Imogene M. Wyatt
Dec 13, 2017
Imogene M. Wyatt, 92, Emporia, KS passed into Heaven on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Jeanie was born May 15, 1925 near Lebo, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Bessie (Burton) Wallace. She married George Wyatt on January 1, 1946 in Emporia. They had been married 60 years. She is survived by three daughters; Sharilyn...
Josephine "Jo" Dell
Dec 11, 2017
Josephine (Jo) Dell was born March 31, 1926 in Emporia, Kansas to Myrtle Mack Ross and McKinley Ross. Jo was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Marilyn Sue (Ross) Dorsey and her husband of 63 yrs., Moris E. Dell. Jo attended the Emporia Public Schools and graduated from Emporia High School. She also attended the College of Emporia....
Esmeralda Ruiz
Dec 7, 2017
Esmeralda Ruiz, 13 died December 7, 2017 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Esmeralda was born October 25, 2004 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Juvenal and Ruicelia (Vargas) Ruiz. She was a student at Emporia Middle School and played saxophone in the middle school band. Esmeralda loved to play her saxophone and was talking about going out for...
Francis S. "Franny" Baker
Dec 6, 2017
Francis S. “Franny” Baker, 68, of Emporia died Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Newman Regional Health. His funeral service will be 3:30 P.M. Monday, December 11, 2017 at the Grace United Methodist Church. Pastors Brenda Ulrich and Pastor Gene McIntosh will officiate. Burial will follow at the Hartford Cemetery with military honors by Ball-McColm Post #5, American Legion and Lowry-Funston...
Elaine Virginia Edwards
Dec 4, 2017
Elaine Virginia (Cray) Edwards, 87, of Emporia passed away Monday, December 04, 2017, at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia, Kan. Elaine was born May, 6, 1930, in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Glenn and Nell (Leibengood) Cray. She married Charles Franklin Edwards in 1959 and later divorced. Surviving family members include: sons, Marc Edwards (Sheri) of Kansas City, Missouri, and Eric...
Janice Yvonne Elliott
Dec 3, 2017
Janice Yvonne Elliott, 71 of Hartford, Kansas died Sunday, December 3, 2017 at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Janice was born April 19, 1946 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, the daughter of Robert Glen and Yula Yvonne (Watkins) Little. She was a homemaker. Janice was a member of the First Congregational Church in Emporia and she loved to read....
Norman C. Mason
Dec 2, 2017
Norman C. Mason, 85, of Allen died Saturday, December 2, 2017 at Newman Regional Health. Cremation is planned with a private family service to be held later. Interment of his and his wife's ashes will be in the Allen Cemetery. Norman C. Mason the son of Norman C. and Ruby Page Mason was born January 31, 1932 in Kansas City,...
Richard Lee Weaver
Nov 28, 2017
Richard L. Weaver, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Holiday Resort in Emporia on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at the age of 90. Funeral services will be Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home conducted by Dr. Leonard Wagner, Church of God of Prophecy. Interment will be in the Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, with military graveside services...
Mildred Ann Daharsh
Nov 26, 2017
Mildred Ann Daharsh, 87, Rural Emporia, Kansas and longtime resident of Americus, died Sunday, November 26, 2017 at her home. Mildred Ann Grimsley was born at her parents’ home east of Americus, Kansas on February 17, 1930, the daughter of John William and Anna Marie (Christensen) Grimsley. She married Chester Eugene “Gene” Daharsh on April 23, 1949 at the Americus...
Darrell David Jones
Nov 25, 2017
Darrell David Jones, 97 of Gladstone, Missouri died Saturday, November 25, 2017 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Darrell was born November 11, 1920 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Edward Griffith and Edith (Pollack) Jones. He spent his life as a farmer. Darrell was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Emporia, Served on the...
Doreitha Mae Brooks
Nov 24, 2017
Doreitha Mae Brooks, 72, of Emporia died on Friday, November 24, 2017 at the Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia. Doreitha was born on November 11, 1945 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Samuel K. “Bud” and Dorothy M. Dorsey Brooks. Surviving family members include: daughter, Paulette M. Brooks of Shawnee, Kansas; grandchildren, JoVaughn Brook, Pa-Shia M. Brooks, Devin Brooks, Jaz...
Elma W. Moore
Nov 23, 2017
Elma W. Moore, 102 died Thursday, November 23, 2017 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Elma was born August 26, 1915 at her parents’ home in rural Hartford, Kansas. She was the daughter of Frederick John and Lucy Eva (Stanfield) Warnken. She received a teaching certificate from Kansas State Teachers College. She taught in a one room school and resigned to...
Lee Edward Nelson
Nov 19, 2017
Lee E. Nelson, 90, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Friday, November 17, 2017 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Lee Edward Nelson was born February 5, 1927 at Newton, Kansas the son of Ora Lee and Roxy Bernice (Davis) Nelson. Lee and Marjorie A. Jacobs were united in marriage at Peabody, Kansas on September 27, 1953. She survives. Other surviving family members...
Jean Mitchell Cooper
Nov 15, 2017
Jean Mitchell Cooper, 83 of Emporia, Kansas formerly of Chanute, Kansas died on November 15, 2017 at Midland House in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on November 3, 1934 in Kiowa County, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence E. and Mable E. Rosenberger Cook. Jean graduated from Greensburg High School in 1952, then attended Kansas State Teachers College. She married Terry...
Virginia M. Crouch
Nov 9, 2017
Virginia M. Crouch, 93, of Emporia died on Thursday, November 9, 2017 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor in Emporia. Virginia was born on March 23, 1924 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Griffith George, Sr. and Grace Mae Fisher Humphreys. She married Arthur William (Bud) Hylton on November 1, 1942, in Emporia. He died on January 11, 1988, in Emporia....
Michael Allen Williams
Nov 9, 2017
Michael Allen “Mike” Williams, 55, Emporia, passed away at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka on Thursday, November 9, 2017. Mike was born at Columbia, Missouri on February 16, 1962, the son of Chuck and Joan (Robertson) Williams, who died earlier. Mike married Joan Olsen in Florida on March 9, 1998. She survives. Also surviving Mike are daughters; Andrea Williams, Mesa AZ, Ashley...
Delores Ann Schneider
Nov 8, 2017
Delores Ann “Lola” Schneider, 51 of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Lola was born January 28, 1966 in Emporia the daughter of Vincent Guerrero and Ernestina (Tavares) Ramirez. She worked in Custodial Services at Emporia State University until she became too ill to work. Lola was a member of the...
Joan Nadine Wingert Lee
Nov 7, 2017
Joan Nadine Wingert Lee, 81, of rural Dunlap died on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at her home. Joan was born on May 20, 1936 in Dunlap, Kansas, the daughter of John Leroy and Bertha E. Estes Wingert. She married Gail Lee on August 11, 1996 at the Dunlap United Methodist Church, Dunlap, Kansas. He survives. Surviving family members include: husband,...
Nick B. Wolfe
Nov 4, 2017
Nick B. Wolfe, 55, of Emporia died November 4, 2017 at his home. Cremation is planned with a private family committal service to be held later. Nicholas Byron “Nick” Wolfe, the son of Wendell Leon and Bonnie Louise Monroe Wolfe was born January 3, 1962 in Falls City, Nebraska. Nick had worked for Tyson Foods. He is survived by his...
Beverly Ann Dillman
Nov 3, 2017
Many people are sad today with the news of the passing of Bev Dillman. Beverly Ann Howard Dillman passed away on November 3, 2017 at Presbyterian Manor, Emporia, KS with her family in attendance. Beverly was proud of the many boys and girls she taught at the Village Elementary School. She was a very dedicated first grade teacher at the...
