Shirley Marie Poff
Nov 6, 2026
Shirley Marie Poff passed away peacefully at her home in Emporia on November 6th, 2026 at the age of 81. She was born on October 23rd, 1945 in Emporia to Rexford David and Mary Alice (Radig) Vaughn. On March 9th, 1963 Shirley married the love of her life Dick L. Poff, at the Nazarene Church in Emporia. Together they built...
Dale Childears
Nov 6, 2026
Dale Edward Childears, 69, Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Friday, November 6, 2026 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia.
Dale was born in Topeka, Kansas on December 10, 1956, the son of Maurice A. and Beryl E. (Tipping) Childears. Dale is survived by his sister; Dianne Childears Ihling, Lambertville, New Jersey; cousins; David E. and Anita Childears, Emporia, Kansas; as well as...
Alice Jean Guthrie
Nov 4, 2026
Alice Jean “Jean” Guthrie, 86, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away peacefully on November 4, 2026, surrounded by her family.
She was born April 8, 1940, in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, to Roy Lasseter and Sarah Alice McGraw. Jean spent her high-school years in Phoenix, Arizona, and later raised her children in California before the family moved to Kansas, where they settled in...
Gary Cecil Hoerr
Nov 3, 2026
Gary Hoerr of Emporia, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly on November 3, 2026, at the age of 62.
Gary was born on February 20, 1964, in Peoria, Illinois, to George and Kathryn (Baer). He married Rosalba Renteria on February 20, 2006, in Emporia, Kansas.
Gary was fiercely devoted to and protective of his family and those he considered family. He loved his wife...
Linda Corbin
Oct 30, 2026
Linda Corbin of Emporia, died on Friday, October 30, 2026, at her home surrounded by family. She was 80.
Linda was born on January 15, 1946, in Quincy, Kansas, the daughter of Freddy and Dolorse Williams Ashlock. She married Wayne Noller in 1965 and they later divorced. She later married Steven Corbin in August of 1979 in Miami, Oklahoma. He died...
Steve O'Neal
Oct 24, 2026
Steve O’Neal, Winfield, Kansas, age 68, passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2026 at his home surrounded by his daughter.
Steve was born April 7, 1958 at Newman Memorial County Hospital in Emporia, Kansas to Verland and Dorothy (Ross) O’Neal.
Steve married the love of his life, Mary L. Harrier, on December 29, 1979 at the Messiah Lutheran Church, Emporia. From this...
Sandra S. Helbert
Oct 23, 2026
Sandra Sue Helbert of Emporia, died on Friday, October 23, 2026, at her home. She was 81.
Sandra was born on June 9, 1945, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Eugene G. Ziegler and Oneida Elizabeth Maddock Ziegler. She married Glen Ensminger in 1963 and later divorced. She married Michael C. Helbert (“Mike”) in 1978.
She is survived by her: husband Mike...
Larry Glen Roach
Oct 20, 2026
Larry Glen Roach of Emporia, died on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at the Chase County Health and Rehab in Cottonwood Falls. He was 74.
Larry was born on July 11, 1952, in Monett, Missouri, the son of Charles and Leona Conner Roach. He married Linda Womelsdorf on September 2, 1973, in Welda, Kansas. They later divorced. He then married Dori Cookson...
Dolores Corrine Glover
Oct 15, 2026
Dolores Corrine Glover, 90, went to her heavenly home on October 15, 2026.
Dolores was born on April 20, 1936, in Miltonville, Kansas, the daughter of Orville and Margaret Fyfe Chigbrow. She moved with her family to Gooding, Idaho in 1940. Dolores moved back to Kansas to attend school at the College of Emporia. There she met the love of her...
Steven William Goldsberry
Oct 10, 2026
Steven William Goldsberry passed away on October 10, 2026, in Emporia. Steve was a life-long resident of Emporia. Born September 12, 1951, he was the son of Delmas and Dorothy (Wheat) Goldsberry.
Steve is survived by his son, Presley Goldsberry (Courtney) and grandsons, Jae Goldsberry, Austin Baker, Lucas Goldsberry, and Jaxon Goldsberry of Belton, MO; sisters, Sally Overstreet of Woodland, CA,...
Antonio Perez-Heredia
Oct 2, 2026
Antonio Perez-Heredia of Emporia, died at his home on Friday, October 2, 2026. He was 82.
Antonio was born on June 13, 1944 in Michoacan, Mexico the son of Frorentino Perez and Victoriana Heredia. He married M. Soccoro Perez. She died on January 26, 2022.
Surviving family members include her sons, Alfonzo Perez of Emporia, Ramiro Perez of Emporia, Gonzalo Perez of...
John Alden Aldrich
Sep 23, 2026
John Alden Aldrich of Emporia was born September 10, 1945, in Rockford, Illinois to Dale Aldrich and Pauline (Ferguson) Aldrich. He passed away in Emporia, Kansas on September 23, 2026, at the age of 81. Preceded in death by his parents, and brothers Vernon, Charles, and Fred “Owen” Aldrich, and sister-in-law Kris Aldrich. He is survived by brother Larry (Patty)...
June A. Fultz
Sep 22, 2026
June A. Fultz of Emporia, died on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at her home. She was 90.
June was born on September 25, 1935, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of George A. and Opal Mae Williams Brier.
Surviving family members include her daughters, Melanie Luginsland of Emporia and Pamela Schlesener of Texas; grandsons, Jason (Erika) Schlesener and Josh Zink.
She is preceded in...
Alice L. Aman
Sep 19, 2026
Alice Aman, our beloved mother, sister, and friend has passed away peacefully on September 19, 2026 in Baldwin, Kansas. Born on March 12, 1946 in Emporia, Kansas, Alice was 80 years old.
Alice was born and raised in Emporia and later moved to Lawrence. She is now reunited with the love of her life M. Robert Aman, whom she held close...
Paul Michael Wilson
Sep 18, 2026
Paul M. Wilson, 68, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at his home on Friday, September 18, 2026.
Paul Michael Wilson was born in Wichita, Kansas on September 5, 1958, the son of Henry Oliver and Corinne J. (North) Wilson. Paul is survived by his daughter; Jessica Ramirez, Park City, Kansas, son; Paul M. Wilson, Beloit, Kansas, grandchildren; Abbigail Ramirez, Steven Sharpsteen and...
Marvin "Mike" Glenn Haag
Sep 18, 2026
Marvin Glenn “Mike” Haag, of Emporia, passed away on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at Newman Regional Health. He was 78.
Born on Dec. 13, 1947, in rural Alta Vista, Kansas, to Ernest Nicholas and Kathryn Audra (Scott) Haag, Mike grew up on the generational family farm. He graduated from Alta Vista High School before serving in the United States Air Force...
Leonard M. Delgado
Sep 18, 2026
Leonard M. Delgado of Emporia, died at his home on Friday, September 18, 2026. He was 65.
Leonard was born on March 4, 1961, in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Hilario, Sr. and Felisa Luna Delgado.
He is survived by his companion Lana Daniel of Emporia; brother, Hilario “Larry” Delgado, Jr. of Emporia; sisters, Dinah Rodriguez of Emporia, Patricia Rangel of Laredo,...
Edward J. "Ned" O'Mara
Sep 17, 2026
Edward J. “Ned” O’Mara, 85, Emporia, Kansas, passed away surrounded by his family on Thursday, September 17, 2026 at the Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia, Kansas.
Ned was born in Emporia, Kansas on December 25, 1940, the son of Wilbur and Mildred (Heffron) O’Mara. Ned married Diane Bush at Newton, Kansas on November 24, 1978. She survives of the home. He...
Dennis Dale Schroeder
Sep 15, 2026
Dennis Dale Schroeder of Americus, died on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at Sunflower Care Homes in Emporia. He was 86.
Dennis was born on December 2, 1939, in Beatrice, Nebraska the son of Roy J. and Mathilda Paul Schroeder. He married Sandra Kay Maxwell and later divorced.
Surviving family members include his son, Jeff (Tracie) Schroeder of Council Grove; daughters, Jacque Cole...
Clara Elizabeth Young
Sep 14, 2026
Clara Elizabeth Young of Olpe died on Monday, September 14, 2026, at Junction Point Post Acute in Herington, Kansas. She was 98.
Clara was born on April 17, 1928, in Altoona, Kansas, the daughter of John Peter and Clara Anna Gudde Jansen. She married James Arthur Young on November 8, 1947, in Neodesha. He died on June 18, 2003, in Emporia.
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