Greeley, Colorado February 4, 1944, the daughter of Dr. Funston J. and Clara Regina (Maurycy) Eckdall.
She was a graduate of Emporia High School and attended the School of...
Robert Lee Hawkins
Jan 10, 2021
Robert Lee Hawkins, 70 of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, January 10, 2021 at the Burlington Life Center in Burlington, Kansas.
Robert was born May 18, 1950 in Salina, Kansas the son of Dwayne and Dorothy (Clark) Hawkins. He was retired from Tyson Fresh Meats after working for I.B.P and Tyson for 38 years. Robert was a member...
Pauline I Woodward
Jan 6, 2021
Pauline I. Woodward, 99, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia.
Pauline I. Heider was born in Osage City, Kansas on April 16, 1921, the daughter of William and Estella (Richetti) Heider. She married Warren LeRoy Woodward in Reading, Kansas on May 9, 1942. He died August 16,...
Thomas Preston Fowler
Jan 4, 2021
Thomas Preston Fowler passed away peacefully with his family by his side at Ascession Hospital in Manhattan KS on the evening of January 4, 2021. He was 79.
Fowler was born on December 18, 1941 in Emporia, KS to Harry Sr. and Jane Edward Fowler. Fowler attended Country Schools of Lyon County through grade 8 and graduated...
Deloris Mae Hensley
Jan 3, 2021
Deloris Mae Hensley, 88, Americus, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2021 at Diversicare of Council Grove, Kansas.
Deloris Mae VanSickle was born August 19, 1932 in rural Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Charles C. and Lillian M. (Randall) VanSickle. She married Melvin Boone Hensley in Emporia, Kansas on July 5, 1953. He died April 18, 1998. Surviving...
Harry "Gene" Eugene O'Mara
Jan 3, 2021
Harry Eugene “Gene” O’Mara of Emporia, Kansas passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2021 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born on August 21, 1942 at Newman Hospital in Emporia to Harry Clenten and Inez Leona Loomis O’Mara. He lived east of Emporia and attended school at Neosho Rapids and graduated from high school in 1960. He...
