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....
Marvin G. "Posy" Sumner
Jul 1, 2017
Marvin Gerald “Posy” Sumner, 85, of Emporia died on July 1, 2017 at the Life Care Center in Burlington, Kansas. Posy was born on December 12, 1931 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Pose T. and Garnette M. Day Sumner. He married Letha Mae Greenwood on April 2, 1966 in Burlington, Kansas. She died on November 5, 1989. He later...
Lorene L. Pape
Jun 26, 2017
Lorene Lucille Pape (94), formerly of rural Olpe, died Monday, June 26, 2017 at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. Her funeral service was held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. Pastor Bob Robison of the First Christian Church in Madison officiated. Burial was in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Olpe. Lorene Lucille Coble, the...
Charles D. "Chuck" Fechter
Jun 26, 2017
Charles D. “Chuck” Fechter, 73, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on June 26, 2017 at his home. Chuck was born in Pueblo, Colorado on February 3, 1944, the son of Arthur Dean and Alma Lee (Elder) Fechter. He married Jane Schmidt, and they later divorced. Surviving family members include his son, Chad Fechter and his wife, Brooke, Olathe, Kansas; daughter, Lisa...
Charles Dean "Chuck" Fechter
Jun 26, 2017
Charles Dean “Chuck” Fechter, 73, rural Emporia, died at his home on Monday, July 26, 2017. Cremation has occurred. A memorial mass will be held at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia, on Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. with Father Ron Livojevich, Celebrant. The Rosary will be recited at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home Friday evening, July 14 at...
Mont Sinclair Carson
Jun 21, 2017
Mont Sinclair Carson, 31 of Emporia, Kansas died June 21, 2017 at his home in Emporia. Mont was born June 13, 1986 in Emporia the son of Elmer Allen Carson and Ann Marie Charland. He worked in construction. Mont loved being with family and friends. The big loves of his life were Antoine and Aryia. Mont is survived by his...
Norma M. Gilpin
Jun 20, 2017
Norma M. Gilpin, 88, of Emporia passed away on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at Lexington Park Nursing, Topeka with her family and Great Lakes Hospice at her side. Norma was born on November 13, 1928 in Chanute, Kansas the daughter of Roscoe L. and Betty L. Bowman Mendenhall. After completing grade school in Virgil, KS, her family moved to Emporia...
