Obituary Listing

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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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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,...

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,...

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...

Oct 23, 2019

Lee Schroeder, 80, of Emporia, Kansas passed away on October 23, 2019 after losing his battle with cancer.

He was born on October 8, 1939 in Hutchinson, Kansas to Bill and Lola Schroeder. After graduating from high school and attending college he joined the U.S. Navy where he served from 1958 to 1962.

For 50...

Oct 21, 2019

Eleanor Anne DeGraffenreid Stout passed away October 21 following a short illness.  Born in Quincy, Kansas on May 9, 1924, she was the daughter of Tess and Edith DeGraffenreid.  She grew up on the family farm with her older brother Eric and younger brother Paul, both of whom predeceased her.

Eleanor graduated from Quincy High...

Oct 20, 2019

Josephine L. Barrett of Topeka died on Sunday, October 20, 2019 at the Tanglewood Health and Rehabilitation in Topeka.  She was 98.

Josephine was born on August 22, 1921 in North Lyon County the daughter of Edwin Luther and Lydia Catherine Earl Hase.  She married Frederick Franklin Barrett on January 13, 1940 in Lawrence, Kansas.  He died...

Oct 11, 2019

Stacy L. Nogueras, 49 of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, October 11, 2019 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.

Stacy was born October 18, 1969 in Atchison, Kansas the daughter of Roger Clark and Sharon (Ramsey) McElfresh. She worked in housekeeping at the Comfort Inn in Emporia and was a member of the Sunrise Free Will Baptist Church...

Oct 9, 2019

Lorenzo Javier Segura, 18, Emporia, Kansas, passed away as a result of injuries received in an auto accident near Culbertson, Montana on Wednesday, October 9, 2019.

Funeral services, held together with his father's, will be at First United Methodist Church, Emporia, KS at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, October 21, 2019. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery, Emporia....

Oct 9, 2019

Raudel Palacio, 35, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident near Culbertson, Montana.

Raudel Palacio was born in Cd. Guadalupe Victoria, Durango, Mexico on February 11, 1984, the son of Valentin and Petra (Alvarez) Palacio.

He is survived by his wife, Laura Segura,...