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...
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...
