Obituary Listing

Recent Obituaries
Lola Elaine Farr
Feb 21, 2020
Lola Elaine Farr of rural Emporia died on Friday, February 21, 2020 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. She was 86.
Lola was born on August 24, 1933 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Marvin and Thelma Richard Boyce. She married Lloyd Vene Farr on August 24, 1952 in Emporia. He died on December 31, 1995 in Emporia....
Ronald J. Davidson
Feb 21, 2020
Ronald J. Davidson, 79, formerly of Allen, Kansas, passed away on Friday, February 21, 2020 at the Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Wichita, Kansas.
Ronald was born in Allen on March 2, 1940, the son of Richard Bromell and Thelma (Rees) Davidson. He married Marilyn Miller, and they later divorced. She lives in Azle, Tx. He later...
Velma Marie Peak
Feb 21, 2020
Velma Marie Peak of Emporia died on Friday, February 22, 2020 at Emporia Place in Emporia. She was 101.
Velma was born on February 4, 1919 in McPherson, Kansas the daughter of Amby and Hazel Buckman Wood. She married Olma Peak on April 6, 1941 in Emporia. He died on May 17, 2008 in Emporia.
...
Joyce Stolfus
Feb 18, 2020
Joyce Stolfus died Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor at the age of 91. Cremation has occurred. Inurnment will be in the Memorial Lawn Cemetery at a private gathering of her children. Memorial Services will be at the First Congregational Church, Emporia, on Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 1:00 P.M.
Margaret Joyce Stolfus was...
Thelma Lucille Crawford
Feb 16, 2020
Thelma Lucille Crawford of Emporia died on Sunday, February 16, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was 96.
Thelma was born on February 1, 1924 in Neosho Rapids, Kansas the daughter of John Crawford and Esther M. Gordon Dailey which was original settlers of Neosho Rapids. She married 1 st . Lt. Ivan William Loomis...
Elizabeth Jennette Mcclure
Feb 15, 2020
Elizabeth Jeannette McClure, 55 of Strong City, Kansas died Saturday, February 15, 2020 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kansas.
Elizabeth was born September 20, 1964 in Pittsburg, Kansas the daughter of Ronald and Lillian (Williams) Hartman. She was the manager of the Dollar General Store in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Elizabeth enjoyed cooking, spending time with family...
Clyde Marvin Bush
Feb 9, 2020
Clyde M. Bush, Rural Admire, Kansas, passed away at his home on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at the age of 88.
Clyde Marvin Bush was born at his parents home in rural Admire, Kansas on May 20, 1931 the son of Hartley Leonard and Vella Idyl (Armstrong) Bush. He married Lois Marie Giger at Admire, Kansas on...
Steven Marvin Klumpe
Feb 2, 2020
Steven Marvin Klumpe of Amarillo, Texas died on Sunday, February 2, 2020 at his home. He was 57.
Steven was born on May 19, 1962 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Marvin E. and Sylvia S. Lantz Klumpe.
He is survived by: son, Austin Klumpe (Elise) of Overland Park; father, Marvin E. Klumpe of Madison;...
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.
...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries

A Year of Grief Support
Sign up for one year of weekly grief messages designed to provide strength and comfort during this challenging time.

