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Burton K. Daharsh

Burton K. Daharsh

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...

Betty Jean Smith

Betty Jean Smith

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...

Sandra K. Timmons

Sandra K. Timmons

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...

Margaret J. Mchugh

Margaret J. Mchugh

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...

Jose Refugio Alaniz

Jose Refugio Alaniz

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...

Claudean Casida

Claudean Casida

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....

Norma Jean Bailey

Norma Jean Bailey

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....

Sara M. Cannon

Sara M. Cannon

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...

Ethel Clyde Hodges

Ethel Clyde Hodges

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,...

Sharon Kay Hoskins

Sharon Kay Hoskins

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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Nancy Carol Schoeck

Nancy Carol Schoeck

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.

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John P. Sparks

John P. Sparks

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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Kenneth Rex Turnbull

Kenneth Rex Turnbull

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...

William E. "Bill" Gardner

William E. "Bill" Gardner

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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James A. Fowler

James A. Fowler

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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Edith Greig

Edith Greig

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...

Patrick Dewayne Osborn

Patrick Dewayne Osborn

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...

Thelma Marice Copt

Thelma Marice Copt

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...

Luella Marie Hush

Luella Marie Hush

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...

Gladys Louise Myers

Gladys Louise Myers

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...

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