Ila Wilson
Jan 16, 2017
Ila Wilson, 85, of Emporia died on Monday, January 16, 2017 at the Oak Creek Senior Living Center in Topeka. Ila was born on April 21, 1931 in Toronto, Kansas the daughter of William F, Sr. and Susan M. Smith McJunkin. She married Waldo Jack Wilson on November 13, 1949 in Toronto, Kansas. He died on May 12, 2003 in...
Frederick Allen Masters, Sr.
Jan 14, 2017
Frederick Allen Masters, Sr., Emporia, formerly of Paola, died Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, at the age of 96. Fred was born in McClouth, Kansas on July 21, 1920, the son of Arkley A. and Ida Nell (Brown) Masters. He married Naomi M. Moore at Olathe, Kansas on February 21, 1941. She survives of the home....
Myrna Louise Jensen
Jan 12, 2017
Myrna Louise Jensen, 77, of Emporia died on January 12, 2017 at her home. Myrna was born on July 9, 1939 in Rolfe, Iowa to Roy George and Goldie Marie (Mishler) Luft. In 1957, she graduated from Rolfe High School. She married John W. Newcomb in 1967 and they moved to Emporia, Kansas in 1969. Together they had a daughter...
Beulah Mae "Dottie" Swibold
Jan 12, 2017
Beulah Mae “Dottie” Swibold, 78, Emporia, Kansas, died January 12, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Beulah Mae Keith was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on March 7, 1938, the daughter of Harold Leonard and Ella Marie (Digney) Keith. She married Gary C. Swibold on March 2, 1957 in Madison, Kansas, they were divorced. Surviving family members include her daughters; Mary Angela...
Lelia Maxine Weatherhead
Jan 11, 2017
Lelia M. Weatherhead, 87, of Emporia, died Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at the Flint Hills Care Center. Cremation is planned. Her memorial service will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. Pastor Alan Barus of the Sunrise Free Will Baptist Church will officiate. Lelia Maxine Murrell the daughter of Louis C. and Mary A. Brumley Murrell...
Lois F. Johnson
Jan 8, 2017
Lois F. Johnson, 85, of Emporia, died Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Newman Regional Health. Lois Florine Galutia, the daughter of Maynard and Maud Taber Galutia was born November 24, 1931 in Miller. She married Glenn E. Johnson on June 22, 1952 in Miller. She is survived by her husband, Glenn of Emporia; a son Robin Johnson of Emporia; a...
Vesta Ruth (Stolfus) Kramer
Jan 4, 2017
Vesta Ruth Stolfus Kramer, just shy of her 97th birthday, died Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at an Englewood, Colorado retirement center. There are few people in the world who are born and remain unfailingly good. They don’t have to be taught to be kind, responsible and loving. Vesta was one of those people. Her genuine kindness, integrity and unwavering nature...
Delores Carlene Pitts
Jan 2, 2017
Delores Carlene Pitts, 82, of Emporia died on Monday, January 2, 2017 at her home. Carlene was born on April 30, 1934 the daughter of Carl and Mary Lamb Peak. She married James “Jim” B. Pitts on September 2, 1956 in Emporia. He died on April 29, 2008 in Emporia. Surviving family members include: son, Dale Pitts and wife Connie...
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...
