Obituaries

Waymond Lee "Dutch" Schwartz

Waymond Lee "Dutch" Schwartz

Oct 13, 2004

Waymond Lee “Dutch” Schwartz, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, October 13, 2004, at Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita at the age of 74. He was born on May 10, 1930, in Wewoka, Oklahoma, the son of Jasper and Lora Elizabeth (Morris) Schwartz. He moved to Eureka in the 1950’s with his family from Oklahoma, working with Fling Rig Company. On...

Norman Eugene Britain

Norman Eugene Britain

Oct 11, 2004

Norman Eugene Britain, of Eureka, died on Monday, October 11, 2004, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 76. He was born on January 20, 1928, in Eureka, the son of Cecil E. and Vera (Pugh) Britain. Norman was raised in Eureka, and attended local schools. He later joined the United States Navy and served his country...

Byra Jean Juaire

Byra Jean Juaire

Oct 11, 2004

Byra Jean Juaire, of Eureka, died on Monday, October 11, 2004, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 55. She was born on September 29, 1949, in Wichita, the daughter of Albert Byron and Mildred (Nearhood) Glenn. She was raised in the Wichita area until 1953 when the family moved to Severy. Byra attended and graduated from...

Mary Jane Gibson

Mary Jane Gibson

Oct 6, 2004

Mary Jane Gibson, of Severy, died on Wednesday, October 6, 2004, at Medicalodge in Eureka, at the age of 80. She was born on December 17, 1923, in Moline, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Myrtle (Atkinson) Coble. She was raised in Severy and attended local schools. On November 2, 1943, Mary Jane was united in marriage to Jerry Gibson...

Wilma Arleene Becker

Wilma Arleene Becker

Oct 5, 2004

Wilma Arleene Becker, of Eureka, died on Tuesday, October 5, 2004, at Via Christi – St. Francis Regional Medical Center, in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 76. She was born on October 8, 1927, in Fall River, Kansas to Forest Victor and Thresa Cleo (Morris) Ambler. She was raised in the Fall River area and attended Eureka, and Fall...

John Lowell Grundy

John Lowell Grundy

Oct 3, 2004

John Lowell Grundy, of Eureka, died on Sunday, October 3, 2004, at the age of 91. He was born on January 10, 1913, to Lowell Benjamin and Alma (Nitsche) Grundy in rural Howard, Kansas. The family moved to Climax where John attended school and graduated from Climax High School. John was united in marriage to Jean Eloise Colyer on August...

Franklin Delano "Del" Gaines Jr

Franklin Delano "Del" Gaines Jr

Sep 29, 2004

Franklin “Del” Gaines Jr. of Hamilton, Kansas, died on September 29, 2004 at his residence at the age of 49. Del was born on February 18, 1955 in El Dorado, Kansas the son of Franklin and Barbara (Barnes) Gaines. He was raised in Augusta and graduated from Augusta High School. He was a boy scout earning the Order of the...

Kathryn Margaret Jackson

Kathryn Margaret Jackson

Sep 25, 2004

Kathryn Margaret (Palmer) Jackson, age 93, died September 25, 2004 at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka. She was born May 8, 1911, at home on Eighth Street in Kansas City, Missouri to Edgar Homer and Ida Lucina (Wickersham) Palmer. Kathryn was a member of the Upper Fall River Lutheran Church. She was raised in Fall River, and later attended Pittsburg...

Richard Obe "Dick" Francis

Richard Obe "Dick" Francis

Sep 20, 2004

Richard Obe “Dick” Francis, of Eureka, died on Monday, September 20, 2004, at the age of 73. He was born on February 22, 1931, to Joseph T. and Nina L. (Glasgow) Francis in Emporia, Kansas. The family moved to Eureka in 1936, and Dick spent his youth in Eureka. All of Dick’s schooling took place in Eureka graduating from Eureka...

Herbert Allen Burkhart Jr

Herbert Allen Burkhart Jr

Sep 18, 2004

Osawatomie – Herbert Allen Burkhart, Jr. 66, formerly of Eureka, died Saturday, September 18, 2004. Allen was born to Herbert Allen Burkhart, Sr. and Wanda (Ward) Burkhart on May 10, 1938 in Virgil. Allen was preceded in death by his parents and one daughter, Lisa Kay. Survivors include a son, Bruce and wife, Patti, of Mankato; and two granddaughters, Jennifer...

Larry Gene Ebberts

Larry Gene Ebberts

Sep 14, 2004

Larry Gene Ebberts, of Arlington, Texas, died on September 14, 2004, in Branson, Missouri, at the age of 61. He was born on December 1, 1942, in Eureka, Kansas, the son of Gene W. and Opal P. (Pritchard) Ebberts. He was raised in Severy, and attended Severy schools. He later worked for Beech Aircraft in Wichita, and installed burglar alarms...

Ruby Grace Kindle

Ruby Grace Kindle

Sep 13, 2004

Ruby Grace Kindle, of Eureka, died on September 13, 2004, at Newman Regional Health Center in Emporia, Kansas at the age of 86. She was born on April 3, 1918, in Kilgore, Nebraska, the daughter of Harvey Harrison and Catherine (Danofsky) Morgan. She was raised in Sunrise, Wyoming and attended Sunrise High School. After graduating from high school she worked...

Dorothy May Kent

Dorothy May Kent

Sep 13, 2004

Dorothy M. Kent, 85, passed away on September 13, 2004 at Allen County Hospital. She was born on June 20, 1919, in Elk Falls, Kansas to Nellie and S. William Ritchards. Dorothy graduated from high school in 1937, and married Logan R. Kent on May 26, 1944. Dorothy is preceded in death by her first husband, Richard Leckliter; by her...

Gary Bruce Worford

Gary Bruce Worford

Sep 4, 2004

Gary B. Worford, of Eureka, died Saturday, September 04, 2004, at the Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 64. He was born in Eureka on January 12, 1940, the son of Frank and Sylvia (Highsmith) Worford. He was raised in the Hamilton area and graduated from Hamilton High School. Gary then attended Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia for...

Ira Leonard "Ike" Weathers

Ira Leonard "Ike" Weathers

Aug 30, 2004

Ira Leonard Weathers, of Eureka, died on Monday, August 30, 2004, at Medicalodge of Eureka, at the age of 90. He was born on November 7, 1913, in Utopia, the son of Claude E. and Adda M. (Rimmer) Weathers. He was raised in Utopia and attended District 19 and Reece schools. In January of 1934, Ike was united in marriage...

Claudine "Sis" Harber

Claudine "Sis" Harber

Aug 29, 2004

Claudine “Sis” Harber, of Neal, died on Sunday, August 29, 2004, at Cancer Treatment Center of America in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 66. She was born on February 20, 1938, in Eureka, Kansas, the daughter of Clare and Edna (Nichols) Savage. She was raised in the Quincy area and graduated from Quincy High School. On April 2, 1957,...

Everett Ray Birkholz

Everett Ray Birkholz

Aug 26, 2004

Everett Ray Birkholz, of Eureka died on August 26, 2004, at Osage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Osage City at the age of 90. He was born on February 4, 1914, in Argonia, Kansas, the son of Paul and Gertie (Rothur) Birkholz. He attended Argonia schools. After his schooling, Everett worked in the oil fields for many years and worked...

Elizabeth Pearl Durham

Elizabeth Pearl Durham

Aug 23, 2004

Elizabeth Pearl Durham, of Eureka, Kansas died at her residence on August 23, 2004, at the age of 70. She was born in Vallejo, California on October 25, 1933, the daughter of William and Pearl Meredith (Searcy) Brown. She was raised in Vallejo and attended school there. After her schooling she started her own landscaping business called “Betty’s Landscaping.” Betty...

James "Waldo" Hinshaw

James "Waldo" Hinshaw

Aug 19, 2004

James “Waldo” Hinshaw, 101, retired Landscape Architect and Gardener, died Thursday, August 19, 2004, in Kent, Michigan. He was born July 11, 1903 in Eureka, Kansas, to James Willard and Lula (Robinson) Hinshaw. He was united in marriage to Martha Meredith Shepard on December 31, 1927, in Hamilton, Kansas. Waldo was a member of the First United Methodist Church of...

Donald Lee Hare

Donald Lee Hare

Aug 17, 2004

Donald Lee Hare, of Eureka, died on August 17, 2004, at Medicalodge of Eureka, at the age of 73. He was born on June 21, 1931 in Neodesha, Kansas, the son of Thomas and Gladys (Duft) Hare. He was raised in Neodesha and graduated from Neodesha High School. After graduation, Donald worked for Archer-Daniels Landscaping Company and the Houston-Dye Lumber...

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