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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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...
