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Josephine Marie French
Feb 16, 2011
Josephine “Marie” French, of Wichita, and formerly of Eureka, died on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at Life Care Center of Andover in Andover at the age of 83. She was born on March 2, 1927, in the Fairview community near Piedmont, the daughter of Thomas Carl and Edith Myrtle (Churchman) Adsmond. Marie attended school in the Ivanpah rural school district,...
Laura Mae Mccormack
Feb 15, 2011
Laura Mae McCormack of Climax, died on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka at the age of 90. She was born on July 22, 1920, in Severy, the daughter of Roy and Jessie (Templeton) Wellman. She was raised in the Severy area and graduated from Severy High School with the class of 1938. On December...
Mildred Eleanor Blakeslee
Feb 15, 2011
Mildred Eleanor Brenton was born on February 21, 1922 in Eureka, Kansas. She was the 2nd child of Edgar M. and Alice Irene (Giffin) Brenton. Mildred joined her heavenly father on February 15, 2011. Mildred spent all her life in Eureka except for 2 years spent on a farm near Climax, KS. She attended Eureka schools, graduating from Eureka High...
Dareeca Ann "Dee" Miller
Feb 15, 2011
Dareeca Ann “Dee” Miller, of Park City, died on February 15, 2011, at Via Christi Hospital (St. Francis) in Wichita, at the age of 61. She was born on November 19, 1949 in Independence, to Fred E. Gee and Norma F. Gulick Gee Spurlock. She was a resident of Eureka, and graduated from Eureka High School with the class of...
Velma Irene Hobbs
Feb 14, 2011
Velma Irene Hobbs of Fall River, died on Monday, February 14, 2011 at Golden LivingCenter in Fredonia, at the age of 92. She was born on June 16, 1918 in Fredonia, the daughter of Charles and Nellie (Rothgeb) Mathis. She was raised in Fredonia, graduating from Altoona High School with the class of 1936. On June 20, 1936, she was...
George Robert Wiggins
Feb 12, 2011
George Robert Wiggins, of Eureka, died on February 12, 2011 at his residence at the age of 77. He was born on February 3, 1934 in Hume, Missouri the son of George Richard “Dick” and Mable (Woods) Wiggins. George was raised in Hamilton, Kansas and graduated from local schools. After his graduation he attended Emporia State College. He then moved...
Mary Ann Bumgardner
Feb 12, 2011
Mary Ann Bumgardner, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on February 12, 2011, at the age of 71. She was born in Eureka on October 13, 1939, the daughter of William Louis and Olive Louise (Sumner) Maltby. She was raised in Eureka and attended Eureka Schools. After her schooling she was united in marriage to Franklin Delano Bumgardner...
Gracie Lynn Boles
Feb 11, 2011
Gracie Lynn Boles of Eureka died on Friday, February 11, 2011, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado. She is survived by her parents, Gary and Jennifer Boles of Eureka; paternal grandparents, Gary and Dianne Boles of Moline, and Joe and Troy Shaw of Eureka; and maternal grandparents, Susan Pechanec of Derby, and Gary and Marilyn Dinsmore of...
Richard Ira Nichols
Feb 1, 2011
Richard Ira Nichols, of Eureka, died at the Eureka Nursing Center on Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at the age of 73. He was born in Greenwood County, Kansas on May 6, 1937, the son of Philip Rodney and Wilma Augusta (Butler) Nichols. He was raised in Greenwood County and graduated from Tonovay High School. Shortly after his schooling, he was...
Margoux Lee (Cherry Louise Erickson)
Jan 25, 2011
Cherry Louise Erickson (Margoux Lee) Margoux Lee of Ammon Idaho, daughter of Dean and Patsy Erickson of Jackson, Wyoming was born Cherry Louise Erickson on August 11, 1967 in Eureka. Cherry went to be with her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ January 25, 2011 from Salt Lake City Utah’s University Hospital. Cherry lived in Greenwood County from 1967 until 1979...
John Curtis Spore
Jan 23, 2011
John Curtis Spore of Eureka died on Sunday, January 23, 2011, in Eureka at the age of 42. He was born on November 7, 1968, in Heidelberg, Germany, the son of Steven and Barbara (Ditmore) Spore. He was raised in Eureka, and attended local schools. He later graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from Emporia State University. On August 4, 1990,...
Pat Velore Miller
Jan 17, 2011
Pat V. Miller, of Eureka, died at the Eureka Nursing Center on Monday, January 17, 2011, at the age of 88. He was born in Parkerville, on November 15, 1922, the son of Leo and Barbara (Utterbach) Miller. Pat was raised in the Emporia area and attended Emporia schools. After his schooling he joined the United States Army and served...
Mary Elizabeth Knudsen
Jan 10, 2011
Mary Elizabeth Knudsen of Eureka, died on Monday, January 10, 2011 at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 77. She was born on March 24, 1933, in Wichita, the daughter of Otto and Marie (Beitz) Olson. She was raised on the family farm near Tad Pole Creek west of Climax. She attended Pleasant View Grade School and...
Glen Edward Wright
Jan 10, 2011
Glen Edward Wright, of Eureka, died on January 10, 2011, at the Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 86. He was born on September 21, 1924, in Piedmont, Kansas, the son of George Walter and Cora Myrtle (Walker) Wright. Glen was raised in Piedmont and attended schools there. After his schooling he joined the United States Army and served...
Grethel Laverne Elliott
Jan 10, 2011
Grethel LaVerne Elliott of Augusta, formerly of the Hamilton,Virgil and Quincy area, died on January 10, 2011 at LakePoint Nursing Center in Augusta at the age of 95. She was born on April 20, 1915, the daughter of David and Bertha (Short) Nicholas. Grethel was raised in the Cottonwood Falls area and attended local rural schools. On March 3, 1933...
Laverne Knudsen
Jan 7, 2011
Russell “LaVerne” Knudsen of Eureka, died on Friday, January 7, 2011 at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka at the age of 82. He was born on February 21, 1928, in Wichita, the son of Russell Roscoe and Nina Myrtle (Finnigan) Knudsen. He was raised in Wichita and attended local schools. In 1946, the family moved to a farm near Climax....
Thomas Rodney Twadell Sr
Dec 31, 2010
Thomas Rodney Twadell was born on March 8, 1936 in Eureka, Kansas, and passed away on December 31, 2010 in Fontana, California. Tom grew up on a farm in Climax, Kansas. He graduated from Eureka High School in 1954, and moved to Redondo Beach, California. He was a member of the Air National Guard and was on active duty at...
Charlene Wallace
Dec 31, 2010
Audra Charlene Wallace, 82, passed away December 31, 2010 in Chandler, Arizona. Charlene was born on the family farm in Grenola, Kansas to Henry and Ozora Liebau. She lived and worked for many years in Eureka, Kansas where she raised her family. She worked as a bookkeeper for T.G.’s Oil Enterprises and was active in the Sweet Adelines and an...
Wilbur Clayton Wygle
Dec 21, 2010
Wilbur Clayton Wygle of Eureka died on December 21, 2010 at LakePoint Nursing Center in El Dorado, at the age of 76. He was born on February 8, 1934, in Eureka, the son of Leland and Sadie (Smith) Wygle. Wilbur was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School. After his schooling he joined the National Guard. Wilbur then...
Pauline Elizabeth Oblander
Dec 14, 2010
Pauline Elizabeth Oblander of Eureka, died on Tuesday, December 14, 2010, at Villa Maria Nursing Center in Mulvane at the age of 95. She was born on October 16, 1915 in Marion, the daughter of Bert and Nellie (Geortz) Conyers. She was raised in rural Greenwood County and attended local schools. After her schooling, Pauline taught school for six years....
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