Mildred A. Gunkel
Jul 27, 2019
Mildred A. Gunkel, 81, the loving wife to Calvin L. Gunkel for 61 years, passed away on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at Presbyterian Manor.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 11:00 A.M. at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia, conducted by Pastor Gene Huston, United Methodist Church, Neosho Rapids, Kansas. Cremation will follow the...
Kennith Edward Presley
Jul 27, 2019
Kennith E. Presley, 76, of Hartford died Saturday, July 27, 2019 at his home. His graveside service will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, July31, 2019 in Hartford Cemetery. The service will be conducted by his grandson, Straton Michelle. The family will visit with friends from 7 to 8 P.M. on Tuesday, July 30, at Roberts-Blue-Barnett. Donations to Hetlinger Developmental Services...
Geraldine "Geri" A. Scheller
Jul 21, 2019
Geraldine “Geri” A. Scheller of Emporia died Sunday, July 21, 2019 at the Sunflower Care Home in
Emporia. She was 80.
Geri was born on January 28, 1939 on the family farm south of Brighton, Iowa the daughter of Albert P.
and Teresa A. Fritz Pacha. She married Melvin L. Scheller on May...
Ronald G. "Zeke" Edwards
Jul 20, 2019
Ronald G. “Zeke” Edwards, 80, rural Emporia, Kansas, passed away Saturday, July 20, 2019 at Lakepoint in Wichita, KS.
Ronald George Edwards was born September 1, 1938 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of George E. and Vera M. (Hughes) Edwards. He married Darla Kay Goldsberry at Emporia on April 15, 1960. She survives.
Ronald Irvin Jarvis
Jul 15, 2019
Ronald Irvin Jarvis, 81 of Emporia, Kansas died Monday, July 15, 2019 at his home.
Ronald was born August 1, 1937 in Cushing, Oklahoma the son of Elmer Morris and Dessie Lorene (Escoe) Jarvis. He worked as a construction superintendent at Shawmut Construction, supervising many major commercial projects, such as national retailers, theaters and malls. Ronald had...
Betty J. Brooks
Jul 9, 2019
Betty J. Brooks, 86, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.
Betty J. Harness was born at Big Flat, Arkansas on December 9, 1932, the daughter of Barton and Myrtle (Maxey) Harness. Betty and Charles Brooks were married in Parsons, Kansas on November 20, 1952. Charles passed away December 3,...
Hayden Joseph Miller
Jul 8, 2019
Hayden Joseph Miller, 20, of Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, July 8, 2019.
Hayden was born April 26, 1999 in Emporia, the son of Jason and Erica (Seyler) Miller. He graduated from Emporia High School and was a student at Emporia State University.
An artist, builder, comedian, and friend, Hayden loved his family and friends deeply....
Richard "Dick" Lee Watson
Jul 7, 2019
Richard Lee “Dick” Watson, 86 of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, July 7, 2019 at his home.
Dick was born January 26, 1933 in Fort Wayne, Indiana the son of Russel Thomas Watson and Marguerite (Bauer) Watson. He married his beloved Loretta Jo Martinson, on May 6, 1955 in Crawfordsville, IN. They were happily married for nearly 64...
Connie Beth Seaton
Jul 7, 2019
Connie Seaton, 67, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2019 at the Emergency Department of Newman Regional Health, Emporia.
Connie Beth Corbin was born July 26, 1951 at Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Leroy and Naomi (Cox) Corbin. Connie and Christian Seaton were married at New Strawn, Kansas on August 19, 1979. He survives....
Vicki Lynne Rude
Jul 5, 2019
Vicki Lynne Rude, 63 of Emporia, Kansas passed away Friday, July 5, 2019 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.
Vicki was born August 26, 1955 in Topeka the daughter of Glen and Margaret (Lovett) Bazil. She was a receptionist at AAA Glass in Emporia. Vicki was a member of the Lowry-Funston Post #1980 Veterans of Foreign Wars...
Kathleen Janice Stinson
Jul 2, 2019
Kathleen “Jan” Stinson, 73, a longtime resident of Emporia, passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at Vintage Park Assisted Living Center, Lenexa, KS .
Kathleen Janice Stinson was born in Perryton, Texas on March 29,1946, the daughter of Loris V. (Sr.) and Norma (Brown) Gilbert.
Jan is survived by her...
Austin Dean Rhoads
Jun 29, 2019
Austin Dean Rhoads of Wichita died on Saturday, June 29, 2019 in a automobile accident near Elmdale on highway 50. He was 22.
Austin was born on September 8, 1996 in McPherson, Kansas the son of Randall Dean. Jr. and Wendy Kay Wann Rhoads.
Surviving family members include: mother, Wendy Wann of Clearwater, Florida; sisters,...
Marilyn Ann Kuhlmann
Jun 29, 2019
Marilyn Ann Kuhlmann of Olpe, Kansas died on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at Emporia Place, Emporia, Kansas.
Marilyn was born on August 25, 1939 in Olpe, Kansas the daughter of Fred and Caroline Nuessen Burenheide. She married Roy Kuhlmann on May 3, 1958 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Olpe.
Surviving family members include:...
Conrad Steinel
Jun 28, 2019
Conrad (Connie) P. Steinel, Emporia, passed away at his home on Friday, June 28, 2019 at the age of 92.
Conrad Philemon Steinel was born at Clarkdale, AZ on July 15, 1926, the son of Philemon Clarence and Marie (Schmidt) Steinel. He married Lois Josephine Danielson in Lindsborg, Kansas on October 7, 1949. Lois passed away on...
Ruth Bloxom
Jun 27, 2019
Ruth Bloxom. Memorial services for Ruth Bloxom, 86, Emporia, will be held at the First United Methodist Church, Emporia at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, July 6, 2019 conducted by Pastors Karla Sheffy and Ron Harris of the church. Cremation has occurred. She died Thursday, June 27 at Holiday Resort.
Ruth Staton was born in Wichita,...
Jo Ann Banister
Jun 25, 2019
Jo Ann Banister, an Emporia native, died June 25, 2019 at the age of 84 in Fort Collins Colorado.
Mrs. Banister was born September 14, 1934 in Emporia, Kansas to Charles Jacobs and Eunice Stine Jacobs. She was the fifth generation to spend her childhood on the Jacobs family farm southwest of Emporia. Although she lived most...
Darrell Floyd Powell
Jun 24, 2019
Darrell Floyd Powell passed away in California on June 24,2019.
He was born August 5, 1929 at Newman Hospital in Emporia, Kansas to Floyd Kay and Vernie F. Powell. Educated in the Emporia School System graduating for Emporia High School in May of 1947. He earned and received his pilots license September 19, 1948 and flew many...
David "Goodie" Andrew Goodell
Jun 12, 2019
David Andrew “Goodie” Goodell of Olpe, Kansas, died on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. He was 66.
David was born on July 23, 1952 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of George Henry “Pete” and Barbara Jean Dyer Goodell.
Surviving family members include: son, Beau Goodell and...
Martha F. Walters
Jun 12, 2019
Martha Flo (Kissell) Walters was born June 14, 1932, at Norton, Kansas, to the late Jean W. and Grace E. (Hickman) Kissell. Martha went on to join her Heavenly Father on June 12, 2019 at the Presbyterian Manor in Emporia.
Martha was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Grace Jeanine Theimer. She is survived...
Wayne E. Proehl
Jun 9, 2019
Wayne E. Proehl, 91, Emporia, Kansas, formerly of Americus, passed away at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor on Sunday, June 9, 2019.
Wayne was born on December 29, 1927, in Americus, Kansas, the son of William and Bertha (Newton) Proehl. He married Donna Johnson at Americus, Kansas on March 25, 1951. She died on October 1,...
