Obituaries

William Ray Gilmore

William Ray Gilmore

Sep 25, 2010

William R. Gilmore of Eureka, died on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at Via-Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita at the age of 65. He was born on February 4, 1945 in Independence, Kansas the son of Cecil L. and Geraldine E. (Keath) Gilmore. Bill attended schools throughout, Kansas, Illinois, and Indiana moving with his dad’s job. After graduation Bill became...

Maxine Juanita Mason Rickerd

Maxine Juanita Mason Rickerd

Sep 14, 2010

Maxine Mason Rickerd of Eureka, died on Tuesday, September 14, 2010, at Vintage Park in Eureka the age of 101. Maxine was born on September 3, 1909 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Alex and Esther (Fred) Kirschbaum. Maxine attended school in Reece, Kansas. After graduation she attended the University of Oklahoma attaining a bachelor’s degree in English and then...

Mary Louise Chapman

Mary Louise Chapman

Sep 11, 2010

Mary Louise (Klein) Chapman, of Eureka, died on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado, Kansas at the age of 90. She was born on November 30, 1919 on a cattle farm near Reece, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Ethel (Barrier) Klein. She attended grade school and high school in Reece and graduated...

Hazel Bernice Brown

Hazel Bernice Brown

Sep 8, 2010

Hazel Bernice Brown of Eureka, died on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 89. She was born on June 26, 1921, in Eureka, the daughter of Jesse and Sadie (Parsons) Lasater. She was raised in south central Kansas, graduating from Winfield High School. After her schooling she worked for Federal Crop Insurance,...

John Edmund Etbauer

John Edmund Etbauer

Sep 2, 2010

John Edmund Etbauer of Ree Heights, South Dakota, died on Thursday, September 2, 2010, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 91. He was born on September 17, 1918, in Hand County, South Dakota, the son of Ed and Bessie (Dye) Etbauer. He was raised and lived all his life on the family farm in South Dakota,...

Gilbert Lyle Daniel

Gilbert Lyle Daniel

Aug 30, 2010

Gilbert Lyle Daniel, 74, died August 30th, 2010, at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka. He was born October 18, 1935 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Winfield, the son of Ralph and Agnes (Martin) Daniel of Dexter. He married Bessie McGaugh on May 31st, 1957 at Central Christian Church in Arkansas City, KS. Dr. Daniel was ordained to the Christian...

Allen Curtis Sherman

Allen Curtis Sherman

Aug 30, 2010

Allen Curtis Sherman, of Toronto, died at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, on August 30, 2010, at the age of 88. He was born in Toronto, on January 17, 1922, the son of Allen Coats and Sadie (Curtis) Sherman. He was raised in Toronto and graduated from Toronto High School. After his schooling he worked for Boeing in Wichita. He...

Joan Chastain

Joan Chastain

Aug 20, 2010

Joan Chastain of Eureka, died on Friday, August 20, 2010, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 75. She was born on June 30, 1935, in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Thannie “Evelyn” Dye. She was raised in Fall River area and attended Climax High School. On February 14, 1952, Joan was united in marriage to Irl...

Jack Shearer Newby

Jack Shearer Newby

Aug 14, 2010

Jack Shearer Newby of Eureka died on Saturday, August 14, 2010 at Eureka Nursing Center at the age of 76. Jack was born in Eureka, Kansas on May 5, 1934 the son of Jack and Hazel May (Shearer) Newby. He was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. After graduating he attended K-State getting a bachelor’s degree in business administration....

Joe Foster Boyer

Joe Foster Boyer

Aug 12, 2010

Joe Foster Boyer of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, formerly of Eureka, died on Thursday, August 12, 2010. He was born on November 2, 1925, in LaHarpe, the son of Russell and Lucille (Foster) Boyer. He was raised in Iola and attended local schools. During World War II, Joe served in the United States Navy, as an encrypted code machine technician. Serving from...

Arlene June Hopper

Arlene June Hopper

Aug 12, 2010

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Mary Edna Martin

Mary Edna Martin

Aug 12, 2010

Mary Edna Martin, formerly of Toronto, Kansas, died at Life Care Center in Andover, Kansas, on August 12, 2010. She was born in Salina, Kansas, on September 7, 1917, the daughter of John and Effie May (Norris) Elder. On August 8, 1935, Mary was united in marriage to Jack Clayburn Martin in Wichita, Kansas. They were married for 67 years,...

Fred Bonner Ball

Fred Bonner Ball

Aug 11, 2010

Fred Bonner Ball of Eureka, died on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 87. He was born on March 19, 1923, in Eureka, the son of Frank and Cova (Snuffer) Ball. He was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. He won many ribbons for his running ability at County school track...

Charles Frederick Hoggatt

Charles Frederick Hoggatt

Jul 30, 2010

Charles F. Hoggatt, of Virgil, died on July 30, 2010 at his residence at the age of 77. He was born on February 21, 1933, the son of Thelma Hoggatt Ashley. He attended school at Quincy until his last two years of high school and graduated from Virgil High School in 1951. In December 1951, he joined the Painter’s Union...

Doris Fanny Gaines

Doris Fanny Gaines

Jul 30, 2010

Doris F. Gaines of Dallas, formerly of Eureka, passed away on July 30, 2010 where she had been residing to be near family at the age of 95. Doris was born on December 17, 1914 in Belvedere, Nebraska. When Doris was six her family moved to Midian (Butler County), Ks., where she lived until she married. Doris married Burdett (Red)...

Winifred Loretta Rader

Winifred Loretta Rader

Jul 29, 2010

Winifred Loretta Rader of Arkansas City, formerly of Eureka, died on Thursday, July 29, 2010, at Presbyterian Manor in Arkansas City, at the age of 93. Winnie was born November 8, 1916, the daughter of Benjamin H. and Ruth (Nucklos) Butler. She was raised in the Tonovay area and graduated from Tonovay High School. Later she graduated from cosmetology school...

Richard James Lane

Richard James Lane

Jul 28, 2010

Richard James “Dick” Lane of Eureka, died on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at his residence, at the age of 81. He was born on October 25, 1928 in Climax, the son of Myron and Millie (Smith) Lane. Dick was raised in Climax and graduated from local schools. After his schooling, he worked out west before joining the Air Force serving...

Thomas Rodney Twadell Jr

Thomas Rodney Twadell Jr

Jul 25, 2010

Thomas Rodney Twadell, Jr. was born on July 14, 1958, in Inglewood, California, and passed away July 25, 2010 in Rialto, California. He attended Camden Military Academy in South Carolina for two years in high school and graduated from the Chaffey High School in Ontario, California. He enjoyed Cub and Boy Scouts, camping, fishing, boating, reading, his computer, and his...

William Alvin "Willie" Nordmeyer

William Alvin "Willie" Nordmeyer

Jul 15, 2010

William Alvin “Willie” Nordmeyer, of rural Eureka, died at his home on Thursday, July 15, 2010, at the age of 79. He was born on May 17, 1931, in Laramie, Wyoming, the son of William H. and Elsie (Liebau) Nordmeyer. Willie was raised in the Quincy/Toronto area and graduated from Quincy High School with the class of 1951. After his...

Robert Henry "Bob" Olson

Robert Henry "Bob" Olson

Jul 14, 2010

Robert H. Olson of Eureka, died on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 74. Bob was born on December 19, 1935, in Wichita, the son of Otto and Marie (Beitz) Olson. After graduation in Climax, he worked at Ranch-Aid until going to work for KPL/Westar for 42 years. Bob was a supervisor for his...

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