Wanda Willene Phillips
Nov 21, 2020
Wanda Willene Phillips, 86 of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, November 21, 2020.
Wanda was born August 9, 1934 in Wakenda, Missouri the daughter of William and Minnie (Bahr) Miller. She worked many years for the phone company and retired in 1985 from the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service after many years. She was a member of the...
Mary Susan Fancher
Nov 19, 2020
Mary Susan Fancher died on Thursday, November 19, 2020 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. She was 87.
Mary was born on March 3, 1933 in Gardner, Kansas the daughter of Foster J. and Mary I. Somerville Perry. She married Robert C. Davis on November 11, 1952 at the Lebo Methodist Church in Lebo. They divorced. She later...
Michael E. Heins
Nov 10, 2020
Michael E. Heins of Emporia, Ks passed at home on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. He was 72 when the Lord called him home.
Michael, the son of Evert and Barbara J. Heins, was born on December 11, 1947 in Ottumwa. Iowa. He graduated from Emporia High School in 1965. He then joined the US Army where he...
Richard Lee Tidwell
Nov 7, 2020
Richard Lee Tidwell of Emporia passed away November 7, 2020 at his home as a result of complications from advanced melanoma. He was 65.
Rick was born in Emporia on October 5, 1955 to Billy Dale and Margie Lou Clark Tidwell. He was raised in Oberlin, Ohio with two short stays in New York City before moving...
Carole Ann Carter
Nov 4, 2020
Carole Ann Carter of Emporia died on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was 78.
Carole was born on September 29, 1942 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Richard Wayne and Morene LaVerne Armstead Carter.
Surviving family members include: daughters, Stephanie L. “Damon” Carter-Williams of Topeka, and Monica Carter of...
Russell W. Harden
Oct 30, 2020
Russell W. Harden, Jr. of Emporia died on Friday, October 30, 2020 at his home. He was 61.
Russell was born on April 26, 1959 in Phoenix, Arizona the son of Russell W. and M. Marie Withers Harden. He married Johnnie R. Harris but later divorced. He then married Gaye A. Schumann on August 10, 1996 in...
Cheryl Jean Protheroe
Oct 29, 2020
Cheryl Jean (Ensminger) Protheroe, 69, of Emporia, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.
She was born August 8, 1951 in Iola, the daughter of George William Jr. and Mary Carol (Remsberg) Ensminger. The family lived in Iola, Fort Scott and Fredonia, and she graduated from Fredonia High School with...
Betty Jean Hall
Oct 29, 2020
Betty Jean Hall of Osage City and formerly of Emporia went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at Peterson Assisted Living in Osage City. She was 87.
Betty was born on March 27, 1933 in Kansas City, Kansas the daughter of Earl and Sally Aschbrenner Springhorn. She married Glenn Coen in 1953...
Eugenia "Jean" Lucille Schoenberger
Oct 27, 2020
Eugenia “Jean” Lucille Schoenberger died on October 27, 2020 at her home in Emporia, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.
Jean was born on June 29, 1938 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma the daughter of John and Lucille Comisky West. In 1956, she graduated from St. Patrick’s Catholic High School in Parsons, Kansas and later attended Parson’s Junior College. ...
Roger W. Hartsook
Oct 25, 2020
Roger W. Hartsook, 76, of Emporia died on October 25, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.
Roger was born on January 31, 1944 in Townsville, Australia, the son of Herbert Edwin and Beverly Mercia Pannett James Hartsook. He married Beverly J. Schneider on April 14, 1984 at the First Congregational Church in Emporia. They divorced in...
Margie T. Braden
Oct 21, 2020
Margie T. Braden of Emporia died on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at Emporia Place, Emporia, Kansas. She was 87.
Margie was born on April 7, 1933 in Goodman, Missouri the daughter of George and Crissie Mayfield Clark. She grew up on a farm near Kiowa, Kansas where she attended school, graduation in 1951 as a class valedictorian. ...
Carl E. Vaughn
Oct 20, 2020
Carl E. Vaughn of Emporia died on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at his home. He was 76.
Carl was born on June 13, 1944 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Rex and Mary Alice Radig Vaughn. He married Judy Payton on August 17, 1963 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Emporia. She survives.
Surviving...
Willard E. Spade
Oct 20, 2020
Willard E. Spade, 98, of Emporia, died on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at Emporia. Born on the family farm near Admire, KS on Oct. 13, 1922, Willard and his older twin Warren were the 3rd and 4th of five sons of Milton and Delsie McCray Spade. A 1940 graduate of Admire High School, Willard farmed with his parents until...
Floyd E. Saffer
Oct 19, 2020
Floyd E. Saffer, 93 of Emporia, Kansas died Monday, October 19, 2020 at his son’s home.
Floyd was born January 20, 1927 in Emporia the son of William L. and Josephene Saffer. He was a custodian for the U.S.D. 253 for 40 years. Retiring in 1992. Floyd enjoyed spending time with family, fishing and gardening.
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Roy Scott Vogts
Oct 17, 2020
Roy Scott Vogts of Olpe, Kansas died on October 17, 2020 in Westphalia, Kansas. He was 52.
Roy was born on September 11, 1968 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Ray Lee and Margaret Wilson Vogts.
Surviving family members include: mother, Margaret Vogts of Olpe; brothers, Todd Vogts, and Shawn Vogts of Olpe; sister, LaDonna...
Mildred Delores Albrecht
Oct 16, 2020
Mildred Delores Albrecht of Emporia died on Friday, October 16, 2020 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia. She was 92.
Mildred was born on July 3, 1928 in Tampa, Kansas the daughter of Walter F. and Katherina Hill Teetzen. She married Laverne Albrecht on June 3, 1951 in Tampa, Kansas. He died on February 6, 1978 in...
Elizabeth "Kitty" Clinton Roberts
Oct 16, 2020
Elizabeth Clinton (Kitty) Roberts, 78, of Emporia left this earth peacefully to be with her Heavenly Father Friday morning, October 16, 2020. She was born on August 12, 1942, in Jasper County, SC to Joseph Randolph and Mary Elizabeth Carter. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church where she served as church secretary until her retirement in...
Constance Louise Law
Oct 11, 2020
Constance Louise Law, of Bentonville, Arkansas, passed away on October 11, 2020 at Apple Creek Health and Rehab in Centerton, Arkansas. She was 94.
Connie was born March 4, 1926, in Parsons, Kansas to Claude H. Myers and Naomi Wheat Myers. She is survived by daughter, Linda Hundley of Bentonville, Arkansas; son, Rick (Marcia) Law of Emporia...
Robert E. Duncan
Oct 7, 2020
Robert E. “Bob” Duncan, 86, rural Burlington, Kansas, passed away at his home on Wednesday, October 7, 2020.
Bob was born May 6, 1934 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Benjamin C. and Violetta M. (McClure) Duncan. He married Torchy Thompson in Emporia, Kansas on December 15, 1957 and was married 63 years. Bob is survived by...
Tracy Allan Metts
Oct 7, 2020
Tracy Allan Metts, 53 of Emporia, Kansas died at his home on Wednesday, October 7, 2020.
Tracy was born August 4, 1967 in House Springs, Missouri the son of Gene and Marion (Raybrook) Metts. He worked 35 years as a mason laborer retiring from JDS Masonry in St. Charles, Missouri 7 years ago. Tracy enjoyed hunting, fishing...
