OBITUARIES
Bettie Elizabeth Horst
Jan 9, 2025
Bettie Elizabeth Horst, age 93, passed away on January 9th, 2025 at the home of her son Daniel Horst in Pittsburg, Missouri surrounded by her family.
Bettie Elizabeth Holland was born February 11th, 1931 , to Earl and Icie (Oliver) Holland at Newmans Memorial Hospital in Emporia, Kansas.
Bettie grew up on the family farm in rural Hamilton, Kansas, and attended Willow...
Julie Ann Brosemer
Jan 7, 2025
Julie Ann Brosemer, longtime Marion County florist, beloved substitute teacher and beautiful and soulful friend to many, died on January 7, 2025, in Osage City, one week after her 72nd birthday.
Born on New Year’s Eve in McPherson in 1952 to Jim and Phyllis Brosemer, both now deceased, she is survived by her brother Steven S. Brosemer as well as Merrilee...
Arthur Matthew Lake
Dec 27, 2024
Arthur Matthew Lake was born September 15, 1936 to Matthew and Alice Lake in rural LeRoy, KS. He had a sister Ina May and brother, James Frederick Lake. He attended Sunnyside school and graduated from LeRoy High School in 1954. He served in the Kansas Army National Guard for nine years. He grew up farming with his parents. Family and...
Carol Ann Hind
Dec 27, 2024
Carol Ann Hind, born on November 21, 1940, in Emporia, Kansas, passed away on December 27, 2024, in Topeka, Kansas. A devoted nurse and educator, Carol's passion for her profession was evident throughout her career, which traces back to her early days working under Dr. Henning at Cedar House in Ottawa, Kansas. In 1965, she began her long tenure at...
Dale D Allen
Dec 25, 2024
Dale D. Allen, age 82, passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2024, at Brewster Place Nursing Home in Topeka, Kansas.
Dale was born January 06, 1942, at the Boothroy Memorial Hospital in Goodland, Kansas, the son of Walter W. and Dollie (Wagner) Allen. Attending both elementary and high school in Hill City, Kansas, Dale graduated with the class of 1960. He graduated...
Micheal Allen Watkins
Dec 24, 2024
Micheal Allen Watkins, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and cherished community member, passed away peacefully on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024, at the age of 74. Mike was born July 30, 1950 and raised in Illinois, but he made his home in Hartford, Kansas, where he spent the majority of his life, deeply committed to his family, his community,...
Frank Charles Mersmann
Dec 23, 2024
Frank Charles Mersmann, 95, passed away Monday, December 23, 2024 at Peterson’s Assisted Living in Osage City, Kansas.
He was born June 22, 1929 on a small farm one mile East of Richmond, Kansas, the son of Fred and Regina Lickteig Mersmann. Frank attended elementary classes at the Silverdale District 68 School, a one room school about two blocks from their...
Ethel D Cole
Dec 21, 2024
Ethel Dean Cole, 78, of Osawatomie, KS passed away Saturday, December 21, 2024 at the Life Care Center of Burlington, KS. Ethel was born on November 22, 1946, in Telequah, OK, the daughter of Carl and Hazel 'Juanita' (Hamm) Osbin. Throughout her life, Ethel was a long-time resident of both Osawatomie, KS and Seminole, OK. In her free time, she...
Charles "Glen" Smith
Dec 20, 2024
Charles “Glen” Smith, 86, departed this life in the evening hours of Friday, December 20, 2024.
He was born on April 9, 1938 near Hartford, Kansas the son of Ernest Glen and Fern Marie Sutton Smith. His family later moved to Lebo where he attended and graduated from Lebo High School.
Glen started and operated many businesses in and around Lebo and...
Muriel Ann Lantow
Dec 19, 2024
Muriel Ann Lantow, 86, of Emporia, KS, passed away on December 19, 2024, at the Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. Muriel was born on October 29, 1938 in Emporia, KS; the daughter of Justin John and Mary Agnes (Baker) Groundwater. In her early childhood years, Muriel lived in Denver, CO, where her father enlisted in the Army during WWII....
Karen Sue Edwards
Dec 19, 2024
Karen Sue Edwards, 72 of Madison, passed away Thursday, December 19, 2024 at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita in the presence of her loving family.
She was born April 2, 1952 in Cushing, Oklahoma the daughter of Ralph and Erma Frazier Ingram. Karen’s family moved to Eureka when she was young. She attended Eureka High School and graduated with the Class...
Charles Eugene Walquist
Dec 18, 2024
Charles Eugene “Chuck” Walquist was born on May 3, 1956, in Emporia, Kansas, to Lawrence and Mary Marcella Walquist. He grew up on the family farm near Osage City, Kansas, alongside his beloved sister, Anita.
Chuck attended Osage City Elementary and High School, excelling academically as an honor roll student. A proud member of the Future Farmers of America (FFA), he...
Carolyn E. Ludlow
Dec 17, 2024
Carolyn E. “Chester” Ludlow, 80, was called home in the early morning hours of Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at her home in Emporia, KS with her son, daughter, and cats at her side.
Carolyn Eileen Krueger was born on March 20, 1944. Carolyn is one of five siblings, the second oldest daughter of Fred Emil and Bertha Luetta (Atchison) Krueger. She...
Charles Edward Schmitt
Dec 15, 2024
Charles Edward Schmitt Jr. of Emporia Ks. passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at home. He was 75, born in Sidney Nebraska to Charles and Pauline Schmitt.
Charles grew up in Sidney Nebraska where he attended school. In 1969 he joined the United States Marine Corps. He served 2 years in the USMC, he served in the Vietnam War.
He met...
David A. Kennedy
Dec 14, 2024
David A. Kennedy, 77, of Lebo KS passed away Saturday, December 14, 2024 inEmporia.David was born August 23, 1947, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the son of Babe Ray and VirginiaLouise (Bash) Kennedy and was referred to by friends as “Dave” or “Texas Dave”.
He began working at a very young age and had a strong work ethic, working as a heavy equipment...
Tommy W. Harred
Dec 14, 2024
Tommy W. Harred, 74, of Lebo, passed away Saturday, December 14, 2024 at the Coffey County Hospital in Burlington.
He was born June 6, 1950 in Prairie Grove, Arkansas the son of Billie and Lois Womack Harred. Tommy spent his early childhood in Prairie Grove before moving with his family to Wichita. His family would later settle in Arvonia. Tommy...
Earl McKnight Murphy
Dec 14, 2024
Earl McKnight Murphy, 86, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on December 14, 2024 at his home in Madison.
Earl was born on March 14, 1938 in Emporia to Calvin Murphy and Blanche Johnson Murphy.
He married Patricia (Patsy) Jean Schmidt on November 28, 1959 in Emporia.
He lived in the Olpe-Madison area his entire life. He and Patsy made...
Nadine Marie Tindell
Dec 11, 2024
Nadine M. Tindell, 86, passed away, Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka.
Nadine Marie Schwanke was born June 22, 1938, in Leigh, Nebraska, the daughter of August and Marie (Schroeder) Schwanke. She graduated in 1956 from Atlantic High School in Iowa.
She was a member of the Osage City United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women. She...
Ramon Leon
Dec 11, 2024
Ramon Leon, 68, passed away in the early evening hours on December 11, 2024 at his home in Emporia in the care of his loving family.
He was born in Cuba on September 13, 1956 the son of Hipolito Leon De La Peña and Migdalia Enid Chacon Romero. As a young man he was trained as a electronics engineer and mechanic.
...
John Lewis Bowers
Dec 2, 2024
John Lewis Bowers, 67, passed away Monday, December 2, 2024 at his home near Reading, surrounded by his loving family.
He was born December 15, 1956 in Kansas City, Kansas the son of Albert and Dorothy Wamser Bowers. John attended Reading High School and graduated with the Class of 1975.
John married the love of his life, Connie Thornton on April...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
365 Days of Grief Support
Sign up for one year of grief messages designed to offer hope and healing during difficult first year after a loss