Obituary Listing

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.

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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.

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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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Aug 11, 2018

James A. Fowler, 65 of rural Emporia died at his home on Saturday, August 11, 2018. Cremation is planned.

James Andrew Fowler the son of Jule and Imogene Day Fowler was born Saturday, November 10, 1952 in Emporia. He married Bonnie Neiman on Sunday, June 7, 1981 in Topeka. She survives of the home.

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Aug 9, 2018

Edith Greig, 95 of Emporia, Kansas died Thursday, August 9, 2018 at her home.

Edith was born October 23, 1922 in Osborne, Kansas the daughter of Dave and Ora (Davis) Schorer. She worked 10 years as a surgical tech at Newman’s Hospital in Emporia, sold Avon for many years and alongside her husband Charles owned and operated...

Aug 7, 2018

Patrick D. Osborn, 58, Emporia, passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at the Midland Hospice House, Topeka, Kansas.

Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church, Emporia, on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 10:30 A.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Rob Clausen, of the church. Cremation will follow the service with burial...

Aug 5, 2018

Thelma Marice Copt, 98 of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, August 5, 2018 at the Chase County Care and Rehab Center in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.

Marice was born August 29, 1919 in Reading, Kansas the daughter of Drew R. and Lauretta M. (Bielman) Drummond. When she was a small child, her family moved to a farm west of...

Aug 5, 2018

Luella Marie Hush of Emporia went home to the Lord on Sunday, August 5, 2018 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia.  She was 82.

Luella was born September 23, 1935 on a farm near Ruweda, Kansas the daughter of William James and Gladys Frances Edwards Wiggins.  She married Robert Kenneth Hush on April 14, 1957 at the...

Aug 4, 2018

Gladys Louise Myers, 90 of Americus, Kansas died August 4, 2018 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia, Kansas.

Gladys was born June 19, 1928 in Emporia the daughter of Fred Oscar and Marie Ingred (Nielsen) Johnson. She was the housewife of a dairy farmer for 40 years, drove a school bus in North Lyon County...

Aug 3, 2018

Cathy D. Cox of Emporia died on Friday, August 3, 2018 at her home in Emporia.  She was 57.

Cathy was born on January 22, 1961 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Arthur William “Bud” and Virginia M. Humphreys Hylton.

She is survived by: sister-in-law: Marjorie Hylton of Montgomery, Texas; Niece, Melanie Miles of Montgomery,...

Aug 2, 2018

James Michael O’Mara passed away August 2, 2018. James Michael O’Mara was born on January 23, 1942 in Emporia, the son of Wilbur J. O’Mara and Mildred (Heffron) O’Mara. He is survived by his wife, Lynda, of the home. Jim graduated from Emporia High School in 1961 and the Kansas Police Academy in 1973. He owned O’Mara Coffee Company and...

Jul 31, 2018

Izvadi Estrella Gené Espino of Emporia died on July 31, 2018 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka.  She was 23 days old.

Izvadi was born on July 8, 2018 in Topeka, Kansas the infant daughter of Fernando Espino, Jr. and Heather Sandoval.

Surviving family members include: parents Fernando Espino, Jr. and Heather Sandoval of Emporia; brother,...

Jul 30, 2018

Edward B. Conrade, Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, July 30, 2018 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia, Kansas.  He was 92. Edward was born April 18, 1926 on a farm six miles west of Olpe the son of Jacob and Bertha Meir Conrade.  He married Elizabeth Trear on May 30, 1955 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia. After marriage they...

Jul 25, 2018

Merton Wayne DeBoer, 70, rural Emporia, passed away at Holiday Resort on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.

Merton was born at Emporia, Kansas on February 25, 1948, the son of William Wayne and Audrey L. (Stevens) DeBoer. Merton married Barbara Ann Dill in Sterling, Kansas on July 10, 1971. She survives.

Besides his wife, Barbara, Merton...

Jul 24, 2018

Following a lengthy hospital stay, Bobby W. Dodson, 83, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018 in Emporia.

Bobby was born October 14, 1934 in Mineola, Texas, the son of Alger and Mamie Dodson. He owned and operated his own tractor trailer and hauled loads for many different companies. When Bobby wasn’t on the road...

Jul 19, 2018

Sharon Kay (Studer) Karr Sharon Kay Karr, age 80, passed away at Holiday Resort in Emporia, Kansas, on July 19, 2018. Sharon Kay Karr was born in Beloit, Kansas, the daughter of William and Fern (Johnson) Studer on January 27, 1938. She grew up on a farm near Beloit and attended a one-room school, later graduating from Beloit High School....

Jul 19, 2018

Bertha Mae (Davis- Metcalf) Kelly

Bertha was born on March 20th, 1923 to Charles Burgess Davis and Emma Klem Davis in Emporia, KS.  She married George Metcalf in Leavenworth, KS on August 9, 1942.  S/Sgt. Metcalf was killed December 27, 1944 in the battle of the Bulge in Belgium.  She married Vernon Kelly on June 25, 1946...