Maxine B. Helmer
Aug 29, 2016
Maxine B. Helmer, 91, of Emporia died on Monday, August 29, 2016 at Newman Regional Health. Maxine was born on September 3, 1924 in Enders, Nebraska, the daughter of John and Anna Danker Bischoff. She married Shirley L. Helmer on October 10, 1969 in Emporia. He died on October 21, 2010 in Wichita, Kansas. Surviving family members include: son, Johnny...
Lonna K Thomas
Aug 24, 2016
Lonna K Thomas, 65, of Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia, after battling a multitude of illnesses for 10 years. Lonna was born April 17, 1951 in Emporia, the daughter of Charles A. and Edith (Schorer) Greig. Lonna was a graduate of Emporia High School and the Emporia School of Beauty....
Phyllis Mowry
Aug 23, 2016
Phyllis Mowry, 75, Emporia, KS, formerly of San Diego, CA, and Lindsborg, KS, died at Newman Regional Health, Emporia on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 29, 2016 at 10:30 A.M. at Saint Mark’s Lutheran Church, Emporia. The services will be conducted by The Rev. Dinah Dutta, Ph.D. of the church. Burial will follow...
Ralph Eugene Wheeler
Aug 20, 2016
Ralph Eugene Wheeler, Emporia, passed away at the Holiday Resort Care Center on Saturday, August 20, 2016 at the age of 89. Ralph was born to Chester Arthur and Audrey Antoinette Wilson Wheeler in Emporia, on June 8, 1927. He married Evora Ann Rees on November 24, 1949, in Emporia. Ralph attended the original Riverside School, Maynard Elementary, and graduated...
Galen Tecumpseh Watts
Aug 16, 2016
Galen Tecumpseh Watts, 63, of Emporia died Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Galen was born on July 26, 1953 in Eureka, Kansas the son of Norman P. and Mary Pauline Grider Watts. Survivors include: wife, Diane L. McCaleb-Watts of Emporia; daughters, Hope Watts-Garber of Iola, Kansas, Misty Kemmerer, and Heather Kinzle both of Neosho Rapids, Kansas;...
Ryan Timothy Wright
Aug 15, 2016
Ryan Timothy Wright, Allen, Kansas, passed away at his home on Monday, August 15, 2016 at the age of 22. Ryan was born in Emporia, Kansas on July 13, 1994, the son of Tim and Kristi (Enos) Wright. Surviving family members include his fiancée, Kelsi Gadino, and their daughter, Kyli Wright, of Allen; his parents, Tim and Kristi Wright, Emporia;...
Donald Grant Mathena
Aug 14, 2016
Donald Grant Mathena, 87, Emporia, passed away Sunday morning, August 14, 2016 at the Coffey County Hospital. Burlington, Kansas Don was born March 3, 1929 at Hartford, Kansas, the son of Frank and Edith (Reeves) Mathena. He married Marian Turpin September 20, 1951. She died in May of 1992. He later married Betty Bargo May 5, 2005, and she passed...
Kenneth L. Emley
Aug 14, 2016
Kenneth L. Emley, 95, passed away Sunday, August 14. Kenneth was a life-long resident of Emporia until the last 3 years, when he resided at Park Meadows Senior Living Center in Overland Park. He was born the son of Roscoe and Chyuma Higgins Emley in Hartford, Kansas, on September 9, 1920. Survivors include his son Ken (Becky) Emley; a grandson,...
Loie Mae West
Aug 9, 2016
Loie Mae West, 97, died on August 9, 2016 at Brookdale Emporia. Loie was born on October 15, 1918 on the family farm near Admire, the fifth of seven children born to Van and Itis Blackwell Spade. She married Willard W. West on October 17, 1936 in Council Grove, Kansas and they resided in Allen for five years before moving...
Nell Ritchie
Jul 30, 2016
Nell Ritchie of Emporia died on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at her home. She was 88. Nell was born on November 13, 1927 in Pascagoula, Mississippi the daughter of G.C. and Dell Pittman Taylor. She married Floyd James Ritchie on March 3, 1946 in Adel, Georgia. He died on November 8, 1995 in Kansas City, Kansas. Surviving family members include:...
Kyle Matthew Wilson
Jul 29, 2016
Kyle Matthew Wilson, 30, of Manhattan, Kansas and formerly of Emporia died Friday, July 29, 2016 at Via Christi Health in Manhattan, Kansas. Kyle was born on April 10, 1986 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Jerome Todd and Jodi Annice Johns Wilson. Surviving family members include: parents, Jodi Wilson-Dunlap and husband Wes Dunlap of Emporia, and Jerome Todd Wilson...
Pamela Jo King
Jul 24, 2016
Pamela Jo King, 58, of Emporia died on Sunday, July 24, 2016 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Pamela was born on March 23, 1958 in Minnesota the daughter of Thomas and Joanne Jenkins Wamsley. Surviving family members include: beloved companion, Mark Archuleta; sons, Thomas, Skylar, Brandon King; seven grandchildren; brother, Tommy Wamsley; sister, Jeannie. She is preceded in death...
David Sielert
Jul 20, 2016
David Sielert, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Holiday Resort Care Center on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at the age of 90. David was born June 24, 1926 in Plymouth, Kansas, the son of Edward David and Eva Elizabeth (Smith) Sielert. He married Donna Jo Brasier in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on February 26, 1952. She survives. Other surviving family members include...
Hipolito "Paul" Ramirez
Jul 17, 2016
Hipolito “Paul” Ramirez, (86), of Emporia, died Sunday July 17, 2016 at the Holiday Resort Care Center. Cremation is planned. Hipolito Ramirez, the son of Sotero and Juseta Rodriguez Ramirez was born August 13, 1929 in Knippa, TX. He married Ernestina “Tina” Guerrero on February 14, 2005 in Emporia. She survives of the home. Other surviving members of the family...
Richard L. Lyons
Jul 13, 2016
Richard Lee Lyons, 92, of Emporia, Kansas, succumbed to pancreatic cancer at Holiday Resort on July 13, 2016. Richard was born in Wichita, Kansas, to James Taylor and Eva King Lyons. At the age of four, Richard and his family moved to the farm northeast of Emporia. Richard attended the Plum Creek Grade School and graduated from Emporia High School....
Virgina A. Paine
Jul 13, 2016
Virginia A. Kirk Paine Virginia Paine, of Admire, entered into God’s presence forever on July 13, 2016, at Vintage Park Assisted Living in Osage City. She was 99. Virginia Alice Patterson, daughter of Franklin and Susan Dixon Patterson, was born February 25, 1917 near Springfield, Missouri. The youngest of 7 children, Virginia grew up in Springfield, graduated from Central High...
Darlene Joan Schaefer
Jul 12, 2016
Darlene Joan Schaefer, 73, of Lebo died on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at Newman Regional Health. Darlene was born on August 22, 1942 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Otis and Helen (Jessee) Brooks. She married Richard Schaefer on April 15, 1962 in Emporia. He survives at the home. Other survivors include: sons, Eugene Schaefer and wife Jayne of Princeton,...
Manford Fredrick Langley
Jul 12, 2016
Manford Fredrick Langley, 87 of Emporia, Kansas died Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Manford was born January 25, 1929 in Castleberry, Alabama the son of Frank Lee and Fannie May (Barrow) Langley. He was a Special Projects Supervisor at Iowa Beef Processors in Emporia for over 22 years. Manford was a member of the Castleberry...
Richard Bruce Tucker
Jul 9, 2016
Richard Bruce Tucker, 50 of Americus, Kansas died Saturday, July 9, 2016 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Richard was born June 26, 1966 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Darrell Dee and Margaret Rachelle (Smith) Tucker. He was a production worker for Reser’s Fine Foods in Topeka for the past two and half years. Previously he was a production...
Barbara Jean "Jeannie" Bradshaw
Jul 5, 2016
Barbara Jean "Jeannie” Bradshaw, 85, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2016, at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Barbara Jean Heffron was born March 5, 1931 in Emporia, the daughter of Joseph James and Christina Elizabeth (Bunk) Heffron. She married Glen Albert Bradshaw at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia, on June 23, 1952. He died February 12, 2004. Surviving...
