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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...
Harold E. Hale
May 23, 2018
Harold E. Hale, 92 of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.
Harold was born January 6, 1926 in Emporia the son of Dewey and Viola (Nicholson) Hale. He owned and operated Harold’s Welding Service in Emporia from 1964 to 2017. It was more than a business to him, he enjoyed...
Ronald H. Kuhn
May 23, 2018
Ronald H. Kuhn, 62, Admire, Kansas, passed away at his home on Wednesday, May 23, 2018.
Ronald was born April 11, 1956 in Emporia, Kansas, the son on Elden G and Una Mae (Reidel) Kuhn. He is survived by his mother; Una Mae Kuhn, Admire, KS, Brother; Mike (Susan) Kuhn, Admire, Nieces; Heather Swanson, her husband, Matt,...
Delano "Nick" Abraham Nixon
May 17, 2018
Delano “Nick” Abraham Nixon of rural Neosho Rapids died on May 17, 2018 at his home. He was 85
Nick was born on March 3, 1933 in Fredericksburg, Texas area the son of Rubin and Seme Lange Nixon. He married Mary Jane Granada on August 17, 1957 in Miami, Oklahoma. She died April 19, 1991 in Emporia. ...
Angelika "Angie" Harris
May 17, 2018
Angelika “Angie” Harris, 51, of Americus died Thursday, May 17, 2018 at St. Francis Via Christi Hospital in Wichita. In keeping with her giving nature, she donated her organs for transplantation to others in need.
Angelika Schroeder the daughter of Hartmut and Elfriede Ziener Schroeder was born April 13, 1967 in Augsburg, Germany. She married Billy Harris...
Lori Rae Minor
May 15, 2018
Lori Rae Minor, 61, of Emporia died on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at her home.
Lori was born on January 4, 1957 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of John M. and Virginia A. Roe Henning. She married Richard Schultz in 1978 but later divorced. Lori married Hobart “Sonny” E. Minor, Sr. on May 31, 2008 at Peter...
Homer Lewis Clark
May 14, 2018
Homer L. Clark, 94, Emporia, Kansas, died on Monday, May 14, 2018 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.
The son of Lewis Fredrick and Hazel Jane Shackelford Clark, he was born December 5, 1923 near Waverly, Kansas. When he was six, the family moved to Olivet, Kansas. He attended the Olivet School, graduating in May of 1941. He...
Lester Lloyd Edmunds
May 11, 2018
Lester Lloyd Edmunds, 85 of rural North Lyon County died at his home Friday, May 11, 2018.
Lester was born May 30, 1932 at the family farm north of Bushong, Kansas. He was the son of Edmund Miles and Ina (Courtney) Edmunds. Lester was a rancher and a farmer. He was a member of the Americus United...
Donald Richard Suddock
May 8, 2018
Donald Richard Suddock, 84, of Oswego, and formerly of Emporia, died on Monday, May 8, 2018 at Oswego Health and Rehab.
Don was born on August 9, 1933 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Joseph and Lora Metcalf Suddock. He married Verna Mae Tallman in 1959 and later...
Wayne Hans Knudsen
May 6, 2018
Wayne Hans Knudsen, 78, of Emporia, KS, died Sunday, May 6, 2018, at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia.
Wayne was born on June 19, 1939, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Gunnar B. and Vivian Thompson Knudsen. He married Charol Heim on August 20, 1960, but later divorced. He then married Jana Doxon on June 16, 1984,...
Rosemary Robinson
May 2, 2018
The world said goodbye to a most gentle, kind and patient soul last night. Rosemary Robinson passed away at 10:47PM on May 3 rd at the Windsor in Lawrence, Kansas. At her request cremation has taken place, no services will be conducted and her family has honored those wishes. A celebration of life for Rosemary “Rose” “Rosie” Robinson, 89,...
Thomas Smith, Jr.
Apr 30, 2018
Thomas Smith, Jr. 96, Emporia, passed away at Manor Care in Topeka Monday afternoon, April 30, 2018.
Thomas was born in Emporia on February 26, 1922, the son of Thomas (Sr.) and Hazel (Murray) Smith. He married Ethel Smith in June 0f 1951, she died earlier, he later married Jean Smith in June of 1987, and she...
Rodney P. Booth
Apr 26, 2018
Rodney P. Booth, beloved husband, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend, transitioned to his heavenly home on April 26, 2018. He and his wife, Catherine, formerly of Lenexa, enjoyed their Cottonwood Falls home, or "paradise" as he would proudly describe his home to his family and friends.
Rod brought immense joy to his parents, Helen and Marvin Booth,...
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