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...
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...
