David L. Thomas
Jul 6, 2020
David L. Thomas, Emporia, passed away at the Kansas City Veterans Administration Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Monday, July 6, 2020 at the age of 76.
Graveside services will be held at the Patio Garden of Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor...
James Ronald Davis
Jul 5, 2020
James Ronald Davis of Emporia died on Sunday, July 5, 2020 at his home. Friends called him “Big O” or “Ron”. He was 72.
Ron was born to Richard Park and Madelene Cooper Davis on September 17, 1947 in Tampa, Florida. He was born in the Tampa Terrace Hotel where expecting mothers were evacuated during the category...
Margaret Louise Cook
Jul 4, 2020
Margaret Louise (Blevins) Cook
October 9, 1928 – July 4, 2020
Margaret Louise (Blevins) Cook, the daughter of Charles Kessler and Alice Leota (McVay) Blevins, was born on October 9, 1928 in Wichita, Kansas. She was one of five children born to this union, two sons and three daughters, John, Kenneth, Margaret, June and Judy....
Curtis Lloyd Doile
Jul 1, 2020
Curtis Lloyd Doile formerly of Shawnee, Kansas died on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. He was 64.
Curtis was born on January 29, 1956 in Emporia, Kansas the son of A. Lloyd and Iola G. Patterson Doile.
Surviving family members include: sister, Connie J. Phillips and husband Chris...
Barbara Ann Greek
Jul 1, 2020
Barbara Ann Greek, 61, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away at the New Mark Care Center, Kansas City, Mo on Wednesday, July 1, 2020.
Barbara Ann Brinkman was born at Saint Mary’s Hospital, Emporia, Kansas on April 16, 1959, the daughter of Joseph Jerome and Alberta Annette (Stolfus) Brinkman. She married Christopher Greek in Shawnee, Kansas on June 26,...
Susie M. Davis
Jun 30, 2020
Susie M. Davis of Emporia died on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at her home in Emporia. She was 70.
Susie was born on December 22, 1949 in Newton, Kansas the daughter of Victor W. and Martha (Koehn) Penner. She married James “Ron” Davis on September 21, 1968 in Emporia, Kansas. They shared 51 happy years together. He...
Lyla Jean Mccoy
Jun 29, 2020
Lyla Jean McCoy of Emporia died on Monday, June 29, 2020 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia. She was 89.
Lyla was born on April 21, 1931 in Toronto, Kansas the daughter of William F., Sr. and Susan M. Smith McJunkin. She married Tom C. McCoy on September 3, 1949 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He died on June...
Alfredo Ibarra Ibarra
Jun 28, 2020
Alfredo Ibarra Ibarra of Emporia died on June 28, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was 49.
Alfredo was born on October 2, 1970 in Mazatlan Sinaloa, Mexico the son of Encarnacion Ibarra Sarabia and Beatriz Ibarra Munoz.
Survivors include: wife, Alma Delia Escalante of the home; son, Alfredo Ibarra, Jr. of Emporia;...
Rodolfo "Rudy" Hernandez
Jun 26, 2020
Rodolfo “Rudy” Hernandez of Emporia passed away, at the age of 50, on Friday, June 26, 2020 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.
Rudy was born on January 21, 1970 in Laredo, Texas to Manuel and Sara Escobedo Hernandez. He moved to Emporia in 1989 and later married Lucy Monreal on January...
Brian Francis Nuessen
Jun 24, 2020
Brian Francis Nuessen, 57, died of natural causes at his home in Emporia on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at the age of 57.
Brian was born on February 14, 1963 the son of Jerome A. and Carolyn Sue (Robinson) Nuessen of Olpe, Kansas. He was a gentle soul who suffered many years of neurological issues including seizures...
Raymond John Gori
Jun 24, 2020
Raymond Gori, 60, Lenexa, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri after a hard fought 13 year battle against cancer.
Raymond John Gori was born October 5, 1959 in Sebastopol, California, the son of Raymond Gilda and Janet Eileen (Hutton) Gori. On December 29, 1983 Ray married Rhonda...
Gonzalo P. Peralta
Jun 20, 2020
On Saturday, June 20, 2020 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, Gonzalo P. Peralta, 55 of Emporia, Kansas went to be with his father Jesus Christ after losing his battle with Covid 19.
Gonzalo was born January 10, 1965 in Tixtla, Mexico the son of Roberto and Enedina Peralta. He worked in processing at Tyson Meats in...
Kathryn Sharon "Kathy" Bowden
Jun 19, 2020
Kathryn S. “Kathy” Bowden, rural Emporia, passed from this life to her eternal life Friday morning, June 19, 2020 at the age of 77.
Kathryn Sharon “Kathy” Schmidt was born April 18, 1943 in Emporia, the daughter of Melvin K. and Dema (Harriman) Schmidt. Kathy married Wesley E. Bowden on her birthday April 18, 1963.
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Yvonne Jean Johnson
Jun 19, 2020
Yvonne Jean Johnson, 83 of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, June 19, 2020 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Yvonne was born August 30, 1936 in Emporia, the daughter of Urie Aristed and Reva Mable (Essex) Drake. She was the Director of the Emporia Area ECKAN for 40 years retiring about 10 years ago. Yvonne was...
Rosaetta Jane Fields
Jun 7, 2020
Rosaetta Jane (Vaughn / Dusseau) Fields of Emporia, Kansas passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home on Sunday, June 7, 2020. She was 73.
Rosaetta was born on January 3, 1947 in Kennett, Missouri, the daughter of Floyd Jefferson Vaughn and Rosa Lee (Fugatt) Vaughn. In May of 1966 she married Harry John Dusseau II. ...
William Mark "Bill" Tipton
Jun 3, 2020
William Mark “Bill” Tipton, 78, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at the Flint Hills Manor Care Center, Emporia.
Bill was born June 8, 1941 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Hobart Orville and Arloa Berdine (Hewitt) Tipton. He has been a lifetime resident of Emporia.
A graveside service will be held...
Howard Wesley "Wes" Brammell
May 31, 2020
Howard Wesley “Wes” Brammell, Emporia, Ks, was born March 28, 1953 in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Howard Francis (Jr.) and Betty Jo (Huffred) Lusk Brammell. He passed away in the Emergency Department of Newman Regional Health, Emporia on Sunday, May 31, 2020 at the age of 67.
Howard married Julie (Benjamin) Tosh in Emporia on March...
Steven Craig Hart
May 29, 2020
Steven Craig Hart of Emporia died on Friday, May 29, 2020 at his son’s house in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. He was 60.
Steve was born on December 10, 1959 in Lyons, Kansas the son of Harry Walter and Marylin Mabel Robb Hart. He married Diana Sue Presley on August 22, 1987 at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in...
Travis William Mayer
May 29, 2020
Travis William Mayer, 35 of Nickerson, Kansas died Friday, May 29, 2020 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Travis was born October 1, 1984 in Coldwater, Kansas the son of Steve Mayer and Leslie Turley Mayer. Travis worked at Cal-Main Foods in Chase, Kansas.
Travis enjoyed the outdoors, racing motorcycles, fishing, hunting, camping and...
Opal Nadine Sager
May 27, 2020
Opal Nadine Love Robinson Corbin Sager of Emporia died on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. She was 92.
Opal was born on April 28, 1928 in Reading, Kansas, the daughter of Earl and Marie Smith Love. She married Floyd Robinson on November 7, 1947 in Emporia, Kansas but later divorced. She then...
