Sara Marie Hammond
Oct 2, 2020
Sara Marie Hammond, 69 of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, October 2, 2020 at the Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia.
Sara was born November 10, 1950 in Emporia, the daughter of Almond Park and Violet Marie (Loague) Hammond. She worked in food service at several restaurants in Emporia. Sara was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic...
Mary Elizabeth Chapman
Oct 1, 2020
Mary Elizabeth Chapman of Emporia died on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at her home. She was 78.
Mary was born on February 22, 1942 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Marion Hamman and Bernice Jones. She married Jack Chapman on July 21, 1968 at the First United Methodist Church in Emporia. He survives.
Surviving family...
Elizabeth Jean Birchmeier
Sep 30, 2020
Elizabeth (Betty) Jean Birchmeier of Emporia, Kansas died on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was 72.
Betty was born on July 19, 1948 in El Dorado Springs, Missouri the daughter of Lonzo and Florine Brown Topper. She married William (Bill) Birchmeier on August 24, 1973 in Emporia, Kansas. He died on...
James L. "Jimmy" Neufeld
Sep 28, 2020
James L. “Jimmy” Neufeld, 86, Wichita, passed away at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas on Monday, September 28, 2020.
Jimmy was born at Yates Center, Kansas on March 18, 1934, the son of Louis Ernest and Ola Gertrude (Sager) Neufeld. He is survived by his daughters; Victoria L. (Michael) Whitworth, Wichita, KS, Shannon L. (Daniel Seballoz), Wichita,...
Linda Kay Smith
Sep 26, 2020
Linda Kay Smith, 74, devoted wife, loving mother, sweet lady, passed away on Saturday morning, September 26, 2020 at Diversicare, Council Grove, Kansas.
Private graveside services will be held for the immediate family, and will be conducted by Pastor Rick Grossenbacher, Calvary Baptist Church.
Linda Kay Haley was born in Wichita, Kansas on October 24,...
Marguerite "Peggy" Joanne Clark
Sep 25, 2020
Marguerite “Peggy” Joanne Clark of Emporia died on Friday, September 25, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was 81.
Peggy was born on April 29, 1939 in Topeka, Kansas the daughter of Edward and Rose Marstall Hutley. She married John Bernard Clark on February 11, 1961 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, St. Mary’s, Kansas. He...
Jeffrey John Taylor
Sep 25, 2020
Jeffrey John Taylor, 62, rural Reading, passed away at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, on Friday, September 25, 2020.
Before his retirement, he was employed in the shipping/receiving department of Dolly Madison Bakery for 29 years.
Cremation is planned with no services at this time. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.
Evelyn Ruth English
Sep 23, 2020
Evelyn Ruth English of Emporia died on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. She was 92.
Evelyn was born on March 6, 1928 in Livingston County, Missouri the daughter of Ralph Bishop and Mable Riddle Aye. She married John N. Jensen and he died on April 24, 1963. She then married Arnold...
Rosemary Stauffer
Sep 22, 2020
Rosemary (Rosie) Stauffer, 85, of Emporia passed away peacefully at her home in Emporia, KS. surrounded by her three children and loving family on Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Rosemary was born on July 3, 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri the daughter of James and Nora (Leclere) Hudson. She married Robert L. Stauffer on August 2, 1952 in...
Beverly Louise Schaefer
Sep 21, 2020
Beverly Louise (Browning) Schaefer of Emporia, Kansas passed away, peacefully, on Monday, Sept 21, 2020 at Sunflower Care Home in Emporia, KS after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Denver, CO on February 11, 1938, the daughter of Harry David and Edna (Hurst) Browning. On March 10, 1957, she married Larry Gene Schaefer at her home...
Doris L. Prior
Sep 21, 2020
Doris L. Prior, 91, Neosho Rapids, Kansas, passed away at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor on Tuesday, September 21, 2020.
Doris Caldwell was born August 6, 1929, the daughter of Guy M. and Helen (Patterson) Caldwell. She married Floyd Leon Prior in 1949 in Newton, Kansas. He died November 29, 1999. Surviving family members include a son; Albert...
Lawrence D. Eudaley
Sep 19, 2020
Lawrence Dee Eudaley of Emporia died on Saturday, September 19, 2020 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. He was 86.
Lawrence was born on August 30, 1934 in Marlow, Oklahoma the son of Oscar and Anna Dawson Eudaley. He married Donna Cromwell on August 11, 1956 in Sedan, Kansas. She survives.
Surviving family members...
Ruth Leota Houghton
Sep 18, 2020
Ruth Leota Houghton, formerly of Emporia, died on Friday, September 18, 2020, at Osage Nursing Center, Osage City, Kansas. She was 95.
Ruth was born in December of 1924, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Rev. Michael and Josephine Johnson Luthro. She married Jack E. Houghton on February 24, 1946, in Crookston, Minnesota. He died in June...
Judith Kay Strand
Sep 17, 2020
Judith Kay Strand, 79, Emporia, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2020 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas.
She was born December 20, 1940 in Wilsey, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd and Hazel (McCulle) Young. She married Lyle Dean Strand on January 29, 1960. He died January 1, 1994.
Judy worked as a secretary in the...
Dallas Dean Glover
Sep 16, 2020
Dallas Dean Glover, 85, Emporia, and formerly of Lake Kahola, passed away at his home on Wednesday, September 16, 2020.
Dean Glover was born in Mankato, Kansas on May 1, 1935, the son of Dallas Lester and Cleo Katherine (Beam) Glover. Dean married Dolores C. Chigbrow March 11, 1956 at the First Methodist Church, Gooding, Idaho. She...
Joseph Lucas Digiovanni, Sr.
Sep 11, 2020
On Friday, September 11, 2020, Joseph “Joe” DiGiovanni, Sr., loving husband, father, grandfather and stepfather, passed away at age 83. Joe was born in New Orleans, LA on March 4, 1937. He served as a PFC in the United States Army from 1954-1957. Joe lived in Kansas most of his life and was an over-the-road truck driver. He was...
Helen Mary Mossman
Sep 9, 2020
Helen M. Mossman, 92, Emporia, passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.
Graveside services will be held at the Patio Garden of Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia on Saturday, September 12, 2020, at 1:00 P.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Ron Harris, First United Methodist Church.
Helen Mary Weber...
James Edward Grimmett
Sep 6, 2020
James E. Grimmett, 75, Emporia, passed away Sunday afternoon, September 6, 2020 at the Peabody Health & Rehabilitation Center, Peabody, Kansas.
James Edward Grimmett was born in Emporia, Kansas on December 10, 1944, the son of Harold L. and Marie (Proeger) Grimmett. He married LaDonna Zink at the Church of God in Emporia on February 20, 1965. ...
William L. Selbe
Sep 1, 2020
William Leigh Selbe of Emporia died on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. He was 75.
William was born on September 11, 1944 in Kansas City, Kansas the son of Fenton Leigh and Edith Harbour Selbe. He married Fabiola Gascon on August 12, 1971 in Tudela, Spain. She survives....
Reva Lucille Hall
Aug 30, 2020
Reva Lucille Hall of Emporia died on Sunday, August 30, 2020 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. She was 78.
Reva was born on November 8, 1941 in Hoisington, Kansas the daughter of Harold E. and Arvella L. Seyfert Riemann. She married Alvin C. Hall on April 15, 1960 in Fairfax, Oklahoma. He died on April...
