Obituary Listing

Oct 2, 2018

William Edward Sellers of Emporia died on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia.  He was 97.

Bill was born on October 21, 1920 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Charles and Ruth Sonnedecker Sellers.  He married Margaret “Marge” Elizabeth Cooke on May 13, 1944 in Ocala, Florida.  She died on October 3, 2017 in...

Oct 1, 2018

Sylburt J. Aye, 83 of Allen, Kansas died Monday, October 1, 2018 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.

Sylburt was born August 25, 1935 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Ralph and Mabel (Riddle) Aye. He worked for Iowa Beef Processors in Emporia for 28 years retiring on August 25, 1997. Sylburt served in the US Army...

Sep 24, 2018

Philip Welch, Sr., (82) of Savannah, Mo, formerly of the Emporia area died Monday, September 24, 2018 at the Mosaic Hospital in St. Joseph, MO. Cremation is planned.

John Philip Welch the son of Lee Maynard and Ruth Elizabeth Nation Welch was born April 14, 1936 in Emporia. He was an accountant, a truck driver and a farmer. He...

Sep 23, 2018

Dorothy (Zink)(Herrick) Plummer age 104 passed away September 23, 2018 at Brookdale Assisted Living Center in Overland Park, after a long and wonderful life. Dorothy was born Sept. 16, 1914 near Hartford, KS, at the home of her parents James and Emmaline (Cline) Zink. Celebration of life service will take place on Saturday Oct. 6, 2018 at Roberts Blue Barnett...

Sep 13, 2018

Betty Kessler

Betty Kessler, age 88, passed away Thursday, September 13, 2018 in Emporia, KS.

Elizabeth Mary Kerschen (Betty Mae), was the youngest of Mary Gunzleman and Mathias Kerschen’s three children, born May 13, 1930 in Wichita.  She was raised with her brother, Matthew, and sister, Mary Lou, in west Wichita.  Her schooling was at...

Sep 11, 2018

Earl G. White, 75, of Emporia died Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka.

Earl George White the son of Earl E. and Edith Sarah Yeager White was born April 17, 1943 in Emporia. He married Connie L. Farmer in Emporia. They later divorced.

Earl was a production worker at Dolly Madison...

Sep 11, 2018

Burton K. Daharsh, 71 of Americus, Kansas died Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.

Burton was born May 1, 1947 in Emporia the son of Frank Warren and Anna May (Ketcham) Daharsh. He worked for 47 years in a GM dealership parts department. With 42 years at Longbines in Emporia, serving as the...

Sep 10, 2018

Betty Jean Smith, 88, of Emporia died on Monday, September 10, 2018 at the Holiday Resort Care Center.

Betty was born on February 21, 1930 in St. Charles, Missouri the daughter of Warren A. and Opal I Hunt Lord.  She married Gordon E. Smith on February 18, 1950 in Yuma, Arizona.  He died on March 15, 1991...

Sep 10, 2018

Sandra K. Timmons, 70, of Emporia passed away Monday, September 10, 2018 at Newman Regional Health.

Sandra is the beloved daughter of Lawrence and Margaret Timmons and was born April 30, 1948 in Kansas City, MO. She graduated from Ruskin High School and Baker University. During her adult life, she lived in Emporia, St. Petersburg, FL, and...

Sep 6, 2018

Margaret McHugh, 85, Canton, Kansas and formerly of Emporia, died Thursday morning, September 6, 2018 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.

Funeral service will be held at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia on Monday, September 10, 2018 at 10:30 A.M. Burial will follow in the Maplewood Cemetery, Emporia. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday...

Sep 1, 2018

Jose Refugio Alaniz, 69 of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, September 1, 2018 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.

Jose was born December 28, 1948 in Michoacán, Mexico the son of Miguel Alaniz and Esperanza Garcia Vega. He worked for Better Life Technology. Jose was a member of the St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Emporia and very active...

Aug 30, 2018

Claudean Casida, Emporia, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2018 at Newman Regional Health at the age of 90.

Claudean Cook was born in Emporia on June 5, 1928, the daughter of Jerry and Clara (Wagner) Cook. She married Albert J. “Hoppy” Casida at Saint Mark’s Lutheran Church, Emporia on January 7, 1948. He died August 10, 2006....

Aug 27, 2018

Norma Jean Bailey, 69, of Topeka, formerly of Eskridge, left her family and friends on this earth to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on August 27, 2018 at her home assisted by Heartland Hospice, Kay Martin-Kopp and her beloved Sunflower Support Family.  She was the 15 th child born to Wyatt M. Bailey and Cozie C....

Aug 27, 2018

Sara M. Cannon, 90, of Emporia died Monday, August 27, 2018 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.

Sara Marie Lewis, the daughter of Lemuel and Sarah Morris Lewis was born May 27, 1928 in Emporia. She married Robert Lee Cannon on November 19, 1950 at the Sardis Congregational Church south of Emporia. He died on July...

Aug 25, 2018

Ethel C. Hodges, 95, formerly of Emporia and Olpe, passed away Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Legend Healthcare, Tonganoxie, Kansas.

Funeral services will be at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia, on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 10:00 AM. The service will be conducted by Pastor Lucille Barb, Olpe, Kansas. Burial will be in the Chicago Mound Cemetery,...

Aug 24, 2018

Sharon Kay Hoskins, 64, of Emporia died on Friday, August 24, 2018 at her home.

Sharon was born on November 19, 1953 in Newton, Kansas the daughter of Howard and Daisy Richert Mosiman.  She attended and graduated school in Whitewater, Kansas.  Sharon married Randall Hoskins in Emporia in 1973.  He survives of the home.

Surviving...

Aug 22, 2018

Nancy Carol Schoeck, Tulsa, Oklahoma, died Wednesday morning, August 22, 2018 at Saint John Medical Center in Tulsa at the age of 75.

Nancy Carol was born on March 26, 1943 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas Wayne and Dorothy Mae (Hammer) Rowlands. She married Jack L. Schoeck in 1961 and was divorced in 1984.

Aug 21, 2018

John P. Sparks, 64, Emporia, died Monday, August 21, 2018 at Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City.

Funeral services will be at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home on Saturday, August 25, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. The service will be conducted by his brother-in-law, Pastor Bob Winters of Salina. Burial will follow in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia.

John...

Aug 19, 2018

Kenneth Rex Turnbull, 73, formerly of Eskridge, Kansas, passed away August 19, 2018 at Windsor Place, Coffeyville, Kansas.

Rex was born on July 31, 1945 in Eskridge, Kansas, to John Kenneth “Bill” Turnbull and Virgie Louise Wheat Turnbull.  He married and later divorced Diane Kay Bohn, and had two children, Chad Turnbull and Staci Turnbull, both of...

Aug 14, 2018

William E. “Bill” Gardner, 88, of Emporia went to be with his lord Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at Midland Care Hospice in Topeka. He was born May 6, 1930 in Montour Falls, NY. He was born the son of Frank and Dorothy Fox Gardner. Both are deceased as is one sister, Alice and one grandson, Brent Gardener.

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