We are sad to announce that on November 2, 2022 we had to say goodbye to Joe J. Lapping of Emporia, Kansas, born in Cherokee, Kansas. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Joe J. Lapping to show support.

He was predeceased by : his parents, Thomas Burton and Elizabeth Blanche Holland Lapping; and his siblings, Electra Blundell, Myrtle Mishler, Marjorie Souder, Ruth Winslow, Thomas Lapping and Charles Wayne Lapping.

He is survived by : his wife JoAnn Lapping of Emporia; his sons, Kelley Joe Lapping of Emporia and Paul J. Lapping (Ronda) of Wichita, Kansas; his sister Ruby Hough of Fairfax, Virginia; and his grandchildren, Lily Blu Lapping, Kori Rael Lapping and Teagan Grace Lapping.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home