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...
Harry L. Stephens
Aug 29, 2020
Harry L. Stephens of Emporia died on Saturday, August 29, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was 78.
Harry was born on July 14, 1942 in Winfield, Kansas to John James and Nina E. Powers Stephens. He married Sharon Sue Helmer on May 29, 1966 in Augusta, Kansas. He is survived by his wife, Sharon...
Bonnie Sue Morray
Aug 29, 2020
Bonnie Sue (Colwell) Morray was born into this world November 27, 1929. She died August 29, from complications of Covid-19. She was the daughter of Willard and Stella (Darnell) Colwell and the youngest of five children. Bonnie was also the last aunt of this generation to many nieces and nephews. Bonnie grew up west of Emporia on the Colwell...
Willa Mae Pierce
Aug 28, 2020
Willa “Mae” Pierce of Emporia, Kansas passed away August 28, 2020 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia at the age of 90.
Mae was born November 11, 1929 in Dunlap, Kansas. She was the middle child of the late William and Iva (Worcester) Miller. Mae spent most of her child and adult life in Americus, Kansas. She attended...
James E. Emley
Aug 27, 2020
James E. Emley of Emporia died on Thursday, August 27, 2020 at Newman Regional Health. He was 81.
Jim was born on May 1, 1939 the son of Ray W. (Sr.) and Clayoma (Pope) Emley. He married Paula Balliod on November 5, 1961 in Emporia, Kansas. They later divorced. He later married Harriet Kessler Johnson on June...
Norman L. Betty
Aug 25, 2020
Norman L. Betty of Emporia died on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. He was 94.
Norman was born on August 4, 1926 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Jesse N. and Ethel L. Wilson Betty. He married Vera Joan Vail on January 30, 1946 in Emporia. She died on October 18,...
Charles William Ristau
Aug 24, 2020
Charles William Ristau of Emporia died on Monday, August 24, 2020 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia.
Charlie was born on June 11, 1928 in St. Joseph, Missouri, the son of Ervin Otto, Sr., and Fern Francis Kohlasch Ristau. He married the love of his life, Viola Verda Macke on February 18, 1957 in Corinth, Mississippi. She...
Elizabeth Jean Geraghty
Aug 24, 2020
Elizabeth Jean Geraghty, Emporia, passed away at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia on Monday, August 24, 2020 at the age of 83.
Private family services will be held at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Olpe, with inurnment in the Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Olpe. There will be no viewing.
Elizabeth Jean Haag was born July...
Ruby "Sally" Ellen Bozarth
Aug 23, 2020
Ruby Ellen “Sally” Bozarth passed away on August 23, 2020 at Midland Hospice in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on April 5, 1930, to Gordon and Lucy Willard. She married Ralph Bozarth, Jr. on September 18, 1948. He predeceased her in 2002. Until moving into a retirement community in Topeka in 2012, Sally had spent her life in Eskridge....
Clara Earldene Stiner
Aug 22, 2020
Clara Earldene Stiner, former longtime resident of Emporia, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020 at the Village Manor Memory Care Center in Abilene, KS. She was 87 years old. She was born on April 6, 1933 in Webb City, Missouri to Earl and Bessie Elston Harrington.
Earldene married Bob R. Stiner on January 5, 1952 and...
Sherryl Mckee
Aug 20, 2020
Sherryl Diane VanEaton McKee passed to her eternal life in heaven on August 20 th , 2020. She was born on January 13 th 1945 to Samuel VanEaton and Irene Kettleson VanEaton. She later moved with her father and stepmother Geraldine VanEaton to Adrian, Mo where she spent her teenage years. She was united in marriage to Jerry Lee...
Richard Arlen Drummond
Aug 20, 2020
Richard Arlen Drummond, 70, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at the Colmery-O’Neil Veterans Administration Medical Center in Topeka on Thursday, August 20, 2020.
Cremation is planned. Graveside Services will be held at the Strong City Cemetery, Strong City, Kansas on Saturday, September 19, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. The service will be conducted by Mr. Martin Holler, Marion, Kansas....
Tammy Jo Birk Jensen
Aug 18, 2020
Tammy Jensen of Scranton died early Tuesday morning, August 18, 2020, in Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was 56.
Tammy Jo Birk, daughter of Marvin D. and Roberta A. Kyle Birk, was born Nov. 8, 1963, in St. Mary’s Hospital in Emporia. She married Craig Jensen on Aug. 16, 1986, in Lake Tahoe, Nev. He survives of...
