Gerald L. "Jerry" Karr
Dec 8, 2019
Gerald “Jerry” Lee Karr, age 83, passed away at the Holiday Resort in Emporia, Kansas, on December 8, 2019 after several hospitalizations related to cancer. Jerry was born on October 15, 1936 in Emporia, Kansas, the oldest of eight children born to Orren and Kathleen (Keller) Karr. Jerry grew up on a farm north of Emporia and graduated from...
Thomas L. Menke
Dec 7, 2019
Thomas Lynn Menke, 71, of Neosho Rapids, passed away on December 7, 2019 at his home surrounded by his family.
Tom was born on December 3, 1948 in Fort Madison, Iowa to Arnold and Dolly Menke (Korte). He married Susan Kramer on July 23, 1977 in Emporia, KS and were blessed with 42 years of marriage.
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Joseph G. Andrade
Dec 6, 2019
Joseph G. Andrade, 84, Emporia, passed away at his home on Friday, December 6, 2019.
Joseph was born in Richmond, Missouri on September 26, 1935, the son of Joe C. and Connie (Gomez) Andrade. He married Magdalene “Sally” Kirkland on July 14, 1956 in Fairway, Kansas. She survives.
Besides his wife, Joseph is survived by...
Christopher Michael Wecker
Dec 5, 2019
With deepest sorrow, we announce that Christopher M Wecker (Chris) of Emporia, KS age 30, our beloved son, brother, family member and friend passed away Thursday morning December 5, 2019 after putting up a strong fight from an illness that stole him away at such a young age.
Although Chris was only 30 years old, he touched...
Terry Lee Mccracken
Nov 30, 2019
Terry Lee McCracken of Emporia died on Saturday November 30, 2019 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. She was 78.
Terry was born on December 21, 1940 in Moline, Kansas the daughter of Morris and Veronica Meyers Carley. She married Floyd Leroy McCracken on December 1, 1957 in Emporia, Kansas. He survives.
Surviving family members include:...
Ruth Dorothea Jones
Nov 30, 2019
Ruth Dorothea Jones of Emporia died on Saturday, November 30, 2019 at Stormont Vail Hospital, Topeka. She was 88.
Ruth was born April 25, 1931 in Emporia, the daughter of Rueben and Lydia Strupp Sill. She married Hugh Jones on November 5, 1965 in Emporia. He survives.
Survivors include: husband, Hugh Jones of Emporia; daughter,...
Amy Elizabeth Anderson Allen
Nov 28, 2019
Amy Elizabeth Anderson Allen, 45, of Easley, South Carolina passed away Thursday, November 28, 2019.
Amy Elizabeth was a kind, sweet and giving person who always put others first in her life.
She was born on October 25, 1974 in Amarillo, Texas the daughter of Nancy Jane Reed Anderson of Greer and the late Gail...
Mildred F. Jones
Nov 26, 2019
Mildred Faye Jones, formerly of Emporia, and a resident of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Hospital, at the age of 100.
The daughter of Luther and Frances King, Mildred was born in Prairie Grove, Arkansas on February 6, 1919. She married William Reid Jones on January 18, 1941...
Mary Lee Madison-Nail
Nov 25, 2019
Mary Lee Madison-Nail (nee VanCleave) who was also known as Molly, passed away at the age of eighty-nine in her home in Overland Park, as she wished, cared for by family and hospice. She was proceeded in death by two husbands, HG Madison and John Nail, parents Ann VanCleave and JC VanCleave, and sisters Constance Lodle and Patricia Powell....
Mario S. Ortiz
Nov 23, 2019
Funeral Services for Mario S. Oritz, Emporia, will be held at the Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church on Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 11:00 A.M. Burial will follow in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home Friday evening, November 29, from 6:00 until 8:00. He passed away at his home in Emporia on Saturday, November...
Dwight F. Bush
Nov 23, 2019
Dwight F. Bush, 86, Emporia, passed away at his home Saturday morning, November 23, 2019.
Dwight was born in Emporia, Kansas on May 25, 1933, the son of Thomas and Helena (Pickett) Bush.
He is survived by his wife, Winky, whom he married in Emporia on September 5, 1954. Also surviving is a daughter; Pam...
Wayne E. Purkeypyle
Nov 22, 2019
Wayne E. Purkeypyle of Madison died on Friday, November 22, 2019 at his home in Madison. He was 71.
Wayne was born April 3, 1948 on the Hamilton Air Force base in Hamilton City, California the son of Arthur Eugene and Betty Hostetler Purkeypyle. He married Judy C. Moody on May 29, 2001 in Wichita, Kansas. She...
Patricia Ann Shepherd
Nov 21, 2019
Patricia Ann Shepherd, 65 of Emporia died Thursday, November 21, 2019 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.
Patricia was born December 8, 1953 in Great Bend the daughter of Ray and Hallie (Panning) Dunn. She worked at Iowa Beef Processors and as a cashier at Reebles South and retired from Price Chopper in 2000. Patricia served as...
Timothy Lew Wright
Nov 19, 2019
Timothy Lew Wright, 53, rural Emporia, passed away at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, on Tuesday, November 19, 2019.
Funeral services will be held at the Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church on Friday, November 22, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Garen Forsythe of the church. Family interment services will be later...
Lori Ann Herbel Grimmett
Nov 16, 2019
Lori Ann Herbel Grimmett (54) of Emporia passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at her home.
Lori was born in Greeley, Colorado to Donald Wayne and Barbara Ann Long Herbel on August 6 th , 1965. Lori graduated from Lawrence High School in 1983, she then attended The University of Kansas for two years. She attended...
Dorothy Maxine Berrie
Nov 15, 2019
Dorothy Maxine Berrie of Emporia died on Friday, November 15, 2019 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. She was 98.
Maxine was born on November 10, 1921 in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas the daughter of William David and Mabel Irene (Woyame) Brainard. She married Audrey George Berrie on July 24, 1943 in Emporia. He died on July...
Geneva E. Ferrara
Nov 15, 2019
GENEVA E. FERRARA, 86, Emporia, passed away at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia, KS on Friday, November 15, 2019.
Funeral services will be held at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, November 19, 2019, conducted by Pastor Brenda Ulrich, Grace United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in the Memorial Lawn Cemetery,
James F. Wilson
Nov 15, 2019
James (Jim) F. Wilson passed away Friday, November 15, 2019 at his home in Emporia. He was 68.
Jim was born in Eureka on August 6, 1951, the son of Waldo Jack and Ila June Wilson.
Surviving members include; daughter, Angela Wilson (Lenny Spellman) of Emporia; sister Tanya Wilson of Topeka; brother Stanley Wilson (Claudia)...
Loris "Shorty" Gilbert
Nov 13, 2019
Loris “Shorty” Gilbert, Neosho Rapids, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, at the age of 94.
Loris was born June 23, 1925 in Oklahoma, the son of Myron and Pearl (Bell) Gilbert. He married Norma Dell Brown at Perryton, Texas on August 22, 1945. She died February 4, 2007 in...
Paula Jeanne Frazier-Ash
Nov 7, 2019
Paula Jeanne Frazier-Ash, 77 of Emporia, Kansas died Thursday, November 07, 2019 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Paula was born June 5, 1942 in Las Vegas, New Mexico the daughter of Ralph and Nadine (Harrah) Frazier. She was a teacher and a counselor, retiring as a counselor from Valley Center, Kansas. Paula was a...
