Phillip D. Orear
Aug 5, 2015
Phillip D. Orear, 60 of Olpe, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 5, 2015 in Coffey County, Kansas. Phillip was born June 26, 1955 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Joseph Daniel (J.D.) and Mary Ellen (Waugh) Orear. He married Kathleen Trear on December 11, 1976 in Olpe, Kansas. She survives of the home. Other survivors include: his mother, Mary Finlay of...
Loradelle "Dixie" Viola Thomas
Aug 5, 2015
LoraDelle “Dixie” Viola Thomas, a lifetime resident of Emporia, Kansas, went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 5, 2015; she was 83 years old. She passed away at Holiday Resort, where she had lived for the last few months of her life. Dixie was born July 19, 1932, the youngest daughter of Calvin Ephriam Cowen and NoraBelle...
Mattie "Mae" Mae Galbreath
Aug 2, 2015
Mattie Mae Galbreath, 66, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on August 2, 2015 at Holiday Resort, Emporia, Kansas. Mae loved people and was a living testimony for the Lord. She touched many lives and she will be missed by all who knew her. Mae was born November 24, 1948, in Elaine, Arkansas, to Edward and...
Gary L. Gurley, Sr.
Aug 1, 2015
Gary L. Gurley, Sr., 71, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, August 1, 2015 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia. Gary was born on August 27, 1943 in Emporia, the son of Clyde and Lois Marie Matthews Gurley. He married Norma Cole and later divorced. Gary married Sue Andrews on July 16, 1990 in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. She survives. Other survivors...
Edwin L. Wood
Jul 31, 2015
Edwin “Ed” L. Wood, 75, formerly of Americus died on Friday, July 31, 2015 at the St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. Ed was born on May 13, 1940; the son of Glen and Irene Owings Wood. He married Donna Brooks on July 1, 1966 in Emporia. She survives. Other survivors include: sister, June Casteel of Pollock, Missouri, and Carolyn Parcel...
Naurine M. Schultz
Jul 30, 2015
Naurine M. Schultz, 93, of Emporia, died Thursday, July 30, 2015 at Midland Care Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas. Naurine was born on October 25, 1921 in Dennison, Iowa, the daughter of George and Zella Hazel Brasel Zimmer. She married Joseph Frank Wright on the military base in South Dakota; he died as result of injuries sustained during World War...
Catheryn "Kate" Irene Weigand
Jul 27, 2015
Catheryn I. “Kate” Weigand, 98, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Monday, July 27, 2015 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Cremation is planned. A memorial service will be held at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home on Monday, August 3, 2015 at 2:00 P.M., conducted by Charles Bradbury, First United Methodist Church. Inurnment will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Emporia. The family will receive friends at the...
James Norville Jordan
Jul 26, 2015
James Norville Jordan and Karen Rhea Jordan passed away in their Lawrence home on July 26, 2015. Jim was born on November 10, 1936, in Goff, Kansas, the son of Lloyd and Martha (Spiker) Jordan. He graduated from Horton High School in 1954. He married Susan Dannecker in 1956 and they moved their family to Emporia, Kansas in 1962 to...
Karen Rhea Jordan
Jul 26, 2015
James Norville Jordan and Karen Rhea Jordan passed away in their Lawrence home on July 26, 2015. Jim was born on November 10, 1936, in Goff, Kansas, the son of Lloyd and Martha (Spiker) Jordan. He graduated from Horton High School in 1954. He married Susan Dannecker in 1956 and they moved their family to Emporia, Kansas in 1962 to...
Sue Irene Barrett
Jul 22, 2015
Sue Irene Barrett, 78, of Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Sue Irene was born October 11, 1936 in Pelahatchie, Mississippi, the daughter of Ethel and Nimie Robertson. She worked in the laundry department at Emporia Rehab until her retirement. Sue married Jake Barrett in 1952 in Mexico. He survives...
Jack Lee Taylor
Jul 21, 2015
Jack Lee Taylor, 80, of Lake Kahola, died Tuesday, July 21, 2015, at his home and went on to his Lord and Savior. Jack was born on May 18, 1935 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Owen Cecil and Vesta Saffer Taylor. He married Joan Markley in 1956 in Emporia and later divorced. Jack later married Donna Marie Perry on...
Susana E. Munoz
Jul 19, 2015
Susana E. Barcenas De Munoz, 78, of Emporia died Sunday, July 19, 2015 at Holiday Resort. She was a homemaker. Susana Elena Barcenas, the daughter of Bonifacio and Reginalda Martinez Barcenas, was born on August 13, 1936 in El Salvador. She married Manuel Munoz in 1989 in Los Angeles, California. He preceded her in death. Susana is survived by a...
William Stewart Finney, Sr.
Jul 19, 2015
William Stewart Finney, Sr., 89, of Emporia died on Sunday, July 19, 2015, at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. William was born on March 24, 1926 near Americus in the Fruitland Community on Sunny Knob Farm, the son of Elmer Clayton and Evelyn Marie Viles Finney. He married Wilma Nadine Pritchard on August 31, 1947 in Dunlap, Kansas at the bride’s home....
Naoma Christine Walker
Jul 15, 2015
Naoma Christine Walker, 87, of Emporia died Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Naoma was born on April 8, 1929 in Reading, Kansas, the daughter of Walter Beal and Mertle Mae Price Cox. She married Leroy Corbin on March 13, 1948 in Emporia. He died on September 12, 1976 in Emporia. She later married Clifford Walker on January...
Alberta Lorene Risley
Jul 11, 2015
Alberta Lorene Risley, 96, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, July 11, 2015 in Emporia. Funeral Services will be 10:00 A.M. Friday July 17, 2015 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home in Emporia. Interment will follow in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia. Pastor Ron Phelps will be officiating. Alberta was born March 9, 1919 to Ralph W. Bailey and Ida Mae Eshom Bailey in...
Walter Irving Shaw
Jul 10, 2015
Walter Irving Shaw, 72, died Friday July 10, 2015 in Emporia, Kansas. Walter Irving was born April 18, 1943 in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Walter E. and Donna (Schmidt) Shaw. In 1965, Irving graduate from Kansas State University, where he received his B.A. in political science and on June 24th, he married Brenda Goatley in Wichita. Irving later received...
David Michael Rose
Jul 8, 2015
David Michael Rose, 57, of Wichita, and formerly of Emporia, died Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at the College Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wichita, Kansas. David was born on November 10, 1957 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Wallace “Jack” and Joyce M. Blackburn Rose. He married Mary Price, and they later divorced; he then married Terri West and...
James A. Looper
Jul 8, 2015
James A. Looper, 66, passed away at his home in Emporia, Kansas on Wednesday, July 8, 2015. James Allen Looper was born at Blackwell, Oklahoma on January 3, 1949, the son of Clifton Earl and Opal Lilly (Casey) Looper. He and Marcia Mouse were married in Emporia on December 29, 1973. She survives. Besides his wife, Mr. Looper is also...
Marlys Ann Patton
Jul 2, 2015
Marlys A. Patton, 66, of Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, July 2, at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. Marlys Ann Hastings, the daughter of Kenneth S. and Viola L. Schmitz Hastings, was born on October 14, 1948 in Leavenworth, Kansas. She married John C. Patton on July 26, 1970 in Emporia. Marlys is survived by her husband, John; two sons, Demarick J....
Philip E. Winter
Jul 2, 2015
Philip E. Winter, lately of Admire, Kansas, died on Thursday, July 2, 2015. He was born on October 24, 1943, and was 71 when he died after a lengthy illness. He leaves behind two daughters, Susan Rodriguez of Emporia, Kansas, and Jean Harrison of Nashville, Tennessee; two lovely grandchildren with whom he was inordinately pleased, Ethan Rodriguez and Emmaline Rodriguez;...
