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...
Roy D. Venning
Apr 29, 2016
Roy D. Venning, 93, Bushong, Kansas, died at Newman Regional Health in Emporia on April 29, 2016. Roy Darrel Venning was born on August 6, 1922 in Americus, Kansas, the son of Daniel and Clara (Wisdom) Venning. He married Freda Corpening in Emporia, Kansas on September 1, 1943. She survives. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 7, 2016...
Duane A. Ginavan
Apr 28, 2016
Duane A. Ginavan, 80, Emporia, passed away at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor on Thursday, April 28, 2016. Duane Alan Ginavan was born in Florence, Kansas on November 10, 1935, the son of Robert W. (Sr.) and Winona Josephine (Britton) Ginavan. He married Mary E. Root on August 28, 1960 in Baxter Springs, Kansas. She survives Duane moved, with his family,...
Noble E. Thornton
Apr 27, 2016
Noble E. Thornton, 77, of rural Hartford died Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. Noble was born on September 27, 1938 in Emporia, Kansas the son of George W. and Helen C. Krueger Thornton. He married Eileen Cannon on May 24, 1957 in Emporia, Kansas. She survives. Surviving family members include: wife, Eileen of the home;...
Leonard Gordon Greenup
Apr 26, 2016
Leonard Gordon Greenup, 85, of Emporia died April 26, 2016 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia. Gordon was born November 23, 1930 in Gridley, Kansas, the son of Leonard E. and Margaret Rose (Heusner) Greenup. He worked as a laborer for K.P. & L. and for Blacktop Construction. Gordon enjoyed hunting and fishing and spent most of his...
Myra Lee Jones
Apr 26, 2016
Myra Lee Jones, 90, formerly of Olpe, Kansas died Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Myra Lee was born April 29, 1925 in Olpe, Kansas the daughter of Roy Emmett and Jennie Lee (Mays) Langley. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Emporia, Verdigris Valley H.D.U. for over 50 years, served on the...
Timothy Eugene Sutton
Apr 23, 2016
Timothy Eugene Sutton, 21, a resident of Kansas City, Kansas, died Saturday, April 23, 2016 in Kansas City. Timothy was born in Emporia, Kansas on October 30, 1994, the son of Timothy Eugene Morrison and Gloria Jean (Jacobs) Hopkins. He is survived by his daughters: Nalieah Nicole Allen and Nalayah Jean Sutton, both of Kansas City, KS, grandmother: Mary Elizabeth...
Hazel P. Duncan
Apr 20, 2016
Hazel P. Duncan, 98 of Emporia died Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at the Holiday Resort in Emporia. Hazel was born August 13, 1917 in Arabia, Ohio the daughter of Ellis Reeves and Sallie Carrie (Severt) Miller. She graduated from high school in Friends, Kansas and graduated from beauty school in 1938. From 1939 to 1982 she worked as a beautician...
Mary Catherine Seyler
Apr 20, 2016
Mary Catherine Seyler (74) of Emporia, passed away April 20, 2016. She was born November 13, 1941, in Davenport, Iowa, to George and Kathleen Erickson. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1959. Mary graduated from the University of Kansas in 1963 with a degree in Elementary Education and was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. Mary was co-owner...
Betty A. Gibson
Apr 15, 2016
Betty A. Gibson, 80 of Emporia, Kansas died Friday, April 15, 2016 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. Betty was born February 4, 1936 in Emporia the daughter of Thomas W. and Virginia L. (Woehlert) Nevitt. She was a graduate of Emporia High School and retired 15 years ago after working 16 years as the Document Control Manager at Flour-Daniel...
James C. Stolfus
Apr 13, 2016
James C. Stolfus, 89, Emporia, passed away Wednesday evening, April 13, 2016 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor, where he was a resident. Jim was born January 26, 1927 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Roy and Gladys (Jones) Stolfus. He married Beverly Merwin June 6, 1948 in Emporia. She died June 13, 2009. Surviving family members include daughters, Janice C....
Dr. Brenton L. Bennett
Apr 13, 2016
Dr. Brenton L. Bennett, 52, of Emporia died Wednesday, April 13, 2016, at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Brenton was born on September 11, 1963, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Richard L. and Rose Marie Culver Bennett. He married Jennifer Thurmon on August 17, 1986 in Wellington, Missouri. Together they had three children: Erica, Maryann, and Larkin. They later...
Brenda Annelle Shaw
Apr 10, 2016
Brenda Annelle Shaw, 74, died Sunday April 10, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri at the Kansas City Hospice House. Brenda Annelle was born January 14, 1942 in LaFayette, Indiana, the daughter of Eugene and Yvonne (Carr) Goatley. In 1964, Brenda graduated from Kansas State University where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and received her B.A. in...
