Arwin Shawn "Junior" Vincent
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...
Christopher Michael Mejia
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,...
Raymond Thomas Polley
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,...
Bonnie Mae Stinson
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...
Charles Thomas Pinkston
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...
Howard Rhaoul Goodwin
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...
Barbara A. Goff
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...
Nellie Alice Hamilton
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,...
Loris Lyle Luginsland
Oct 20, 2018
Loris Lyle Luginsland of rural Americus died Saturday, October 20, 2018 at his home. He was 84.
Loris was born on March 13, 1934 in rural Americus the son of Edward and Hilda Nanninga Luginsland. He married Janice Gaddis in 1958 but later divorced. He then married Dema McChristy Countryman on May 30, 1997. She survives.
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Donald Edward Mader
Oct 10, 2018
Donald Edward Mader, 86 of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.
Donald was born January 31, 1932 in Topeka, Kansas the son of Edward and Mildred (Eakes) Mader. Upon graduation from St. Joseph Military Academy in Hays, Kansas, He began his career with the Atchison Topeka and...
Francis L. Morgan
Oct 7, 2018
Francis L. Morgan, 89, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at the Emergency Room of Newman Regional Health on Sunday, October 7, 2018.
Francis Leroy Morgan was born in Emporia, Kansas on July 18, 1929, the son of William and Edna (Rider) Morgan. He married Sheila Nadine Eidman in Saffordville, Kansas on September 19, 1954. She died September 7,...
Charles E. Lewis
Oct 7, 2018
Charles E. Lewis, 94 of Louisville, KY, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2018.
He was a proud Army Veteran and member of VFW Post 5710 in Shepherdsville. Charles was also a member of the DAV, American Ex-Prisoners of War, The American Legion, and Masonic Lodge #109 in Americus, Kansas.
He is survived by his son...
Barbara Ann Kincaid
Oct 5, 2018
Barbara Ann (Riley) Kincaid, 80, Emporia, Kansas, passed away peacefully with family by her side on Friday, October 5, 2018 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia, KS.
Barbara was born July18, 1938 to George and Bertha (Shaffer) Riley in Kansas City, Missouri.
She is survived by her children; Cliff (EJ) Hanson, Pratt, KS, William Hanson,...
Leon Francis Pimple
Oct 4, 2018
Leon Francis Pimple, 84, died Thursday October 4, 2018 at Presbyterian Manor in Emporia, KS. He was born June 2, 1934 the son of Wendel and Ella (Lenniger) Pimple. Leon attended Olpe High School and graduated in 1952. Out of high school, he joined the Navy and was an electronic technician. He attended K State on the GI bill...
William Edward Sellers
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...
Sylburt J. Aye
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...
J. Philip Welch, Sr.
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...
Dorothy F. Herrick Plummer
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...
Elizabeth Mary "Betty Mae" Kessler
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...
Earl G. White
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...
