Obituaries

Denzell Elizabeth Handley

Denzell Elizabeth Handley

Dec 31, 2012

Denzell Handley Denzell Elizabeth (Gray) Handley, of Eureka, died on Monday, December 31, 2012 at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka at the age of 97. She was born on September 6, 1915, in Eureka, the daughter of James Harvey and Leta (Wallace) Gray. She was raised in the Upper Fall River community and attended Highland Grade School. Her freshman year...

Janet Louise Cowan

Janet Louise Cowan

Dec 24, 2012

Janet Cowan Janet Louise Cowan of Phoenix, Arizona died on Monday, December 24, 2012 in Phoenix, at the age of 68. She was born on November 8, 1944, in Eureka, the daughter of John and Christine (Cook) Schlotterbeck. She attended Emporia State University and graduated in 1967. After graduating, she pursued a career as a medical technologist specializing in blood...

James Lee Smith

James Lee Smith

Dec 21, 2012

James Lee Smith James Lee Smith of Wichita, formerly of Eureka, died on December 21, 2012 at AMG Hospital in Wichita at the age of 53. James was born in Eureka, Kansas, on April 14, 1959 the son of Harold and Mary (Lang) Smith. He was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School. After his schooling, he attended...

Leta Mae Sherrill

Leta Mae Sherrill

Nov 28, 2012

Leta Sherrill Leta Mae Sherrill of Hamilton, died on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at Via Christi – St. Francis Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 86. She was born on January 8, 1926, in Hamilton, the daughter of Oscar Theodore and Coie DeVore (McCloud) Smith. She was raised in Hamilton and graduated from Hamilton High School with the class...

Randall Ray Stewart

Randall Ray Stewart

Nov 20, 2012

Randall Ray Stewart Randall Ray Stewart of Eureka, died on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at Via Christi – St. Francis Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 46. He was born on February 3, 1966, in Hobart, Oklahoma, the son of Lloyd Thomas and Genie (Burch) Stewart. He was raised in Lawton, Oklahoma and Smithville, Missouri. In 1978, the family...

Opal Arlone Thole

Opal Arlone Thole

Nov 20, 2012

Opal A. Thole Opal Arlone Thole formerly of Fall River, died on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka at the age of 89. She was born on November 27, 1922, in Newton, the daughter of Ivan and Stella (Lang) Egy. She was raised in Hesston and graduated from Hesston High School and went on to...

Ronald Avery Ebberts

Ronald Avery Ebberts

Nov 12, 2012

Ronald Avery Ebberts Ronald A. Ebberts, of Eureka, died at his residence on Monday, November 12, 2012, at the age of 79. He was born in Piedmont, Kansas on June 28, 1933, the son of Leo M. and Ruth N. (Satchell) Ebberts. Ron was raised in the Piedmont/Eureka area. He graduated from Tonovay High School with the class of 1951....

Sandra Lavonne Blevins

Sandra Lavonne Blevins

Nov 7, 2012

Sandra L. Blevins Sandra LaVonne Blevins passed away November 7, 2012 at Via Christi – St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, at the age of 66. She was born on July 27, 1946, to Floyd Elwood and Phyllis Sophia (Olson) Brown in Eureka. She was raised on a farm northwest of Utopia. She attended Worley School District 67 and graduated from...

Shelia Jean Shue

Shelia Jean Shue

Oct 29, 2012

Shelia Shue Shelia Jean Shue, of Eureka, died on Monday, October 29, 2012 at Via Christi – St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, at the age of 62. She was born on January 22, 1950, in Eureka, the daughter of Chester Marion and Nina (Vest) Myers. She was raised in Eureka and Toronto, graduating from Toronto High School. After her schooling...

Leroy Cohen Jr

Leroy Cohen Jr

Oct 27, 2012

Leroy Cohen Jr. Leroy Cohen, Jr., of Virgil, died on October 27, 2012 at Via-Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita at the age of 54. Leroy was born on July 16, 1958, in DeLand, Florida, the son of Leroy, Sr. and Dorothy (Goodwin) Cohen. He was raised in Enterprise, Florida and attended local schools. After his schooling Leroy was a...

Hubert Leonard Gibson Jr

Hubert Leonard Gibson Jr

Oct 18, 2012

Hubert L. “JR” Gibson Hubert Leonard Gibson, Jr. of Eureka, died on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at Via Christi – St. Francis Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 64. He was born on January 16, 1948, in Eureka, the son of Hubert Leonard and Opal Myrtle (Wright) Gibson. He was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School....

Donna Marie Buck

Donna Marie Buck

Oct 11, 2012

Donna Buck Donna Marie Buck, of Eureka, died on October 11, 2012 at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita at the age of 77. She was born on February 15, 1935 in Eureka, the daughter of John and Faye Violet (Kramm) Putnam. Donna was raised in Eureka and attended local schools graduating with her high school class. She worked at various...

Joshua Leon Smith

Joshua Leon Smith

Oct 10, 2012

Joshua L. Smith Joshua L. Smith of Haysville, formerly of Toronto, died on October 10, 2012 in Toronto at the age of 25. Joshua was born in Wichita, the son of Clyde J. and Kimberly (Engstrand) Smith, Jr. He was raised in Toronto and attended school in Yates Center. Later he became a welder working with Local 798 in Tulsa....

Lavon Maxine Smith

Lavon Maxine Smith

Oct 10, 2012

LaVon Smith LaVon Maxine Smith of Toronto, died on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 83. She was born on November 26, 1928, in Yates Center, the daughter of Leo Alford and Mildred Alice (Stone) Harris. She was raised in Borger, Texas and Toronto. The family ran a grocery store in...

Melba Jean Fechter

Melba Jean Fechter

Oct 3, 2012

Melba Fechter Melba Jean Fechter of Hamilton, died on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 82. She was born on December 4, 1929, in Quincy, the daughter of Theodore Allen and Inza (Hawkins) Ward. She was rasied in Quincy and graduated from Quincy High School. After graduation she moved to Wichita to...

Warren Murray Guisinger

Warren Murray Guisinger

Oct 1, 2012

Warren Murray Guisinger Warren Guisinger of Omaha, Nebraska, passed away on Monday, October 1, 2012, at the age of 92. He was born on August 18, 1920, in Eureka, KS, the son of Lettie and Arthur Guisinger. He married Dolly Lou McDonald in 1947 and they celebrated 65 years together this past June. Warren grew up on a farm near...

Anna May Jardot

Anna May Jardot

Sep 26, 2012

Ann Jardot Anna May Jardot of Hamilton, died on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 79. She was born on June 8, 1933, in Attica, Kansas, the daughter of Marion “Luther” and Bessie (Pittman) Crabtree. She was raised in the Madison\Hamilton area graduating from Hamilton High School. On July 24, 1951,...

David Neil Sherman

David Neil Sherman

Sep 19, 2012

David Sherman David Neil Sherman of Virgil, died on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, in El Dorado at the age of 59. He was born on June 14, 1953, in Beloit, the son of Allen and Mary (Strohm) Sherman. The family lived in Jewell until he was four, when they moved to Greenwood County, living...

Ernest Eugene Mcilvaine

Ernest Eugene Mcilvaine

Sep 8, 2012

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John Cecil Jackson

John Cecil Jackson

Sep 2, 2012

John C. Jackson John Cecil Jackson, of Eureka, died on September 2, 2012 at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 56. John was born on October 18, 1955 in Eureka, the son of Albert and Gail (Leedy) Jackson. He was raised in the Eureka area attending local schools. After his graduation, he went to work in oil...