Janet Colleen Parks
Jul 7, 2018
Janet Colleen Parks, 75 of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, July 7, 2018 at her home.
Janet was born July 22, 1942 in Emporia, the daughter of Carl L. and Ruth (Buchanan) Riley. She received her Master’s degree in Education from Emporia State University and was the owner of Dale Parks Basements, Inc. Janet was a member of...
John L. Mears
Jul 2, 2018
John L Mears, Emporia, died July 2nd at KU Medical Center. He was 61. John was born July 21, 1956 in El Dorado, KS to Rolland L Mears and Connie L Walls, both deceased. He graduated from Madison High School then served 4 years in the United States army. He married Brenda K Nuessen October 27, 1979 in Olpe....
Jose Angel Montes
Jul 1, 2018
Jose Angel Montes, 21, of Emporia died on Sunday, July 1, 2018 in Emporia.
Angel was born on April 17, 1997 in El Paso, Texas the son of Jose Montes and Gloria Sanchez.
Surviving family members include: mother, Gloria Sanchez of Emporia; father Jose Montes of Dodge City, Kansas; grandparents, Gloria Aguilar of Emporia, Charles...
Sherril M. Brickley
Jun 27, 2018
Sherril M. Brickley, 64, of Emporia passed away at her home on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Cremation is planned.
Sherril was preceded in death by her mother, Mary and her husband, Danny.
She is survived by her brothers, Terry (Jackie) Ellis of Americus, and Larry (Kari) Ellis of Ames Iowa; a nephew, Jason (Kathy) Ellis...
Robert L. Burnell
Jun 27, 2018
Robert L. Burnell, 87, of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, June 27 th at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.
Robert was born July 6, 1930 on Emporia, Kansas the son of Mandota “Pat” and Beulah Burnell. He was the oldest of seven children. He had many jobs as a young man, including working on the railroad. At 17 he...
Opal L. Dacus
Jun 25, 2018
Opal Watchous Dacus, 91, of Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, June 25, 2018, at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. At her request, no services will be held. Opal was born May 31, 1927, in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, to Clarence and Jennie Harlan Watchous. She married Warren Keith Cooper in Marion, Kansas, on July 28, 1944, and later divorced. ...
Jackie Dean "Jack" Grimsley
Jun 24, 2018
Jackie Dean “Jack” Grimsley, 83 of rural Americus, Kansas died Sunday, June 24, 2018 at the University Of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.
Jack was born January 15, 1935 in Americus, Kansas the son of John W. and Anna Marie (Christensen) Grimsley. He was the 7 th of 7 children Jack was a lifetime farmer,...
Bernard F. Meyer
Jun 22, 2018
Bernard F. Meyer, 91, Emporia, passed away at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor on Friday, June 22, 2018.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, June 29, 2018 at 1:00 P.M. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia. The mass will be celebrated by Father Brandon Farrar of the church. Burial will follow in the...
Kenneth Marshall Parker
Jun 22, 2018
Kenneth M. Parker, 81, Emporia, Kansas, died Friday, June 22, 2018 at the Holiday Resort, Emporia.
Kenneth Marshall Parker was born May 4, 1937, the son of Earl and Louise (Schemonak) Parker.
He is survived by a Son; Randall Parker (Sue), Cedarburg, WI, Daughters; Vicki (Parker) Housholder...
Susan Jane Chamberlain
Jun 22, 2018
Susan Jane Chamberlain, 82 of Emporia, Kansas died June 22, 2018 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.
Susan was born December 21, 1935 at the family home near the Kansas – Nebraska border, the 5 th of 6 daughters born to Anthony and Geneva (Palmer) Dannecker. She was a telephone operator at Southwestern Bell for 35 years, retiring...
Gerado Nicholas "Jerry" Rodriguez
Jun 18, 2018
Gerado Nicholas “Jerry” Rodriguez, 61 of Emporia, Kansas died June 18, 2018 at his home.
Jerry was born June 27, 1956 in Emporia the son of Pedro and Manuela (Bueno) Rodriguez. He graduated from Emporia High in the class of ’74. Jerry worked at Modine Manufacturing until they closed and then at Emporia Pet Foods for 5...
Dorothea Elizabeth Haley
Jun 17, 2018
Dorothea Elizabeth Haley, 91 of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, June 17, 2018 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.
Dorothea was born January 2, 1927 in Olpe, Kansas the daughter of Fred and Elizabeth (Voeste) Hohne. She was baptized at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Olpe, Kansas and attended St. Joseph Catholic School for 12...
Selena Rose Crumpacker
Jun 16, 2018
Selena Rose Crumpacker of Emporia died on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia.
Selena was born on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia the infant daughter of Robert and Karen Oliver Crumpacker.
Surviving family members include: parents, Robert and Karen Crumpacker of Emporia; brothers, Landon and Myles Crumpacker both...
Martha Alvarez
Jun 15, 2018
Martha Alvarez, 53, of Emporia died Friday, June 15, 2018 at her sister’s home in Wichita, with her family by her side.
Martha Gomez, the daughter of Rafael and Maria Nava Gomez was born Tuesday, July 28, 1964 in Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico. She married Carlos Alvarez on October 17, 1992 in Emporia. He survives of the home....
Carl Eugene Wingert
Jun 15, 2018
Carl Eugene Wingert, 86, of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, June 15, 2018 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born at home in rural Dunlap, Kansas on September 7, 1931 to John L. & Bertha E. (Estes) Wingert. Carl grew up in the Dunlap Community and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1949. He married the love of his...
Jacob Ryan Osage
Jun 7, 2018
Jacob Ryan Osage, 36, of Strong City, Kansas died on June 7, 2018 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.
Jacob was born on July 22, 1981 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Charles and Jane Mechtley Osage. He married Joni Lyn Atkins on February 27, 2015 in Norton, Kansas. She survives at the home.
Surviving family...
Shirley (Temple) Slaymaker
Jun 7, 2018
Shirley Temple Slaymaker 82 passed away peacefully on June 7, 2018. She was at home with husband Ron by her side. They had recently celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary. Shirley was born on November 5 1935 in Newton, Kansas the daughter of Macloren and Marie (Frye) Temple. She attended school in Peabody and graduated valedictorian in her class in...
Elnora Fay French
Jun 6, 2018
Elnora Fay French, 94 of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Holiday Resort Care Center.
Elnora was born July 4, 1923 in Emporia, the daughter of Allen and Myrtle (Murray) Vickrey. She was a homemaker. Elnora was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Emporia and the Order of Eastern Star in...
Janice E. Haselhuhn
May 28, 2018
Janice Elaine (Salvatori) Haselhuhn, 79, of Emporia, Kansas, died May 28, at home where she resided with her husband, Ron. She was born April 10, 1939, in Omaha, Nebraska, to the late Joseph H. Salvatori and Marjorie Wyman. Visitation will be Thursday, May 31, at 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at Roberts Blue Barnett Funeral Home. Funeral services will take...
Emma Lou Vangundy
May 25, 2018
Emma Lou (Rains) VanGundy, 93, of Americus, Kansas, died May 25, at Presbyterian Manor where she had resided with her husband, Wayne. She was born October 3, 1924, in Emporia, to the late Henry Elliott and Lucille Rosetta “Rosie” (Proehl) Rains.
Visitation will be Tuesday, May 29, at 7:00-8:30 p.m, at Roberts Blue Barnett Funeral Home. Funeral...
