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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...
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...
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...
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