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Dale D. Fields
Feb 28, 2016
Dale D. Fields, 88, of Emporia, died Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Holiday Resort. Dale Dewitt Fields, the son of John and Edith Conrad Fields, was born on April 7, 1927 in Harveyville. He had been a Navy Seabee in the Korean War, and was a blacksmith for the Santa Fe Railroad for 32 years. He later owned and operated...
Rick Allen Hebeler
Feb 27, 2016
Rick A. Hebeler was born in Savanna, IL on September 21, 1957, the son of Kenneth and Ida (Lambert) Hebeler. Rick passed away unexpectedly at his home on Saturday February 27, 2016 in Emporia, Kansas. Rick graduated in 1975 from Thomson Community High School in Thomson, IL. After high school, Rick began his career in the nuclear industry. Initially as...
Jeffery Raymond Bannon
Feb 27, 2016
Jeffery R. Bannon (58), of Emporia, died Saturday, February 27, 2016 at the Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. Cremation is planned. His memorial service will be at 10:00 A.M. Friday, March 4, 2016 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. The Rev. Kay Dagg, Priest, of the church will officiate. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, in Newton. Memorial donations to...
William Patrick "Pat" Mays
Feb 25, 2016
William Patrick “Pat” Mays, 66, of Emporia died on Thursday, February 25, 2016 in Emporia. Pat was born on June 19, 1949 in El Dorado, Kansas the son of Samuel W. and Marcine McGouldrick Mays. Surviving family members include: a daughter, Melissa Ogleby and husband Justin of Emporia; brother, Michael Mays and wife Novia of Edmond, Oklahoma; grandchildren, Aiden and...
Robert Everett Mcneese
Feb 20, 2016
Robert Everett McNeese, 64 of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, February 20, 2016 at his home. Robert was born October 9, 1951 in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of William Everett and Blanche (Munsell) McNeese. He worked as a Lieutenant with the Emporia Police Department for 11 years and then as the Security Manager at Iowa Beef Processors. He was currently employed...
Joan M. Mounkes
Feb 20, 2016
Joan Mounkes, age 87, passed away on Saturday, February 20 in Emporia, Kansas, and went home to see her Lord Jesus Christ. She was born in Harveyville, Kansas, the youngest daughter of Russell and Mildred Akers. A lifelong resident of Emporia, she graduated from Emporia High School. Joan loved all kinds of music and played the piano by ear. She...
Richard Alan Carley
Feb 15, 2016
Richard A. Carley, (71), of Emporia died Monday, February 15, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. Richard Alan Carley, the son of Morris and Veronica Meyers Carley, was born April 18, 1944 in Emporia. He married Sharon Jacob in 1970 in Emporia, they later divorced. He later married Eleanor Whinery Aeschliman on February 17, 2006 in Emporia. She survives...
Wilbur Lee Tarrant
Feb 8, 2016
Wilbur Lee Tarrant, 77, of Emporia, Kansas, died Monday, February 8, 2016 at the AMG Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Wilbur was born February 21, 1938 in Kingman, Kansas, the son of Wilbur and Anna (Oak) Tarrant. He was a graduate of Cunningham Rural High School where he was active in sports, band, Kay club, yearbook staff, and was also a...
Gloria Ann Harrison
Feb 7, 2016
Gloria Ann Harrison, 61, of Emporia died Sunday, February 7, 2016, at her home. Gloria was born on February 24, 1954 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of LeRoy and Betty Townsend Harrison. She is survived by: brothers, William Henry Harrison of Emporia, Leslie Joe Harrison of Emporia, and LaRoy Anthony Harrison of Emporia; sisters, Betty Jean Morrow of Riverside, Missouri,...
J. Wayne Bastin
Feb 5, 2016
J. Wayne Bastin, 82, of Emporia, a longtime highly respected teacher, coach, and principal of Lowther Junior High (Emporia Middle School), died Friday, February 5, 2016 in Wichita, Kansas. J. Wayne Bastin, the son of Clifford and Cecile Smith Bastin, was born on October 25, 1933 in Elmdale, Kansas. He Graduated from Elmdale High School in 1951. He was a...
Eleanor M. Finlay
Feb 5, 2016
Eleanor M. Finlay, Emporia, formerly of Meade, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 5, 2016 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, at the age of 93. Eleanor M. Thomas was born May 4, 1922, the daughter of Arthur and Lurrie Ray (Minter) Thomas. She married Everett Forest Finlay in Sweetwater, Texas in 1948. He died March 9, 1976. Mrs. Finlay is survived...
Victor Penn
Feb 4, 2016
Victor Penn, 54, Bushong, Kansas, and formerly of Americus, died Thursday, February 4, 2016 at Stormont-Vail Medical Center, Topeka. Victor was born on January 18, 1962 at Denver, Colorado, the son of Willis R. and Tomie (Takayama) Penn. He married Rene M. Gustafson February 2, 1981. She survives. Surviving family members include his wife, Rene; son, Brian K. Penn, Bushong;...
Rubye Cathryn Buster
Jan 27, 2016
Rubye Cathryn Buster, 103, of Emporia died on January 27, 2016 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Emporia. Rubye was born on May 7, 1912 in Tullahoma, Tennessee the daughter of Joe and Forrest Hoover Poe. She married Elmer Lee Buster on February 12. 1933 in Arkansas City, Kansas. He died on September 18, 1990 in Emporia. Surviving family members include: son,...
Richard M. Schlup, Sr.
Jan 25, 2016
Richard M. Schlup, Sr. 95, Emporia, passed away Monday, January 25, 2016 at Holiday Resort. Richard Morse Schlup was born May 16, 1920 in Toledo Township, Chase County, Kansas, the son of Walter and Lena (Morse) Schlup. He married Doris Parker at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas on July 2, 1940. She died July 11, 1997. Surviving family members include his daughters,...
Norman R. Thomas
Jan 23, 2016
Norman R. Thomas, 72, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. Norman was born January 4, 1944 in Emporia, the son of Russel H. and Dorothy J. (Hotzel) Thomas. He retired from law enforcement in March of 1987 after serving 22 years with the Emporia Police Department. Norman married Phillis J. Hamilton...
Chelsea Lynn Gold
Jan 23, 2016
Chelsea Lynn Gold, 26, of Blue River, Colorado, died Saturday, January 23, 2016 at St. Anthony Summit Medical Center in Frisco, Colorado after receiving injuries from being involved in an automobile accident. Chelsea was born August 19, 1989 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of David Neil and Cheryl Lynn (Bletscher) Gold. She was a graduate of Emporia High School and...
Mary Alice Magathan
Jan 19, 2016
Mary Alice Magathan, 91, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at her home Tuesday, January 19, 2016. Mary Alice Waller was born June 30, 1924 in Emporia, the daughter of Voris and Alice (Madison) Waller. She married Richard James Magathan in Emporia in January of 1943. He died February 28, 2002. Surviving family members include her son, Richard A. (Nancy) Magathan, Astoria,...
Joe David Rogers
Jan 16, 2016
Joe David Rogers, 68, Bushong, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 16, 2016 in Harrisonville, Missouri. Joe was born May 8, 1947 in Blakley, Georgia, the son of Woodrow Wilson and Dicie Janettie (Mathews) Rogers. He married Karen Lee Jorgensen July 25, 1972 in Donalsonville, GA. She survives of the home. Mr. Rogers is survived by his wife; daughters, Donna Lynn...
Lydia Marie Windler Hinrichs
Jan 16, 2016
Lydia Marie Windler Hinrichs, 98, of Emporia, died on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at her home. Lydia was born on January 27, 1917 in Spring Valley, Kansas, the daughter of Anton C. and Matilda Abler Windler. She married Gerhard “Gay” Hinrichs on November 26, 1944 in Emporia, Kansas. He died on June 28, 1999 in Emporia. Surviving family members include:...
Clifford Ray Sull
Jan 16, 2016
Clifford Ray Sull, 58, of Emporia died Saturday, January 16, 2016, at his home. Cliff was born on August 23, 1957 in Chandler, Arizona the son of William Lee Evert Sull and Nancy Lee Gayer. He married Kerry McCoy on July 2, 2002 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. She survives. Other survivors include: Daughter, Katrina Danielle Clynch of Carlsbad, California; brothers,...
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