Billie Joan Hollond
Jan 14, 2018
Billie J. Hollond, 90, of Emporia, Kansas died Sunday, January 14, 2018 at the Holiday Resort in Emporia. Billie was born April 24, 1927 in Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Irvan and Elizabeth (Jamison) Bunyan. Billie and her twin sister, Betty, graduated from Cullison High School. Billie married Bill Hollond on September 3, 1948 in Pratt, Kansas. Bill was employed...
Donald Kenneth Fullen
Jan 12, 2018
Donald Kenneth Fullen, 73, of Emporia died on Friday, January 12, 2018 at his home. Donnie was born on April 16, 1944 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Kenneth and Fern Dickason Fullen. Surviving family members include: brother, Terry Fullen of Emporia; sisters, Sherry Moore of Hartford, Kansas, Marsue Germann and Leann Facklam both of Mt. Vernon, Texas. He is...
Linda Sue Nixon
Jan 10, 2018
Linda Sue Nixon, 69, rural Neosho Rapids, Kansas, passed away at her home on Wednesday, January 10, 2018. Linda Sue Krueger was born February 9, 1948 at Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Michael and Delorise (Troyer) Krueger. She married Theodore “Ted” Schmidt at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia on June 18, 1966. He passed away July 24, 2004. On February...
Jean Marie Kasten
Jan 8, 2018
Jean Marie Kasten, 72 of Emporia, Kansas died Monday, January 8, 2018 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Jean was born October 28, 1945 in Beatrice, Nebraska the daughter of Glen “Mike” and Velma (Graham) Palmer. She was a mortgage processor for over 35 years having worked at Capitol Federal Savings and Loan, Citizens Mortgage Company and Lyon County State...
Jack T. Cunningham
Jan 7, 2018
“God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be. So He put His arms around you and whispered “Come to Me”.” Author Unknown. Jack Thayer Cunningham, age 90, passed away early Sunday morning, January 7, 2018. He was a retired Project Coordinator with Sauder Industries. He had been a resident of Emporia for 58 years. Jack was...
Martha E. Bugbee
Jan 4, 2018
Martha E. Bugbee, 97, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2018 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Martha Drummond was born on the family farm near Elmdale, Kansas on April 16, 1920, the daughter of William Lamb and Mabel E. (Beach) Drummond. Martha and Virgil W. Bugbee were married in the parsonage of Grace United Methodist Church, Emporia, on October...
Chester Howard Wamser
Jan 4, 2018
Chester Wamser, 64, Harveyville, Kansas, died Thursday, January 4, 2018 at his home. Chester Howard Wamser was born May 13, 1953 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Preston Eugene and Mary Ellen (Helberg) Wamser. Surviving family members include his daughters; Marcie (Michael Bartlett) Wamser, Emporia, KS, Charla Wamser, Myrtle Beach, SC, Hannah ( Randy ) Gerberding, Mayfield, KS Josie (Dustin)...
Wilbert Martin Hinrichs
Jan 3, 2018
Wilbert M. Hinrichs, 97, Olpe, passed away at the Flint Hills Manor Care Center Wednesday evening, January 3, 2018. Wilbert Martin Hinrichs was born on a farm southwest of Olpe, Kansas on September 29, 1920, the son of Martin G. and Lena (Pohl) Hinrichs. Wilbert married Louise (Kuhn) Sylvester at Canton, Kansas on June 4, 1961. She survives. Together with...
Deeanne Richard
Dec 30, 2017
DeeAnne Richard of Emporia, died on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. She was 66. DeeAnne was born on July 22, 1951 at the Burtonwood Air Force Base in England, the daughter of Herman and Doreen Jean Sharpton Byers. She married Dan Richard on November 21, 1978 in Emporia, Kansas. He survives at the...
Isabel L. Wheat
Dec 30, 2017
Isabel L. Wheat, 93, of Emporia died Saturday, December 30, 2017 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. The funeral service will be at 1:30 P.M. Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett. Her daughter Adel Burhenn will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Emporia Friends of the Zoo may be sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett. Isabel...
Frances Kay Ripley
Dec 30, 2017
Frances Kay Ripley, 74 of rural Americus, Kansas died Saturday, December 30, 2017 at the Golden Living Center in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Frances was born April 21, 1943 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of George and Constance (Erickson) Luginsland. She was a homemaker. Frances enjoyed sewing, canning, and gardening. Frances married Joseph Todd in November of 1965. They later divorced....
Lucille A. Trear
Dec 29, 2017
Lucille A. Trear, 86 of Olpe, Kansas died Friday, December 29, 2017 in Olpe. Lucille was born September 6, 1931 in Olpe the daughter of Seraphin F. and Anna D. (Fitzpatrick) Wendling. She was a graduate of St. Joseph High School in Olpe. Lucille worked as the school secretary at USD #252 Harmony Hill School for 27 years. She retired...
George Donald Forrester
Dec 29, 2017
George Donald Forrester, 80, died on Friday, December 29, 2017, at Comfort Care Home of Wichita, KS. He was born to Donald Dean and Virginia May (Burnap) Forrester in Emporia, Kansas where he was raised. George followed various career paths. He retired as a Warrant Officer 3 from the Kansas National Guard after 23 years of service. Of all his...
Sandra Sue Atchison
Dec 29, 2017
Sandra S. Atchison, 77, of Emporia died Friday, December 29, 2017 at her home. Cremation is planned with a private family service held later. Sandra Sue Johnson the daughter of Vernon and Elizabeth Williams Johnson was born August 25, 1940 in Emporia. She married Kenneth M. Saffer on November 26, 1960 in Emporia. They later divorced. He died on November...
Geraldine Irene Burden
Dec 29, 2017
Geraldine Irene Burden, 93, of Emporia died on Friday, December 29, 2017 at her home. Geraldine was born on September 27, 1924 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Jack and Dorothy Jones Glenn. She married William C. Burden on March 4, 1943 in Emporia. He died on October 24, 2007 in Emporia. Surviving family members include: sons, Virgil Burden of...
Elsie Mae Bohm
Dec 28, 2017
Elsie Mae Bohm, 91 of Emporia, Kansas died Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Elsie Mae Fidermutz was born January 27, 1926 on a farm near Humboldt, Nebraska. Her parents were Albinia and George Fidermutz. Elsie attended Union Star country school thru the 8th grade and graduated. Then she attended Humboldt High School 4 years and...
Donald Jay Smith
Dec 25, 2017
Donald Jay Smith, 81, Emporia, Kansas, passed away December 25, 2017 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Don was born June 12, 1936 at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, the son of John Howard and Doris Maurine (Lilly) Smith. Don and Leonita Boan were married in Emporia, Kansas on January 29, 1956. She survives. Also surviving Don are two daughters; Regina (Larry)...
James E. Schreck
Dec 25, 2017
James E. Schreck, 70, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Monday, December 25, 2017 at Flint Hills Manor Care Center, Emporia. James was born August 19, 1947 in Emporia, Kansas, the son on Sylvester and Evelyn (McGlinn) Schreck. He married Christy Burch in Emporia on August 9, 1980. She survives. Mr. Schreck was preceded in death by his brother, Brother John Schreck,...
Ann Marie Peet
Dec 24, 2017
Ann Marie Peet, 59, died on Sunday, December 24, 2017 at Pratt House in Ottawa, Kansas surrounded by her friends and family. Ann was born on November 15, 1958 in Albuquerque, New Mexico; she was the adopted daughter of Irl E. and Ruby Dreasher Peet. She is survived by two brothers, Lawrence Peet and his wife Betty of Kansas City,...
Terry Lynn Ford
Dec 23, 2017
Terry Lynn Ford, 55 of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Terry was born December 26, 1961 in Emporia the son of Robert E. and Lorene Carol Ford. He worked at Emporia State University for 25 years. Terry was an avid Kansas City Chiefs fan and a longtime season ticket holder. He also...
