Obituaries

John Martin Kussman

John Martin Kussman

Aug 1, 2011

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Dolores Elaine Milner-Borst

Dolores Elaine Milner-Borst

Jul 29, 2011

Dolores Elaine (Rockhill) Milner-Borst of Eureka, Kansas, left this world on Friday, July 29, 2011 surrounded by her family. Dolores was born December 9, 1935 to Ira and Margaret Rockhill at Utopia, Kansas. They later moved to the family farm in rural Eureka, Kansas. Dolores graduated from Eureka High School and was married to G.N. “Pete” Milner of Virgil, Kansas...

George Fechter

George Fechter

Jul 27, 2011

George Fechter, of Emporia, died on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at Presbyterian Manor in Emporia at the age of 102. He was born on August 31, 1908, in Hilltop, Kansas, the son of Henry and Anna (Dreyer) Fechter. He was raised in Hilltop and attended local schools. Early he began working on the family farm and lived in Hamilton. On...

Pauline Bane

Pauline Bane

Jul 16, 2011

Pauline Bane of Eureka, died on July 16, 2011 at the Eureka Nursing Center at the age of 87. Pauline was born on November 3, 1923 in Augusta, Kansas the daughter of Donald Ray and Gertrude (Boucher) Parks. She was raised in the Tonovay area. After her graduation she attended Business Preparatory College in Wichita and later worked for Beechcraft....

Dorothy Jean Hawthorne

Dorothy Jean Hawthorne

Jul 15, 2011

Dorothy Jean Hawthorne of Eureka, died on Friday, July 15, 2011 at Holiday Resort Nursing Center in Emporia at the age of 86. She was born on July 30, 1924 in Eureka, Kansas the daughter of Glen and Gladys (Sherman) Klein. Dorothy was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. After her graduation she worked for Home bank and later...

Raymond Arguelles

Raymond Arguelles

Jul 6, 2011

Raymond Arguelles of Eureka, died on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice at Via Christi- St. Francis in Wichita, at the age of 69. He was born on January 31, 1942, in Eureka, the son of Anastasio and Francisca (Martinez) Arguelles. He was raised in Eureka and attended Eureka and Tonovay schools. He attended college in Emporia...

Winifred Emily Ludlam

Winifred Emily Ludlam

Jun 28, 2011

Winifred Emily Ludlam of Toronto, died on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 101. She was born on February 17, 1910, in Oak Hill, Kansas, the daughter of Willie John and Dovie Ellen (Burgman) Crane. She attended Hammerly Grade School in Clay County until she was 10, when the family moved to...

Hazel Ruth Lindamood

Hazel Ruth Lindamood

Jun 26, 2011

Hazel “Ruth” Lindamood, died on Sunday, June 26, 2011, at Heritage Village, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, at the age of 93. Ruth was born on August 3, 1917, near Newkirk, in Kay County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Thomas Riley and Jessie (Brown) Gilbert. At the age of three, she moved with her family to a farm east of Neal. She graduated...

Isabel Barbara Cox

Isabel Barbara Cox

Jun 26, 2011

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Esther Marie Cummings

Esther Marie Cummings

Jun 21, 2011

Esther Marie Cummings of Eureka, died on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka at the age of 92. She was born on May 19, 1919, in Eureka, the daughter of Marley A. and Mable (Elliott) Gibson. She was raised in the Eureka area and Hallett country school. She graduated from Climax High School with the class...

Clyde Donald Smith

Clyde Donald Smith

Jun 19, 2011

Clyde Donald Smith of Toronto, died on Sunday, June 19, 2011 at Via Christi - St. Francis Regional Medical in Wichita at the age of 89. He was born on February 3, 1922 in El Dorado, the son of Clyde Homer and Georgia Mae (Copeland) Smith. Clyde was raised in El Dorado and graduated from local schools. After graduation he...

Clayton Sherwood Rockhill

Clayton Sherwood Rockhill

Jun 14, 2011

Clayton Sherwood Rockhill of Eureka, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at his home in Eureka, at the age of 80. He was born on May 15, 1931, in Eureka, the son of Ira and Margaret (Nelson) Rockhill. He was raised in Eureka, and graduated from Eureka High School. After his schooling, he worked the rodeo circuit as well as working...

James Keith Snyder

James Keith Snyder

Jun 11, 2011

James Keith “Jim” Snyder of Hamilton, died on Saturday, June 11, 2011, in Hamilton at the age of 41. He was born on March 23, 1970, in Eureka, the son of Keith Lance and Linda (Aeschliman) Snyder. He was raised in Hamilton and graduated from Hamilton High School. After his graduation he attended Emporia State University and graduated with a...

Jack Ocy Connell

Jack Ocy Connell

Jun 6, 2011

Jack Ocy Connell of Eureka died June 6, 2011, at the Eureka Nursing Center at the age of 94. He was born on April 20, 1917, in Fall River, the son of Johnney T. and Elizabeth (Proehl) Connell. Jack was raised in Fall River and attended local schools. After graduating from high school, Jack attended Pittsburg State University before enlisting...

Park Wright Carter

Park Wright Carter

Jun 3, 2011

Park Wright Carter of Eureka, died on June 3, 2011 at Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 91. He was born on April 11, 1920, the son of Washington Herbert and Jennie Louise (Black) Carter. Park was raised in Eureka and attended local schools graduating in 1938. When he was fourteen his father taught him how to repair watches...

Kris Lee Deal

Kris Lee Deal

May 30, 2011

Kris Lee Deal of Toronto, died on Monday, May 30, 2011 at his home at Toronto Lake at the age of 53. He was born on June 29, 1957, in Wichita, the son of Jack Lee and Donna (Howard) Deal. He was raised in Wichita and attended local schools. In 1980, he moved to Toronto to be closed to his...

Lucy Lynn Escareno

Lucy Lynn Escareno

May 27, 2011

Lucy Lynn Escareno of Wichita, died on Friday, May 27, 2011, at Via Christi – St. Francis Regional Medical in Wichita at the age of 48. She was born on August 28, 1962, in Eureka, the daughter of Edward Gabriel and Moetta Lee (Herren) Escareno. She was raised in Eureka and attended school in Eureka and Hamilton. Lucy always lived...

Charlotte Louise Yost

Charlotte Louise Yost

May 12, 2011

Charlotte “Louise” Yost, of Lawrence, formerly of Eureka, died on Thursday, May 12, 2011, at the age of 88. She was born in Wichita, Kansas on January 22, 1923, the daughter of William Herman and Mattie Rose (Love) Kerwin. She was raised in Wichita and Salina, Kansas as well as Colorado and Missouri. She graduated from high school in Longlane,...

Dorothy Louise Gutman

Dorothy Louise Gutman

Apr 30, 2011

Dorothy Louise Gutman of Eureka, died on April 30, 2011 at Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 71. Dorothy was born on January 10, 1940 in Virgil, Kansas the daughter of James Alonzo and Opal Aleta (Megli) Griffith. She was raised in the Greenwood County area graduating from Tonovay High School. In 1959 she moved to California working at...

Lorena Bell Janney

Lorena Bell Janney

Apr 27, 2011

Lorena Bell Janney of Eureka, died on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 97. She was born on May 27, 1913, in Frontenac, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Nora (Allen) Suschnick. She was raised in the Pittsburg area on the family farm and attended local schools. On August 17, 1940, Lorena...

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