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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,...
Elizabeth Kay Renteria
Jun 7, 2019
Elizabeth Kay Renteria, 64 of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, June 7, 2019 at her home.
Elizabeth was born November 27, 1954 in Emporia, the daughter of Lyle and Delores (Evans) Lanzrath. She spent most of her life working as an aide in nursing homes.
Elizabeth is survived by her sons Chris Nava and Phillip Lanzrath...
Mary E. Bogan
Jun 6, 2019
Mary E. Bogan, 79 of Emporia, Kansas died June 6, 2019 at her home.
Mary had many interests, but she dedicated her life to commitments she was passionate about. Foremost was her faith, and living a life that was directed by Jesus Christ’s teachings. She also dedicated her life to loving and caring for her mother, Cecilia....
Robyn Dawn Bechtel
Jun 5, 2019
Robyn Dawn Bechtel, 54, of rural Hartford passed away on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at her home after a two-year battle with liver cancer.
Robyn was born on July 13, 1964 in Sterling, Kansas the daughter of Bobby and Karen Vincent Barker. She graduated from Sterling High School in 1982. She then attended Emporia State University on...
Corinne J. Wilson
Jun 2, 2019
Corinne J. Wilson, 83, Emporia, passed away on Sunday, June 2, 2019 at Sunflower Care Home, Emporia.
Corrine J. North was born at the family farm on the Lyon County/Chase County line on May 24, 1936, the daughter of Stanley and Lucille (Albin) North. Corinne and Henry O. Wilson were united in...
Marleyne Gayle Farr
Jun 2, 2019
Marleyne G. Farr, 88, of Olpe passed away Sunday, June 2, 2019 at Holiday Resort. Her Celebration of Life will be at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett. The celebration will be conducted by her nephew, Granville C. Holmes, III. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Olpe.
Marleyne Gayle Holmes was born April...
Richard Lee Thompson
May 30, 2019
Richard L. Thompson, 91, Emporia, unexpectedly passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2019 at Newman Regional Health.
Richard Lee Thompson was born on June 13, 1927 at Bushong, Kansas, the son of Ferdinand and Edith (Duncan) Thompson. He married Velma E. Danford on June 25, 1949. She died October 21, 2017.
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