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Betty Louise Schmidt
Jul 31, 2004
Betty Louise Schmidt of Eureka, Kansas, died at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas on Saturday, July 31, 2004, at the age of 75. She was born in Wichita on January 19, 1929, the daughter of Harmon and Della (Miller) Pruner. She was raised in Wichita and attended Wichita schools. On May 22, 1949, Betty was united in marriage to...
Velvah Fern Downard
Jul 31, 2004
Velvah Fern Downard died Saturday, July 31, 2004, at Medicalodges of Eureka in Eureka, Kansas, at the age of 91 . She was born on May 22, 1913, in Greenwood County, Kansas to Joseph & Margaret (McKnight) Booth. She was married to Guy Downard in 1943 and together they had four children: Karen Kiene of South Bend, Indiana, Darby Downard...
Howard Franklin Crawford
Jul 29, 2004
Howard Franklin Crawford died on Thursday, July 29, 2004, at his residence in Eureka, at the age of 80. He was born on March 27, 1924, near Fall River, Kansas the son of Clarence and Ida (Day) Crawford. He was raised on a farm near Climax and attended Fall River schools graduating from Fall River High School. After his schooling,...
Lelia Maurine Whipple
Jul 21, 2004
Lelia M. Whipple, 90, Eureka, passed away Wednesday July 21, 2004, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. She was born July 17, 1914, in Salem Township, Greenwood County, to Harry and Myrtle Bobbitt. She resided in Eureka many years and currently was living at the Gran Villas in Eureka. She married Gerald Whipple in 1934. He died December 19, 1983....
Florence Irene "Cookie" Moon
Jul 17, 2004
Florence Irene Moon, of Eureka, died on Saturday, July 17, 2004 at Via Christi – St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 76. She was born on August 29, 1927 in Toronto, the daughter of Alfred and Jenny (Summers) Sowder. She was raised in Toronto and graduated from Toronto High School. After her schooling, she worked...
Keith Duane Griffiths
Jul 14, 2004
Keith D. Griffiths, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado, Kansas at the age of 61. He was born on September 8, 1942, in Neal, Kansas, the son of James and Opal (Megli) Griffith. He was raised in the Neal area, and attended school in the Fancy, Neal and Tonovay...
Ceola Alberta Geist
Jul 10, 2004
Ceola A. Geist, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Saturday, July 10, 2004, at the age of 101. She was born in rural Quincy, Kansas on April 2, 1903, the daughter of Albertus and Pearl (Burnett) King. She was raised in the Quincy area and attended country school. After her schooling, she worked in the Quincy grocery...
Harry Edward "Junior" Bailey Jr
Jul 6, 2004
Harry Edward Bailey Jr., of Eureka died on Tuesday, July 6, 2004, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 85. Harry was born on October 29, 1918, in Carl Junction, Mo., the son of Harry and Barbara (Waters) Bailey. He was raised in Carl Junction, Mo., and graduated from Carl Junction High School with the class...
Bessie Irene Abbey
Jul 1, 2004
Bessie Irene Abbey, of Virgil, died on Thursday, July 1, 2004, at Coffey County Hospital, in Burlington, Kansas at the age of 93. She was born on December 21, 1910, in Carpenter, Oklahoma, the daughter of Albert Calvin and Allie Mae (Gatten) Moad. She was raised in Oklahoma and attended school there. On August 23, 1935, Bessie was united in...
Ernest Wilson Sawyer
Jun 27, 2004
Ernest Wilson “Buzz” Sawyer, of Eureka, Kansas died on Sunday, June 27, 2004, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 66. He was born on September 19, 1937, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Russell Duvall and Avis Jo (Morris) Sawyer. He was raised in Lincoln, and graduated from Lincoln Teachers College High School with the...
Vernon William Donnelly
Jun 22, 2004
Vernon William Donnelly, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Tuesday, June 22, 2004, at the age of 84. He was born at Birch Tree, Missouri on July 16, 1919, the son of Clarence Cross and Ethel (Te Vault) Donnelly. He was raised in Eureka, and attended local schools. In 1942, Vernon entered the United States Navy and served...
Lois Lola Olson
Jun 18, 2004
Lois Lola Olson, of El Dorado, former Eureka resident, died at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado on Friday, June 18, 2004, at the age of 98. She was born in Greenwood County, Kansas on December 15, 1905, the daughter of Carl A. and Dovie (Cook) Olson. She was raised in the Bachelor Creek, Spring Creek, and Sallyards...
Lenora Josephine Shay
Jun 17, 2004
Lenora Josephine Shay, of Neal, died on June 17, 2004, at Chanute Healthcare Center, in Chanute at the age of 90. She was born on August 30, 1913, in Neal, Kansas, the daughter of John M. and Phila (Lloyd) Schlotterbeck. She was raised in Neal and graduated from Neal High School. After her schooling she worked on the family farm....
George Wilbur Brenton
Jun 1, 2004
George Wilbur Brenton of Eureka died on June 1, 2004, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 76. He was born on October 17, 1927, in Lapland, Kansas the son of Albert E. Brenton and Lena M. (Miller) Brenton. He was raised in Lapland and attended Lapland and Eureka schools. After schooling, he worked as a...
Dortha Pauline Dodd
May 25, 2004
Dortha Pauline Dodd, 89, died May 25, 2004, at the Heartland Manor Care of Willowbrook, in Houston, Texas. She was born January 7, 1915 at Cherryvale, Kansas the daughter of Rena Dortha (McMahill) and Fred Alexander Hurd. She was reared in the Independence, Kansas community, graduating from High School class of 1932 and Independence Community College in 1934. She was...
Myrtle Irene Cutmyer
May 23, 2004
Irene Cutmyer, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Sunday, May 23, 2004, at the age of 91. She was born in Greenwood County, on March 16, 1913, the daughter of William Tyler and Maude (Clopton) Meredith. She was raised in Greenwood County and attended Eureka schools, graduating from Eureka High School with the class of 1931. On July...
Leota Beryl Griffith
May 20, 2004
Leota Beryl Griffith, of Eureka, died at Via-Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita on Thursday, May 20, 2004, at the age of 86. She was born in Spokane, Washington on January 24, 1918, the daughter of Fermer and Ethel (Jones) Conner. Beryl was raised in Greenwood County, Kansas and attended rural grade school and Reece High School, graduating...
Norma Lillian Atchison
May 7, 2004
Norma Lillian Atchison, of Eureka, died at the Topeka Presbyterian Manor in Topeka, Kansas on Friday, May 7, 2004, at the age of 92. She was born near Piedmont, Kansas on October 29, 1911, the daughter of Frank and Daisy (O’Bryne) Brown. Norma was raised near Piedmont and attended rural schools there. On April 22, 1934, she was united in...
Lila May Kurtz
May 5, 2004
Lila May Kurtz, of Eureka, died on May 5, 2004, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 94. She was born on September 7, 1909, in Powell, Ohio the daughter of Jay T. and Almeda (Pounds) Gardner. She was raised in Powell and graduated from Powell High School with the class of 1928. On September 16,...
Warren Cisco Hughes
Apr 29, 2004
Warren Cisco Hughes, of Hamilton, died on April 29, 2004 at the Kansas Veterans Home in Winfield, Kansas at the age of 75. He was born on April 17, 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Clifton J. and Christine (Critser) Hughes. He was raised in Greenville, Kentucky and graduated from Greenville High School. After graduation he served his...
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