John A. "Doc" Baxter
Nov 3, 2016
John A."Doc" Baxter (77), died Thursday, November 3rd at Aldersgate Village in Topeka. John Andrew Baxter, the son of Robert J. and Lena Dolzadelli Baxter was born on September 8, 1939 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He earned his B.S. from the University of New Mexico and received his Master’s degree in HPERA from Emporia State University in 1967. He was...
James T. Akers
Oct 27, 2016
James Torrington Akers James Torrington Akers passed away Thursday, October 27, 2016 in Emporia, KS. He was 84 years old. He was a longtime area educator and a past National Chaplain and Kansas State Department Chaplain of the American Legion. Services will take place on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church, 702 Arundel St., Emporia,...
Harold Lee Ziegler
Oct 23, 2016
Harold Lee Ziegler, who passed away peacefully at Newman Regional Health in Emporia on October 26, 2016, lived the life of a farmer and stockman every single day of his life. Harold was born on September 23, 1929 at Newman Memorial Hospital in Emporia to Otto Julius and Ruth Belle (Mast) Ziegler. As a boy, he spent his days working...
Bill D. Saueressig
Oct 21, 2016
Bill D. Saueressig, 69, of rural Olpe, died Friday, October 21 at his home. The remains are to be cremated. Billy Dean Saueressig, the son of Neil E. and Ora R. Tracy Saueressig was born July 10, 1947 in Lebo, KS. He was married to Frances E. Ferguson on August 30, 1968 in Prescott, AZ. She survives in the home....
Lula L. Hunt
Oct 19, 2016
Lula L. Hunt, 89, of Emporia died on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe. Lula was born on August 27, 1927 in Hartford, Kansas the daughter of Andrew Joseph and Lula Ann Rainbolt Link. She married William J. Hunt on August 30, 1947 in Emporia, Kansas. He died on February 14, 2010. Surviving family members...
Gaila Jeanne Hendren
Oct 15, 2016
Gaila Jeanne Hendren, 90, of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, October 15, 2016 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Gaila was born February 12, 1926 in Council Grove, Kansas the daughter of Everett and Elma (Kendell) Heidel. She attended Bethany College for a couple of years and worked as a medical technician at St. Mary’s Hospital in Emporia and...
Harold E. "Ernie" Erwin
Oct 14, 2016
Harold E. “Ernie” Erwin, 78, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home Friday evening, October 14, 2016. Harold was born December 14, 1937 in Elk Falls, Kansas, the son of Dale and Anna Lillian (Lawless) Erwin. Harold married Louetta DeFoor in Strong City, Kansas on June 25, 1960. Surviving family members include his wife, Louetta, Daughters; Julie Weakley, and her...
Alice Arlene Potter Digiovanni
Oct 14, 2016
Alice Arlene Potter DiGiovanni, 85, Topeka, Kansas, formerly Emporia, passed away at Saint John Hospital, Leavenworth, Kansas on Friday, October 14, 2016. Alice Arlene Maddern was born in Emporia, Kansas on May 11, 1931, the daughter of Charles and Edna Maddern. She married Gene Potter in 1947 and he died in 1986. She later married Joseph L. DiGiovanni in 1996....
Marjorie Catherine Sheeley
Oct 13, 2016
Marjorie C. Sheeley, 95, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2016 at the home of her son in Allen, Kansas. Marjorie Catherine Mulkey was born May 12, 1921 at Frankfort, Kansas, the daughter of Dr. E. W. and Thelma (Whitmer) Mulkey. She married Vesper M. Sheeley, Jr. in Many, Louisiana on June 26, 1943. He preceded her in death...
Ellen L. Coffman
Oct 2, 2016
Ellen Wilson Coffman, 88, of Allen, Kansas died Sunday, October 2, at home. There will be no services. A Celebration of Her Life Open House will be hosted by her family at Ellen's home on Saturday, October 8, 2016, from 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm, (21 West 7th, Allen). All family and friends are invited to Celebrate and honor Ellen's...
Donna Mae Proehl
Oct 1, 2016
Donna Mae Proehl, 86 of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, October 1, 2016 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Donna Mae the daughter of Fred and Marie (Nielsen) Johnson was born December 23, 1929 at the family home north east of Americus, Kansas. Donna worked many years as a Nurse’s Aide in pediatrics at Newman Regional Health. She enjoyed cooking, listening to...
Barbara Ann Moran
Sep 30, 2016
Barbara “Ann” Moran, 85, passed away peacefully on September 30, 2016 at Newman Regional Health, after a short illness. She was born to John Tracy and Maude Louetta (Stroud) Hughes in Emporia, Kansas on December 24, 1930. Ann was preceded in death by her parents, and her two sisters, Peggy Bain and Norma Jean Andera, as well as their husbands,...
Shirley Ann Meyer
Sep 30, 2016
Shirley Ann Meyer went to be with the Lord on September 30, 2016. She was born and grew up in WaKeeney, Kansas. She was born on April 11, 1938 to John and Frances Reitmeyer Mai. She graduated from Trego Community High School and from Emporia State University. She has resided in Sonoma County for the past 28 years. Shirley married...
R. Bruce Knaak
Sep 26, 2016
R. Bruce Knaak, 66, of Emporia, died at his home Monday, September 26, 2016. Cremation is planned. Robert Bruce Knaak, the son of Anton N. and Irma Shahan Knaak, was born June 11, 1950 in Hillsboro, Kansas. He married Dee Ann Price on November 8, 1975 in Emporia. She survives of the home. Other surviving members of the family include...
Barbara Jean Bruington
Sep 23, 2016
Barbara Jean Bruington, 66, of Olathe, Kansas passed away on Friday, September 23, 2016 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. Barbara was born on August 15, 1950 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Wayne and Dorothy Swartz Gage. She married Terry Joe Bruington on December 23, 1968 in Phoenix, Arizona. He survives at the home. Surviving...
Norma Jean Powell
Sep 22, 2016
Norma Jean Powell, 87, of Visalia, California died on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at the Prestige Senior Living Center in Visalia, California. Norma was born on November 22, 1928 in Americus, Kansas the daughter of Lorenz K. and Gladys Nielsen. She and her two brothers, Bill and John and one sister, Doris and her mother moved to Emporia after her...
Winifred Jean Witherspoon
Sep 18, 2016
Jean Witherspoon, 91, Emporia, Kansas, died at her home on Sunday, September 18, 2016. Winifred Jean Arndt was born in Emporia on February 26, 1925, the daughter of Alouis Theodore and Isabelle Sarah Flott Arndt. Jean married Frank Ernest Witherspoon August 20, 1947 in Emporia. He died June 25, 2006. Surviving family members include her daughter, Lois Burd and her...
Stephen Jay Sutton
Sep 13, 2016
Steve Sutton, Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at the age of 67. Stephen Jay Sutton was born July 2, 1949 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Thomas R. and Myrna L. (Rodee) Sutton. Steve married Mary E. Luna at Emporia on June 10, 1977. Mary survives of the home. Surviving family members include his...
Daniel E. Leary
Sep 13, 2016
Daniel E. Leary, (72), of Emporia died Tuesday, September 13, at his home north of Emporia. The funeral service will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, September 17, 2016 at the New Life Christian Church east of Emporia, on old Highway 50. Pastor Brent McCrory will officiate. Burial will be at 1:30 P.M. Saturday in the Alta Vista Cemetery, Alta Vista,...
David Lee House
Sep 6, 2016
David Lee House,60, son of Dean Lee (Bud) House and Mary Ellen (Bolz) House, passed away on Tuesday the 6h of September 2016 at Newman’s Regional Hospital in Emporia, Kansas. Dave was born on the 28th of December 1955 at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Emporia. Dave lived with his family in Reading until 1964 when they moved to Emporia. He...
