Obituary Listing

Mar 24, 2019

Roberts Joel "Joe" Wells, 85, died at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia, on March 24, 2019.

Cremation is planned with no services at this time.

Mar 23, 2019

Vontilla Jo "Tillie" Fry (80) of Emporia, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends Saturday, March 23, 2019 at Newman Regional Health. Cremation is planned.

Tillie Raulston the daughter of Joe and Yula Yeager Raulston, was born November 4, 1938 in Stark City, Missouri. She and Jim Fry were married on November 4, 1956. He passed...

Mar 20, 2019

Leon (Lee) Thomas Beran, 87, died on March 20, 2019 at his home surrounded by family. Lee was a devout Catholic, family man and recreation advocate serving Emporia and the community for the majority of his life. Lee was born June 30, 1931 in Larned, Kansas, the son of Anton and Adelaide “Hattie” (Prosser) Beran. He grew...

Mar 20, 2019

Lucille Schlesener (98) of Emporia died Wednesday, March 20 at Holiday Resort Care Center. Cremation is planned with a memorial service to be held at a later date.

Lucille Lohmeyer, the only child of Pettie and Susie Laws Lohmeyer was born May 8, 1920 in Argonia. She married Martin A. Schlesener, Jr. on September 5, 1942 in...

Mar 18, 2019

Elizabeth Marie Keimig Butcher, 103, Emporia, Kansas, passed away peacefully Monday, March 18, 2019 at Brookdale of Rosehill, Shawnee, Kansas surrounded by her family. Services will be held at 1:30 Tuesday, March 26, at Roberts Blue Barnett Funeral Home in Emporia. The family will receive friends from 12:30 until service time. Interment will follow at Memorial Lawn Cemetery.

Mar 17, 2019

Carmen Catherine Mejia, 78, Emporia, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2019 at Via Christi Saint Francis Medical Center, Wichita.

Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, March 25, 2019 at 10:30 AM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia. Father Brandon Farrar, Celebrant. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery following the Mass.

The...

Mar 11, 2019

Leroy C. Muller, 91, Emporia, passed away at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, on March 11, 2019.

Cremation has occurred, with no services at this time.

Mar 7, 2019

Billy Lee Linhart, 72 of Emporia died Thursday, March 7, 2019 at his home after a year-long battle with brain cancer.

Bill was born September 5, 1946 in Ottawa, Kansas the son of Artie and Ruth (Pock) Linhart. He grew up in Olivet and Waverly, Kansas. He received his Bachelor of Science from the College of Emporia...

Mar 5, 2019

Jose Hugo Saavedra-Castillo, 28 of Emporia, Kansas died Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at his home.

Jose was born November 6, 1990 in Michoacán, Mexico the son of Jose Saavedra and Elodia Castillo. He was a cook at IHOP in Emporia. Jose loved his pet pit bull and was always happy.

Jose is survived by his...

Mar 5, 2019

If dealing with death throughout his adult life taught Mike Turnbull anything, it was that life was too short not to live it to its fullest -- but not necessarily in a way that might be expected.

"I firmly believe in the idea 'Live for today,' and I do it,'" he had maintained.

Turnbull, owner...

Feb 28, 2019

Anthony Grandstaff. Emporia, died Thursday, February 28, 2019 at Midland Hospice House, Topeka at the age of 58. Mr. Grandstaff had been employed at Tyson Fresh Meats for 29 years.

Funeral Services will be 2:00 PM Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, conducted by Pastor Earl Detwiler, Chaplain of Tyson Fresh Meats, Emporia. Burial...

Feb 27, 2019

Monica Maria Rodriguez, 55 of Wichita, Kansas died Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita.

Monica was born October 19, 1963 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Lorenzo and Sofia (Torres) Rodriguez. She received her bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Wichita State University. Monica worked 24 years in production at Dolly Madison Bakery...

Feb 26, 2019

Patrick Lee Tobin of Katy, Texas died on February 26, 2019 at his home.  He was 68.

Patrick was born on August 10, 1950 in Emporia, Kansas the son of George Edward and Anita May Jones Tobin.  He married Kathleen June Herrick on September 13, 1969 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia.  She survives.

Surviving...

Feb 22, 2019

The Reverend Doctor Michael L. Moore, 72, Emporia, Kansas, passed away in his wife’s arms on Friday, February 22, 2019 at the Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center, Topeka.

Michael L. Moore was born in Lawrence, Kansas on January 12, 1947, the son of Joseph Leroy and Laura Helen Lorene (Clark) Moore. He married Iona V. Murray on July...

Feb 20, 2019

Judith Ann Mackey of Emporia died on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at her home.  She was 75.

Judy was born on October 30, 1943 in Hutchinson, Kansas the daughter of Allen and Dorothy Osenbough Manche.  She married Kenneth Mackey on September 19, 1961 in Liberal, Kansas.

Surviving family members include: husband, Ken Mackey of the...

Feb 20, 2019

Gaylene Ann Hale, 82 of Emporia died on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at Newman Regional Health.

Gaylene was born on July 31, 1936 in Madison, Kansas the daughter of Albert Monroe and Anna Elizabeth (Wiedmer) Garriott. She married her loving husband, Harold E. Hale, on November 26, 1954 in El Dorado, Kansas. Surviving family members include: daughter,...

Feb 17, 2019

Margaret Eileen Greer of Emporia died, Sunday, February 17, 2019 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.  She was 85.

Margaret was born on July 8, 1933 in Reading, Kansas the daughter of William and Mary Geraghty.  She married Charles Bollinger in 1952 and divorced in 1963.  She later married Jack Greer on May 4, 1996 in Emporia.  Jack...

Feb 16, 2019

Norma J. Leonard, 91 of Emporia, Kansas passed away Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Sun Rise of Leawood Senior Care.

A funeral service will be 10:00 A.M. Thursday, February 21, 2019 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home in Emporia. Mr. Richard Greig will be officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Emporia.

Norma was born...

Feb 16, 2019

Clifford Alvin Ellis, 95 of Waverly, Kansas died Saturday, February 16, 2019 at the Sunset Manor in Waverly.

Clifford was born August 17, 1923 in Hartford, Kansas the son of Charley and Anna (McCullough) Ellis. He graduated from Emporia State University with a duel major. Clifford owned and operated DARE, Inc. an office and machine supply company...

Feb 12, 2019

Debra Ann Davy Wolfe, 63, Emporia, Kansas, died February 12, 2019 in Emporia.

Debra Ann Boggs was born in Emporia on July 21, 1955 the daughter of William E. Boggs, Sr and Mary J. Senevey Hill.   She married William Davy in Emporia in 1974 and they later divorced. She married Jon Wolfe and he passed away December...