Dolores Elaine Milner-Borst
December 9, 1935 — July 29, 2011
Dolores Elaine (Rockhill) Milner-Borst of Eureka, Kansas, left this world on Friday, July 29, 2011 surrounded by her family.
Dolores was born December 9, 1935 to Ira and Margaret Rockhill at Utopia, Kansas. They later moved to the family farm in rural Eureka, Kansas.
Dolores graduated from Eureka High School and was married to G.N. “Pete” Milner of Virgil, Kansas in 1953. In 1973 she married John T. Borst of Reece, Kansas. They made their home in Eureka, Kansas.
She was a bookkeeper and worked at Moore Abstract Company, Greenwood County Hospital, and for the past 23 years she was the bookkeeper for Sacred Heart Catholic Church, St. John Catholic Church, and St. Teresa Catholic Church. Her passions were remodeling, decorating, and caring for her family.
Survivors are her husband, John, of the home; children, Pam Mock of Emporia; Jim Milner of El Dorado; and Debbie Hartung of Rose Hill; step children, Shawn Borst of Eureka; and step-daughter, Elizabeth “Bett” Berry of Arlington, Texas; seven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, sister, Dorothy Applegate, brothers, Lester and Clayton Rockhill.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at Koup Family Funeral Home in Eureka with Father Michael Klag of Holy Name Catholic Church of Winfield officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be made to Greenwood County Home Health. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
Dolores was born December 9, 1935 to Ira and Margaret Rockhill at Utopia, Kansas. They later moved to the family farm in rural Eureka, Kansas.
Dolores graduated from Eureka High School and was married to G.N. “Pete” Milner of Virgil, Kansas in 1953. In 1973 she married John T. Borst of Reece, Kansas. They made their home in Eureka, Kansas.
She was a bookkeeper and worked at Moore Abstract Company, Greenwood County Hospital, and for the past 23 years she was the bookkeeper for Sacred Heart Catholic Church, St. John Catholic Church, and St. Teresa Catholic Church. Her passions were remodeling, decorating, and caring for her family.
Survivors are her husband, John, of the home; children, Pam Mock of Emporia; Jim Milner of El Dorado; and Debbie Hartung of Rose Hill; step children, Shawn Borst of Eureka; and step-daughter, Elizabeth “Bett” Berry of Arlington, Texas; seven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, sister, Dorothy Applegate, brothers, Lester and Clayton Rockhill.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at Koup Family Funeral Home in Eureka with Father Michael Klag of Holy Name Catholic Church of Winfield officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be made to Greenwood County Home Health. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
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