OBITUARIES
Ethel Ruth Watson
Apr 6, 2018
Ethel Ruth Watson, 100, passed away Friday, April 6, 2018 at Osage Nursing Center. Ethel Ruth Jackson was born September 15, 1917 in Emporia, the daughter of Lee and Ethel (Jacob) Jackson. She graduated from Reading High School. She was joined in marriage to Robert O. Watson on March 24, 1940 in Osage City. Ethel was a life long homemaker...
Barbara Sue Givens
Apr 3, 2018
Barbara Sue Givens, 75, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at the Life Care Center in Burlington. She was born July 7, 1942 in Lebo, Kansas the daughter of Richard and Inez Foster Givens. Barbara attended Lebo High School and graduated with the Class of 1960. Later that year she married Marvin Emley. Barbara and Marvin made their home in...
Russell “Junior” Heckathorn
Mar 30, 2018
Russell J. “Junior” Heckathorn, 90, passed away Friday, March 30, 2018 at his home in Neosho Rapids. He was born August 13, 1927 in Emporia, Kansas the son of John and Lola Overlin Heckathorn. He attended Emporia High School and graduated with the Class of 1945. On August 21, 1945, Russell enlisted in the United States Army and served as...
Harvey Louis Shiffer
Mar 20, 2018
Harvey L. Shiffer, 76, of Emporia passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born January 28, 1942 in Phoenix, Arizona the son of Ralph and Neeta May Bykerk Shiffer. Harvey attended Franklin High School in Portland, Oregon. Harvey joined the United States Navy in 1960 and served 13 years...
Barbara Jean Linsey
Mar 18, 2018
Barbara Jean Linsey, 80, passed away early Sunday, March 18,2018 at her home in Emporia. She was born November 30, 1937 in Lebo, Kansas the daughter of Harvey C. and Nellie Opal Childers Arb. Barbara attended school in Waverly. Barbara was joined in marriage to Arthur Linsey on February 6, 1955. They spent most of their lives together raising, training...
Kerry Lynn Wallace
Mar 17, 2018
Kerry Lynn Wallace, 62, passed away Saturday, March 17, 2018 at his home in Thorndale. He was born in Emporia, Kansas the son of Donald Lee and Delores Elaine Knight Wallace. Growing up he and his family lived in Gardner and Williamsburg. Kerry finished High School in Lebo and graduated with The Class of 1974. He went on to attend...
James Russell Moreland
Mar 7, 2018
James Russell “Russ” Moreland, 48, passed away on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at his home. James Russell Moreland was born on August 24, 1969 in Bellflower, California, the son of James Thomas and Barbara Ann (Pannell) Moreland. He had live in Chino, California until moving to Osage City in 1992. Russ had worked in autobody repair and paint. He will...
Mary Ann Mcmullen
Mar 3, 2018
Mary Ann McMullen, 70 of Eskridge, passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018 at the Alma Manor. She was born April 15, 1947 in Pittsfield, Illinois the daughter of Joseph A. and Helen M. Gilmore McGinley. Mary Ann grew up in Quincy, Illinois and attend St. Johns Catholic School. Mary Ann married William Britton and the couple later divorced. She would...
Vondalee M. Langley
Feb 15, 2018
Vondalee M. Langley, 88, passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Plaza West Regional Health Center in Topeka. Vondalee M. Mast was born on March 8, 1929 in Topeka, Kansas the daughter of Morris and Anna Thornton Mast. She was joined in marriage to Paul Milton Langley Sr., in August of 1949 in Topeka. Vondalee and Paul lived most of...
Rachel Eileen Leford
Feb 13, 2018
Rachel Eileen LeFord, 84, passed away Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at Newman Regional Health with family members by her side. Rachel Eileen Phillips was born on August 22, 1933 in Neosho Rapids, the daughter of William and Eva May (Verlin) Phillips. Her early childhood involved a farm life caring for animals and assisting her father with chores. She graduated from...
Wilma Corene Fankhauser
Feb 8, 2018
Wilma Corene Fankhauser, 90, passed away Thursday, February 8, 2018 at Newman Hospital in Emporia. Wilma Corene Greenwood was born on September 7, 1927 in Madison, Kansas the daughter of Leonard W. and Kittie C. Aughinbaugh Greenwood. Wilma attended Madison High School and graduated with the Class of 1945. The first year following graduation Wilma worked as a secretary at...
Rex L. Becker
Feb 3, 2018
Rex L. Becker, 70, of Emporia, passed away Saturday, February 3, 2018 at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. He was born July 5, 1947 in Onega, Kansas, the son of Richard Charles and Mable Margaret Stelter Becker. Rex attended Emporia High School and graduated with the Class of 1965. Following high school, Rex entered the United States Army, serving...
Jacob "Clint" Davies
Jan 16, 2018
Jacob Clinton Davies passed away on January 16, 2018. He was born to Welsh parents Jacob and Olive Davies on December 21, 1923 at Newman Hospital in Emporia. He was appreciative of his grandfather coming from Wales in early 1880’s to start the five generation farm. His grandfather was a Welsh immigrant settling the area of Lyon and Osage counties....
Jacqueline “Jackie” Lindsay
Jan 13, 2018
Jacqueline M. “Jackie” Linday passed away Saturday, January 13, 2018 at Osage Nursing Center in Osage City, Kansas Jacqueline Marie Curley was born October 17, 1927 in Osage City, Kansas, the daughter of James and Emma (Martin) Curley. She graduated from Osage City High School in 1945. She was joined in marriage to Duane R. Lindsay on June 19, 1947...
Maisie L. Gurtler Kraus Devore
Jan 13, 2018
Maisie L. Gurtler Kraus DeVore, 98, passed away Saturday, January 13, 2018 at Stormont-Vail in Topeka. She was born January 31, 1919 at Eskridge, Kansas, the daughter of William Henry and Matilda Murdie Gurtler.. Maisie lived her entire life in the Eskridge, Maple Hill and Keene areas and attended high school at Maple Hill. She would graduate from Miltonvale Wesleyan...
Connie Sue Hayes
Jan 11, 2018
Connie Sue Hayes passed, peacefully, at home on Thursday, January 11, 2018. She was born September 21, 1938 in rural Eureka, the daughter of Virgil and Doris Little Stever.She was married to Larry M. Hayes of Emporia. They married on November 17, 1990. Previously, she was married to Billy J. Gray. Connie and Billy had four daughters. Joanne Priest, Jeanette...
Michael Wayne Everhart
Jan 11, 2018
Michael Wayne Everhart, 39, passed away at home on Jan 11,2018 Michael was born and raised in Ottawa, Kansas. He lived there for part of his adult life. He is survived by his 3 daughters Cherokee Everhart of Osage City, Bianca Everhart and Kayliana Everhart of the home, also of the home his significant other Sarah White and her son...
Ernest Craig "Viddy" Vidrios
Jan 9, 2018
Ernest Craig “Viddy” Vidrios, 57, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at the Coffey County Hospital in Burlington. Viddy was born February 25, 1960 in Wichita, Kansas of Robert Vidrios and Elizabeth Radig. He was raised in the family home until the age of nine when he was admitted to the Winfield State Hospital in Winfield, Kansas. In 1975, he...
Morgan Emily Mccoy
Jan 7, 2018
Morgan Emily McCoy, 19, passed away early Sunday, January 7, 2018 at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville, Missouri.She was born in Topeka, Kansas on July 19, 1998, the daughter of John and Brenda Miller McCoy. Morgan attended Liberty High School in Liberty, Missouri and graduated with the Class of 2016. She was currently a sophomore at Northwest Missouri State University...
Sandra L. "Sandy" Robinson
Jan 6, 2018
Sandra L. “Sandy” Robinson, 52, passed away Saturday, January 6, 2018 at Sunset ManorIn Waverly. She was born in Warner Robins, Georgia on January 7, 1965. She entered the foster care system as a very young child and came to live with her guardian parents, Daryl and LaDonna Knight when she was only six years old. Sandy attended school in...
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