Donnel "Dobby" Dehler Bailey
Feb 23, 2018
Donnel “Dobby” Dehler Bailey (78), passed away February 23, 2018, at her home in Emporia, due to heart complications. Dobby was born in Garden City, Ks. on October 17, 1939. She moved with her parents, Darrel and Bobby Jo McCaleb Dehler and older sister, Denise, to Emporia in 1940. She graduated from Emporia High School in 1957 and attended Kansas...
Gilibaldo Coria
Feb 21, 2018
Gilibaldo Coria, 59, of Emporia died Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at his home. The Rosary will be recited Friday, February 23, 2018 at 7:30 P.M. at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 24, 2018 at St. Catherine Catholic Church. Fr. John Cordes of St. Catherine will be the celebrant. Burial...
Lester "Gene" Eugene Jacob
Feb 19, 2018
Lester Eugene “Gene” Jacob, formerly of Emporia died on Monday, February 19, 2018 at his home in Golden, Missouri. He was 62. Gene was born on December 10, 1955 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Lester and Dolores Hartenbower Jacob. He married Kay Lynn Dickson on April 23, 1977 in Junction City, Kansas. She survives. Surviving family members include: wife,...
Douglas Allen Haynes
Feb 17, 2018
Douglas Allen Haynes, 63, Emporia, a former video-system manager and manufacturer's representative, died after a long illness Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born July 8, 1954, in Emporia to Lacy C. Jr. and Barbara E. Haynes, and grew up in Emporia, where his father was a lawyer and former county attorney. He attended Walnut...
Bernie "Gene" Eugene Cusic
Feb 10, 2018
Bernie Eugene “Gene” Cusic, 91, of Emporia died at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka on Saturday, February 10, 2018. Gene was born on May 22, 1926 on a farm Northwest of Americus, Kansas the son of Joseph Bernie and Elsie Belle Moore Cusic. He married Jacqueline Jean Cripps on October 13, 1950 in Emporia. She survives at the home....
Willie A. Rathke
Feb 7, 2018
William A. “Willie” Rathke (96) of Olpe died Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at the Holiday Resort Care Center. William Albert Rathke the son of John and Olga Mockry Rathke was born June 25, 1921 in Olpe. He married Mildred “Millie” Schwartz on August 17, 1956 in Cottonwood Falls. She preceded him in death on February 20, 2017. Willie was a...
Robert "Mike" Fiehler
Feb 6, 2018
Robert Michael (Mike) Fiehler (65) passed away on February 6, 2018, at his home. Mike was born January 15, 1953, in Ottawa, KS, and left this world peacefully and with dignity. He is survived by his longtime friend and wife, Lynn Fiehler; his mother, Jerrie Macomber (Robert); his sister, Tari Parmley (Michael); his brother, Kirby Fiehler; and many extended family...
Anthony "Tony" Wayne Noller
Feb 4, 2018
Anthony “Tony” Wayne Noller, 45, of Emporia died on Sunday, February 4, 2018 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Tony was born on October 28, 1972 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Wayne Noller and Linda Corbin. Surviving family members include; mother, Linda Corbin of Emporia; father, Melvin Wayne Noller and wife Linda of Emporia; grandmother, Delores Ashlock of Eureka, Kansas;...
Chad Anthony Thomas-Buckbee
Feb 2, 2018
Chad Anthony Thomas-Buckbee, 36, of Alma, Kansas died on Friday, February 2, 2018 at the Wamego City Hospital, Wamego. Chad was born on June 8, 1981 in Council Grove, Kansas the son of Brenda Urton and Charles Thomas. He was later adopted by Harold and Karen Urton Buckbee, his biological grandmother and step-grandfather. Chad married Nicole Myers in February 2005....
Harold Dean Robinson
Feb 1, 2018
Harold D. Robinson, 88, Eskridge, Kansas, passed away Thursday, February 1, 2018 at Midland Hospice House, Topeka. Harold Dean Robinson was born August 14, 1929 in Clay County, Kansas the son of Earl and Bessie (McVaugh) Robinson. He married Emily Jane McNeal in Chanute, Kansas on October 6, 1957. She survives. Other surviving family members include his three sons; Kevin,...
Virgil Eldon Gaines
Feb 1, 2018
Virgil Eldon Gaines, 83, of Emporia died on Thursday, February 1, 2018 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Virgil was born on October 20, 1934 in Marion County, Kansas the son of Arnold and Genevieve Ballard Gaines. Surviving family members include: sisters, Donna McCloud of Anchorage, Alaska, and Sandra Stutesman of Burlington, Kanas; many cousins, nieces, nephews and many...
Charles A. Greig
Jan 31, 2018
Charles A. Greig, 96 of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at his home. Charles was born July 14, 1921 in Osborne, Kansas the son of Will and Icy (Steerman) Greig. He served in the US Army during WWII. Charles worked as the transportation superintendent at Kansas Power and Light until he started Greig Oil Company. He retired in...
Bonnie May Iverson
Jan 31, 2018
Bonnie M. Iverson, 91, of Emporia died Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at McPherson Health and Rehab in McPherson. Her funeral service will be at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, February 3, 2018 at the First Christian Church, 202 E. 12th, Emporia. Pastor Lorraine Bailey of the church will officiate. Burial will be in Cottonwood Cemetery on west highway 50. Bonnabelle May “Bonnie”...
Jolynn Mae Sweet
Jan 27, 2018
Jolynn Mae Sweet, 72, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Jolynn Mae McHugh was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the daughter of Joseph Blackburn and Juanita Mae (Ellis) McHugh. She married Robert A. Sweet at Emporia, Kansas on December 6, 1980. He survives. Other surviving family members include her son; William J....
Cecilia Marie Reeves
Jan 26, 2018
Cecilia Marie Reeves, 67, of Emporia died on Friday, January 26, 2018 at her home. Cecilia was born on January 17, 1951 in Hominy, Oklahoma the daughter of Calvin and Clarice Smith Martin. Surviving family members include: daughter, Cheri Podrebarac and husband Damian of Emporia; grandchildren, Cory Obermeyer, Kyle Obermeyer, and Amber Obermeyer; two sisters. She is preceded in death...
Leslie Joe Harrison
Jan 24, 2018
Leslie Joe Harrison of Emporia died Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at The University of Kansas St. Francis Campus, Topeka. He was 58. Leslie was born on January 5, 1960 in Emporia, Kansas the son of LeRoy William and Betty Townsend Harrison. Surviving family members include: brothers, Wiliam Henry Harrison and LaRoy Anthony Harrison both of Emporia; sisters, Betty Jean Morrow...
Don C. Hankins
Jan 23, 2018
Don C. Hankins, 88 of rural Neosho Rapids, Kansas died Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at his home. Don was born February 3, 1929 in Colby, Kansas the son of Samuel and Grace (McFadden) Hankins. He served in the US Navy from 1951 to 1955. Don worked as a cost analyst for the Boeing Company in Wichita for 32 years and...
Jose De Jesus Lozano Santoyo
Jan 23, 2018
Jose De Jesus Lozano Santoyo, 79 of Emporia, Kansas died Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Jesus was born June 19, 1938 in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico the son of Rito Lozano and Leandra Santoyo. He was a landscaper and owned Jesus Lozano Cleanup Service for 25 years. He was retired. Jesus was a member...
Jean Ann Wilson
Jan 18, 2018
Jean Ann Wilson, 78, of Topeka died on Thursday, January 18, 2018 at the St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born on February 19, 1939 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Bernard F. and Helen B. Miller Gilligan. She married James A. Wilson on May 27, 1957 at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Hartford, Kansas. Surviving family members include:...
Alan D. Mount
Jan 14, 2018
Alan Dean Mount (98) went to heaven on January 15, 2018, to continue the dance with his first and only love, Rita Kelly Mount. It was a true love story from the first time he saw her in a canary yellow dress at a dance in New York before he was shipped off with the U.S. Navy during World War...
