Obituaries

Florence Emma Robinson

Florence Emma Robinson

Jan 21, 2004

Florence E. Robinson, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, January 21, 2004, at Medicalodge of Eureka, at the age of 92. She was born on September 25, 1911, in El Dorado, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Pearl Rose (Boulanger) Davis. She was raised in Leon and attended Leon schools. On August 6, 1928, she married David Robinson in Augusta, Kansas....

Dale Rolland Burnett

Dale Rolland Burnett

Jan 15, 2004

Dale Rolland Burnett, of Howard, died on Thursday, January 15, 2004, at Via-Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 65. He was born on May 15, 1938, near Council Grove, Kansas, the son of Chas O. and Cecile (Bashor) Burnett. Dale was raised near LeRoy, Kansas and attended Olive Branch Country School and Colony High School,...

Howard Goodwin Larue

Howard Goodwin Larue

Jan 14, 2004

Howard Goodwin LaRue, died Jaunary 14, 2004, in Chandler Arizona, at 94 years of age. He was born August 14, 1909, in Greenwood County, Kansas. He attended Triumph School until moving to Colorado where he went to school in Canon City and Colorado Springs. He moved back to Kansas and attended high school in Fall River. October 1, 1931, he...

Leota June Vanhoozier

Leota June Vanhoozier

Jan 14, 2004

Leota June Vanhoozier, of Eureka, Kansas, died at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka on Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at the age of 67. She was born in Cherryvale, Kansas on March 8, 1936, the daughter of Tom and Viola (Volmer) Zuck. She was raised in Cherryvale and graduated from Cherryvale High School with the class of 1954. After her schooling...

Edith Joan Hemingway

Edith Joan Hemingway

Jan 12, 2004

Edith Joan Hemingway, of Eureka, died on Monday, January 12, 2004, at Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 66. She was born on June 13, 1937, in Blue Springs, Missouri, the daughter of Moree and Alice (Wilson) Offield. She graduated from Blue Springs High School and from the Kansas City Business College. In 1965, she was...

Paul Charles Hibbard

Paul Charles Hibbard

Jan 11, 2004

Paul Charles Hibbard, 88, of Toronto, Kansas, died Sunday, January 11, 2004, at the Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community in Manhattan. Born August 3, 1915, he was the son of Charles and Evie (Johnson) Hibbard, who farmed in southeastern Greenwood County, near Toronto. Paul attended the Triumph School for most of his grade school years, except for the sixth grade when...

Clara Letha Walter

Clara Letha Walter

Jan 3, 2004

Clara Letha Walter, of Eureka, died Saturday, January 3, 2004, at the age of 97 at Medicalodge of Eureka. She was born on December 2, 1906, in Severy, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Myrtle (Gilbert) Forbes. She was raised in the Severy/Climax area and graduated from Climax High School with the class of 1921. After her schooling she helped...

Donald Ivan Spence

Donald Ivan Spence

Jan 1, 2004

Donald Ivan Spence, of Wichita, died on Thursday, January 1, 2004, at Via-Christi St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 84. He was born on May 18, 1919, in Greenleaf, Kansas, the son of Charlie M. and Mary (Hennessey) Spence. He was raised in Greenleaf and attended area schools. After his schooling, he entered the United...

Marguerite Elizabeth Worley

Marguerite Elizabeth Worley

Jan 1, 2004

Marguerite Elizabeth Worley, of Piedmont, died on Thursday, January 1, 2004, at Friendship Manor in Pratt, at the age of 102. She was born on December 27, 1901, in Utopia, Kansas, the daughter of Samuel and Melinda May (Stewart) Little. She was raised in the Utopia and Hamilton areas and attended Hamilton High School, graduating with the class of 1919....

Jaime Evans Chase

Jaime Evans Chase

Dec 31, 2003

Jaime E. Chase died December 31, 2003 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born November 9, 1911, in Eureka, Kansas, the only child of Eva Evans Alter and James P. Alter. Jaime graduated from Emporia State University and taught English in the Eureka school system before her marriage to Carl C. Chase. After her marriage, she worked...

Merle Arbutus Reeder

Merle Arbutus Reeder

Dec 30, 2003

Merle Arbutus Reeder died December 30, 2003, at Susan B. Allen Hospital in El Dorado, Kansas, at the age of 91. Merle was born September 27, 1912 in Monroe County, Indiana, to William and Clara (Kindle) Whetstone. The family moved to Keighley, Kansas when she was five, then to El Dorado. Merle graduated from El Dorado High School with the...

Gene Woodson Francis

Gene Woodson Francis

Dec 24, 2003

Gene Woodson Francis, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, December 24, 2003, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 70. He was born in Perryton, Texas on February 21, 1933, the son of Joseph and Nina (Glasgow) Francis. He was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School. After high school he attended college for a short time before...

Ethel Emma Starner

Ethel Emma Starner

Dec 24, 2003

Ethel Emma Starner of Eureka died on December 24, 2003, at the Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 96. She was born on November 10, 1907 in Hebron, Missouri, the daughter of Joseph and Lubbie (Tully) Sisson. She was raised in Missouri and moved to Kansas at the age of 14. In 1922 she was united in marriage to...

Mildred Laverne Hollis

Mildred Laverne Hollis

Dec 23, 2003

Mildred “Millie” Laverne (Long) Hollis of Hamilton, Kansas died on December 23, 2003, at Medicalodge of Eureka at the age of 90. She was born on January 1, 1913 in Portland, Oregon the daughter of John Long and Mabel (Coulter) Long. She was raised in the Reece area and attended Reece High School. Mildred loved basketball and played on the...

Fred Donald Stuber

Fred Donald Stuber

Dec 18, 2003

Fred Donald Stuber, of Eureka, died at his residence on December 18, 2003 at the age of 65. He was born on January 5, 1938, in Climax, the son of Virgil L. and Alice (Moore) Stuber. He was raised west of Climax, and attended local schools until his junior year. Fred then attended Eureka Junior/Senior High School and graduated with...

Lola Roena Snyder

Lola Roena Snyder

Dec 14, 2003

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Jack Calvin Pugh

Jack Calvin Pugh

Dec 13, 2003

Jack Calvin Pugh, 72, of Bella Vista, Arkansas, died Saturday, December 13, 2003, at St. Mary’s Hospital, in Rogers, Arkansas. He was born on July 26, 1931, in Belton, Missouri, to Lloyd A. Pugh and Maude E. (Wilson) Pugh. He was raised and educated in Eureka, Kansas and graduated from Emporia State Teachers College. He married Esther F. Linden on...

Cleveland Arthur Knight

Cleveland Arthur Knight

Dec 8, 2003

Cleveland Arthur Knight, of Hamilton, died on Monday, December 8, 2003, at the age of 74. He was born on April 20, 1929, in Severy, Kansas, the son of Frank and Lily (Wormington) Knight. He was raised in Severy, Howard, and Moline, and attended area schools. After his schooling he worked in a Chevrolet repair garage, the oil fields, and...

Leona King

Leona King

Dec 5, 2003

Leona King, of Eureka, died on Friday, December 5, 2003, at Medicalodge of Eureka at the age of 86. She was born in Goodland, Kansas, on January 23, 1917, the daughter of John L. and Alice (Frid) Goss. She was raised in Osage City and Emporia, graduating from Emporia High School with the class of 1934. She then attended Kansas...

Virginia Elizabeth Ladd

Virginia Elizabeth Ladd

Dec 2, 2003

Virginia Elizabeth (Evans) Ladd, 92, of Eureka, died Tuesday, December 2, 2003, at Medicalodge of Eureka. She was born December 21, 1910 to Judge Richard W. and Clara (Sturgeon) Evans in Dodge City, Kansas. She attended high school in Dodge City, and was valedictorian of her senior class. She was selected as the first Miss Wheatland of Kansas, a preliminary...

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