Coburn Eugene Van Sickle
May 16, 2020
Coburn E. “Van” Van Sickle formerly of Emporia died May 16, 2020 at Cedar Lakes Village in Olathe, Kansas of natural causes. He was 96.
Coburn was born on May 9, 1924, at Emporia, Kansas to Lewis Ernest and Edith Jones Van Sickle. He had an older brother, Warren, and an older sister, Marie. He married Helen...
Mary Emily Woodruff
May 16, 2020
Mary Emily Woodruff of Emporia died on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at Emporia Place. She was 91.
Mary was born on March 26, 1929 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Gomer A. and Rhoda Edwards Rees. She married Billie W. Woodruff on April 12, 1951 in Emporia, Kansas. He died on May 9, 2009 in Emporia.
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George Daniel Potts, Jr.
May 16, 2020
George “Dan” Daniel Potts Jr., of Emporia, KS, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at the age of 87.
Dan was born to parents George Sr. and Hesse (Smith) Potts on February 18, 1933 in Dunivan, KS near Valley Falls. He grew up as the sixth of seven children and graduated from Kings Creek High School...
Jett Wade Dow
May 15, 2020
Jett Wade Dow of Hartford, Kansas died Friday, May 15 at the Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
Jett was born May 14, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri the son of Jeremy Wade Dow and Valerie Jean St. Bonnett. He is survived by his parents, grandparents Pam Brack-Landis and Larry Fowler, Tonya Dow-Zachrel and Ray Zachrel,...
John Lorenzo Rodriguez, Sr.
May 15, 2020
John Lorenzo Rodriguez, Sr. of Emporia died on Friday, May 15, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was 78.
John was born on September 1, 1941 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Lorenzo and Sofia Torres Rodriguez. He married Maria E. Gaspar on June 6, 1964 in Emporia, Kansas. She survives at the home.
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John David Miller
May 15, 2020
John David Miller of Emporia died on May 12, 2020 at his home in Emporia. He was 80.
John was born on October 15, 1939 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Jessie and Mary Catherine Beyer Miller.
He is survived by: daughter, Shannan Lynn Miller of East Wenatchee, Washington; son, David (Colleen) Leigh Miller East...
Alvaro Garcilazo Gil
May 14, 2020
Alvaro Garcilazo Gil de Emporia Ks., murió el Jueves Mayo 14, 2020 en el hospital Stormont Vail de Topeka. El tenia 48 anos.
Alvaro nació el 26 de Febrero de 1972 en La Viga Michoacan, Mexico. Hijo de Rogelio Garcilazo Espino y Maria Socorro Gil.
Alvaro le sobreviven sus padres Rogelio Garcilazo y Maria Socorro...
Joe Minor
May 13, 2020
Joe R. Minor died Wednesday, May 13, at his home in Olpe, Kansas, in the loving company of his wife and children, following a prolonged illness. He was 93.
Joe was born July 10, 1926, in Miami, Oklahoma, son of Nelson and Minnie Mae Minor. The family moved to Coffeyville and Winfield, Kansas, where Nelson ran commercial...
Mary Ellen House
May 9, 2020
Mary Ellen House passed away on May 9 th , 2020 at Presbyterian Manor in Emporia. She was born April 16 th , 1930 near Olpe, Kansas, and the daughter of William A. Bolz and Mary Alice (Borsdorf) Bolz. Until age 8, Mary and her family lived with her grandparents on the Borsdorf farm near Reading, Kansas. She began...
Nellie Belle Owens
May 7, 2020
Nellie Belle Owens passed into glory May 7, 2020 at Newman Regional Hospital, Emporia, KS. She was 92. Nellie Soles was born July 16, 1927 at Windsor Missouri. Her Father was Melbourne Roy Soles and her Mother was Anna Belle Robinson Soles.
Nellie Soles married William (Bill) Evan Owens, September 1947 and they lived South of Emporia...
Warren Robert Shown, Jr.
May 4, 2020
Warren Robert Shown, Jr., of Americus died on Monday, May 4, 2020 as results of a automobile accident on I-35 by Beto Junction. He was 65.
Warren was born on June 29, 1954 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Warren Robert and Hazel Katherine Maxwell Shown. He married Beverly Hoff on October 4, 1985 but later divorced....
Joyce G. Kennedy
Apr 29, 2020
Joyce G. Kennedy, Emporia, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor at the age of 88.
Joyce G. Leiss was born December 7, 1931 in Greensburg, Kansas, the daughter of George S. and Velma (Richardson) Leiss. She married Bernard J. Green May 31, 1954 in Emporia; they later divorced. On March 31, 1984...
Marion Wood
Apr 25, 2020
Marian Wood of Emporia died on Saturday, April 25, 2020 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. She was 70.
Marian was born on August 14, 1949 in Marion, Kansas the daughter of Earl and Dorothy Denner Lawrence. She married Michael Earl Wood on October 24, 1971 in Marion, Kansas. He died on August 17, 2019 in...
E. Delores Gibson
Apr 23, 2020
Delores Gibson (85) passed at her home in Maize surrounded by family, April 23, 2020. Delores was born on February 20, 1935 in Olpe, Kansas, the daughter of Roy Emmett and Jennie Lee Mays Langley. She was a graduate of Emporia High School. On June 13, 1954, she was united in marriage with Don Gibson. Together, they owned and...
Kent Eugene Williamson
Apr 23, 2020
Kent E. Williamson, 82, Emporia, Kansas formerly of Casper, Wyoming, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2020, at the Emergency Department of Newman Regional Health, Emporia.
Kent Eugene Williamson was born in Stafford, Kansas on December 30, 1937, the son of Marion and Colleen (Peake) Williamson. He married Jana Welch at Saint John, Kansas on June 8, 1958....
Carol Lou Thomas
Apr 20, 2020
Carol Lou (Houser) Thomas, of Emporia, went to be with her Lord and sisters, Monday, April 20, 2020. She was born to the late Robert and Mildred (Benedict) Houser on December 19, 1938 in Moline, Kansas.
She was married to James M Thomas April 7, 1957 in Emporia, Kansas. Together they made a home and worked hard...
Norma Jean Stinnett
Apr 19, 2020
Norma Jean (Burch) Stinnett, 80, of Emporia, entered Heaven peacefully on Sunday, April 19 surrounded by her family in spirit and love. Norma was born on March 12, 1940, in Emporia, the daughter of Jarvis and Anna (Brewer) Burch. She attended school in Council Grove for many years before the family moved to Wichita where she graduated high school,...
Ambrose Lopez
Apr 17, 2020
Ambrose Lopez, passed away at his home in Emporia on Friday morning, April 17, 2020 at the age of 94.
Ambrose, the son of Sylvester and Damacia (Rubalcaba) Lopez, was born in Emporia, Kansas on December 8, 1925. On September 28, 1946 he married Virginia Tabares at Saint Catherine Catholic Church, Emporia. They happily celebrated 73 years...
James Dee Bowden
Apr 14, 2020
James Dee Bowden passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Jim was born to Marjorie (Huyett) Bowden and Leon W. Bowden at the family farm on August 3, 1943. He graduated from Neosho Rapids High School and went on to graduate from Emporia State University in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Following graduation, Jim joined...
Susan Lee (Markowitz) Schulze
Apr 11, 2020
Susan Lee Schulze, 65, of Dakota Dunes, SD passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center in Sioux City, IA, whose staff lovingly provided her an incredible atmosphere of care, comfort, and faith.
Susan was born December 21, 1954 in Emporia, KS, the daughter of Fred Anthony and Ima Jean (Varner)...
