Obituary Listing

Mar 11, 2021

Funeral services for Jean Brockelman, rural Emporia, will be held at Lowry-Funston Post #1980, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 930 Graphic Arts Road, Emporia, Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 10:30 A.M.  The service will be conducted by Pastor Karla Sheffy, First United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Cottonwood Cemetery, West of Emporia. Jean passed away at her home...

Mar 11, 2021

Robert Ted Keisler of Emporia died on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at his home.  He was 67.

Teddy was born on October 8, 1953 in Union, South Carolina, the son of Fred Magnolia and Betty Jean Prince Keisler.  He married Elizabeth Anne Hall on May 30, 1986 in Emporia, Kansas.  She survives.

Mar 9, 2021

Lee Hoskins of Emporia died on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at the Sunflower Care Home in Emporia. He was 92.

Lee was born on October 5, 1928 in Stanberry Missouri the son of Robert Dee and Ida Lee Kier Hoskins. He married Louise Jane Bowen on July 18, 1947 in Emporia, Kansas. She...

Mar 8, 2021

Gerald L. Myers, 71, rural Americus, Kansas, passed away at his home on Monday, March 8, 2021.

Gerald was born in Emporia, Kansas on November 8, 1949, the son of Franklin C. and Gladys L. (Johnson) Myers.  He married Verla Lou Mize on June 5, 1970. They later divorced.  On October 16, 1993 Gerald married Sharon M....

Mar 2, 2021

Mary Lynn Casebier, 69 of Emporia, Kansas died Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.

Mary was born September 10, 1951 in Emporia, the daughter of Fred E. and Cleda (Davison) Busenbark. She retired from Newman Regional Health in 2013 where she worked as an ER Clerk. Prior...

Feb 27, 2021

Venda Leigh Doxon, 99, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Saturday, February 27, 2021 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.

Venda Leigh Hunter was born in Barnard, Kansas on December 8, 1921, the daughter of Roy Clayton and Nona Opal (Miller) Hunter. She graduated from Jewell (Kansas) Rural High School and took Normal Training at Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia...

Feb 27, 2021

James Lee Clumsky, 65, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home on Saturday, February 27, 2021.

Mr. Clumsky had worked for 30 years as a Supervisor for Dolly Madison Cakes/ Interstate Brands in Emporia.

Cremation is planned. No services will be held at this time.  Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home is...

Feb 26, 2021

Jody Lynn Potter of Emporia died on Friday, February 26, 2021 in Hillsboro, Kansas.  She was 61.

Jody was born on September 20, 1959 in Topeka, Kansas the daughter of Robert Lynn and Carolyn Louise Falter Weeks.  She married Patrick Byron Gilligan on April 7, 1978 in Miami, Oklahoma.  He died on February 23, 1989 in Madison,...

Feb 26, 2021

James Lyle Potter of Emporia died on Friday, February 26, 2021 in Hillsboro, Kansas doing what he loved: running dogs. He was 70.

Jim was born on May 11, 1950 in Strong City, Kansas, the son of Carl W. and Hawa M. North Potter. He married Jody Weeks Gilligan on September 29, 2005...

Feb 19, 2021

Kenneth Dean Hedrick of Waverly died on Friday, February 19, 2021 at his home.  He was 71 years old.

He was born on December 12, 1949 in Emporia, Kansas to Marvin Hedrick and Mary Ann Lane.

He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Toni Hedrick, two children,...

Feb 17, 2021

Karla M. Gieber, Emporia, passed away at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at the age of 61.

Karla M. Kelly was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on August 1, 1959, the daughter of William Mack and Mary Lou (Doucet) Kelly.  Karla married Andy Gieber on...

Feb 16, 2021

Trenton Lee Kohlman of Emporia died on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at his home. He was 75.

Trenton was born on September 2, 1945 in Strong City, Kansas. His parents were Clarence and Betty  Kohlman.

Surviving family members include: brothers, Gary Kohlman of Portland, Oregon and Dennis Kohlman of...

Feb 14, 2021

Cecilia Jesus Torres of Emporia died on Sunday, February 14, 2021 at her home.  She was 94.

Cecilia was born on November 22, 1926 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Juan and Maria Villalpando Solano.  She married Guadalupe “Lupe” P. Torres on July 22, 1946 at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Emporia.  He...

Feb 10, 2021

John F. Greer, 95, Overland Park, KS and formerly of Emporia, passed away at Morningside Place Care Center, Overland Park, Kansas on Wednesday, February 10, 2021.

Mr. Greer owned and operated Greer Upholstery for a number of years.

Cremation is planned with no services at this time.  Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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,...