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...
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...
