Michael Ray Boyce
Aug 5, 2017
Michael Ray Boyce of rural Emporia, passed away at his home on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at the age of 62. Mike was born in Emporia, Kansas on August 3, 1955, the eldest son of Donald Morris and Mona Patricia Sue (Hanifan) Boyce. He and Connie Ann Wellnitz were married in Emporia, Kansas on May 17, 1975. Connie survives of...
Edyth Marie Rosenlieb
Aug 5, 2017
Edyth Marie Rosenlieb, 95 of Emporia, died on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Edyth was born on September 2, 1921 in Marshalltown, Iowa, the daughter of Raymond Clarence and Josephine Lowery Collins. She married Raymond “Ike” Rosenleib on April 18, 1941 in St. Charles, Missouri. He died on September 22, 1967 in Holyrood, Kansas....
Clinton Brandt Miller
Aug 2, 2017
Clint Miller, 41, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home on August 2, 2017. Clinton Brandt Miller, son of Clifford and Betty Heins Miller, was born on June 18, 1976. He graduated from Emporia High School, and Flint Hills Technical College. On September 22, 2001, he married Victoria Woydziak at First Christian Church in Emporia. She survives of the...
Don Monroe
Aug 1, 2017
Don Monroe, 71, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home on Tuesday, August 1, 2017. Don was born in Emporia, Kansas on September 21, 1945, the son of Preston and Thena (Huff) Monroe (Christian). He married Angela Rangel in Emporia on January 29, 1965. She survives. Besides his wife, Angela, Don is survived by two daughters, Yvonne Spalding, Topeka, Kansas...
Justin Travis Lyon
Aug 1, 2017
Justin T. Lyon, 37, of Emporia died Tuesday, August 01, 2017 at his home. Cremation is planned. Justin Travis Lyon the son of Larry D. and Peggy J. Lefler Lyon was born April 18, 1980 in Emporia. He was a Sales Associate at the Emporia Wal Mart, and was a member of the Saffordville United Methodist Church. Justin is survived...
Roberta Elaine Buttenhoff
Jul 31, 2017
Roberta Buttenhoff, Emporia, passed away at her home Monday, July 31, 2017 at the age of 77. Roberta Elaine Holman was born in Vesper, Kansas on February 24, 1940, the daughter of Floyd and Pauline (Cromwell) Holman. Roberta married Orville Buttenhoff at Lincoln, Kansas on April 9, 1957. He passed away June 11, 2014. Surviving family members include her daughter;...
Betty Jo Commons
Jul 29, 2017
Betty Jo Commons, 90, of Emporia died on Saturday, July 29, 2017 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor in Emporia. Betty was born on October 18, 1926 in Terre Haute, Indiana, the daughter of Joseph J. and Eula Geraldine West Penna. She married Bob D. Commons on August 7, 1949 in Topeka, Kansas. He survives. Surviving family members include: husband, Bob...
Johnnie E. Thompson
Jul 28, 2017
Johnnie E. Thompson, (86), of Emporia died Friday, July 28, 2017 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka. He donated his body to K.U. Medical School. There are no services planned. Johnnie Edward Thompson the son of Roy Richard and Mary O. Burke Thompson was born April 17, 1931 in Tucker, Arkansas. He joined the Army on February 18, 1948 and was...
Donald Morris Boyce
Jul 27, 2017
ROBERTS-BLUE-BARNETT FUNERAL HOME – EMPORIA, KANSAS OBITUARY 620-342-2134 AUGUST 1, 2017 Donald Morris Boyce, age 87, of rural Emporia, passed away from this life at his home Thursday, July 27, 2017. Don was born in Emporia, Kansas on November 7, 1929, the son of Marvin and Thelma (Richard) Boyce. He married Mona Patricia Sue Hanifan on August 8, 1953. They...
Diane Charlene Valentine
Jul 27, 2017
Diane Charlene Valentine, 75, of Emporia died on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. Diane was born on May 21, 1942 in Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Charles Grant and Helen Felicia Nichols. She married Larry Edward Valentine on July 3, 1965 in Mission, Kansas. He died on August 5, 2004 in Emporia, Kansas. Surviving family...
James K. Snook
Jul 20, 2017
James K. Snook, (84), of Emporia passed away Thursday, July 20, 2017 at the Holiday Resort Care Center. Jim was born February 24, 1933, in Wichita, the son of William Robert and Margaret Snyder Snook. He graduated from Wichita East High School in 1951, served in the US Army from 1953 to 1955, and earned his B.S. in Geology in...
Hobart "Gene" Eugene Simons
Jul 17, 2017
Hobart “Gene” Eugene Simons, 90, of Emporia died on July 17, 2017 at his home. Gene was born on May 27, 1927 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Lawrence and Daisy Burns Simons. He married Lois Jeanette Wilson on August 23, 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri. She survives at the home. Other surviving family members include: sons, David R. Simons...
William Leo Ballard
Jul 15, 2017
William Leo Ballard, 67, of Emporia died on Saturday, July 15, 2017 at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka. William was born on May 26, 1950 in Goessel, Kansas the son of Garland Lorriane Ballard and Margaret L. Blevins Cook. He is survived by his mother, Margaret L. Cook of Humboldt, Sisters, Garrie "Lori” L. Stang, Humboldt and Margaret "Maggie” L. Nichols of...
Lafayette C. Greischar, Jr.
Jul 14, 2017
Lafayette Charles Greischar, 88, died July 14 at Villa St. Francis in Olathe KS. Lafayette Greischar, the son of Lafayette Sr. & Ellen Krehbeil Greischar was born March 5, 1929 in Emporia, Kansas. He married Eileen Dingman June 18, 1955 in Fort Madison, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his wife Eileen, his parents and one granddaughter Allison Draper....
Betty J. Miller
Jul 14, 2017
Betty J. Miller, 90 of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, July 14, 2017 at Life Care Center in Burlington, Kansas. Betty and her husband J.D. owned and operated J.D. Miller and Sons. Cremation is planned. Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army and sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Kathryn "Kay" Scott Andersen
Jul 9, 2017
Kathryn “Kay” Scott Andersen, 101, of Emporia died on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Kathryn was born on March 7, 1916 in Lakefield, Minnesota the daughter of Laurin and Lucile Parkinson Scott. She married Fred B. Andersen on July 1, 1943 in Riverside, California. He died on October 5, 1989 in Bismarck, North Dakota. Surviving family...
Dennis Dean Schiesser
Jul 9, 2017
Dennis Dean Schiesser, 67, Allen, Kansas, passed away at his home on Sunday, July 9, 2017. Dennis was born July 1, 1950 at Emporia, Kansas, the son of Sydney Le Roy and Maudeen Etta (Sloyer) Schiesser. He married Necla Brown, they later divorced. He was a graduate of Northern Heights High School, Allen, KS and the Flint Hills Technical College,...
Donnia Ruth Briar
Jul 7, 2017
Donnia R. Briar, 71 of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, July 7, 2017 at Life Care Center in Burlington, Kansas. Donnia was born June 4, 1946 in Colwich, Kansas the daughter of Ervin and Edna May (Villines) Baucom. She worked over 30 years as a clerk at the Lyon County District Court in Emporia until her retirement. Donnia had been a...
Philip J Duncan
Jul 5, 2017
Philip J. Duncan, 78, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Via Christi Saint Francis Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Philip Duncan was born in Emporia, Kansas on September 14, 1938, the son of Thomas J. and Eva (Specht) Duncan. He married Daytha Williams at Emporia on September 4, 1965. She survives. Surviving family members include his wife,...
Billy Joy Branson
Jul 3, 2017
Billy Joy Hanifan Branson of Emporia passed away Monday, July 3, 2017 at the Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. She was 85. She was born May 22, 1932 in Sheldon, MO to Thomas M. and Iona Mae Lea Adkins Hanifan. She married Melvin E. Branson on August 13, 1949 in Emporia. He died on January 25, 2000 in Emporia....
