Obituaries

Sylvester Thaine "Ted" Freeman

Sylvester Thaine "Ted" Freeman

Feb 21, 2004

Sylvester Thaine “Ted” Freeman, of Eureka, died Saturday, February 21, 2004, at Via Christi – St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 88. He was born on August 12, 1915, in Hamilton, Kansas, the son of William Henry and Elida Mable (Horton) Freeman. His mother and father died when Ted was very young and he was raised...

Faye Pearl Meadows

Faye Pearl Meadows

Feb 20, 2004

Faye Pearl Meadows, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Friday, February 20, 2004, at the age of 86. She was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma on December 10, 1917, the daughter of Bun Wesley and Winnie Louisa (Ober) Shepherd. The family moved to the Gridley, Kansas area in a covered wagon when Faye was very young. They then moved...

Ruby Bell Grundy

Ruby Bell Grundy

Feb 19, 2004

Ruby Bell Grundy, of Eureka, died on February 19, 2004, at The Gran Villas at the age of 94. She was born on January 4, 1910, near Climax, the daughter of Charles Edwin and Nellie Leah (Rice) Bate. She was raised in the Climax area and attended Climax schools, graduating from Climax High School with the class of 1928. After...

Nellie Faye Scharff

Nellie Faye Scharff

Feb 1, 2004

Nellie Faye Scharff, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on February 1, 2004, at the age of 94. She was born in Bucyrus, Kansas on February 3, 1909, the daughter of George O. and Elizabeth (Zollinger) Dollard. When Faye was five years old the family moved to Greenwood County. She attended Union Grade School and Tonovay High School, graduating...

Jacqueline Joye "Jackie" Castleberry

Jacqueline Joye "Jackie" Castleberry

Jan 31, 2004

Jacqueline Joyce “Jackie” Castleberry, of Eureka, died at Via Christi – St. Joseph Medical Center in Wichita on Saturday, January 31, 2004, at the age of 66. She was born on March 20, 1937, in Gridley, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Dalmer and Audrey Lydia (Fletcher) Morrow. Jackie attended rural schools and Virgil High School, graduating with the class of...

Christine Eveline Hollingsworth

Christine Eveline Hollingsworth

Jan 27, 2004

Christine Eveline Hollingsworth died on January 7, 2004 in Waco, Texas following a short illness while visiting three daughters and their families. Christine Eveline (Shoup) Hollingsworth, daughter of the late Charles and Cora Shoup, was born on November 27, 1912 in Udall, Kansas, where she grew up. She graduated from Mulvane High School in 1940. She attended Kansas State Agriculture...

Clarence V. "Pete" Mcdonald

Clarence V. "Pete" Mcdonald

Jan 26, 2004

Clarence V. “Pete” McDonald, of Climax, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Monday, January 26, 2004, at the age of 65. He was born near Eureka on November 17, 1938, the son of John N. and Cleta Mason (Mitchell) McDonald. He was raised in Greenwood County and attended Tonovay High School, graduating with the class of 1956. After his...

Alfred Edwin Ward

Alfred Edwin Ward

Jan 23, 2004

Alfred Edwin Ward, of Eureka, died on Friday, January 23, 2004, at the Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 83. He was born on March 15, 1920, in Greenwood County, Kansas, the son of Walter and Edna (Cain) Ward. He was raised and attended school in the Neal and Fall River area. After his schooling he farmed on the...

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...

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