OBITUARIES
Nyla Jeanne Shaner
Aug 26, 2018
Nyla J. Shaner, 70, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2018 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. Nyla Jeanne Smith was born December 15,1947 in Emporia, the daughter of John Junior and Vesta Lorraine (Windsor) Smith. She finished her sophomore year of high school in 1963. She received her GED at Emporia State University and went to Flint Hills Vo-Tech School and...
Raymond Kenneth Sturgeon
Aug 23, 2018
Raymond Kenneth Sturgeon, 74, passed away August 23, 2018 at his home in Madison. He was born August 23, 1944 in Wichita, Kansas the son of Glenn Arthur and Wilma Gruber Sturgeon. Ray attended Madison High School and graduated with the Class of 1962. Shortly after High School, Ray enlisted with the United States Air Force. He would serve in...
Robert Keith Marlar
Aug 15, 2018
Robert Keith Marlar. 85, passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. He was born August 20, 1932 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Emil and Sylvia Farr Marlar. Bob attended Madison High School and graduated with the Class of 1950. On July 31, 1953, Bob was inducted into the United States Army. He was a member...
Stephen Ray "Snuggy" Sheets
Aug 14, 2018
Stephen Ray “Snuggy” Sheets, 52, passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at Via Christy St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. He was born September 28, 1965 in Lindsborg, Kansas the son of Ronald H. and Janice K. Harlan Sheets. Stephen attended Neodesha High School and graduated with the Class of 1984. In high school Steve was an avid football, basketball and...
Jimmie Eldon Cress
Aug 13, 2018
Jimmie Eldon Cress,78, passed away Monday, August 13, 2018, on the way to his home from Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born September 9, 1939 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Jimmie Boten and Zatha Ferol (Henricks) Cress. He grew up in Florence, Kansas and graduated from Florence Memorial High School in 1957. He served in the United...
Betty Jean Standiferd
Jul 31, 2018
Betty Jean Standiferd 94, of Lebo, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at the Osage Nursing Center. She was born November 6, 1923 in Lebo, Kansas the daughter of William Fred and Laura Myonette Rutledge Rosine. Betty attended the Sunny Knoll District #18 Country School through the eighth grade. She would go on to graduate from Lebo High School with...
Joyce Ann Cress
Jul 16, 2018
Joyce Ann Cress, 74, finished her fight with ovarian cancer on Monday, July 16, 2018 surrounded by family and friends at her home. Joyce Ann Cress was born April 22, 1944 in North Platte, Nebraska, the daughter of Duane Edward and Thelma Lucille (Eshleman) Jones. She grew up in Aurora, Colorado and graduated from Aurora Central High School in 1962....
Robert Dale Garner
Jul 16, 2018
Robert Dale Garner, 77, passed away Monday, July 16, 2018 at his home south of Eskridge, Kansas. Military graveside services will be conducted at 2:30 P.M., Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at Eskridge Cemetery.
John Lee Runcie
Jul 4, 2018
John Lee Runcie. 62, passed away, Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at Via Christy St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. John was born April 20, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Donald and Jean Pontine Runcie Sr. He attended Hastings High School and graduated with the Class of 1974. Following high school, John worked for a local farmer near Doniphan and...
Jack Allegre
Jul 2, 2018
Jack Allegre, 92, of Lebo, KS, died July 2, 2018 at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor. He was born in Wichita KS on August 30, 1925, the only child of Kenneth M. and Lulu Mae (Leach) Allegre. Jack was a lifelong resident and booster of Lebo, moving there before his first birthday when his father opened the Allegre Rexall Drugstore. After...
Melissa Ann Siler
Jul 1, 2018
Melissa Ann Raymie Siler, 52, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2018 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. She was born February 19, 1966 in Ottumwa, Iowa the daughter of Bobby and Gloria Olesen Raymie. Melissa attended Ottumwa High School and graduated with the Class of 1984. Following high school, Melissa traveled throughout the United States, living in Kansas, Colorado, Texas...
Dennis Dale Combes
Jun 30, 2018
Dennis D. Combes, 66, passed away Saturday, June 30, 2018 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. Dennis Dale Combes was born September 18, 1951 in Burlington, Kansas, the son of Walter Clinton and Ethel Lorene (Norris) Combes. He graduated from Reading High School in 1969. He served with Army Reserves after high school. He was joined in marriage to Colleen...
Robert Alden Beal
Jun 30, 2018
Robert Alden (Bob) Beal died peacefully in Overland Park, KS on June 30, 2018 with his family at his side. He was 85 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents Glen and Agnes (Vanderman) Beal, his brother David and his grandson Jason Hinkel. He is survived by his wife of 65 years Kathleen; his brothers Tyson (Nita)...
Jack J. Nicol
Jun 10, 2018
Jack J. Nicol, 75, “Guan Hame”, Sunday, June 10, 2018 in Emporia, Kansas. Jack was born July 8, 1942 in Glasgow, Scotland. The early years of his life were laced with various hardships that would effect Jack throughout his lifetime. Jack’s fortune would forever change on February 5, 1965, the day he married Sarah “Sadie” Gallagher. Jack and Sadie began...
Robert Thompson Hogue
Jun 9, 2018
Robert Thompson Hogue, 101, formerly of Eskridge, passed away Saturday, June 9, 2018 at Rolling Hills Care Center in Topeka. Robert was born February 10, 1917 in rural Eskridge, the son of Harry and Eva Thompson Hogue. He attended Eskridge Rural High School and graduated with the Class of 1935. As a young man he worked with his parents on...
Elizabeth Kay Smith
Jun 8, 2018
Elizabeth Kay Smith, 32, passed away Friday, June 8, 2018 at her home in Neosho Rapids. She was born March 6, 1986 in Lawrence, Kansas. When Elizabeth was five years old she came to live with William and Julie Smith in Neosho Rapids. During Elizabeth’s fifth grade year, William and Julie were granted full adoption of Elizabeth into their family. ...
Dorothy Lavone Mackey
Jun 3, 2018
Dorothy Lavone Mackey, 83. passed away Sunday, June 3, 2018 at Holiday Resort. She was born January 30, 1935 in Des Moines, Iowa the daughter of Orville and Loreta Waddell Spaeth. Dorothy attended Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri and graduated with the Class of 1952. She was joined in marriage to William Robert Mackey on May 24, 1953...
David M. Jensen
May 31, 2018
David M. “Dave” Jensen, 76, passed away peacefully Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born March 10, 1942 in Ida Grove, Iowa, the son of David and Marcia Fleenor Jensen. Dave was joined in marriage to Jane Marshall on June 21, 2002 in Topeka. Dave was employed as a truck driver for the majority of...
Suellen H. Wood
May 29, 2018
Reverend Suellen H. Wood, 74, passed away early Tuesday, May 29th at Brewster Place in Topeka. She was born Suellen Georgann Hoffmeister on March 4, 1944 to Helen Euson Hoffmeister and Walter William Hoffmeister in Barrington, Illinois. Suellen’s parents divorced in 1949. Suellen and her mother went to live with Helen’s mother Kathleen. Her mom found love again in Robert...
Howard Raymond Martin
May 29, 2018
Howard Raymond Martin, 88, passed away Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at the Life Care Center in Burlington. He was born October 21, 1929 on a farm south of Madison, the son of Charles Lorenzo and Cora Myrle Joy Martin. Howard attended the Prairie Bell #102 rural school as a child and went on to graduate from Madison High School with...
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