OBITUARIES
Barbara L. Shroeder
Apr 26, 2022
Barbara L. Shroeder, 68 of Madison, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2022. She was born July 24, 1953 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Merle D. and Opal M. Moore Harlan. Barbara grew up on the family farm NW of Madison and attended Madison High School where she graduated with the Class of 1971. She would go on to study...
Marshall Dean Pendlay
Apr 25, 2022
Marshall Dean Pendlay, 17, passed away Monday, April 25, 2022 at his home. Marshall was born August 4, 2004 in Burlington, Kansas, the son of John Paul and Mindy Kay (Heller) Pendlay. He was a student at Lebo High School and was attending classes at Flint Hills Technical College in Emporia in the Automotive Technology Program. He was an active...
Carl William Sheall
Apr 24, 2022
Carl W. “Bill” Sheall, 88, passed away Sunday, April 24, 2022 at Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita. Carl William Sheall was born December 30, 1933 in Coffeyville, Kansas, the son of Ivan Reeves and Hazel A. (Harris) Sheall. He graduated from Burlingame High School in 1951. He served in the United States Marines during the Korean War....
Raymond E. Bockus
Apr 22, 2022
Raymond E. Bockus, 81, passed away Friday, April 22, 2022 at Osage Nursing Center. Ray was born on August 7, 1940 to Ernest W. and Violet R. Bockus. He came to Kansas in search of employment at the Tuttle Creek Reservoir construction site, eventually arriving in Osage City, where he met his future bride, Earlene Griffin. They were married on...
Norma Ann Pock
Apr 20, 2022
Norma Ann Pock, 91, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday April 20, 2022 at Stormont-Vail. Norma was born and raised in Olivet, Kansas the daughter of Charlie A. and Jennie L. Moore Pock. She attended Olivet High School and graduated with the Class of 1949. She married Raymond Johnson and they moved to Topeka where she worked as a clerk for...
Carolyn G Wilson
Apr 17, 2022
Carolyn G. Wilson, of Olivet, KS, passed away on April 17, 2022 in Ft. Scott, Kansas. Carolyn was born April 6, 1941, to Elzie and Louise (McCormick) Pockrus, in Limrock, Alabama. She had just celebrated her 81st birthday. Carolyn graduated from Limrock High School and went on to have a career in nursing. She was joined in marriage to Roger...
Howard Fred Freerksen
Apr 13, 2022
Howard Fred Freerksen, 90, passed away, Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Howard “Fred” Freerksen was born June 5, 1931, near Lebo, Kansas, the son of Roy and Edna (Parks) Freerksen. He graduated from Lebo High School in 1948. Served four years in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He was joined in marriage to Barbara...
Velma Reiss
Apr 5, 2022
Velma L. Reiss, age 87, of Demorest, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Mrs. Reiss was born on June 28, 1934 in Versailles, Missouri to the late Edward and Mary Elizabeth Garber. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband of nearly 50 years, Robert E. Reiss; siblings, Raymond, Bob, Pauline, Dennis,...
Larry Linn Crane
Apr 3, 2022
Larry Linn Crane, 55, of Virgil, Kansas, passed away in a house fire on April 3, 2022. Larry was born in El Dorado, Kansas, to Floyd and Leota Megli Crane, on March 3, 1967. He married Kerry Watts on October 27, 1990, in Virgil, Kansas. They were married for 31 years and had two children, Kaleb Crane and Shelby Crane....
Harold Hodge
Apr 1, 2022
Harold “Red” Hodge, 69, of Madison, KS passed away on Friday, April 1, 2022 in Kansas City at the University of Kansas Hospital. Red was born on June 5, 1952 in Rockwood Tennessee to Cecil and Elizabeth (Allison) Hodge. He graduated from Cumberland County High School in Crossville, TN. After school, Red started his employment with Speno Railways where he...
Patrick Joseph Swartz
Mar 22, 2022
Pat Swartz passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at the age of 79. He was born on February 22, 1943, in Newton, Kansas, the youngest child of M.H. and Allene (nee Cochrane) Swartz. On May 27, 1962, Pat married his high school sweetheart, Dorla Spatz, at the United Methodist Church in Emporia, Kansas. She preceded him in death on...
Betty Louise Boss
Mar 17, 2022
Betty L. Boss, 89, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2022, at University of Kansas Health System-St. Francis Campus in Topeka. Betty Louise Bohannan was born on November 7, 1932, in Cedar Vale, Kansas, the daughter of Newton Franklin and Mabel Izetta (Lister) Bohannan. She graduated from Cedar Vale High School in 1950. She was joined together in marriage to Floyd...
Donald Leroy Standiferd
Mar 10, 2022
Donald Leroy Standiferd, 89, of Osage City passed away Thursday, March 10, 2022 at the Select Specialty Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born November 14, 1932 at his home in near Arvonia, Kansas the son of Hugh and Ora Reed Standiferd. Donald attended primary school at Mount Pleasant aka the Booth School and went to and graduated from...
Lennis Marie Mccreary
Mar 10, 2022
Lennis Marie (Newkirk) McCreary, 72, of Emporia, KS, passed away on the evening of Thursday, March 10, 2022, at the University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, KS. Lennis was born on November 1, 1949, to Francis “Bill” and Gladys (Laird) Newkirk in Hollywood, CA. Lennis attended Emporia High School, graduating in 1967. Preceding her in death are both...
Carol A. Thompson
Mar 7, 2022
Carol A. Thompson, 88, passed away Monday, March 7, 2022 at Peterson’s Assisted Living in Osage City. Carol Aileen Patterson was born December 22, 1933 in Melvern, Kansas, the daughter of Alfred and Blanche (Lumsden) Patterson. She graduated from Melvern High School in 1952. Carol was joined in marriage to Howard Orville Thompson on May 3, 1952. To this union,...
Robert O. Peterson
Mar 5, 2022
Robert Oliver Peterson passed away on March 5, 2022 in Hays, Kansas at the age of 82. He was born February 6, 1940 in Peterton, located in rural Osage County Kansas and grew up on the family farm there. Bob attended country schools in Osage County and graduated from Osage City High School in 1958. He joined the United States...
Gary Lynn Ratcliff
Mar 4, 2022
Gary Lynn Ratcliff, 75, passed Friday, March 4, 2022 at his home in Emporia. He was born April 4, 1946 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Doug and Mary Ratcliff. He attended Hamilton High School and graduated with the Class of 1964. Gary proudly served in the United states Army. Gary was joined in marriage to Darline Williams on May...
Patricia Marie Noble
Mar 3, 2022
Patricia M. Noble, 80, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2022 at Brookside Retirement Community in Overbrook. Patricia Marie Blow was born March 28, 1941 in Reading, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and Agnes Marie (Newman) Blow. She graduated from Reading High School in 1959. She was joined in marriage to Larry J. “Buster” Noble on October 25, 1962 in Osage...
Gary Dean Crawford
Feb 15, 2022
Gary Dean Crawford, 71, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at his home east of Emporia. He was born June 27, 1950 in Bushong, Kansas the son of Ray and Vicie Vanderslice Crawford. Gary attended Hartford High School. As a young man, Gary worked for a local farmer named Ray Wagers before taking a position at Bunge in Emporia. Through...
Verland D. O'Neal
Feb 15, 2022
Verland D. O’Neal, 87, passed away peacefully at his home in Emporia on February 15, 2022. He was born February 17, 1934 on the family farm near Hope, Kansas the son of Silas and Lola Lininger O’Neal. His family moved to a farm in Chase County southeast of Cottonwood Falls where he attended a rural grade school. They later moved...
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