Keith "Kevin" Richmond
Nov 25, 2014
Keith Kevin Richmond, 49, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at his home. Kevin was born on September 4, 1965 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Keith Derald and Virginia Burhenn Richmond. Surviving family members include: mother, Virginia Richmond of Waverly, Kansas; sons, Eric Struttman of Topeka, Kaleb Richmond of Perry, Kansas; daughters, Taylor Richmond of Topeka, and...
Robert D. Stockton
Nov 23, 2014
Robert D. Stockton, Emporia, Kansas, died at his home Sunday, November 23, 2014 at the age of 91. Robert David Stockton was born in Los Angeles, California, on May 6, 1923, the son of Frank W. and Miriam A. (Pike) Stockton. He married Ruby Marguerite Ambrose in Jefferson City, Missouri on May 19, 1945. She died December 6, 2010. Among...
Charles Lester Schaefer
Nov 23, 2014
Charles Lester Schaefer, 55, of Emporia, Kansas, died on Sunday, November 23, 2014 at Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. Charles was born on March 4, 1959 in Emporia, the son of Charles Ramon and Mary M. Housley Schaefer. Surviving family members include: mother, Mary Schaefer of Emporia; brother, Jay Schaefer of rural Reading, Kansas; uncle, Orville Lester Housley of...
Marie I. Krisle
Nov 20, 2014
Marie I. Krisle, 86, of Emporia, Kansas, died Thursday, November 20, 2014 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. Marie was born on July 25, 1928 in Nashville, Kansas, the daughter of Curtis Lee and Bertha Louella Reed Mease. She married Howard Elmer Thomas on November 2, 1947 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. He died on March 4, 1959. Marie later met William...
Linda L. Hubert
Nov 19, 2014
Linda L. Hubert, 71, formerly of Emporia, Kansas,died Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Linda Lou McDaniel, the daughter of Laurence S. and Libbie Smith McDaniel, was born June 14, 1943 in Emporia. She had one brother, Larry L. McDaniel, who preceded her in death. She married Jim Hubert on May 22, 1966 in...
Norma M. Schreiner
Nov 18, 2014
Norma M. Schreiner, beloved wife of Raymond, died at her home in Olpe, Kansas on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at the age of 79. Norma Murphy was born in Olpe on January 5, 1935, the daughter of Roy and Lorene (Schmidt) Murphy. She married Raymond Schreiner in Olpe on May 21, 1955. Raymond died July 29, 2014. Surviving family members...
June Elaine Hull
Nov 17, 2014
June Elaine Hull, 82, of Emporia, Kansas, died on Monday, November 17, 2014 at her home. June was born August 16, 1932 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur C. and Martha J. Harris Kline. She married Clifton Hull, Jr. on November 5, 1950 in Great Bend, Kansas. He died on June 6, 2011 in Emporia. Surviving family members include:...
Myron Lee Van Gundy
Nov 11, 2014
Myron Lee Van Gundy, 88, of rural Reading, Kansas died Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka, Kansas. Myron was born on December 30, 1925 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of E.W. (Frate) and Gladys Ann Sedgwick Van Gundy. He married Linda K. Thomas on June 11, 1965 in Wichita, Kansas. She survives of the home. Surviving family members...
Elfrieda M. Timbrook
Nov 4, 2014
Elfrieda M. (Borell) Timbrook, 88, Emporia, died at Holiday Resort, Emporia, Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Elfrieda M. Borell was born at Wilson, Kansas on May 1, 1926 the daughter of George H. and Amelia (Becker) Borell. She married William Kenneth “Kenny” Timbrook at Emporia, Kansas on December 25, 1947. Kenny died June 10, 2013. Surviving family members include her daughters,...
Brenda Sue Urton
Oct 31, 2014
Brenda Sue Urton, 53, of Olpe, Kansas, died at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Kansas, on Friday, October 31, 2014. Brenda was born in Topeka, Kansas on October 28, 1961. She married Charlie Thomas on December 13, 1980 in Council Grove, Kansas, they later divorced. She married Gary Odgers in May of 1988 in Daytona Beach, Florida, and they also divorced....
Margaret "Peggy" Mary Palmer
Oct 30, 2014
Margaret Mary “Peggy” Palmer, 78, of rural Reading, Kansas, died Thursday, October 30, 2014 at her home. Cremation is planned with no services at this time. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Margaret Palmer Memorial Fund in care of the funeral home. Known to some as Peggy and to most as just “Grandma,” Margaret had an extraordinary life. It’s...
Norma L. Hoag
Oct 28, 2014
Norma L. Hoag, 82, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at her home. Norma was born on November 1, 1931, the daughter of Thomas W. and Serena J. Frazier Powell. She married Grover Berrong on December 14, 1948 in Galatia, Illinois. He died in March of 1971. She later married John (Jack) Hoag in 1984. He died in...
Norman Dennis Bullington
Oct 27, 2014
Norman Dennis Bullington, 61, of Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on Monday, October 27, 2014. Dennis was born in Wichita, Kansas, on May 26, 1953, the son of Roy Lee and Mary Catherine (Krueger) Bullington. Surviving family members include his sisters, Betty K. White (Perry) of Emporia, and Mary L. Knoeppel (William) of Olathe, Kansas; brothers, Charles R. Bullington...
James L. Melton
Oct 26, 2014
James L. Melton, 86, boarded the train on Sunday, October 26, 2014 in Emporia for his last ride that would take him to Heaven to be with his beloved Babe, who has been waiting 24 years for him. James was born on September 5, 1928 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of N.C. and Chrystel Melton. He married Lucille (Babe) Lodle...
Marion Johnson
Oct 26, 2014
Marion Johnson, 89, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. He was a retired trucker and school bus driver. Marion was born November 22, 1924 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was raised by his mother and stepfather, Lydia Strupp Sill and Reuben Sill. He is survived by a son, Brett Johnson of Emporia; two daughters, Brenda...
Clara Eckdall
Oct 24, 2014
Clara Regina Maurycy Eckdall was born in Schenectady, New York, in 1918, to Polish immigrant parents, Josephine, nee Draus, and Jan Maurycy. She was the youngest of seven children in a family devoted to education and a better life in the United States. Her father had been a blacksmith and her mother a head cook on an estate in Poland...
John H. Senn
Oct 23, 2014
John H. Senn, 90, passed away October 23, 2014, after a short stay at Holiday Resort, Emporia, Kansas. He was born March 14, 1924 in Emporia, the only child of Henry Senn and Tracy Mayes Senn. After graduating from Emporia High School, class of 1942, John served in the U.S. Army, 142nd AAA Gun Battalion at Battle of the Bulge,...
Billye Fruit
Oct 22, 2014
Billye (Authement) Fruit, 88, of rural Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Billye West was born July 3, 1926 at Granger, Texas, the daughter of Lee and Charlotte (Bean) West. She married LeRoy Authement September 29 1943. He died in 1977 at Lake Charles, Louisiana. Later, she married Dan O. Fruit on November 16, 1992...
Patricia M. Mercer
Oct 21, 2014
Patricia M. Mercer, 76, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at her home. Patricia May Davidson, the daughter of Wayne Harvey and Lillian Easterling Davidson, was born January 2, 1938 in Emporia. She worked at Longbine Chevrolet in the parts department for 25 years, retiring eleven years ago. She was a member of the First Christian Church. Pat...
Edwin W. Shepherd
Oct 21, 2014
Edwin W. Shepherd, Emporia, Kansas, died at Flint Hills Care Center on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at the age of 80. Cremation is planned. A memorial service will be held at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home on Friday, October 31, 2014 at 2:00 P.M., conducted by Allen Wilson, Victory Fellowship Foursquare Church, Emporia. Edwin was born in Gridley, Kansas on October 17,...
