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...
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;...
