Inez Elsie Hines
Nov 7, 2015
Inez E. Hines (95) of Emporia, died Saturday, November 7, 2015 at her home. Her funeral service is scheduled for Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Messiah Lutheran Church, Emporia. Rev. Norbert Tegtmeier will officiate. Burial will take place at Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Friends are invited to visit with Inez’s family members from 1:00 p.m. until the funeral...
Maria E. Vega
Nov 6, 2015
Maria E. Vega, 65, of Lawrence, Kansas, died Friday, November 6, 2015 at K.U. Medical Center. She was formerly of Emporia. Maria E. Vega, the daughter of Bernardino and Jesusita Bedolla Vega, was born March 10, 1950 in Mexico. She is survived by two sons, Jaime J. Vasquez of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Shawn D. Vega of Lubbock, Texas; two...
Elizabeth Willard
Nov 3, 2015
Elizabeth Ann Willard, 86, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at Midland Hospice House, Topeka, Kansas. Elizabeth Ann Madison was born the daughter of Roy L. and C. Pearl (Miller) Madison on March 17, 1929 in Emporia, growing up in Virgil, Kansas. She married William “Bill” Willard February 22, 1947 in Emporia. He passed away April 2, 1998....
Glenda Jane Bachar
Oct 31, 2015
Glenda Jane Bachar, 72, of Emporia, died Saturday, October 31, 2015 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. Glenda was born on June 1, 1943 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Glenn and Winifred Walker Wilson. She married Austin D. Bachar on May 31, 1974 in Leavenworth, Kansas. He died on July 1, 2015 in Emporia. Family members include: stepson, John Bachar...
Patricia Ann Pedersen
Oct 29, 2015
Patricia Ann Pedersen, 72 of Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, October 29, 2015 at her home. Patti was born July 12, 1943 in Emporia, the daughter of Luther Aubrey and Virginia June (Knittle) Williams. She was a graduate of Emporia High School. Patti worked for Citizens National Bank in 1963, before quitting to raise her family. She enjoyed quilting, tennis, bowling...
Carol A. Coleman
Oct 22, 2015
Carol A. Coleman, 70, of Emporia died on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at her home. Carol was born on February 27, 1945 in Carroll, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph Frank and Naurine M. Zimmer Wright. She married Romero Micheaux in December of 1978 in Omaha, Nebraska. He died April 25, 1992. Surviving family members include: sister, Jeannie Miller and husband...
Richard "Rick" Frevert
Oct 20, 2015
Richard E. “Rick” Frevert, 63, passed away at his home in Emporia, Kansas, on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 with his family by his side. Rick had fought a 22-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Rick was born November 8, 1951 in Iola, Kansas, the son of Paul H. and Betty B. (Stout) Frevert. Rick married Joy Hicks at the First Christian...
Donna Marie Taylor
Oct 14, 2015
Donna Marie Taylor, 57, of Reading died Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at her home in Reading. Donna was born on May 10, 1958 in Topeka, Kansas the daughter of Don and Claire Marie Davidson Marche. She married Jeff Taylor. He survivies. Other survivors include: sons, Tuey Unrein, Michael Unrein, Kris Taylor, and Chance Taylor; daughter, Sierra Taylor; grandchildren, Layne Taylor,...
Arthur Joseph Tabares
Oct 10, 2015
Arthur J. Tabares, 61, of Emporia, died Saturday, October 10, 2015 at his home. Cremation is planned. Arthur Joseph Tabares, the son of Antonio and Carmen Torres Tabares, was born on August 12, 1954 in Emporia. He married Lori Sue Dase on July 24, 1982 in Emporia. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, October 15,...
Ronald P. Roerig
Oct 9, 2015
Ronald P. Roerig, 67, of Emporia, Kansas, died Friday, October 9, 2015 at his home. Ron was born on December 5, 1947 in Washington, D.C., the son of Richard and Esther Price Roerig. He is survived by a brother, Richard Roerig of Burke, Virginia. Mr. Roerig graduated from Emporia State College, and Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas. He was an attorney...
Nancy Lee Myers Rhoads
Oct 9, 2015
Nancy Lee Myers Rhoads, 61, of Wichita died on Friday, October 9, 2015 at her home. Nancy was born on June 21, 1953 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Clifford and Virginia Dieker Myers. She married Terry Rhoads, Sr. and later divorced. She is survived by: sons, Clifton Rhoads of Wichita, Terry Rhoads, Jr. of Emporia, and Justin Rhoads of...
Sandra Ann Fulton
Oct 5, 2015
Sandra Ann Hedrick Fulton, 80 of Emporia, Kansas died Monday, October 5, 2015 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. Sandra was born October 12, 1934 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Edward Morgan and Sarah Belle (Johns) Hedrick. She was a repair clerk at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in Emporia until her retirement. She then worked in central supply at Newman...
Lt. Col. William Bingham, Sr.
Oct 5, 2015
Final Flight Lt. Col. William Paul “Bill” Bingham, Sr. (USAF, retd.) passed away October 5, 2015, in Panama City, Florida after a brief illness. A native of Emporia, Kansas, Bill was a graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy and West Point Military Academy. He served his country as a FAC pilot in Vietnam, a test pilot, Command Pilot in the...
Ruth N. Turnbull
Sep 25, 2015
Ruth N. Turnbull, 85, of Eskridge, Kansas, passed away on September 25, 2015 at Village Villa Nursing Facility in Nortonville, Kansas. Ruth Nadine Converse, the daughter of Merle and Nellie Hunt Converse, was born on July 4, 1930 at Eskridge. Ruth married Edwin Van Petten on December 26, 1948 at Eskridge Methodist Church. He preceded her in death on February...
Mayetta "Mickey" V. Mccorkle
Sep 24, 2015
Mayetta “Mickey” V. McCorkle, 93, of Emporia died at her home on Thursday, September 24, 2015. Mickey was born on May 7, 1922 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Frank and Viola Deister. She married Ovid “Corky” N McCorkle on March 29, 1942 in Emporia, Kansas. He died July 20, 1999 in Emporia. Surviving family members include: son, Mitchell McCorkle...
Walter Albert Zumbrum
Sep 24, 2015
Walter Albert Zumbrum, 94, passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Walter was born in Americus, Kansas on November 1, 1920, to Albert and Christena (Edwards) Zumbrum. He graduated from Americus High School and entered the military, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corp, as an airplane mechanic in the 376th Air Service Squadron, 5th Air...
Fredrick A. Campbell
Sep 22, 2015
Fredrick A. Campbell, 70, Hartford, Kansas and formerly of Emporia, died Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at Newman Regional Health. Services will be held at the Patio Garden, Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, on Friday September 25, 2015 at 2:00 P.M., conducted by Pastor Charity Sandstrom, First Friends Church. Interment will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery.
Stephanie Diane Lindsay
Sep 15, 2015
Stephanie Diane Lindsay, 45, of Emporia died September 15, 2015 at her home. Stephanie was born on June 14, 1970 in Topeka, KS to Michael W. Lindsay and Betty A. King Lindsay Hayes. Surviving family members include: parents, Betty A. and Larry G. Hayes of Emporia, KS, and Michael W. Lindsay of Joplin, MO; brothers, Shawn M. Lindsay (Jody) of...
Margaret Jane Squires
Sep 12, 2015
Margaret J. Squires (69), of Emporia died Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. Margaret Jane Cody, the daughter of Campbell and Murlie Bowen Cody, was born August 7, 1946 in Springfield, Illinois. She had worked many jobs through her life and retired from the deli at Walmart. She was active with the “Hi Risers Club” at Horizon...
Margaret Ellen Martin
Sep 11, 2015
Margaret E. Cowan Martin (75), of Emporia died Friday, September 11, 2015 at Flint Hills Care Center. Cremation is planned. Margaret Ellen Cowan Martin, the daughter of Charles Hadley and Violet May Day Cowan, was born January 10, 1940 on the family farm in North Lyon County. She graduated from Emporia High School in 1958 and received a Bachelor of...
