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Pauline Burnham
Feb 24, 2021
Pauline Burnham, age 102 years, passed away at LakePoint Nursing Home in El Dorado on February 24, 2021. She was born May 25, 1918 in Eminence, Shannon County, Missouri to the late Overton and Mattie C. (Hearst) Smith. She was the youngest of 11 children. After graduating from high school in Missouri, Pauline moved to El Dorado to live with...
Ernestine Josephine Hawthorne
Feb 22, 2021
Ernestine Josephine Hawthorne of Eureka, died on Monday, February 22, 2021, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis, in Wichita, at the age of 73. She was born on March 6, 1947, in Phoenix, Arizona, the daughter of Ernest and Helen (Montez) Ayala. She was raised in Gilroy, California and attended local schools. Growing up, she spent a lot of time...
Terry Kindle
Feb 17, 2021
Terrence John Kindle of Eureka, died on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at his home in Eureka, at the age of 66. He was born on March 23, 1954, in Torrington, Wyoming, the son of Clifford and Ruby Grace (Morgan) Kindle. The family lived in a few different places while Terry was young but they settled in Quenemo, Kansas where he...
Stan Mitchell
Feb 8, 2021
Standiferd Eugene “Stan” Mitchell of Eureka, died on Monday, February 8, 2021, at St. Luke’s Hospital, in Kansas City, Missouri, at the age of 73. He was born on July 11, 1947, in Eureka, the son of Merle Standiferd and Eda Fern (Matlock) Mitchell. He was raised in Greenwood County graduating from Eureka High School with the Class of 1965....
Pat Britain
Feb 4, 2021
Patricia Ann Britain of Eureka, went to her heavenly home on February 4, 2021 at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 88. She was born on February 25, 1932 in rural Greenwood County to William Franklin, Sr., and Eva Rachel (Scott) Hodgson. She was raised in the Eureka area and attended local schools. She graduated from Eureka...
Robert Eugene Runberg
Jan 23, 2021
Robert Eugene Runberg of Eureka, died on Saturday, January 23, 2021, at his home near Eureka, at the age of 69. He was born on August 16, 1951, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Buel and Margree (Helton) Runberg. He was raised in Wichita and graduated from Wichita South High School, later attending Wichita State University. On September 22, 1973,...
Shirley Fay Sprague
Jan 22, 2021
Shirley Fay Sprague of Eureka, died on Friday, January 22, 2021, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 85. She was born November 5, 1935, in Wonsevu, Kansas, the daughter of William James and Ruth Elizabeth (Nicholson) Thompson. She attended Wonsevu Grade School and then Cedar Point High School, from which she graduated. Following graduation, Shirley moved...
Loretta Jean Hershberger
Jan 11, 2021
Loretta Jean Hershberger of Toronto, died on Monday, January 11, 2021, at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 83. She was born on August 2, 1937, in Huntsville, Arkansas, the daughter of Robert Lyle and Mary Belle (Johnson) Simmons. She was raised in the Independence-Bolton, Kansas area and graduated from Independence High School. She later attended...
Robert Rex "Bob" Williams
Jan 1, 2021
Robert Rex “Bob” Williams of Eureka, died on Friday, January 1, 2021, at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 91. He was born on November 15, 1929, in Granada, Colorado, the son of Clyde Ernest “Buddy” and Gladys Centelia (Nelson) Williams. When Bob was 2, the family moved to the Neal area. Bob attended local schools...
Glenn E. Brown
Dec 19, 2020
Glenn Earl Brown of Eureka, died on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 86. He was born on August 30, 1934, in Piedmont, Kansas, the son of William Francis and Mildred Lillian (Indermill) Brown. He was raised in rural Eureka and attended Farmington school. He later attended Enterprise Academy at Enterprise,...
Opal Irene Simmons
Dec 17, 2020
Opal Irene Simmons of Eureka, died on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 97. She was born on October 28, 1923, in Elk City, Kansas, the daughter of Frank L. and Anna H. (McCarty) Wilson. She was raised in Elk City, the family living there until Opal was 10 at which...
Carolyn Jayne Keleher
Dec 15, 2020
Carolyn “Jayne” Keleher Carolyn Jayne Keleher, formerly of Mountain Home, Texas, died Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, Kansas, at the age of 87. Jayne was born October 11, 1933, in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Gordon and Margaret (Cochrum) Marsh. She was raised in Iowa City, attending local schools and graduating from Iowa City...
Gordon C. "Skip" Wassell, Jr.
Dec 15, 2020
Gordon Colliss Wassell, Jr., informally known as “Skip” to most, was born in Halstead, Kansas on July 30, 1934, to Jane (Shumway) Wassell, later “Jane Dennis,” and Gordon Colliss Wassell, Sr. While still just a small baby, Skip acquired his nickname from his Grandfather Shumway, when his grandfather affectionately lifted him high with delight and pronounced this new grandchild, “the...
Thresa Mary Ehrhart
Dec 9, 2020
Thresa M. Ehrhart Thresa Mary Ehrhart, formerly of Kansas City, Kansas, died on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, Kansas, at the age of 84. She was born on February 22, 1936, in rural Woodson County, Kansas, the daughter of John and Frances (Sicka) Hoag. She was raised in rural Yates Center and attended the Yates...
Stan Marshall
Nov 6, 2020
Miles Stanley Marshall, of Eureka, died on Friday, November 6, 2020, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 87. He was born on October 28, 1933, in Wichita, the son of John Teter and Margaret Susan (Bright) Marshall. He was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School with the Class of 1951. He then went...
Jack Dale Alford
Nov 4, 2020
Jack Dale Alford, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 63. He was born on June 30, 1957, in Eureka, the son of Kenneth Duane and Mary Ellen (Dye) Alford. He was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. He started working in oilfield jobs. On July 15, 1978,...
Donald Dean Chaplin
Oct 31, 2020
Donald Dean Chaplin, of Piedmont, died Saturday, October 31, at the Robert J. Dole V. A. Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 84. Don was born May 13, 1936, in Enid, Oklahoma, the son of Veryl Aaron and Esther Cecilia (Kretchmar) Chaplin. He lost his father at age 3 and lived with his grandparents until his mother remarried. He...
Carolyn Louise Harber
Oct 28, 2020
Carolyn Louise Harber, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at Vintage Park in Eureka, at the age of 81. She was born on October 26, 1939, in Independence, Kansas, the daughter of Stanley Max and Thelma Louise (Jones) Richardson. She was raised in Independence and attended local schools, graduating from Independence High School with the Class of 1957....
William S. Hart
Oct 17, 2020
Dr. William S. Hart of Eureka, died on Saturday, October 17, 2020, at Vintage Park in Eureka, at the age of 88. He was born on November 28, 1931, in Dewey, Oklahoma, the son of Perry J. and Letha Elizabeth (Cotton) Hart. He was raised in Oklahoma and Kansas and graduated from Eureka High School. He then attended Emporia State...
Bill Gaines
Oct 8, 2020
William Robert “Bill” Gaines, of Eureka, peacefully departed this world at home in Eureka, in his favorite safe haven, on October 8, 2020, at the age of 54. He was born on November 18, 1965 in El Dorado, Kansas, the son of Franklin Delano and Barbara Ann (Barnes) Gaines. He was raised in Augusta, Longton, and Burkett, graduating from Longton...
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