Obituaries

George Henry Doerr

George Henry Doerr

Mar 16, 2007

George Henry Doerr of Eureka, died Friday, March 16, 2007, at Medicalodge in Eureka, at the age of 89. He was born on March 25, 1917, in Rush County, the son of Henry Winter and Polly Ann (Cate) Doerr. He was raised in McCracken, and graduated from McCracken High School. He later lived in York, Nebraska, where he met and...

Richard Eugene Shere

Richard Eugene Shere

Mar 13, 2007

Richard Eugene Shere of Eureka, died on March 13, 2007, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 36. He was born on August 8, 1970, in Eureka, Kansas, the son of Robert E. and Gene Lou (Burnes) Shere. He was raised in Eureka and the Miami, Oklahoma areas attending schools in both areas. After his schooling,...

Maxine Lucy Robinson

Maxine Lucy Robinson

Mar 11, 2007

Maxine Robinson, 94, of Odessa, Texas, died Sunday, March 11, 2007, at Medical Center Hospital. She was born on April 25, 1912, in Severy, to Robert “Bob” & Clara (Musick) Robinson. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She was a retired school teacher for Ector County Independent School District. She is preceded in death by...

Omalee Weston

Omalee Weston

Mar 6, 2007

Omalee Weston of Hamilton, died on Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at Medicalodge in Eureka at the age of 84. She was born on July 27, 1922, in Janesville Township, the daughter of Oscar T. and Coie D. (McCloud) Smith. She was raised in Hamilton and graduated with the class of 1940. After graduation, Omalee attended Newman Hospital School of Nursing...

Von Dean Carney

Von Dean Carney

Mar 4, 2007

Von Dean Carney was born in Seiling, Oklahoma, April 7, 1947 to Harley and Evelyn Trim Carney. He was the youngest of the boys but weighed in at 10 lbs; twenty two inches long. He helped out on the farm by doing his chores and he didn’t seem to think he was poor, because he never went hungry. Several occasions...

Myrtle Lucille Stevenson

Myrtle Lucille Stevenson

Mar 3, 2007

Myrtle Lucille Stevenson, of Eureka, died on March 3, 2007, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka at the age of 84. She was born on November 25, 1922, in Onalska, Washington, the daughter of Daniel and Mabel (Hovde) Smith. She was raised in Washington and attended area schools. She moved to Roseburg, Oregon in 1955, and began her banking career....

Calvin Eugene Bewley

Calvin Eugene Bewley

Feb 24, 2007

Calvin Eugene Bewley, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Saturday, February 24, 2007, at the age of 83. He was born on October 13, 1923, in Fredonia, Kansas, the son of Maurice and Myrle (Nelson) Bewley. Calvin was raised in Fall River, Kansas and attended school there, graduating from Fall River High School with the class of...

Freddie Andrew Ashlock

Freddie Andrew Ashlock

Feb 20, 2007

Freddie Andrew Ashlock, of Eureka, formerly of Virgil, died on February 20, 2007, at his residence in Eureka, at the age of 90. He was born in Fredonia, on November 2, 1916, the son of Fred Marion and Sadie May (Sharp) Ashlock. Freddie was raised in the Greenwood County area and attended rural Greenwood County Schools going to high school...

Shirley Nell Colin

Shirley Nell Colin

Feb 15, 2007

Shirley Nell Colin, of Eureka, died at her residence on Thursday, February 15, 2007, at the age of 63. She was born in Wichita, Kansas on February 14, 1944, the daughter of Al Kenneth and Audrey Naomi (Harvey) Derringer. She was raised in Wichita and attended Wichita schools. After her schooling she remained in Wichita until 1974, when she moved...

Emma Kathryn "Kit" Lingo

Emma Kathryn "Kit" Lingo

Feb 14, 2007

Emma Kathryn “Kit” Lingo of Eureka, Kansas died on February 14, 2007 at Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 77. She was born on March 12, 1929 in Tulsa, Oklahoma the daughter of James Samuel and Julia E. (Mooney) Bradley. She was raised in Oklahoma and graduated with the class of 1944. On September 25, 1948...

Daphne Kristin Brenner-Sanders

Daphne Kristin Brenner-Sanders

Feb 11, 2007

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Margaret D Lilley

Margaret D Lilley

Feb 4, 2007

Margaret D. (Fee) Lilley passed away on Sunday, February 04, 2007, at Medicalodge in Eureka, at the age of 95. Margaret was born to G.W. and Sarah Frances (Taylor) Fee, on December 20, 1911, the youngest of six children. She was a native of Piedmont, and a 1929 graduate of Piedmont High School. After graduation, she attended Pittsburg College for...

Carl Edwin "Dutch" Betsher Jr

Carl Edwin "Dutch" Betsher Jr

Jan 26, 2007

Carl Edwin “Dutch” Betsher, Jr. died on Friday, January 26, 2007, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 83. He was born on February 7, 1923, in Eureka, the son of Carl Edwin, Sr. and Clara Jane (Clogston) Betsher. He was raised in Eureka, and graduated from Eureka High School with the class of 1941. After his...

Erma Lea Powell

Erma Lea Powell

Jan 25, 2007

Erma Lea Powell, of Eureka, died on January 25, 2007 in Corpus Christi, Texas at the age of 77. She was born on November 5, 1929 in Drumwright, Oklahoma the daughter of Leonard and Fay (Robb) Frazier. She was raised in Drumwright and graduated from the local schools. In 1955 she moved to Eureka with her husband who followed his...

Mary Elizabeth "Bette" Golden

Mary Elizabeth "Bette" Golden

Jan 22, 2007

Mary Elizabeth (Bette) Golden, of Eureka, died on Monday, January 22, 2007, at Medicalodge in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 85. She was born on September 18, 1921, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles S. and Dora May (Wilson) Hagerman. She was raised in Oklahoma City where she attended grade school. She then moved to Eureka in...

Nancy Marie Carter

Nancy Marie Carter

Jan 16, 2007

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Harold Henderson

Harold Henderson

Jan 16, 2007

Harold Henderson, of Eureka, died Tuesday, January 16, 2007, at home in Eureka, at the age of 74. He was born on July 19, 1932, in Severy, the son of Raymond and Ena (Johnson) Henderson. He was raised in Severy, and graduated from Severy High School. From 1950, to 1953, he attended Southwestern University in Winfield. In 1953, after graduation,...

Willard Emanuel "Bud" Hughes

Willard Emanuel "Bud" Hughes

Jan 15, 2007

Willard Emanuel “Bud” Hughes, of Eureka, died at his home on Monday, January 15, 2007, at the age of 72. He was born on a farm in Greenwood County, Kansas on July 19, 1934, the son of Morton Cecil and Margaret Lola (Meredith) Hughes. Bud attended rural grade school and Eureka High School, graduating with the class of 1952. He...

Hayden Matthew Dougherty

Hayden Matthew Dougherty

Jan 13, 2007

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Barbara Louise Bailey

Barbara Louise Bailey

Jan 12, 2007

Barbara L. Bailey, of Eureka, died Friday, January 12, 2007, at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 86. She was born on October 12, 1920, in Severy, the daughter of Harold Ray and Jessie Irene (Laughlin) Lawman. She was raised in Severy, and graduated from local schools, before attending the School of Cosmetology in Emporia. After...