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Frances Marie Gillis
Apr 6, 2018
Frances Marie Gillis of Eureka, died on Friday, April 6, 2018 at her home in Eureka, at the age of 43. She was born on October 10, 1974, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Phil and Cynthia (Rhoads) Edwardson. She was raised in Emporia and graduated from local schools. She later attended Johnson County Community College. In 1997, Frances was...
Phillip "Phil" Johnston
Mar 30, 2018
Phillip Elwin Johnston of Eureka, died on Friday, March 30, 2018 at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton, Kansas, at the age of 83. He was born on December 12, 1934, in Yates Center, Kansas, the son of Sidney Warren and Nina (Cortelyou) Johnston. He was raised in Climax and Eureka, graduating from Eureka High School. He joined the United...
Jackie L. Miller
Mar 29, 2018
Jackie Lea Miller of Eureka, died on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 86. She was born on August 5, 1931, in Peabody, Kansas, the daughter of Allen Roy and Sylvia Lillian (Milner) Bumgardner. She was raised in rural Greenwood County attending Eureka High School, graduating with the class of 1949. She...
Michael Alan Tannahill
Mar 22, 2018
Michael Alan Tannahill of Eureka, Kansas, died Thursday, March 22, 2018, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 58. Mike was born October 10, 1959, in San Gabriel, CA, the son of Joseph Dayrel and Gladis (Scheck) Tannahill. He attended local schools, and graduated from Alhambra High School with the class of 1977. Following graduation, Mike moved...
Paul J. Burk
Mar 10, 2018
Paul James Burk of Eureka, died on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 94. He was born on August 17, 1923, in Eureka, the son of John F. and Mamie (Brazil) Burk. He was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School with the class of 1941. He attended Catholic...
Lois (Morton) Himes
Mar 2, 2018
Lois Evelyn (Morton) Himes of Emporia, died on Friday, March 2, 2018 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor in Emporia, Kansas, at the age of 92. She was born on December 10, 1925, in Lebanon, Indiana, the daughter of William and Carrie (Wiley) Morton. She was raised in Lebanon and graduated from Lebanon High School with the class of 1943. She then...
Virginia May Glasco
Feb 21, 2018
Virginia May Glasco of Eureka, died on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 91. She was born on August 5, 1926, in Eureka, the daughter of James Harvey and Leta (Wallace) Gray. She was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School. She met George “Dale” Glasco in Lawrence and...
Bessie C. Lewis
Feb 15, 2018
Bessie C. Lewis Bessie C. Lewis of Eureka, died Thursday, February 15, 2018, at the Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 87. She was born July 30, 1930, near Climax, in Greenwood County, Kansas, the daughter of Arnold and Alice Marrieta (Hosler) Smith. She attended rural schools, graduating with the Eureka High School Class of 1949. On...
Jackie Leann Pryce
Jan 24, 2018
Jackie Leann (Messick) Pryce of Eureka, died on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, at the age of 56. She was born on July 10, 1961, in Lyons, the daughter of Jack and Margaret (Taylor) Messick. She was raised in Raymond,and graduated from Chase High School with the class of 1979 and Dodge City Community...
Clara (Swayne) Stone
Jan 18, 2018
Clara (Swayne) Stone, formerly of Eureka, Kansas, died on Thursday, January 18, 2018, at Wichita Presbyterian Manor in Wichita, at the age of 86. She was born July 20, 1931, near Ruleton, Kansas, the daughter of Henry Franklin and Ethel (Doggett) Swayne. She was raised in Sherman County and attended local schools, graduating from Kanorado High School with the class...
Edna Mae Birtciel
Jan 16, 2018
Edna Mae Birtciel Edna Mae Birtciel of Madison, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 6, 2018, at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, at the age of 93. She was born on February 1, 1924, in El Dorado, Kansas, the daughter of Vonzo and Verna Mae (Dowell) Beeman. She graduated from Hamilton High School, Hamilton, Kansas with the class of 1942. On...
Arlie Eugene Chastain
Jan 7, 2018
Arlie Eugene Chastain of El Dorado, Kansas, died Sunday, January 7, 2018, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 88. He was born July 5, 1929, in Madison, the son of Frank and Ethel Chastain. The family moved to Eureka and he attended local schools. Following his schooling, Arlie went to work as a heavy equipment operator...
Meriem Roby Anderson
Jan 5, 2018
Meriem Lucille (Roby) Anderson of Eureka, in her cherished WASP parlance, took her final flight on Friday, January 5, 2018 at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 96. She was born on July 12, 1921, in Eureka, Kansas, the daughter of E.C. and Leota (Shambaugh) Roby. She attended school at Mrs. Harris School for Girls in...
Martha Louise Purkeypile
Dec 27, 2017
Martha Louise Purkeypile, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, December 27, 2017, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 95. She was born February 3, 1922, in Elk City, Kansas, the daughter of Frank L. and Anna (McCarty) Wilson. She was raised in Elk City and attended local schools. The family moved to Eureka and Martha met Harold...
Patricia G. "Pat" Crouch
Dec 12, 2017
Patricia “Pat” Crouch Patricia Glee “Pat” Crouch of Eureka, died on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 82. She was born on August 13, 1935, near Climax, Kansas, the daughter of Marlin Frederick and Edith Irene (Martin) Ferguson. She was raised in the Climax area and graduated from Climax High School...
Kenneth Russell Mcclintick
Dec 7, 2017
Kenneth Russell McClintick of Augusta, died on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at Homestead Assisted Living in Augusta, at the age of 87. He was born on August 19, 1930, in Madison, Kansas, the son of Robert Vernon and Mary Opal (Bratton) McClintick. He was raised in the Madison\Hamilton, and Eureka areas. He attended schools at Sealy and in Hamilton and...
Ladd Lewis
Dec 2, 2017
David “Ladd” Lewis of Eureka, died on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at the Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 91. He was born on March 12, 1926, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Glenn Roy and Esther Marie (Bitler) Lewis. He was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. He entered the United States Navy in 1943...
Tj Williams
Nov 26, 2017
Thomas Jordan Williams of Eureka, died on Sunday, November 26, 2017, at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis, in Wichita, at the age of 83. He was born on February 2, 1934, in Hartville, Missouri, the son of Chesa Dick “Chet” and Thelma Jane (Davison) Williams. The family moved to Eureka when TJ was very young, and he was raised in...
James August Meng
Nov 25, 2017
James August “Jim” Meng of Severy, died on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at his home near Severy, at the age of 91. He was born on July 31, 1926, in Waterloo, Kansas, the son of Louis and Mary (Rohling) Meng. On April 14, 1948, Jim was united in marriage to Claudine Hrencher in Sharon, Kansas. Jim served in the United...
Bonnie Mae Matthews
Nov 19, 2017
Bonnie Mae Matthews of Eureka, died on Sunday, November 19, 2017 at the Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 92. Bonnie Mae Cochran was born on May 4, 1925, in Benton County, Arkansas, the daughter of Frank and Luella (Coonfield) Cochran. She was raised in Chetopa, Kansas and graduated from local schools. She completed nurses training in...
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