Carrie Gibson
Jul 2, 2016
Carrie Gibson, 91, of Emporia died on Saturday, July 2, 2016 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. Carrie was born on December 31, 1924 in Pasco, Washington the daughter of Reuben C. and Mabel L. McCoy Burris. She married Rolland “Ron” Neil Gibson on July 10, 1945 in Emporia, Kansas. He survives. Other survivors include: daughter, Peggy L. Barnhart...
Gerald Lee Schumann
Jul 1, 2016
Gerald Lee Schumann, 77, of Emporia died on Friday, July 1, 2016 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Gerald was born on June 27, 1939 in Sabetha, Kansas the son of George Henry and Edith May Feller Schumann. Gerald was baptized into the Triune God on July 30, 1939, and was confirmed in the faith in 1953 all...
Virginia M. Siegel
Jun 30, 2016
Virginia Mae "Ginny" Wamser Siegel, 91, a longtime Emporia resident, passed away June 30 in Brookfield, Wisconsin. She was born in Emporia on May 30, 1925, and grew up on a farm in the Toledo community of Chase County. Her parents were the late John W. and Katherine Jones Petford. She married Eugene G. Wamser in Emporia in 1948 and...
Rob Roy Macgregor
Jun 29, 2016
Rob Roy MacGregor, Jr. age 91, of Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on Wednesday, June 29, 2016. Mr. MacGregor was born May 19, 1925 in Steubenville, Ohio, the son of Rob Roy MacGregor and Beatrice Mae (Griffiths) MacGregor. He served in the U.S. Army from July, 1943 to March 1946 in a Combat Engr. Battalion. He served in Europe...
Clara Louise Elkins
Jun 29, 2016
Clara Elkins of Brookdale Senior Living, Emporia, Kansas died June 29, 2016 at the age of 90. Clara Louise Watson was born December 18, 1925 in Kingman, Kansas, the second daughter of Carl C and Esther Rector Watson. She graduated high school in Aline, Oklahoma. After graduation – still at the age of 17 – Clara left for Washington DC...
Mona Patricia Sue Boyce
Jun 24, 2016
Mona Patricia Sue Boyce, age 80, of rural Emporia, passed from this life at her home on Friday, June 24, 2016. She was born in Cushing, Oklahoma, February 6, 1936, and was the daughter of Thomas M. Sr. and Iona May (Adkins) Hanifan. She moved to rural Emporia as a child, and attended Rosean Rural School, later graduating from Emporia...
Rhonda Sue Savage
Jun 18, 2016
Rhonda Sue Savage, 53 of Mount Juliet, Tennessee died Saturday, June 18, 2016 at Metro General Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Rhonda was born November 11, 1962 in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was the owner and C.E.O. of TrueLove Consulting, Inc. in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. Rhonda is survived by her mother Nancy Lucille Bell of Emporia, Kansas, son Jeremy Dean Savage and...
Elaine Ek
Jun 17, 2016
Elaine White Ek was born April 5, 1931 in Denver, Colorado and passed away peacefully June 17, 2016 at The Regent Park Rehabilitation and Memory Care facility in Wichita. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Ek, her parents, Arthur and Helen Jenner White, her brother Arthur and a sister Lora. She is survived by a brother Robert...
Steven W. Butcher
Jun 16, 2016
Steven W. Butcher, 68, of Emporia died on Thursday, June 16, 2016 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. Steve was born on May 15, 1948, in Emporia, Kansas the son of Thomas P. and Freda Dickey Butcher. He married Ruby Patton on June 6, 1981 in Emporia. She survives. Surviving include: wife, Ruby; daughters, Danika Galindo and husband Grande of...
Elmaleda Elizabeth Mcminn
Jun 15, 2016
Elmaleda E McMinn passed away peacefully, on June 15, 2016, in the "Granny Suite" surrounded by family and her caregiver where she resided with Melissa, Patrick and Zack in Wichita, Kansas. She was 86 years young. Elmaleda Elizabeth Hauser was born in Great Bend, Kansas on July 31, 1929, the daughter of G. O. and Lillian (Klusener) Hauser. She married...
Ivan Lucas Miller
Jun 11, 2016
Ivan Lucas Miller the son of Richard Dean, III and Leah Ruth (Mease) Miller was born Thursday, June 9, 2016 in Wichita, Kansas. He died Saturday, June 11, 2016. Ivan is survived by his parents Rick and Leah Miller of Park City, Kansas, grandparents Richard and Colleen Miller of Emporia, Kansas and Rev. Ed and Becca Mease of Leavenworth, Kansas,...
Sandra Ruth Moore
Jun 8, 2016
Sandra Ruth Moore, 60, of Emporia, Kansas died Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Sandy was born November 12, 1955 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of James M. and Clara R. (Lamb) Read. A lifelong resident of Emporia, Sandy cherished the many friendships she made in the community. She was a member of the Sacred Heart...
Loretta Alene Rice
Jun 2, 2016
Loretta Alene Rice, 84, of Emporia died Thursday June 2, 2016 at the Holiday Resort Care Center. Loretta Alene Spiker, the daughter of William H. and Grace Chase Spiker was born September 4, 1931 in Sabetha. She married Richard L. Rice on March 28, 1954 in Horton. He preceded her in death on January 22, 2007, in Emporia. Surviving Members...
Floyd E. Williams
Jun 1, 2016
Lifetime Emporia resident Floyd E. Williams passed away Wednesday, June 1, at his home at the age of 82. Floyd E. Williams was born in Red Top, Missouri on May 23, 1934, the son of Clyde and Lucile (Gilbert) Williams. He is survived by his four sons and one daughter, two sisters, as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mr....
Howard Jacob Haag
Jun 1, 2016
Howard Jacob Haag, 87, of Olpe passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at Stormont-Vail Health Center in Topeka. Howard was born on December 10, 1928 in Emporia, the son of Albert and Helen Brown Haag. He married Marilyn Irene Spade on March 23, 1954 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Emporia. She died February 14, 2013. Other survivors include five...
Raymond Eugene Luna
May 21, 2016
Raymond Eugene “Ray” Luna, (81), of Emporia died Saturday May 21, 2016 at Newman Regional Health. Cremation is planned. Ray Luna the son of James E. and Catherine L. Hoskins Luna was born January 12, 1935 in Plymouth. He graduated from the Toledo Township High School in Saffordville, and served on a submarine in the Navy from 1953 until 1957....
Lena Mae Lynch
May 14, 2016
Lena M. Lynch, 92, passed away at Vintage Park in Louisburg, Kansas on May 14, 2016. Lena was born the youngest of five children to Oscar and Ina Danford Huyett near Hartford, Kansas on February 23, 1924. Lena was a twin sister to Dena. Lena’s schooling began at Michigan Valley, Kansas and was completed in Admire, Kansas. Lena married Robert...
Sterling Edward Sippola
May 9, 2016
Sterling “Steve” Edward Sippola, 95, of Emporia, Kansas, died May 9, 2016 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Sterling was born on April 25, 1921 in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, the son of John and Mary Paaka Sippola. He married his loving wife, Marie B. Bellamy, on March 10, 1946 in Syracuse, New York. She died on August 31, 2015 in Emporia. Survivors...
Verna L. Gieber
Apr 29, 2016
Verna L. Gieber, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Friday, April 29, 2016 at the Stormont-Vail Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas, at the age of 79. Verna Lucille Worley was born October 9, 1936 in Emporia, the daughter of Perry and Vivian (Marsh) Worley, She married LeRoy A. Gieber October 17, 1956 at Emporia. LeRoy died November 5, 2000. Surviving family members include...
Joann Baysinger
Apr 29, 2016
Funeral services for Joann Baysinger will be held Friday, May 6, 2016 at 10:30 A.M. at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia. The service will be conducted by Pastor Joe Tuttle, Bethel Baptist Church, Emporia, Burial will follow in Cottonwood Cemetery west of Emporia. Mrs. Baysinger passed away at her home on Friday, April 29, 2016 at the age of 72. Joann...
