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Amy Elizabeth Anderson Allen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Gale Warren Kelley

Gale Warren Kelley

Nov 3, 2019

Gale Warren Kelley of Emporia died on Sunday, November 3, 2019 at his home.  He was 98.

Gale was born on April 24, 1921 in El Dorado, Kansas the son of Rollie and Lola Belle Smith Kelley.  He married Marie Fowler on June 11, 1950 in Emporia.  She survives.

Surviving family members include: wife, Marie...

William Kay Nielsen

William Kay Nielsen

Nov 2, 2019

William Kay Nielsen passed away Saturday, November 2, 2019 at the Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka.  He was 85.

Bill was born on October 30, 1934 in Emporia, Kansas to Vilhelm and Gladys (Jarvis) Nielsen.

He graduated from Emporia High School and then served in the United States Marine Corps from 1953 to 1956. ...

Bobby Ray Jackson

Bobby Ray Jackson

Oct 31, 2019

Bobby Ray Jackson of Emporia died Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita.  He was 77.

Bobby was born on June 28, 1942 in Admire, Kansas the son of Percy M. and Jessie R. Paulsen Jackson.  He married Gloria J. Delfs on November 19, 1961 in Wichita, Kansas.  She survives.

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Donald Edward Cook, Sr.

Donald Edward Cook, Sr.

Oct 28, 2019

Donald E. Cook, Sr., Emporia, passed away at his daughter's home in Colby, Kansas on Monday, October 28, 2019 at the age of 86. Donald Edward Cook, Sr. was born in rural Lyon County, Southwest of Emporia on January 25, 1933, the son of Jerry Franklin and Clara Elizabeth (Wagner) Cook. He married Wilma Louise Worley on September 23,...

Kallie Lynn Goulden

Kallie Lynn Goulden

Oct 25, 2019

Kallie Lynn Goulden was born sleeping October 25, 2019 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.

Kallie is the daughter of Zavry and Kelsey (Vaughn) Goulden of Emporia. She is survived by her parents, family dogs Gizmo, Sophie, Sadie, and Benny, grandparents Kim & Kenny Webb of Olpe, Larry Vaughn of Emporia, Amy and Boyd Finley of Wichita,...

Joyce Arlene Deskines

Joyce Arlene Deskines

Oct 24, 2019

Joyce A. Deskines, 79, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas and formerly of Emporia, passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2019 at Stormont Vail Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas.

Joyce Arlene Stuck was born August 19, 1940 in El Dorado, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Opal (Wolfe) Stuck.  She married Lloyd Deskines November 6, 1959. He passed away...

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