Obituaries
Jack Dale Alford
Nov 4, 2020
Jack Dale Alford, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 63. He was born on June 30, 1957, in Eureka, the son of Kenneth Duane and Mary Ellen (Dye) Alford. He was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. He started working in oilfield jobs. On July 15, 1978,...
Donald Dean Chaplin
Oct 31, 2020
Donald Dean Chaplin, of Piedmont, died Saturday, October 31, at the Robert J. Dole V. A. Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 84. Don was born May 13, 1936, in Enid, Oklahoma, the son of Veryl Aaron and Esther Cecilia (Kretchmar) Chaplin. He lost his father at age 3 and lived with his grandparents until his mother remarried. He...
Carolyn Louise Harber
Oct 28, 2020
Carolyn Louise Harber, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at Vintage Park in Eureka, at the age of 81. She was born on October 26, 1939, in Independence, Kansas, the daughter of Stanley Max and Thelma Louise (Jones) Richardson. She was raised in Independence and attended local schools, graduating from Independence High School with the Class of 1957....
William S. Hart
Oct 17, 2020
Dr. William S. Hart of Eureka, died on Saturday, October 17, 2020, at Vintage Park in Eureka, at the age of 88. He was born on November 28, 1931, in Dewey, Oklahoma, the son of Perry J. and Letha Elizabeth (Cotton) Hart. He was raised in Oklahoma and Kansas and graduated from Eureka High School. He then attended Emporia State...
Bill Gaines
Oct 8, 2020
William Robert “Bill” Gaines, of Eureka, peacefully departed this world at home in Eureka, in his favorite safe haven, on October 8, 2020, at the age of 54. He was born on November 18, 1965 in El Dorado, Kansas, the son of Franklin Delano and Barbara Ann (Barnes) Gaines. He was raised in Augusta, Longton, and Burkett, graduating from Longton...
Linda Sue Buck
Oct 2, 2020
Linda Sue (Keleher) Buck, formerly of Eureka, died at her home in Mountain Home, Texas, on October 2, 2020, at the age of 60. She was born on July 11, 1960, Wichita, the daughter of Daniel Dean and Carolyn Jayne (Marsh) Keleher. She was raised in Wichita and attended local schools graduating from Wichita East High School. On June 6,...
Dolores Ashlock
Oct 1, 2020
Gwendolyn “Dolores” Ashlock of Eureka, died on Thursday, October 1, 2020, at her home in Eureka, at the age of 99. She was born on November 23, 1920, in Lamar, Colorado, the daughter of Clyde Ernest “Buddy” and Gladys Centelia (Nelson) Williams. She was raised in the Neal/Quincy area and attended Tonovay High School. On June 22, 1938, Dolores was...
Heath Dean Brown
Sep 19, 2020
Heath Dean Brown of rural Eureka, Kansas, son of Bobby “Bob” and Janice (Davis) Brown, left this troubled world September 19, 2020, at Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa, in Wichita, at the age of 36. Heath was born December 24, 1983 at Newman Hospital, Emporia, Kansas. Heath attended and graduated from the Eureka, Kansas school system, Class of 2002. He...
Margaret Ann Coleman
Sep 16, 2020
Margaret A. “Peggy” Coleman, 82, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family, Wednesday, September 16, 2020, after a short battle with cancer. Peggy was born Margaret Ann McKinney on October 10, 1937 to Charles William and Margaret Jane (Shell) McKinney in Wilmington, Ohio. The family left Ohio and moved to several different locations before they settled in...
Barbara Carlene Lewis-Long
Sep 15, 2020
Barbara Carlene Lewis-Long of Eureka, died on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover at the age of 85. Barbara was born March 30, 1935, in Dodge City, Kansas, the first child of Carl Wilford and Evelyn Elizabeth (Thompson) Zink on a wheat farm. She was born two weeks before the worst dust bowl storm to...
Mary Ellen Mock
Sep 11, 2020
Mary Ellen Mock of Eureka, died on Friday, September 11, 2020, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 100. She was born on April 10, 1920, in Quincy, Kansas, the daughter of Bernard “Barney”, Jr. and Loleta (Gilroy) Brown. She was raised in Quincy and graduated from Quincy High School with the Class of 1938. She later...
Jay Wilks Cowan
Aug 23, 2020
Major Jay Wilks Cowan of Gilbert, Arizona, died in August of 2020 in Gilbert, Arizona at the age of 76. He was born in May of 1944, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Clarence “Bus” Ridenour Cowan and Mary Evelyn (Wilks) Cowan. Jay, a graduate of Emporia High School in 1962, went on to attended Emporia State University earning a...
Danny Shue
Aug 18, 2020
Danny Dale Shue of Eureka, died on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at his home in Eureka, at the age of 78. He was born on December 16, 1941, in Fredonia, the son of Edwin William and Elva May (Milligan) Shue. He was raised in Fredonia and graduated from local schools. In 1960 Dan was united in marriage to Rowena. They...
Stanley Louis Mcdaniel
Aug 2, 2020
Stanley Louis McDaniel of Climax, died at his home, Sunday, August 2, 2020, at the age of 74. He was born January 16, 1946, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Louis Henry and Virginia Faye (Moyer) McDaniel. He was raised in Maize and attended local schools, graduating from Maize High School with the Class of 1964. He was drafted into...
Dorothy Marie (Ashlock) Denchfield
Jul 24, 2020
Dorothy Marie (Ashlock) Denchfield, formerly of Neal, died on Friday, July 24, 2020, at Lakepoint El Dorado, at the age of 99. She was born on October 29, 1920, in rural Greenwood County, the daughter of Fred Marion and Sadie May (Sharp) Ashlock. She was raised in Neal and graduated from Neal High School with the Class of 1940. She...
Jeffrey Alan French
Jul 14, 2020
It is with great sadness that the family of Jeffrey Alan “Jeff” French, 64, of Wichita, Kansas, formerly of Ness City, Kansas announce his passing on July 14, 2020, at Comfort Care in Wichita after a long struggle with frontotemporal dementia complicated by COVID-19. Jeff was born August 3 in El Dorado, Kansas to loving parents Marvin Lee and Josephine...
John Ezra Dorsett, Iii
Jul 10, 2020
John Ezra Dorsett, III, passed away on Friday, July 10, 2020 at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis from the new coronavirus at the age of 79. He was born on July 7, 1941, in Eureka, the second son of three boys born to John E., Jr., and Dorothy May (Smith) Dorsett. His dad was a ranch hand for Guin Liggett...
Wayne Paul Williams
Jul 5, 2020
Wayne Paul Williams of Eureka, died on Sunday, July 5, 2020, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 79. He was born September 28, 1940, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Paul Joseph “P. J.” and Francis Gertrude (Smith) Williams. He was raised in the Shawnee area and attended local schools. On September 27, 1968, he was...
Harold Dean Mccormack
Jul 2, 2020
Harold Dean McCormack of Climax, died on Thursday, July 2, 2020, at his home near Climax, at the age of 79. He was born on August 1, 1940, in Moran, Kansas, the son of Virgil Rex and Laura Mae (Wellman) McCormack. He was raised in Climax attending local schools. He graduated from Eureka High School with the Class of 1958...
Keith Duffy Swats
Jun 30, 2020
Keith Duffy Swats of Eureka, died on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at his home in Eureka, at the age of 65. He was born on July 25, 1954, in Wichita, the son of Charles William and Virginia Lee (Boyer) Swats. He was raised in Wichita and attended local schools. After his schooling, he worked as a helicopter mechanic in Wichita...
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