Obituaries
Marcella May Cummings
Jun 18, 2007
Marcella M. Cummings of Eureka, Kansas, died on Monday, June 18, 2007, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 82. She was born on October 7, 1924, in Toronto, Kansas, the daughter of Charlie O. and Stella M. (Guisinger) Benson. She was raised in the Greenwood County area and graduated from Fall River High School....
Roy Cleatus Fechter
Jun 17, 2007
Roy C. Fechter of Hamilton died Sunday, June 17, 2007, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 83. Roy was born on January 31, 1924, in Hilltop, Kansas, the son of Henry and Anna (Dreyer). At the onset of World War II Roy entered the US Army in Germany, where he served his country with...
Fern Oretta Blakeslee
Jun 13, 2007
Fern Blakeslee, daughter of Alvin and Julia Sutton was born on November 7, 1912, in Greenwood County, Kansas. She lived in Climax, Kansas until she graduated form high school. Fern was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Eureka. She was preceded in death by her sister, Violet, and her mother and father. She leaves to mourn her...
Michael Bonaventure Colonnese
Jun 11, 2007
Michael Bonaventure “Mikie” Colonnese, of Eureka, died Monday, June 11, 2007, near Hamilton, at the age of 25. He was born on April 14, 1982, the son of Adrian Phillip and Hope Marie (Davenport) Colonnese. He was raised in South Hannibal, New York, and attended local schools. In 1995, the family moved to Eureka. He was heavily involved in football,...
Marilyn Rose Bradbury
Jun 6, 2007
Marilyn Rose Bradbury of Dearing, Kansas died on June 6, 2007, at her home in Dearing at the age of 66. She was born on October 14, 1940, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of John R. and Marian (Kemerling) Oakley. She was raised in Havanna and the Coffeyville areas and graduated from Coffeyville High School in 1958. In 1958, she...
Milton "Milt" Taylor Jr
Jun 4, 2007
Milton “Milt” Taylor, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Monday, June 4, 2007, at the age of 83. He was born at Foss, Oklahoma, on February 25, 1924, the son of Milton Taylor, Sr. and Mabel (Kimberling) Taylor. He was raised in western Oklahoma and graduated from Cheyenne High School. After his schooling he entered in the...
Pauline Vera Birkholz
Jun 1, 2007
Pauline Birkholz, formerly of Eureka, died on Friday, June 1, 2007, at Osage Nursing Home in Osage City, at the age of 89. She was born on February 16, 1918, in Erie, the daughter of Emil and Ila J. (Sisson) Passig. She was raised in Argonia, and graduated from Argonia High School. On September 11, 1937, she was united in...
Velma Rebecca Miller-Weber
May 22, 2007
Velma Rebecca (Mauk) Miller-Weber of Eureka, died Tuesday, May 22, 2007, at Medicalodge in Eureka, at the age of 98. She was born on February 11, 1909, in Hamilton, the daughter of Julius Arthur and Martha Ellen (Gore) Mauk. She was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School. On September 30, 1928, she was united in marriage to...
Anita Fern Hall
May 15, 2007
Anita Fern Hall, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on May 15, 2007, at the age of 86. She was born on July 15, 1920, in Marshall County, Kansas, the daughter of Robert Charles and Hazel Laura (Reno) Neumayer. She was raised in Greenwood County and graduated from Madison High School with the class of 1938. After high school...
Boyce Duane Ward
May 11, 2007
Boyce Duane Ward of Eureka, died on May 11, 2007 at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka at the age of 73. He was born on June 10, 1933 the son of Clarence W. and Alta Mae (Burkhart) Ward. He was raised in Quincy and graduated from Quincy High School in 1951. After his school he farmed. Later he ran a...
Ruth Elizabeth May
May 6, 2007
Ruth Elizabeth May of Eureka died on Sunday, May 6, 2007, at Medicalodge in Eureka at the age of 103. She was born on December 11, 1903 in Great Bend, Kansas. The daughter of George Alden and Jeanette Elizabeth (Rawlins) Pratt. She graduated from Great Bend High School. During World War II she worked at Boeing and was nicknamed Rosie...
Beulah Pershall Rowe
May 2, 2007
Beulah Pershall Rowe, of Eureka died on May 2, 2007 at Medicalodge in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 90. She was born on June 29, 1916 in Peru, Kansas, the daughter of Fred Wesley and Leila Gertrude (Gould) Pershall. She was raised in Peru and graduated from Peru High School. She was a homemaker and mother. On August 7,...
Veta Lea Brockett
Apr 17, 2007
Veta Lea Brockett of Neal, died on April 17, 2007, at her home in Neal, at the age of 79. She was born on August 18, 1927, in Springfield, Colorado, the daughter of Homer Everett and Lola May (Herren) DeGraff. She attended school in Flint, Oklahoma. After her schooling, Veta married and they ran a sawmill business together. They later...
Betty Lou Castle
Apr 15, 2007
Betty Lou Castle, of Eureka, died on Sunday, April 15, 2007, at Gran Villas in Eureka at the age of 85. She was born on March 10, 1922, in Quincy, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Gladys (Carson) Williams. She was raised in Hamilton and graduated from Hamilton High School with the class of 1940. During World War II Betty...
Edward Aaron Stuber
Apr 12, 2007
Edward Aaron Stuber, beloved and devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, fought hard but lost his courageous battle to cancer on Thursday, April 12, 2007, at the age of 71. He was born in Climax, Kansas the son of Mike and Alice (Moore) Stuber. He was raised in Climax, until his junior year in high school when his parents and...
Nadine Margarette Gray
Mar 25, 2007
Nadine Margarette Gray, of El Dorado, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on March 25, 2007, at the age of 87. She was born on April 21, 1919, in Rosalia, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd A. and Agnes (Cornet) Sprecher. Nadine was raised in Rosalia and graduated from Rosalia High School. She then attended Butler County Community College. On October 30,...
Gladys Louise Gano
Mar 19, 2007
Gladys Louise Gano of Eureka, died on March 19, 2007, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka at the age of 86. She was born on June 18, 1920 in Concordia, Kansas the daughter of James Albert and Rosie Marie (Schmonski) Moore. She was raised in Concordia and attended school there. She lived in Barnes, Kansas and Beatrice Nebraska for a...
James Lowell Ashlock
Mar 18, 2007
James Lowell Ashlock was born on January 9, 1924, near Quincy. His parents were Fred and Sadie (Sharp) Ashlock. He was united in marriage to JoAnn (Watts) Ashlock on August 23, 1959. He lived most of his life in the Quincy, Neal, and Virgil area. He rode in rodeos, worked in the oil fields, ranched, and broke horses. His great...
Dicie Henrietta Fechter
Mar 17, 2007
Henrietta Fechter, of Eureka, died Saturday, March 17, 2007, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 73. She was born on January 28, 1934, in Eureka, the daughter of Dick and Dicie (Martin) Chambers. She was raised in rural Greenwood County, attending and graduating from Hamilton schools. After her schooling, she worked for the City Drug in...