John D. Lexow
Feb 1, 2020
John D. Lexow of Emporia died on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at his home. He was 66.
John was born on January 18, 1954 in Topeka, Kansas the son of John Fred and Sadie Nadine Engle Lexow. He married Cindy Baxter on January 9, 1973 in Harveyville, Kansas. They were divorced last year.
Surviving family...
Patricia Ann Burgess
Jan 31, 2020
Patricia Ann Burgess, of Emporia, passed on Friday, January 31, 2020 at AdventHealth Shawnee Mission. She was 78 years old.
Patricia was born on May 17, 1941, in Reading, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence Jones and Pearl Loomis Jones. She married William “Dixie” Haun and together they had a daughter Kimberli Haun-Blow. They later divorced. She then...
Marshall "Lynn" L. Jacob
Jan 22, 2020
Marshall "Lynn" Jacob, 100 formerly of Neosho Rapids, passed away on January 22, 2020 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia surrounded by his loved ones.
Lynn Jacob was born on November 12, 1919, the son of Elmer and Lena (Marshinsky) Jacob. He was raised on a farm a few miles outside of Neosho Rapids. He graduated from...
Frank Blair Sloat
Jan 20, 2020
It is with heavy hearts that we bid Frank Blair Sloat farewell from this world. On Monday, January 20, 2020 Frank passed from this life into the eternal presence of our Heavenly Father. A committed follower of Jesus Christ, Frank was also a beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was a friend to his Emporia community, to which...
David Lee Brown, Sr.
Jan 15, 2020
David Lee Brown, Sr. 80, Neosho Rapids, Kansas, passed in Topeka on Wednesday, January 15, 2020.
David Lee Brown was born at Olpe, Kansas o July 27, 1939, the son of George M. and Mary C. (Schneider) Brown. He married, and later divorced, Alice M. Klumpe. To this marriage were born Genevieve “Jenny” Wagers, Neosho Rapids, KS, ...
Dennis V. Lewis
Jan 15, 2020
Dennis V. Lewis of Americus died Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. He was 72.
Dennis was born on March 20, 1947 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Harding and Lois Koppenhaver Lewis. He married Beverly K. Albrecht on May 27, 1997 in Miami, Oklahoma. She survives.
Surviving family members include: wife,...
Dennis Kyle Stotts
Jan 12, 2020
Dennis Kyle Stotts of Emporia died on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was 76.
Dennis was born on March 6, 1943 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Lyle and Ellen Kyle Stotts. He married Shella A. Eisenhauer on January 19, 1963 in Emporia, she died on...
Betty Jean Tatman
Jan 10, 2020
Betty Jean (Lane) Tatman gained her angel wings on Friday, January 10, 2020 with her family by her side at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Betty was born on November 29, 1951 to Charles Leroy Lane and Mary Lea (Sparks) Lane at Newman Regional Health. Betty was a caregiver most of her life. She was a...
Clifford Leroy Spade
Jan 5, 2020
Clifford Leroy Spade, 84, formerly of Admire and Burlingame, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2020 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia.
Clifford Leroy Spade was born in Emporia, Kansas on August 13, 1935, the son of Clifford B. and Olive (Hinck) Spade. Leroy married Ann Marie Phillips in Americus, Kansas on June 3, 1956. She survives....
Melissa Bell Johnson
Jan 5, 2020
Melissa Bell Johnson, 90 of Emporia, died Sunday, January 5, 2020 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Melissa was born November 16, 1929 in Matoon, Illinois the daughter of Fred and Effie (Lawson) Klinger. She retired from working in the laundry at the Travel Lodge Motel in Emporia. Melissa was a member of the Salvation...
Charles Henry Terry
Jan 4, 2020
Charles Henry Terry was born September 21, 1954 to his parents Odessa Bowser Terry and Paul James Terry in Emporia, Kansas. Charles was the 7 th child of 8 born to the Terry Family and he was the youngest of the 5 sons. As the 5 th son, Charles fulfilled their father’s pursuit of his 5-sons “Terry Dream Team”,...
Clifford D. Hutchinson
Jan 1, 2020
Clifford D. Hutchinson of Emporia died on Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. He was 72.
Cliff was born on May 14, 1947 in Strawn the son of Samuel Andrew and Marian Hazel Baxter Hutchinson. He married Trudy A. Gruber on December 19, 1970 in Lebo, Kansas.
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Robert Dean Kline
Dec 31, 2019
Robert D. Kline, Independence, Kansas, passed away at Labette Health, Parsons, Kansas on December 31, 2019 at the age of 66.
Robert Dean Kline was born May 4, 1953 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Fred Brooks and Dixie Binford (Bayless) Kline.
He is survived by his sister, Debra Kay Kline, Overland Park, Kansas, many...
Donald Nye Allen
Dec 28, 2019
Donald Nye Allen, 79, of Emporia, died Saturday, December 28, 2019 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Donald was born August 26, 1940 in Paonia, Colorado the son of George O. and Mary C. (Thurstin) Allen. On August 15, 1970, Don married Vicky Lynn Meyer at Ulysses, Kansas. She died January 14, 2014 in...
Betty Jo Lusk
Dec 24, 2019
Betty Jo Lusk, 91 of Emporia, died Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at her home.
Betty was born December 16, 1928 in Emporia the daughter of Orville and Bessie May Love (Lawson) Hufferd. She was a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell in Emporia. Betty was a member of the Eagles Aerie #2587 and the Lowry-Funston Post #1980, Veterans...
Carolyn "Annie" A Hall
Dec 22, 2019
Carolyn A. “Annie” Hall of Emporia died on Sunday, December 22, 2019 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. She was 93.
Annie was born on February 1, 1926 in Wichita, Kansas the daughter of William V. and Opal Marie Thomas Benny. She married Rex E. Hall on August 4, 1946 in Pittsburg, Kansas. He died on October 12,...
Thelma Ann Fox
Dec 22, 2019
Thelma Ann Fox of Emporia died on Sunday, December 22, 2019 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. She was 85.
Thelma was born on March 22, 1934 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Rufus and Anna Kettner Allen. She married Franklin Fox on August 12, 1957 in Ashland, Kansas. They later divorced.
Thelma was known for...
Dorothy Mildred Mayer
Dec 20, 2019
Dorothy Mildred Mayer, 91 of Emporia, died Friday, December 20, 2019 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Dorothy was born May 16, 1928 in Emporia the daughter of James H. and Bessie (Berlin) King. She was a farm wife and homemaker. Dorothy was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Order of the Eastern...
Bob R. Stiner
Dec 13, 2019
Bob R. (B.R.) Stiner passed away on December 13, 2019 at home in Emporia, surrounded by his family. Bob was born at the family home in Sunnyslope Township, Stroud, Oklahoma on May 27, 1929. He was the son of A.O. Stiner and Ethel Talbert Stiner.
Bob married Earldene Harrington on January 5, 1952 and they made their...
Floyd Leroy Mccracken
Dec 9, 2019
Floyd Leroy McCracken of Emporia died Monday, December 9, 2019 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. He was 82.
Floyd was born on November 12, 1937 in Olivet, Kansas the son of Earl and Cora Boothby McCracken. He married Terry L. Carley on December 1, 1957 in Emporia, Kansas. She died on November 30, 2019 in Emporia.
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