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Jerry Leroy Tally
Feb 6, 2022
Jerry Leroy Tally of Eureka, Kansas, passed away on February 6, 2022, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 85. He was born January 21, 1937, in Miami, Oklahoma, the son of Roy Wilbur and Martha Emma (Landis) Tally. He was raised in Joplin and Baxter Springs before moving to Neodesha. Jerry graduated from Neodesha High...
Kathy Bedigrew
Feb 1, 2022
Kathryn Rose “Kathy” Bedigrew of Toronto, departed this life on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at her home in Toronto, due to complications from COVID-19, at the age of 60. She was born on May 28, 1961, in Yates Center, Kansas, the sixth child of Floyd Lester and Gladys Helen (Kasper) Bedigrew. She graduated from Eureka High School with the Class...
Lyle Dee Welsh
Feb 1, 2022
Lyle D. Welsh of Eureka, died on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at his home in Eureka, at the age of 72. He was born May 4, 1949, in Eureka, the son of Lyle Birney and Violet Marion (Runnells) Welsh. He was raised in Eureka and attended the midtown schools, graduating from Eureka High School with the Class of 1967. Following...
Sharron Ilene Urton
Jan 16, 2022
Sharron Urton Sharron Ilene “Effie” (Soule) Urton of Eureka, passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2022, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 85. She was born on June 26, 1936, in Eureka, the daughter of Freeman Wilber and Sarah Emma (Cronk) Soule. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools, graduating from Eureka High School....
Vincent Leo Thill
Jan 14, 2022
Vincent “Leo” Thill of Eureka, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 14, 2022, at the Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 95. He was born July 29, 1926, on a farm south of Olpe, to Vincent Joseph and Ann Catherine (McAntee) Thill. His childhood was spent growing up in the Madison and Hamilton areas. Leo graduated with...
Violet M. Welsh-Williams
Jan 12, 2022
Violet Marion (Runnells) Welsh-Williams of Eureka, died on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at her home in Eureka at the age of 92. She was born March 7, 1929, in Eureka, the daughter of Earl Roscoe and Emma Elizabeth (Unruh) Runnells. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools, graduating with the Eureka High School Class of 1947. In 1948,...
John Alfred Huntington
Jan 9, 2022
John Alfred Huntington, Sr., the youngest son of Colbert Clinton & Margaret Adelia (Jackson) Huntington was born February 10, 1941, in Eureka, Kansas. He was brought into the world with the assistance of midwife Nellie St. Clair who helped deliver over 700 children in the Eureka area. John passed away January 9, 2022, in Lawrence, Kansas. John attended grade school...
Ruth Frances Mcintosh
Jan 7, 2022
Ruth Frances (Busch) McIntosh of Eureka, Kansas, died on Friday, January 7, 2022, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 96. She was born November 22, 1925, in Mehan, Oklahoma, the daughter of Frank L. and Jennie Belle (Barth) Busch. She was raised in that area and attended the local grade school and graduated from Ripley High...
Janice Kay Milner
Dec 27, 2021
Janice Milner Janice Kay Milner of rural Hamilton, died on Monday, December 27, 2021, at Pawhuska Hospital, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, at the age of 70. She was born on March 21, 1951, in Neal, Kansas, the daughter of Charles William and Iva Delores (Mollett) McCoy. She was raised in Neal and Quincy and graduated from Hamilton High School with the...
Chris Van Pool
Dec 27, 2021
Christopher Howard “Chris” Van Pool of Eureka, died on Monday, December 27, 2021, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 69. He was born on December 19, 1952, in New Albany, Indiana, the son of William Howard and Sarah Jean (Moore) Van Pool. He was raised in Indiana for a few years before the family moved to...
Barbara Jo Smith
Dec 20, 2021
Barbara Jo Smith of Eureka, died on Monday, December 20, 2021, at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 78. She was born on March 11, 1943, in Coffeyville, Kansas, the daughter of Jeanette A. (Miller) Davenport-Olbrot and was raised in Coffeyville. At a young age she was adopted by Laurence L. and Violet Viola (Armstrong) Van...
Sis Nordmeyer
Dec 19, 2021
Yvonne Marie “Sis” Nordmeyer of Toronto, died on Sunday, December 19, 2021, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 79. She was born on September 30, 1942, in Emporia, the daughter of Byron LeMoine “Barney” and Grethel LaVerne (Nicholas) Elliott. She was raised in the Quincy area and attended Country School #9 and later Hamilton High School,...
Henry Francis
Dec 16, 2021
James Henry Francis was born Oct. 28th, 1928 in Emporia, Kansas and died December 16th, 2021 at Homestead of El Dorado at the age of 93. When he was seven years old his parents, Joseph T. and Nina Glasgow Francis, moved to Eureka, Kansas where he lived most of his life. Henry graduated from Eureka High School in 1947 and...
Jerry Soule
Dec 15, 2021
Gilbert Alfred “Jerry” Soule formerly of Madison, died on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at his home in Cassoday, at the age of 84. He was born on November 27, 1937, in Eureka, the son of Freeman Wilber and Sarah Emma (Cronk) Soule. He was raised in the Eureka area and graduated from Eureka High School. After his schooling, he joined...
Sue Jones
Dec 9, 2021
Virginia “Sue” Jones of Saint Joseph, Missouri, died on Thursday, December 9, 2021, at Mosaic Medical Center, in Saint Joseph, at the age of 77. She was born on August 7, 1944, in Piedmont, Kansas, the daughter of Clifford Milton and June Elizabeth (Wade) Bowen. She was raised in Piedmont and Welda, Kansas, moving there when she was 16. Later...
Betty Elmira Titus
Dec 7, 2021
Betty Elmira Titus died on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at her home in Virgil, KS, at the age of 80. Betty was born August 3, 1941, in Virgil, the daughter of Frank B. and Ella Mae (Smith) Smith. She was raised in Virgil and attended local schools. On December 14, 1957, she was united in marriage to Cecil Owen Titus...
Joyce Elaine Johnson
Dec 2, 2021
Joyce Elaine Johnson of Neal, died on Thursday, December 2, 2021, at her home in Neal, at the age of 77. She was born on August 1, 1944, in Eureka, the daughter of Amos Blossom and Aleda May (Shumard) Harber. She was raised in Neal and graduated from Tonovay High School. On August 26, 1962, Joyce was united in marriage...
Robert Dale Hennessey
Nov 29, 2021
Robert Dale Hennessey (known aliases: Hendawg and The Ace) of Eureka, Kansas, died on November 21st, 2021, in El Dorado, Kansas. Preceded in death by his parents Delbert and Freda Hennessey, his sisters Sally Haga and Nancy Clites, and his brothers Laverne Hennessey and Doyle Hennessey. Robert graduated from Eureka High School, despite having “borrowed” a school bus prior to...
Judy Evelyn Crapser
Nov 24, 2021
Judy Evelyn Crapser of Eureka, died on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita, at the age of 73. She was born on August 27, 1948, in Alton, KS, the daughter of Earl and Dorothy (Naumann) Watson. She was adopted by Gordon Seirer and raised in Lucas, KS, graduating from Lucas High School with the Class of...
Marilyn Yvonne Fuhlhage
Nov 17, 2021
Marilyn Yvonne Fuhlhage of Eureka, died on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at Vintage Park of Eureka, at the age of 79. She was born March 19, 1942, in rural Fall River, the daughter of Alfred Edwin and Freda Eunice (Mitchell) Ward. She attended country school for grades 1 - 3, Neal Grade School for grades 4 – 6, and graduated...
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