Obituaries
Terry Joseph Reilly
Apr 26, 2019
Terry Joseph Reilly of Hamilton, died on Friday, April 26, 2019 in Eureka, at the age of 77. He was born on June 28, 1941, in Topeka, the oldest child of John and Florence (Umscheid) Reilly. When Terry was about three years of age the family moved to Sioux City, Iowa with John’s work as an oil gauger. When Terry...
Cecil Lloyd Gilmore
Apr 19, 2019
Cecil Lloyd Gilmore of Eureka, died on Friday, April 19, 2019, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 99. He was born on October 9, 1919, in Tyro, Kansas, the son of Lloyd Lincoln and Emma Mae (Wilson) Gilmore. He was raised in Tyro and attended local schools. He worked in various places in the Tyro-Independence...
Sharon Kay Beeman
Apr 5, 2019
Sharon Kay Beeman of Hamilton, died Friday, April 5, 2019, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 70. She was born February 19, 1949, in Eureka, Kansas the daughter of James and Opal (Megli) Griffith. She was raised in Neal, attending the Neal, Tribune, Hamilton and Eureka schools, graduating from Eureka High School. She was proud to...
Reta Kay Dauman
Apr 5, 2019
Reta Kay Dauman of Eureka, died on Friday, April 5, 2019 at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 74. She was born on January 26, 1945, in Eureka, Kansas, the daughter of Johnny and Gladys “Charlene” (Coop) Cox. The family moved often when Reta was young but Eureka was always home. She attended local schools. In...
Joyce Leah Jones
Mar 30, 2019
Joyce Leah Jones of Eureka, died on Saturday, March 30, 2019, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka at the age of 88. She was born April 6, 1930, in Climax, Kansas, the daughter of Louie and Artie (Anderson) Bate. She was raised in Climax and attended local schools, graduating from Climax High School. She worked for City Drug in Eureka,...
Otto Dale Forcum
Mar 28, 2019
Otto “Dale” Forcum of Eureka, died on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 91. He was born on March 9, 1928, in Piedmont, Kansas, the son of Otto Vearle and Grace Laura (Bland) Forcum. He was raised in Piedmont and graduated from Eureka High School with the Class of 1946. After...
Robert Dale "Bob" Herold
Mar 26, 2019
Robert Dale Herold, formerly of Neal, died on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 92. He was born on April 14, 1926, in Yates Center, Kansas, the son of Edward Roy and Hazel Adle (Mentzer) Herold. He was raised in Yates Center and graduated from Yates Center High School. On August...
Roberta Louise Rollings
Mar 21, 2019
Roberta Louise Rollings of Fall River, died Wednesday, March 20, at her home in Fall River, at the age of 90. Roberta was born September 17, 1928, in Liberty Township, Elk County, to Charles William “Bill” and Gladys (Light) Gramm. She was raised in Fall River, helping her mother while her father worked at the lake. She attended Fall River...
Lyman Rex Hershberger
Mar 19, 2019
Lyman Rex Hershberger of Toronto, died on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, at the age of 86. He was born on December 4, 1932, in Harper, Kansas, the son of Merle Rex and Bertha Georgia (Doolittle) Hershberger. He was raised in Toronto and attended Stony Point Schoolhouse. Lyman was a farmer and...
Bill Williams
Mar 2, 2019
William Lawrence “Bill” Williams, formerly of Reece, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at Homestead of El Dorado, at the age of 87. He was born on December 30, 1931, in Lamar, Colorado, the son of Clyde Ernest “Buddy” and Gladys Centelia (Nelson) Williams. He was raised in Neal and attended local schools. On November 25, 1953, Bill was...
Mason Francis Braman
Feb 17, 2019
Mason Francis Braman of rural Eureka, died on Sunday, February 17, 2019 at his home, at the age of 76. He was born on October 2, 1942, in Eureka, the son of Maurice Mason and Dorothy Dixie (McHone) Braman. He was raised near Hamilton and graduated from Hamilton High School. He attended college until he suffered a basketball injury. He...
Mary Jo Ake
Feb 9, 2019
Mary Jo Drake of Eureka, died on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at Holiday Resort in Emporia, at the age of 86. She was born on February 15, 1932, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph Calvin and Mary Rachel (Beeson) Caylor. She was raised in Wichita and attended local schools. Around age 16, the family moved to Coyville and Mary...
Clarence Isaac "Pete" Groat
Jan 27, 2019
Clarence Isaac “Pete” Groat of Eureka, died Sunday, January 27, 2019, at Vintage Park of Eureka, at the age of 96. Pete was born February 19, 1922, on the Browning Ranch, in rural Madison, Kansas, the son of Clarence Leon and Sarah Alice (Cunningham) Groat. He was raised in the Madison area and attended local schools. Upon completion of his...
Patty Sue Brown-Wright
Jan 22, 2019
Patty Sue (Poe) Brown-Wright of Eureka, died on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 78. She was born on March 7, 1940, in El Dorado, Kansas, the daughter of Roy Thomas and Nellie M. (Page) Poe. She was raised in El Dorado and graduated from local schools. In 1958, Patty was united...
Calvin Lee Bogle
Jan 21, 2019
Calvin Lee Bogle of Eureka, died on Monday, January 21, 2019, at Select Specialty Hospital – St. Francis, in Wichita, at the age of 81. He was born on December 24, 1937, in Hamilton, Kansas, the seventh child of Raymond Leslie and Florence Helen (Dewey) Bogle. He attended local schools and graduated from Virgil High School with the class of...
Gary Dean Brown
Jan 17, 2019
Gary Dean Brown of El Dorado, formerly of Eureka, died on Thursday, January 17, 2019 at Lakepoint Nursing and Rehab Center in El Dorado, at the age of 68. He was born on November 30, 1950, in Eureka, the son of Homer Wallace and Enola Augusta (Gibson) Brown. He was raised in rural Virgil and attended local schools. The family...
Phyllis Pauline Grooms
Jan 17, 2019
Phyllis “Pauline” Grooms of Eureka, died on Thursday, January 17, 2019, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 89. She was born May 1, 1929, in Reece, the daughter of Allen Paul and Fern (Seymour) Jones. She was raised in Reece and graduated from Eureka High School. She was a bookkeeper for her father’s car dealership and...
Steven James "Red" Ledgerwood
Jan 15, 2019
Steven James “Red” Ledgerwood of Eureka, died at his home in Eureka on January 15, 2019, at the age of 61. He was born November 12, 1957 in Pratt, Kansas. He lived most of his life in Eureka where he worked at the concrete company, and as a self-employed contractor. On December 27, 1985, Steven was united in marriage to...
Leonard Christopher Schenk
Jan 14, 2019
Leonard Christopher Schenk, formerly of Eureka, died on Monday, January 14, 2019, at Via Christi Village in Wichita, at the age of 101. He was born on June 13, 1917, in Olmitz, Kansas, the son of Joseph and Theresa (Tuzicka) Schenk. He was raised in Hays and attended local schools, graduating from Thomas More Prep-Marian Junior Senior High School., St....
Frances Marie Smith
Jan 5, 2019
Frances Marie Smith of Towanda, died on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 83. She was born on March 11, 1935, in Hamilton, Kansas, the daughter of Johner Nathaniel and Edith (Bohard) McCoy. She was raised in Virgil and graduated from Virgil High School with the Class of 1953. On October 19,...
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