INTRODUCTION: To "Index, Emporia Gazette Death Notices 1892-1989"

by Robert A. and Lois L. Hodge -1994

 

Microfilmed backfiles of the EMPORIA (Kansas) GAZETTE newspaper found in the Emporia Public Library and the William Allen White Library of Emporia State University covering the period 1892 through 1989 were used interchangeably for the purpose of preparing this index. It was later determined these collections may have been prepared from different negatives, as a result some entries may not be found on one or the other of the individual collections.

The images were SCANNED {NOTE: with eyes not a scanner}, starting with 1989, for reports of deaths and funerals. Until the mid-1920's these reports were typically found collectively under a designated heading and no page/column numbers were recorded. When, in the mid-1920's the designated heading was not used, page numbers were, at first, recorded and then replaced with a page / column reference proceeding the issue date. Entries found with an "s" indicate they appear in a "special reel" located at the William Allen White Library of Emporia State University--not in the "normal" run of the EMPORIA GAZETTE.

The microfilmed backfiles were found to be incomplete, particularly in the earlier periods; some photography resulted in such poor imaging that accurate reading was nearly impossible, thus the record is known to be 'incomplete'. Likewise, some errors exist because of converting the initial hand-written notes to the typed computer data base, but most of these will be easily reconcilable by the researcher.

The completed works of 1638 pages, {almost 100,000 obits}, exclusive of the maiden-name cross references, is bound in four volumes as follows:

A-E, pages 1 through 420

F-K, pages 421 through 815

L-R, pages 816 through 1258

S-Z, pages 1259 through 1638

 

FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO OBTAIN COPIES OF AN OBIT ONCE YOU FIND ONE IN THE INDEX CLICK HERE.

Note: There are about 1000 names per site so they will take a minute or two to load.

Please be patient, it is well worth the wait.

Click below to search the obituaries, remember they take time to load.

A - ALLEN ALLEND -ARMI ARMI - AZ B - BARB BARBE - BAY BAZ - BENNET
BENNETZ - BIV BIX - BONH BONI - BRASH BRA-BRO BRO - BUCHA BUCHE - BURRI BURRO -BY
C - CARR CARRS - CHILDD CHILDE - COBE COBL - CONW CONY - COW COX - CROSL
CROSS - CZ D -DAVIES DAVIS - DEAL DEAN - DIEH DIEK - DREA DREB - DY
E - EH EI - ERN ERR - EZ F - FILM FILS - FLOU FLOW - FRANCI
FRANCO - FY G - GEN GEO - GLAS GLAT - GRAH GRAL - GRIF GRIG - GW
H -HAML HAMM - HARRIN HARRIS - HAU HAV - HENC HEND - HIC HID - HODGE
HODGI - HOPP HOPW - HUD HUE - HUSS HUST - HY I - JAM JAN - JOHNS
JOHNSO - JONA JONES - L. JONES M. JONES - JU K - KENNA KENNE - KIRKE KIRKH - KOU
KOW - KY L - LATTE LATTI - LEON LEOP - LINQ LINS - LOWD LOWE - LY
M - MARK MARKE - MATH MATIL - McCLEA McCLEL - McGAH McGAR - MEAN MEAR -MILLEN
MILLER - MIS MIT - MOOL MOORE -MORRIS MORRISE - MURRA MURRE - MY N - NICHOLA
NICHOLS - O'MAL O'MAR - OZ P - PAU PAV - PETERSE PETERSO - PINE PING -PRAT
PRAY - PY QU - RECORD RECT - REYNR REYNO - RID RIG - ROBINS ROBINSO - ROSENQ
ROSENS - RY S - SCHEEB SCHEEL - SCOF SCOG - SHAT SHAV - SHUN SHUP - SMILI
SMIT - N. SMITH O. SMITH - SPAR SPAT - STANS STANT - STINE STINS - STUBB STUBE - SZ
T - THOMAN THOMAS - TILF TILL - TRUEX TRUI - TY U V - VIT
VL - VY W - WARD WARDE - WEC WED - WHEE WHEH - WIEK WIEL - L. WILLIAMS
M. WILLIAMS - WINA WIND - WOOLF WOOLH - WY X - Y Z *