Obituary Listing

Nov 28, 2018

James Lee Countryman, rural Emporia, passed away at his home on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at the age of 82.

Cremation is planned with no services. A memorial has been established with the American Heart Association. Contributions may be sent to Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, PO Box #175, Emporia, Kansas 66801

Mr. Countryman was born October...

Nov 27, 2018

Gary L. Brooks, 62, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at the Emergency Department of Newman Regional Health.

Gary was born February 27, 1956 at Parsons, Kansas, the son of Charles E. and Betty Jo (Harness) Brooks. He married Martha Proehl on March 20, 1981 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. She survives of the home.

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Nov 26, 2018

JA “Jim” Stubenhofer of Emporia died on Monday, November 26, 2018 at Aberdeen Village in Olathe, Kansas.  He was 85.

Jim was born on January 24, 1933 in Elmdale, Kansas the son of Karl and Bertha Bechelmayr Stubenhofer.  He married Dona Sheridan on June 21, 1958 at the St. Anthony Catholic Church in Strong City, Kansas.  She...

Nov 25, 2018

Fredrick J. Adams, 92 of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, November 25, 2018 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor with his family at his bedside.

Fred was born in Fremont, Ohio on June 20, 1926 to Fred W. and Mary D. Adams. His childhood was spent in Lima, Ohio until graduation from high school. He attended and played the...

Nov 22, 2018

Joy D. Hutcherson Beavers of Emporia died on Thursday, November 22, 2018 at her home.  She was 88.

Joy was born on September 14, 1930 in Emporia, Kansas the sixth child of Charles A. and Frances L. Allen Hutcherson.

Surviving family members include: daughter, Loretta Phoenix of Emporia; son, Raymond Phoenix of Alhambra, California; granddaughters,...

Nov 18, 2018

Karen S. Todd of Emporia died on Sunday, November 18, 2018 at her home.  She was 57.

Karen was born on February 2, 1961 in Gallup, New Mexico the daughter of Don and Evelyn Sweeney Bunch.  She married Joseph Todd on December 23, 1995 in Bullhead City, Arizona.  He survives at the home.

Surviving family...

Nov 17, 2018

Larry Dean Morgan of Emporia died on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at the Holiday Resort Care Center.  He was 75.  Larry was born on May 3, 1943 in Cedar Point, Kansas the son of Edgar Lee and Esther Baker Morgan.  He married Carolyn Price Dobson on January 30, 1976 in Council Grove, Kansas.  She died on October 16, 2001...

Nov 13, 2018

Paul William Hensley, 90 of Emporia, Kansas died Tuesday, November 13, 2108 at his home surrounded by his family.

Paul was born July 29, 1928 in Emporia, the son of William S. and Ora Bell (Stubbs) Hensley. He was a truck driver for Thomas Transfer for 35 years, retiring in 1985. Paul was a member of the...

Nov 13, 2018

Memorial Services for Lois J. Steinel, 91 of Emporia, will be conducted on Friday, November 30, 2018 at 10:30 A.M. at Saint Mark’s Lutheran Church, Emporia. The service will be conducted by Pastor Peter Rehwaldt of the church. Cremation has occurred. Private inurnment will be held in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Steinel died November 13, 2018 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor....

Nov 11, 2018

Joan Estelle Glasgow Bales was born September 3, 1928 in Vancouver, Washington. Her parents got homesick and decided to move back to the Midwest to be closer to their family. They moved to Cherokee, Oklahoma where she began school but when she was to enter the fourth grade her family moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma and it was there that she...

Nov 4, 2018

Memorial Services for Joseph A. “Joey” Atchison, 38, Tonganoxie, KS, will be held on Saturday, December 1 at 11:00 A.M. at the Cornerstone Family Worship Center, Tonganoxie, Kansas, conducted by Pastor Ron Swaim of the church. The family will receive friends an hour before service time. Mr. Atchison died November 4, 2018 at the University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas...

Nov 2, 2018

Laura Mae McAntee, 91 of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, November 2, 2018 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.

Laura Mae was born July 1, 1927 in Emporia the daughter of Joseph Fred and Justina Ann (Brinkman) Kuhlmann. She began her teaching career in a one room school house in Tonaway, Kansas, Laura Mae then went to teach at...

Nov 2, 2018

Arwin Shawn “Junior” Vincent, age 1 year, 10 months and 26 days, was born December 7, 2016, in Cedar Park, Texas and went to be with Jesus, the angels, and into the sweet and loving arms of his great-grandparents, Duane Eldon and Virginia Mae Calhoun on Friday, November 2, 2018, in rural Ft. Scott, Kansas. He is survived by...

Oct 30, 2018

Christopher Michael Mejia, 43, of Emporia died on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 in Emporia.

Chris was born on June 2, 1975 in Emporia the son of Philip and Carol Richardson Mejia.

He is survived by: sons, Daniel Mejia of Lawrence, and Alex Mejia of Bonner Springs; parents, Philip, Sr., and Carol Mejia; brothers, Philip Mejia,...

Oct 30, 2018

Raymond Thomas Polley, age 97, of Overland Park, KS died October 30, 2018. He was Chief Train Dispatcher for the Santa Fe Railroad and Chief Radioman in the United States Naval Reserve. Ray was born September 21, 1921 in Topeka, KS, the son of John and Theresa (Holtgraver) Polley.  He married Jolene Mann on October 30, 1962 in Miami,...

Oct 30, 2018

Bonnie Mae (Olsen) Stinson, 89 of rural Admire, Kansas died Tuesday, October 30, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. She was born May 28, 1929 in Admire, Kansas, to John William and May Elizabeth (Eisenhower) Olsen. Bonnie married Dale LaVerne Stinson, May 29, 1949, in Topeka. Dale passed away January 7, 2010.

She was preceded in...

Oct 29, 2018

Charles Thomas Pinkston, 59 of Emporia, Kansas died Monday, October 29, 2018 at his home.

Charles was born December 13, 1958 in Topeka, Kansas the son of David L. and Verna (Hudson) Pinkston. He was a bus driver for the Mental Health Center in Emporia until his retirement, a member of the First United Methodist Church in...

Oct 28, 2018

Howard Rhaoul Goodwin, 94 of Overland Park, Kansas died Sunday, October 28, 2018 at Autumn Leaves Memory Care.

Howard was born March 31, 1924 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Byron Kelly and Ada May (Fry) Goodwin. He worked for the US Postal Service for 24 years. Howard served in the US Army during WWII, receiving two...

Oct 26, 2018

Barbara A. Goff, 88, Formerly of Allen, Kansas, passed away Friday, October 26, 2018 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.

Barbara A. Matile was born November 24, 1929 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Sophia (Barrett) Matile. Barbara married Harold L. Goff on September 16, 1950 in Topeka. He died June 11, 1991.

She...

Oct 20, 2018

Nellie Alice Hamilton, 82, of Emporia died on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia.

Nellie was born on May 20, 1936 in Chanute, Kansas the daughter of Lewis and Cecil Brown Stowell.  She married William Franklin Hamilton on March 18, 1952 in Nevada, Missouri.  He died on February 2, 2014 in Edinburg,...