Morris Gail Eidman
Aug 6, 2020
Morris G. Eidman, a resident of Saffordville, Kansas, passed away at his home Thursday morning, August 6, 2020 at the age of 82.
Morris Gail Eidman was born in Emporia, Kansas on January 30, 1938, the son of Floyd Thomas and Ella Mae (Butcher) Eidman. Morris married Mary Jo Buffon at Saffordville on June 22, 1958. She...
Hugh Boyd Jones
Aug 4, 2020
Hugh Boyd Jones of Emporia died on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. He was 94.
Hugh was born on September 25, 1925 in Plainville, Kansas the son of Boyd and Naomi Yohe Jones. He married Ruth Dorothea Sill on November 5, 1965 in Emporia. She died on November 30,...
Maria Elia Leon De Lemus
Aug 2, 2020
Maria Elia Leon de Lemus of Emporia left to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 2, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family after a long battle against Cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the bile ducts). She was 77.
Maria was born on November 11, 1942 in Michoacán, Mexico the daughter of Julian Leon and Alberta Tovar. ...
Esther Marie Kelley
Aug 2, 2020
Esther Marie Kelley of Emporia passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2020 at her home. She was 99.
Marie was born on January 26, 1921 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Charles M. and Esther M. Thornton Fowler. She married Gale W. Kelley on June 11, 1950 in Emporia. He died on November 3, 2019 in Emporia....
Vincent M. Schneider
Aug 2, 2020
Vincent M. Schneider, 84, Olpe, passed away at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia, on Sunday, August 2, 2020.
Vincent Mark Schneider was born December 24, 1935 in Olpe, Kansas, the son of Alban and Irene (Vohs) Schneider. Vincent married Loretta Beagley at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia on May 4, 1957.
He is survived by...
Jill Brown
Aug 2, 2020
Jill Brown, 60, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas on Sunday, August 2, 2020 from injuries sustained in an auto accident.
She was a beloved teacher in the Emporia Public School District since 1993. Before joining the district she taught preschool in other centers around Emporia. She...
Darlene L. Crook
Jul 29, 2020
Darlene L. Standley Crook, 84, Emporia, passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Kansas.
Darlene L. Foster was born in Emporia, Kansas on January 20, 1936, the daughter of Joseph and Vesta (Sill) Foster. She married Ivan Leroy Standley, whom she later divorced, and he preceded her in death. On November 4,...
Randal Joseph "Randy" Schneider
Jul 29, 2020
Randal J. “Randy” Schneider, 52, Eudora, Kansas and formerly of Emporia, passed away at his home in Eudora on Wednesday, July 29, 2020.
Randal Joseph Schneider was born in Emporia, Kansas on August 9, 1967, the son of Donald and Lavonne (Haag) Schneider. He is survived by his daughter; Laura Schneider of Paola, Kansas, his mother; Lavonne...
Michael Thomas Bushman
Jul 29, 2020
Michael Thomas Bushman
Born on the evening of August 26, 1980 in Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Michael left a huge hole in our world on July 29, 2020, at the tender age of 39.
Much too young to leave us. Too soon when so much lay ahead.
Michael...
Ranney Lee Vogt
Jul 28, 2020
Ranney Lee Vogt of Emporia died on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at the Merriam Gardens Healthcare & Rehab in Shawnee, KS.
Ranney was born on December 10, 1949 in Hillsboro, Kansas the son of Cornelius and Esther Loewen Vogt and the second of three children. Ranney graduated from high school in Hillsboro and from Emporia State University...
Jimmie Lee Badgett
Jul 24, 2020
Jimmie Lee Badgett, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Friday, July 24, 2020 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, at the age of 66. He was a retired truck driver and dispatcher.
Cremation is planned with a private family observance to be held at a later date. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.
Jimmie Lee Badgett was...
William Marion Eberle
Jul 22, 2020
William Marion Eberle of Emporia died on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at Merriam Gardens Healthcare & Rehab in Shawnee, KS.
Bill was born on October 17, 1945 in Lafayette, Indiana the son Marion Jacob of Harriette Halstead Eberle. He married Jane Louise Heide on June 26, 1971 in Lafayette, Indiana. She survives.
Survivors include: wife,...
Virginia M. Kennedy
Jul 22, 2020
Virginia M. Kennedy, Emporia, passed away at the Merriam Gardens, Merriam, Kansas on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at the age of 97.
Virginia was born in Emporia on January 13, 1923, the daughter of Thomas and Zelma (Workman) Gilbert. She married Kenneth Kennedy in Emporia on December 27, 1949. He died March 6, 1996.
Surviving...
Juanita J. Lawson
Jul 18, 2020
Juanita J. Lawson formerly of Emporia died on Saturday, July 18, 2020 at the Wellsville Retirement Community in Wellsville where she had resided since February of 2019. She was 92.
Juanita was born on October 4, 1927 at home Denison, Kansas the daughter of Harry O. and Rose M. Adkins Boyce. She grew up in Valley Falls...
Paul L. Biggs
Jul 17, 2020
Paul Lester Biggs, most recently of Emporia, Kansas, died on Friday, July 17, 2020 at Newman Regional Health. He was 80.
Paul was born on August 13, 1939 in Lebanon, Missouri, the son of Elmer and Pauline Watson Biggs. He married Jimmie Joyce Garrett on August 5, 1961 in Kansas City, Missouri. They lived their married life...
Lillian Alma Coffey
Jul 15, 2020
Lillian Alma Coffey, 93 of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Lillian was born February 20, 1927 in Bridgeport, Connecticut the daughter of Frederick and Ruby (Wells) Langhammer. She worked with different companies throughout her life with Sikorsky Aircraft taking her to retirement in 1994.
Lillian...
James Austin "Jim" Koch
Jul 14, 2020
James A. “Jim” Koch, 84, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2022.
James Austin Koch was born October 10, 1937 at home in Elmdale, Kansas, the son of Albert Henry and Ferne Keith (Wright) Koch. 63 Years ago, Jim married his soulmate and true love, Sandra Sue Clements at Grace United Methodist Church, Emporia, on...
Chlorita M. Smith
Jul 7, 2020
Our wonderful mother, Chlorita M. Smith, died on Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at the Holiday Resort in Emporia, Kansas. She was 88.
Chlorita was born on February 26, 1932 in Emporia, the daughter of M.O. “Pat” and Beulah M. Bowers Burnell. She married Lee Hall on September 3, 1950 at the First Baptist Church in Emporia. He...
Earl Louis Gray
Jul 6, 2020
Earl Louis Gray of Americus died on Monday, July 6, 2020 at his home. He was 57.
Earl was born on January 22, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. He married Mary Clements on November 3, 2012 at the Emporia Church of Christ. She survives.
Surviving family members include: wife, Mary Clements of Americus; sons, Michael...
Marilyn Joann Black
Jul 6, 2020
Marilyn Joann Black of Emporia died on Monday, July 6, 2020 at her home. She was 63.
Marilyn was born on March 16, 1957 in Toledo, Ohio the daughter of John and Doris Dunbar Suess. She married James Darrell Black on June 25, 1985 in Toledo, Ohio and recently celebrated there 35 th . Anniversary.
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