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Jake Schoenhals
Jul 3, 2021
Jakie Lloyd Schoenhals of Piedmont, passed away unexpectedly in his sleep, at his home on Saturday, July 3, 2021, at the age of 83. He was born on July 27, 1937, in Shattuck, Oklahoma, the son of Henry George “H.G.” and Emelia “Millie” (Hanshu) Schoenhals. He was raised on a farm near Darrouzett, Texas and graduated from Darrouzett High School...
Connie Elizabeth Rollins
Jul 2, 2021
Connie Elizabeth Rollins of Eureka, died on Friday, July 2, 2021, at her home at Eureka Lake, at the age of 71. She was born on February 23, 1950, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Fred Jr. and Vivian (Gillman) Fowler. She was raised in Council Bluffs and graduated from Lewis Central High School. On June 20, 1969, Connie...
Tina Renee Lawrence
Jul 1, 2021
Tina Renee Lawrence of Wichita, died on July 1, 2021, at her home in Wichita, at the age of 54. She was born on September 24, 1966, in Eureka, the daughter of Wayne Paul and Sherry Faye (Stuber) Williams. She was raised in Andover and graduated from local schools. In 1987, she was united in marriage to Robert Lawrence. To...
Brenda (Sherman) Lingo
Jun 30, 2021
Brenda Darlene (Sherman) Lingo of Neal, died on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at her home in Neal, at the age of 68. She was born on December 30, 1952, in Eureka, the daughter of Harry Ray and Mary Colleen (McCleary) Sherman. She was raised in the Eureka\Hamilton area and graduated from Eureka High School. On November 16, 1971, Brenda was...
Jim Walker
Jun 18, 2021
Jim Walker of Eureka, died on June 18, 2021, at his home at Eureka Lake, at the age of 86. He was born on December 14, 1934, in Anthony, Kansas, the son of Roy Lee and Alice Elizabeth (Mooring) Walker. He was raised in Anthony and attended local schools, graduating with the Class of 1953. On August 22, 1954, Jim...
Beverly Gravatt
Jun 13, 2021
Beverly Kay Gravatt of Eureka, died on Sunday, June 13, 2021, at her home in Eureka, at the age of 60. She was born on July 9, 1960, in Eureka, the daughter of John Kenneth and Nora Anna (Smith) Crooks. She was raised in the Eureka area and attended local schools. On September 29, 1979, Beverly was united in marriage...
Austin Harry Powell, Jr.
Jun 10, 2021
Austin Harry Powell, Jr. of Nowata, Oklahoma, formerly of Eureka, died on Thursday, June 10, 2021, at the home of his son, in Nowata, at the age of 94. He was born on June 9, 1927, in Osage, Oklahoma, the son of Austin Harry, Sr., and Violet Ruth (Donohue) Powell. He was raised in the Osage and Cleveland area, attending...
Fred A. Hays
Jun 10, 2021
Fred A. Hays, son of the late John D. and Lillian Rosena Amelia (Rathke) Hays, rode the last trail, Thursday, June 10, 2021, at Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 90, due to complications from a vehicle accident. He was born December 31, 1930, on a farm west of Olpe, Kansas. He grew up on the...
Carole (Gaffney) Shirley
Jun 3, 2021
Carole Jean (Gaffney) Shirley of Eureka, died on Thursday, June 3, 2021, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 88. She was born on February 24, 1933, in Eureka, the daughter of Burlin Faye and Fern Elizabeth (Scroggins) Gaffney. She was raised in Eureka and attended Eureka High School, graduating with the Class of ’51. Following graduation,...
Larry E. Davis
May 30, 2021
Larry Everett Davis of Eureka, died on Sunday, May 30, 2021, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 61. He was born on October 6, 1959, in Liberal, Kansas, the son of Donald Lee and Leota Louise (VanNess) Davis. He was raised in Haysville and graduated from Campus High School. He began work as...
Gregory Paul Rockhill
May 17, 2021
Gregory Paul Rockhill of Andover, Kansas, died on Monday, May 17, 2021 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 67. He was born October 13, 1953, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Kenneth Paul and Aurilla “June” (Thompson) Rockhill. He was raised in Eureka, Kansas, and attended local schools, graduating with the Class of 1972. While in...
Dean Miles
May 11, 2021
Carl Dean Miles of Eureka, died on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at Vintage Park in Eureka, at the age of 78. He was born on May 19, 1942, in Eureka, the son of Lester Eugene and Florence May (Beedles) Miles. He was raised on a farm southwest of Eureka. He helped his father with calving from a young age and...
Anita Jane Pitko
May 2, 2021
Anita Jane Pitko, age 99 of Eureka, Kansas, passed away on May 2, 2021. She was born on January 2, 1922, in Wellington, Kansas. Her parents, Ned and Peggy Graves, her sister Judy R. Murphy, and husband of 68 years, Alexander Pitko all preceded her. She is survived by two sons, Michael L. (Phyllis) Pitko of Eureka, Kansas and Jon...
Darr Ray Tracy
Apr 14, 2021
Darr Ray Tracy of rural Toronto, died of natural causes on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at his home, at the age of 84. He was born on August 10, 1936, in Harper County, Kansas, the son of Henry “Milton,” Jr. and Susie (Bell) Tracy. He was raised in Ford County and graduated from Ford High School. After his schooling he...
Mary Martha Brown
Apr 9, 2021
Mary Martha Brown of Eureka, died Friday, April 9, 2021, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 95. She was born February 2, 1926, in rural Greenwood County, the daughter of Albert B. and Tammie May (Bair) Stuber. She was raised in the rural Eureka area and attended local schools, graduating from Climax High School. On June...
Jim Criswell
Mar 24, 2021
James Webster “Jim” Criswell, Jr., of Eureka, died on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 79. He was born on February 26, 1942, in Eureka, the son of James Webster, Sr. and Colleen Helen (Sovern) Criswell. He served honorably in the United States Air Forces during Vietnam in the Philippines before being...
Jeanne Burtin
Mar 11, 2021
Beverly “Jeanne” Burtin of Eureka, died on March 11, 2021, at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 83. She was born on July 25, 1937, in rural Eureka, the daughter of Virgil Harold and Doris Marguerite (Little) Stever. She was raised in the Hamilton area and attended local schools. On October 10, 1954, Jeanne was united...
Phillip Flock
Mar 4, 2021
Phillip Wayne Flock of Madison, KS, died peacefully at his home with his wife of 51 years by his side, on March 3, 2021, at the age of 73. Phillip was born May 4, 1947, in Eureka, KS, the son of Virgil Wayne and Phyllis Orvilla (Totland) Flock. He was raised in Greenwood County, graduating 8th grade from the Dunlap...
Louis Franklin Hayward
Mar 3, 2021
Louis Franklin Hayward was a caring husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and educator. He left this world on March 3, 2021 in Eureka, KS at age 93 with his two sons at his side. Mr. Hayward was born October 7, 1927 to Mabel Geneva Boley and Arthur Marion Hayward in Seminole, Oklahoma. They soon moved to Sunny Dale Springs, KS...
Karen Kay Rohrer
Mar 1, 2021
Karen Kay Rohrer of Wichita, died on Monday, March 1, 2021 at Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita, at the age of 71. She was born on September 27, 1949, in Eureka, the daughter of Richard Martin and Bernadine Aletha (Stuber) Olson. She was raised in Eureka, El Dorado, and Newton, graduated from Newton High School. She then attended X-ray technologist...
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