Leroy C. Muller
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.
Billy Lee Linhart
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...
Jose Hugo Saavedra-Castillo
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...
J. Michael Turnbull
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...
Anthony Grandstaff
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...
Monica Maria Rodriguez
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...
Patrick Lee Tobin
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...
Rev. Dr. Michael L. Moore
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...
Judith Ann Mackey
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...
Gaylene Ann Hale
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,...
Margaret Eileen Greer
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...
Norma J. Leonard
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...
Clifford Alvin Ellis
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...
Debra Ann Davy Wolfe
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...
Revenna Eikenberry
Feb 10, 2019
Revenna (Jones Bruner) Eikenberry, 64, died February 10, 2019 at home following a short illness with her husband, Wayne, by her side. Revenna was born November 21, 1954 in Portland, IN, the eighth child of Polie and Eva (Abbott) Jones. At nine months of age, she was placed with a foster family and was later adopted by Richard and...
Esther J. Slater
Jan 20, 2019
Esther J. Slater, 91, Americus, Kansas and formerly of Salina, passed away Sunday, January 20, 2019 at the Life Care Center, Burlington, Kansas.
Esther White was born at Saint Mary’s, Kansas on August 12, 1927, the daughter of Thomas and Jewel (Sage) White. She married Urlin D. “Sonny” Slater at Topeka, Kansas on October 20, 1948. He...
Vivian Elaine Betty
Jan 17, 2019
Vivian Elaine Betty, 90 of Emporia, Kansas died Thursday, January 17, 2019 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Vivian was born June 24, 1928 in Creston, Iowa the daughter of Edgar and Georgia (Dawson) Hatfield. She was a homemaker, a member of the Emporia Presbyterian Church, Church Choir, Sweet Adeline’s Singing Group, the Emporia Community...
Ronald D. Rowe
Jan 13, 2019
Ronald D. Rowe, Emporia, and formerly of Strong City, died Sunday, January 13, 2019 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, Kansas at the age of 85.
He was born April 20, 1933 at (Guessing Manhattan, KS), the son of Charles Henry and Flossie Louisa (Keech) Rowe. He married Peggy Ann Rickstew in 1952. They divorced. He...
David Francis Schneider
Jan 11, 2019
David Francis Schneider of Olpe died on Friday, January 11, 2019 at his home in Olpe. He was 75. David was born on November 9, 1943 in Olpe, Kansas the son of Firmin and Addie M. Korphage Schneider.
He is survived by his brother, Dale (Deb) Schneider of Lawrence; five sisters, Shirley (Russ) Brown of Wichita, Arlene...
Marjorie Marie Renfro
Jan 8, 2019
Marjorie M. Renfro, Emporia, passed away at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at the age of 88.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, January 14, 2019 at 1:00 P.M. at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. Rev. Rob Clausen, First Baptist Church will conduct the service. Burial will follow in the Key...
