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...
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,...
