Carl Edward Baker
Nov 22, 2015
Carl Edward Baker of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, November 22, 2015, at his home. He was 84. Carl was born on July 15, 1931 in Bazaar, Kansas, the son of Edward Tinkham and Bertha Russell Baker. He married Clara Burenheide on September 24, 1955 in Emporia. She died on April 3, 2004 in Emporia. On July 1, 2008 Carl married...
Harold L. Rees
Nov 19, 2015
Harold L. Rees, 90, Emporia, passed away at Flint Hills Care Center Thursday evening, November 19, 2015. Cremation is planned. A memorial service will be held at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Norbert Tegtmeier, Messiah Lutheran Church. Inurnment will be in Evergreen Cemetery, south of Emporia. Harold...
Wilma Nadine Finney
Nov 19, 2015
Wilma Nadine Pritchard Finney, 86, of Emporia, died on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Wilma was born June 29, 1929 near Dunlap, Kansas, at her grandparent’s house, as her grandmother was a midwife. She was the firstborn of Wilber Alonzo and Mabel Viola Baker Pritchard. She married William Stewart Finney, Sr. at her parents home near Dunlap...
Vera L. Mason
Nov 15, 2015
Vera L. Mason, (77) of Allen, died Sunday, November 15, 2015 at Newman Regional Health. Vera was a homemaker. Cremation is planned with no services at this time. Vera L. Burden, the daughter of Howard and Doris Varelman Burden was born March 26, 1938 in rural Lyon County. She married Norman C. Mason on November 7, 1953 in Emporia. He...
Lavina "Scottie" Scott
Nov 12, 2015
Lavina W. “Scottie” Scott, 90, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Thursday, November 12, 2015 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia. Lavina Johnson was born in Lindsborg, Kansas on June 13, 1925, the daughter of W. T. and Alfreda (Cronwell) Johnson. She and Billy N. Scott were married January 25, 1947 in McPherson, Kansas. He died September 22, 1991. Surviving family members...
Helen June Vance
Nov 11, 2015
Helen June Vance, 95, formerly of Wichita and Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at Villa Saint Joseph Care Center, Overland Park, Kansas. Helen June Archer was born August 7, 1920 at Emporia, the daughter of Melville Welling and Edna McCoy (Snead) Archer. She and Lewis McGovney Vance, Jr. were married in Emporia, in June of 1941. He died...
Melvin Marion Lusk
Nov 11, 2015
Melvin “Shorty” Marion Lusk, 90, of rural Emporia, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at his home. Melvin was born on June 1, 1925 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Lloyd Cliffton and Grace Almeda VanSickle Lusk. He married Betty Brammell in 1974 in Emporia. She survives. Surviving family members include: son, Wes Brammell of Emporia; daughters, Marilyn Honaker of Wichita...
Grace Velma Bayne
Nov 10, 2015
Grace Velma Bayne, 98, of Emporia died Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. Grace was born on March 24, 1917 in Harrisonville, Missouri, the daughter of Warda B. and Hulda Louise Richard Dunkin. When she was two years old, she moved with her family to a farm north of Emporia where she grew up. She married Fred Brown...
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...
