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...
Paul E. Morris
Nov 1, 2017
Paul E. Morris, 75, of Emporia died on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Paul was born on July 17, 1942 in Emporia, the son of Virgil E. and Viola May “Peg” Pearson Morris. He married Mary Ellen Welch. They later divorced. He is survived by his wife Ginger Lee Peak Unruh; son, Jay Paul Morris of...
Daniel D. Rathke
Oct 29, 2017
Daniel D. Rathke, 62 of Emporia, died Sunday, October 29, 2017 at the Holiday Resort Care Center after struggling for more than 15 year to overcome the effects of a brain aneurysm that occurred on February 2, 2002. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, November 6, 2017 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home in Emporia. Pastor Lucille Barb will be officiating....
Joel Gutierrez
Oct 29, 2017
Joel Gutierrez, Emporia, passed away at Newman Regional Health, Emporia on Sunday, October 29, 2017 at the age of 88. Joel was born February 12, 1929 at Plymouth, Kansas, the son of Feliciano and Lola (Paul) Gutierrez. Joel and Lupe Mendoza were united in marriage at Emporia on June 23, 1956. She survives of the home. Surviving family members include...
Duane Charles Dingman
Oct 27, 2017
Duane Charles Dingman, 72 of Americus, Kansas died Friday, October 27, 2017 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Duane was born December 4, 1944 in Council Bluffs, Iowa the son of William Charles and Erma Blanche (Hough) Dingman. He worked as a production manager at Iowa Beef Processors in Emporia, then as a receiving manager at Dolly Madison...
Richard William Ross
Oct 25, 2017
Richard William Ross, 74 of rural Lyon County died at his home October 25, 2017. Richard was born June 20, 1943 in Dodge City, Kansas the son of Charles R. and Helen (Fredelake) Ross. He worked as a salesman for Pepsi in Emporia until his retirement. Richard then went to work in security at Tyson in Emporia. He served in...
Velma Eva Thompson
Oct 21, 2017
Velma Eva Thompson, 87, of Emporia, Kansas, passed peacefully on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Velma was born on July 30, 1930 in Americus, Kansas, the daughter of Everette and Mabel Childs Danford. She married Richard Thompson on June 25, 1949 in Emporia. He survives. Other surviving family members include: son, Terry (Marcia) Thompson of Emporia; daughter,...
