Jeane passed away November 16, 2019 at the age of 91. She was born June 11, 1928, at the family home in Greenwood County Kansas, to James and Mildred Sherman.

Lori Ann Herbel Grimmett (54) of Emporia passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at her home.

Rheta L. Peters, 85, of St. Paul, and a former resident of Emporia, Erie, and Pittsburg, passed away at 8 p.m., Saturday, November 16, 2019 at the Prairie Mission Retirement Village of St. Paul.

Reba Jean Barnett, 96, of Reading, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at Emporia Place.

Dorothy Maxine Berrie of Emporia died on Friday, November 15, 2019 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia. She was 98.

Marian Irene Crabtree, 87, passed away Friday, November 8, 2019 at Stormont-Vail Health Care in Topeka.

Geneva E. Ferrara, Emporia, died Friday, November 15, 2019 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor at 86 years old.

William Kay Nielsen passed away Saturday, November 2, 2019 at the Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka. He was 85.

Loris “Shorty” Gilbert, Neosho Rapids, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, at the age of 94.

Charles “Chuck” B. Mize, III of Admire died Monday, November 11, 2019 at Flint Hills Care Center. He was 65.

Loris “Shorty” Gilbert of Neosho Rapids died Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at Holiday Resort Care Center. He was 94.

Charles “Chuck” B. Mize, III of Admire died Monday, November 11, 2019 at Flint Hills Care Center. He was 65.

Rex Derosne Gardner of Grove, Oklahoma died Monday, November 4, 2019 at The Cancer Treatment Centers of America-Tulsa. He was 81.

Barbara Lee Lawrence of Emporia entered into rest Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was 64.

(Anna) Darlene Moore passed away

Paula Jeanne Frazier-Ash, 77, of Emporia, Kansas

Mildred Ellis Hohne, age 94, passed away

(Anna) Darlene Moore passed away peacefully at age 90 on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. Born in Emporia, Kansas, the only child of Ray C. and Anna Johnson, Darlene moved to Wichita where she met her husband of 56 years, Buzz…

Gale Warren Kelley of Emporia died on Sunday, November 3, 2019, at his home. He was 98.

William K. Nielsen of Emporia died on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at the Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center, Topeka. He was 85.

Jerry Scott Staley died Friday, November 1, 2019 at Midland Care Hospice House in Topeka, KS. He was 59.

Doxie Anna Keller, 87, died on Friday November 1, 2019 at Thorne Rehabilitation, Wesley Towers in Hutchinson, KS. She was born July 26, 1932, on a farm in Burlington, KS, the daughter of J. B and Bertha (Dill) Hoover.

Richard Edwin McCoy of Emporia died Friday, October 25, 2019 at Holiday Resort. He was 96. He served as a Marine.

Bobby Ray Jackson of Emporia died Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. He was 77.

Donald E. Cook, Sr., Emporia, passed away at his daughter’s home in Colby, Kansas on Monday, October 28, 2019 at the age of 86.

Sandra Lee Moore, 83, of Emporia, KS passed away Thursday, October 24, 2019 in Council Grove, KS. Sandra was born Sandra Lee Sample April 17, 1936 in Council Grove, KS to Shirley E. Richter and George E. Sample.

Joyce A. Deskines, 79, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas and formerly of Emporia, passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2019 at Stormont Vail Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas.

Lee Schroeder, 80, of Emporia, Kansas passed away on October 23, 2019 after losing his battle with cancer.

Kallie Lynn Goulden was born sleeping October 25, 2019 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.

Richard McCoy of Emporia died Friday, October 25, 2019. He was 96.

William L. Smelser (“Bill”) passed away on October 8, 2019, surrounded by his children. Born September 18, 1930, to William Nye and Lucille Brodie Smelser, he was 1 of 2 children. He met his high school sweetheart, Patricia J. Herbert,…

Eleanor Anne DeGraffenreid Stout passed away October 21 following a short illness. Born in Quincy, Kansas on May 9, 1924, she was the daughter of Tess and Edith DeGraffenreid. She grew up on the family farm with her older brother…

EMPORIA – Marilyn L. Leeds, 81, passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at the Sunflower Care Home in Emporia.

Johnny Lee Duvall of Americus entered into rest Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. He was 71.

Richard L. Johnson passed October 17, 2019, retiree of Santa Fe Railroad and Vesta L. Johnson passed March 19, 2019, retiree of Menninger Foundation, both of Topeka.

Charles Douglas “Charlie” Hall, 66, of Olivet, passed away Saturday, October 19, 2019 at the Coffey County Hospital in Burlington, Kansas.

Lee M. Schroeder of Emporia died Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at his home. He was 80.

Roy Francis (“Bayse”) Baysinger, aged 96, died at home in Catonsville, Maryland, on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, following a protracted illness.

Karon Contizano of Emporia died October 22, 2019 at Stormont Vail in Topeka, Kansas. She was 79.