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Violet Sophronia Johnson
May 25, 2003
Violet Sophronia Hubbell was born March 15, 1915, at Severy, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Marion and Estella (Sours) Hubbell. At the age of two she moved with her family to the upper Paw Paw Community in Elk County. She attended Paw Paw School as a child and received her high school diploma at Severy, graduating with the class of...
Maxcine W Griggs
May 24, 2003
Maxcine W. Griggs, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Saturday, May 24, 2003, at the age of 89, She was born in Parsons, Kansas on January 29, 1914, the daughter of Frank and Ora (Karas) Winkler. Maxcine was raised in Parsons and graduated from Parsons High School with the class of 1932. In that same year she...
Shirley Mae Beeman
May 21, 2003
Shirley Mae Beeman of Eureka died on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 68. She was born on February 21, 1935, in Eureka, the daughter of Amos and Beth (Giffen) Davis. She was raised in Eureka and attended Eureka Schools. On December 7 1956, Shirley was united in marriage to William E....
Homer Wallace Brown
May 21, 2003
Homer Wallace Brown, of Eureka, died Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at his residence at the age of 85. He was born in Greenwood County, Kansas on June 19, 1917, the son of Earl L. and Cecil (Lyon) Brown. Homer was raised in the Climax/Eureka area and attended Hallett Rural School and graduated from Tonavay High School with the class of...
John Chester Coonfield
May 14, 2003
John “Chester” Coonfield, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at Medicalodge of Eureka, at the age of 90. He was born in Vaughn, Arkansas on September 4, 1912, the son of Benjamin Wallace and Lattie (Little) Coonfield. Chester was raised in Vaughn and attended schools in Vaughn and Decatur. After his schooling he entered the United States Army...
Mary Alice Houston
May 2, 2003
Mary Alice Houston, of Eureka, died on Friday, May 2, 2003, at the age of 85. She was born in Howard, Kansas on October 17, 1917, the daughter of William and Mary Alice (Hinkle) Allen. On May 10, 1957, she was united in marriage to Ray Houston in Eureka. They made their home in Eureka and owned and operated Eureka...
Roy William Janney
Apr 10, 2003
Roy William Janney, born in Mulberry, Kansas, January 16, 1910, died on April 10, 2003. He graduated from Mulberry Kansas High School and then was employed by Cities Service Oil Company in Oil Hill, Kansas until 1951; serving the positions of field boss and electrical foreman. He then moved to El Dorado, Kansas where he, with his wife, Lorena B....
Jack Charles Patterson
Apr 8, 2003
Jack Charles Patterson, of Hamilton, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at the age of 83. He was born on August 17, 1919, in Lindsay, Oklahoma, the son of Charles Olander and Nettie Lou (Morgan) Patterson. He was raised in the Lindsay/Lawton area, and graduated from Cache High School. He then attended Cameron College in Lawton....
William Lawrence Buckle
Mar 27, 2003
William Lawrence Buckle, of Mt. Dora, Florida, former Hamilton resident, died on Thursday, March 27, 2003, at the age of 56. William was born in Emporia on May 3, 1946, the son of Edward E. and Myrtle A. (Jennings/Kirkwood) Buckle. He was raised in Hamilton and graduated from Hamilton High School with the class of 1964. After high school he...
Howard Douglas "Doug" Eddings
Mar 25, 2003
Howard Douglas “Doug” Eddings, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at the age of 64. He was born in Hominy, Oklahoma on July 20, 1938, the son of Charlie Sherman and Flora Olive (Ward) Eddings. The family lived in Oklahoma until 1945, when they moved to Reece, Kansas. Doug attended Reece Grade School...
John Arron "Doc" Cookson
Mar 24, 2003
John Arron (Doc) Cookson, 54, a longtime resident of Hamilton died Monday, March 24, 2003 at his home in Hamilton. “Doc” Cookson, the son of Anna Mae Alvord (Cookson) Barb and James William Cookson was born October 23, 1948 in Emporia, Kansas. He graduated from Hamilton High School in 1966. “Doc” entered the United States Army on May 6th 1968....
Marjorie Gilroy Knowles
Mar 24, 2003
Marjorie Gilroy Knowles of Dallas, Texas died peacefully on her 98th birthday, Monday, March 24th, 2003. She was born in Quincy, Kansas in 1905, and the daughter of True H. Gilroy and Del Martin Gilroy. She resided in the state of Kansas until age 92 when she moved to Dallas to be near her family. She graduated from College of...
Mary Frances Straight
Mar 20, 2003
Mary Frances Wyse Straight of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Thursday, March 20, 2003 at the age of 91. She was born on February 18, 1912, at a whistle stop near Riverside, California, where her father was the foreman for railroad workers. She moved to Kansas with her parents, William and Mary Wyse, and her younger sister, Wilma,...
Audry Henrietta "Retta" Mckenna
Mar 19, 2003
Audry H. “Retta” McKenna, 88, retired cabinetmaker, died on Wednesday, March 19, 2003. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, March 24, 2003 at Greenwood Cemetery, Eureka, Kansas. She is survived by one brother, James Lahar of Cherryvale, and ten nieces and nephews. A memorial has been established in her name to the Medicalodge Activity Fund.
William Edwin "Diz" Sears
Mar 14, 2003
William Edwin “Diz” Sears, of Eureka, died on Friday, March 14, 2003, at the Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 97. He was born in Greenwood County, Kansas, on December 17, 1905, the son of Thomas O. and Ada Ruth (Palmer) Sears. He attended Hardscrabble Grade School and graduated from Eureka High School. He then attended Kansas State University,...
Wesley Earl Davis
Mar 12, 2003
Wesley Earl Davis, of Eureka, Kansas, died at his residence on Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at the age of 45. He was born in Kitzigen, Germany on March 19, 1957, the son of Fern Kirby and Joan (Spaulding) Davis. He was raised in Enterprise, Alabama and graduated from Enterprise High School with the class of 1976. After his schooling he...
Paul Howard Parks
Mar 10, 2003
Paul Howard Parks, 82, retired owner of Parks Oil Co. died Monday, March 10, 2003. Paul was born July 3, 1920, in Eureka, Kansas, to Race S. and Hazel (Carrithers) Parks. He attended schools in Eureka, graduating high school in 1937 at the age of 16. He graduated from Kansas State Teachers College, in Emporia, Kansas in 1941, with a...
Lyle Duane Olson
Mar 8, 2003
Lyle Duane Olson, 71, of Eureka, died Saturday, March 8, 2003, at his home Northwest of Eureka. He was born January 22, 1932 north of Eureka to George James and Ollie Estelle (Brown) Olson. He attended Lapland Grade School and graduated from Eureka High School in 1949. He entered the United States Navy and served during the Korean Conflict. After...
John Franklin Mcmullen
Mar 7, 2003
John Franklin McMullen died March 7, 2003, at Medical Center of Aurora South, Aurora, Colorado, at the age on 66. He was born June 9, 1936, in Emporia, Kansas to George William and Ethel Winifred (Shull) McMullen. He was a commercial sign painter. He married Linda Darby. She survives. Services 11:00 A.M., Saturday, June 28, 2003, Greenwood Abbey, Eureka, Kansas.
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