Karl Lyn Witten
Apr 9, 2020
Karl Witten, 65, a long-time resident of Emporia, passed away April 9, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.
Karl Lyn Witten was born September 12, 1954, in Trenton, Missouri to Gerald Witten and Polly (Warren) Witten. Following the family’s move to Emporia, Karl attended Emporia schools including Roosevelt High School before graduating from Emporia High...
Robert Karl Spain
Apr 8, 2020
Robert Karl Spain of Strong City, Kansas died on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at his home. He was 66.
Robert was born on September 22, 1953 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Ralph and Dorothy Hubert Spain. He married Margaret Katherine Fox Dunn on March 4, 2000. She survives at the home.
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Ronald "Ron" Eddie Guthrie
Apr 7, 2020
Ronald “Ron” Eddie Guthrie, 72 of Emporia passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.
Ron was born February 6, 1948 in Claremore, Oklahoma the son of Clarence Eddie and Neta (Grantham) Guthrie. He received his bachelor’s degree from Emporia State University. Ron worked in the Grocery Industry having worked in management at...
Mary Alice Weller
Apr 4, 2020
Mary Alice Mounkes Weller went to be with her Heavenly Father on Saturday, April 4, 2020. She was a resident of E.W. Thompson Health & Rehabilitation Center in Sedalia, Missouri. She was 80.
Mary, daughter of John W. and Mary E. Mounkes, was born on July 23, 1939 in Neosho Rapids, Kansas. Mary graduated from Americus High...
Robert Hughes "Bob" Doudican
Apr 2, 2020
Robert Hughes “Bob” Doudican passed away April 2nd at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. He was 88. Bob was born July 20, 1931 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma to Robert B. and Louise Hughes Doudican. He graduated from high school in Joplin, Missouri in 1949. It was there that he met the love of his life, Ann Barbee. Following Bob’s service in the...
Leonarda Marie Henderson
Apr 2, 2020
Emporia – Leonarda Nuessen Henderson, 88, passed away at Emporia Place Assisted Living on April 2, 2020.
Leonarda Marie Schmidt was born on March 15, 1932 in Emporia, Kansas to Leonard and Ida (Sterbenz) Schmidt. She was the oldest girl of 10 children and grew up on the family farm east of Olpe, KS helping her mother...
Cherri Gay Lopez
Mar 29, 2020
Cherri Gay Lopez, 59, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at the Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka, Kansas on Sunday, March 29, 2020.
Cherri Gay Ledford was born in Eureka, Kansas on February 22, 1961, the daughter of David and Virginia June (Long) Ledford. She married Ron Williamson in 1980, they later divorced. She married Alfred Lopez June 9, 2001 in...
James Walter Rhoads
Mar 29, 2020
James Walter Rhoads of Emporia died on Sunday, March 29, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was 91.
Jim was born on March 23, 1929 in Hartford, Kansas the son of Sam and Mabel Cox Rhoads. He married Phyllis I. Parks on November 8, 1949 in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. She died on August 24, 1994...
Wanda T. Spade
Mar 28, 2020
Wanda T. Spade of Admire, Kansas passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at Vintage Park in Osage City. She was 93.
Wanda was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She was born March 27, 1927 in Council Grove, Kansas the daughter of Frank and Verna Wilson Lewis of Admire. She married Warren Spade on September...
Christinia C. Currie
Mar 27, 2020
Christinia Currie, 63, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on March 27, 2020.
Christinia had a great love for God, her family, and her friends. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Christinia was born October 13, 1956 in Pratt, Kansas to Edward and Mattie Morris. She later...
Lois Marie Bush
Mar 27, 2020
Lois M Bush, Rural Allen, Kansas, passed away at Newman Regional Health on Friday, March 27, 2020 at the age of 89.
Lois Marie(Giger) Bush was born at her parents’ home on February 1, 1931, the daughter of Fredrick Delbert Giger and Eva Lois (Leavell) Giger. She married Clyde Marvin Bush at Admire, Kansas on May 24,...
Ricky Gene Walters
Mar 25, 2020
Ricky Gene Walters, Admire, passed away at his home on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at the age of 68.
Ricky was born June 7, 1951 in Salina, Kansas the son of Charles and Ella Mae (Couch) Walters. He married Emma J. McCall in Admire, June 14, 1986. She survives.
He is also survived by daughters; ...
Clara Ruth Read
Mar 19, 2020
Clara Ruth Read, 90, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, on Thursday, March 19, 2020.
Clara Ruth Lamb was born in Americus, Kansas on July 23, 1929, the daughter of Claude C. and Opal D. (Finuf) Lamb. She was united in marriage to James M. Read at Council Grove, Kansas on January...
Max E. "Gene" Reneau, Jr.
Mar 15, 2020
Max E. “Gene” Reneau, Jr. 70, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at his home.
Gene was born in Ottawa, Kansas on February 24, 1950, the son of Max E. (Sr.) and Betty (Hendrikson) Reneau. He was united in marriage with Carol L. Jones on July 11, 1976 at Reading, Kansas. She survives.
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Imogene E. Schmidt
Mar 13, 2020
Imogene E. Schmidt of Olpe died on Friday, March 13, 2020 at the Sunflower Care Homes in Emporia. She was 87.
Imogene was born on September 24, 1932 at home in Olpe, Kansas. She married Kenneth J. Schmidt on May 24, 1952 at the Maydale Church. He died on January 27, 2017 in Emporia.
Surviving...
Marland Smith
Mar 12, 2020
Marland Smith, 87, of Emporia died Thursday, March 12, 2020, at the Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia.
Marland was born April 3, 1932, in Montezuma, Kansas, the son of Abe L. and Martha (Unruh) Smith. Marland worked in the bindery at Emporia State University Printing Service for 30 years and retired in 1993. He was a...
Olga M. Romano
Mar 11, 2020
Olga M. Romano of Emporia died Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. She was 90.
Olga was born on August 30, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois the daughter of Elizabeth Yaco. She married John Romano in 1964 in Los Angeles, California. He died in 2015 in Minden, Nevada.
Surviving family members include: sons,...
Clyde Orville Thogmartin, Jr.
Mar 10, 2020
Clyde Orville Thogmartin, Jr., 79 of Emporia, Kansas died Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Clyde was born June 15, 1940 in Spickard, Missouri the son of Clyde Orville, Sr. and Gwendolyn (Hamilton) Thogmartin. Clyde graduated from Emporia High School in 1958, received his B.A. at the University of Kansas, and received...
Wilma Helen Hitzeman
Mar 10, 2020
Wilma H. Hitzeman, 91, Emporia, passed away at the Emergency Department of Newman Regional Health, Emporia, March 10, 2020.
Wilma Helen Dooley was born in Keytesville, Missouri on March 24, 1928, the daughter of Curtis and Frankie Caroline (Clark) Dooley. She married Fred R. Hitzeman on November 9, 1958 at Kansas City, Missouri. He died...
Trudy Elaine Suggs
Mar 4, 2020
Trudy Elaine Suggs of Madison, died on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at the Sunflower Care Home, Emporia. She was 69.
Trudy was born on October 31, 1950 in Waynesville, Missouri the daughter of Stanley Sidney and Rosalie Lewis Stites. She married Larry Clayton Suggs on September 15, 1967 in Licking, Missouri. He died March 23, 2018 in...
