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...
Roy E. Helums
Dec 22, 2017
Roy E. Helums, 81 of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, December 22, 2017 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Roy was born January 12, 1936 in Norwood, Missouri the son of Noel and Verba (Hurt) Helums. He worked in maintenance at the Kansas Turnpike Authority for 23 years. Retiring 24 years ago. Roy served in the US Army during the Korean...
Sylvia S. Klumpe
Dec 21, 2017
Sylvia S. Klumpe passed away at her home on Thursday, December 21, 2017 surrounded by her family after a courageous 16 month battle with bile duct cancer. She was 81. The daughter of Elizabeth C. Decker Lantz and Melvin E. Lantz, Sylvia was born August 23, 1936 in Emporia, KS and graduated from Hartford High School in 1954. She married...
Glenn E. Johnson
Dec 19, 2017
Glenn E. Johnson, 92, of Emporia, died Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Holiday Resort Care Center. Glenn Edward Johnson, the son of Edward O. & Fern Austin Johnson was born April 11, 1925, on the family farm near Miller. He married Lois Florine Galutia on June 22, 1952 in Miller. She preceded him in death on January 8, 2017. He...
Twila Lou Fowler
Dec 18, 2017
Twila Lou Fowler of Emporia died on Monday, December 18, 2017 at the Rosewood Health Center in Independence, Missouri. She was 85. Twila was born on June 18, 1932 in rural Osage City, Kansas the daughter of John and Gladys Bloomquist Wills. She married Raymond Fowler on April 8, 1956 in Osage City, Kansas. He died on September 26, 2009...
Rolland Neil Gibson
Dec 18, 2017
Rolland Neil Gibson of Emporia died on Monday, December 18, 2017 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. He was 96. Rolland was born on November 3, 1921 in Mercedes, Texas the son of Wallace E. and Hazel F. Pearce Gibson. He married Carrie Burris on July 10, 1945 in Emporia. She died on July 2, 2016 in Emporia. Surviving...
Ray H. Woods, Jr.
Dec 17, 2017
Ray H. Woods, Jr., 81 of Overbrook, Kansas formerly of Neosho Rapids, Kansas died Sunday, December 17, 2017 at Doctors Hospital of Renaissance Health in Edinburg, Texas. Ray was born April 19, 1936 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Ray Hulley and Ruth B. (Shellman) Woods. Ray was a farmer and a welder. He served 6 years in the U.S....
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....
