Laurea A. Cunningham
Jan 1, 2017
Laurea A. Cunningham, 86, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away on January 1, 2017 at her home. Laurea A. Myers, daughter of Clarence H. and Wilma Mills Myers, was born on February 5, 1930 in Gravette, Arkansas. She married Jack T. Cunningham on September 4, 1948 in Hartford, Kansas. They later divorced. Surviving family members include: sons, Ron (Mary Ann) Cunningham...
W. Jeff O'Dell
Dec 30, 2016
William Jeffrey “Jeff” O’Dell, 64, passed away December 30, 2016 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, KS. He was the son of William Jesse and Virginia Mae Samuelson O’Dell. Jeff was born May 11, 1952 at the base hospital in Newport, RI where his father served in the U.S. Navy. Jeff graduated from Paola High School in 1970. He received...
Joan Louise Jackson
Dec 29, 2016
Joan Louise Jackson, 77 of rural Allen passed away at home on Thursday, December 29, 2016. Joan was born on January 13, 1939, in Enid, Oklahoma, the oldest child of Victor and Leola Smith Passow. The family moved to rural Allen, Kansas in 1945. Joan married her high school sweetheart Montie Lee Jackson on June 16, 1955. Survivors include Montie...
Edna Maryann Glaser
Dec 29, 2016
Edna MaryAnn Glaser, 93, of Emporia died on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia. Edna was born on July 9, 1923 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of William John and Edna Sarah Reider Morgan. She married Merle Leland Glaser of February 15, 1948 in Kansas City, Kansas. He died on July 3, 1990 in Emporia. Surviving...
Terry James Weller
Dec 29, 2016
Terry J. Weller, (77), of Warrensburg, Missouri died Thursday, December 29, 2016 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, with Pastor Nancy Brown of the Americus United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery near Neosho Rapids. Memorial Donations to the...
Debra Lee Rice
Dec 28, 2016
Debra Lee Rice, a lifetime resident of Emporia, Kansas, died at her home Wednesday evening, December 28, 2016 at the age of 61. Debra Lee Glenn was born in Emporia, the daughter of C. Leonard and Judith (Needels) Glenn. She married Warren Shown, who she later divorced, Joseph “Butch” Rice and Kelly Turner, both of whom she divorced. Debra is...
Karen Barber
Dec 28, 2016
Karen Barber, 74, Americus, Kansas, passed away at the Emergency Department of Newman Regional Health, Emporia, on December 28, 2016. The funeral service will be held at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia, on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 10:30 A.M. Interment will follow in Eskridge Cemetery, Eskridge, Kansas. The family will receive friends at the funeral home that morning, one hour...
Anna Marie Mallon
Dec 28, 2016
Anna Marie Graeber Mallon passed away on December 29, 2016. She was with her loving family at her home, Vintage Park Assisted Living Facility in Gardner, Kansas. She was born in Denver, Colorado, on May 28, 1931, the daughter of Edward and Margaret (Ochs) Graeber. Anna met Larry Cecil Mallon in Salina, KS while attending Mary Mount College. They were...
Terry Lee Woods
Dec 24, 2016
Terry Lee Woods, 67 of Lake Kahola, Kansas died Saturday, December 24, 2016 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Terry was born July 4, 1949 in Kansas City, Kansas. He worked in construction and then went to work for Hopkins Manufacturing in Emporia where he worked for 31 years. Terry was the Molding Department Manager when he retired in...
Marilyn Lucille Langley
Dec 22, 2016
Marilyn L. Langley, (86), of Emporia died Thursday, December 22, 2016 at the Holiday Resort Care Center. She donated her body to K.U. Medical Center. Marilyn Lucille Allen, the daughter of Rufus and Anna Rosa Kettner Allen was born on September 10, 1930 in Emporia. She married George Langley on November 4, 1949 in Olpe. He preceded her in death...
Juanita Mae Mchugh
Dec 18, 2016
Juanita Mae McHugh, 98, Emporia, Kansas and formerly of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, died Saturday, December 18, 2016 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Juanita Mae Ellis was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on May 3, 1918, the daughter of Joseph Elam and Blanche May (Cook) Ellis. She married Joseph Blackburn McHugh in Bartlesville on July 16, 1937. He died November 12, 1982....
J. Janice Stevenson
Dec 15, 2016
J. Janice Stevenson, 88, of Emporia died Thursday, December 15, 2016 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Jan was born on April 7, 1928 in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Cecil W. and Myrtle Browning Hawley. She married Harold Stevenson on July 6, 1946 in Emporia, Kansas who continues to reside at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Surviving family members include: Three...
Tommy Lynn Sorrells
Dec 7, 2016
On December 7, 2016, Tommy Lynn Sorrells left his cancerous body behind and traded it for a new Heavenly body. As he celebrates his arrival in Paridise, we remember his life here on earth. Tommy was born in Reading, PA, November 30, 1953. His parents were Herman and Dolores (Jernigan) Sorrells. He is survived by his sisters Marcella Brenda Trimble...
Mary E. Morriss
Dec 3, 2016
Mary E. Morriss, 87, of Emporia died Saturday, December 3, 2016 at her home. Cremation is planned. Visitation will begin at 10 AM on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at the First Christian Church, 202 E. 12th in Emporia with the memorial service to follow at 11 AM. Pastor David Webb of the First Christian Church and the Reverend Landon Whitsitt...
Grace Eileen Vansickle
Nov 19, 2016
Grace Eileen Schwindt VanSickle, 91, of Emporia died on Saturday, November 19, 2016, in Emporia. Grace was born on November 10, 1925, to Jacob Carl and Rosa May Rice Schwindt. She married Ralph Edward VanSickle, her high school sweetheart, on May 5, 1946, at the Ebenezer Evangelical Church in Olpe, KS. He died on November 20, 2007 in Emporia. Surviving...
Thomas S. Glass
Nov 19, 2016
Thomas S. Glass, 55, of Allen, Kansas went to his heavenly home on Saturday, November 19, 2016 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Tom was born on February 26, 1961 in Clinton, Missouri the son of Billy and Mary Lou Rollo Glass. He married his childhood sweetheart Lisa Mellen on April 17, 1981 in Clinton, Missouri....
Dale P. Hines
Nov 18, 2016
Dale P. Hines, 93, of rural Emporia died on Friday, November 18, 2016 at his home. Dale was born on January 16, 1923 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Frederick Chester and Myrtle F. Shaw Hines. He married Inez E. Schmidt on February 14, 1942 in Winfield, Kansas. She died on November 7, 2015 in Emporia. Surviving family members include:...
Helen Margaret Ericson
Nov 13, 2016
Helen Margaret Ericson was born on June 26, 1929 in Howard, Elk County, Kansas to Harry E. and Clara M. (Schneider) Hawley. She graduated from Howard High School in 1947 and from Kansas State Teachers College with a degree in Home Economics. On December 19, 1948 Helen married Alfred T. Ericson, Jr., of Quincy at her parent’s home in rural...
Charles Calvin Lawson, Jr.
Nov 13, 2016
Charles Calvin Lawson Jr. was born August 10, 1947 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Charles Calvin and Ella (Vogts) Lawson. He was a Veteran of the Vietnam War, father of three, grandad to one and lifelong member of the Lutheran Church. As a child Charles enjoyed his mother’s cooking most notably her chicken and noodles. He spent much time...
Ethel M. Dallke
Nov 6, 2016
Ethel M. Dallke, 87, of rural Allen died on Sunday, November 6, 2016 at Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Ethel was born on April 15, 1929 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma the daughter of John H. and Ruth A. Taggart Hill. She married Leonard L. “Bud” Dallke on January 29, 1951 in Sterling, Kansas. He died on May 14, 2011 in...
