Obituaries
Mary Ruth Thornton
Jun 21, 2020
Mary Ruth (Lynes) Thornton of Eureka, died on Sunday, June 21, 2020 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 77. She was born on October 12, 1942, in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Cleo Everett and Royalyn Rosalie (Dale) Lynes. She was raised in Missouri through middle school when the family moved to Eureka. She graduated...
Matthew Rodger Hunt
Jun 16, 2020
Matthew Rodger Hunt of Eureka, Kansas, died on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 69. He was born on December 3, 1950, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Ralph, Jr. and Jeanne Marie (Marconett) Hunt. Ralph is a Pastor and the family lived in various places during Matthew’s formative years including...
Bill Cole
Jun 11, 2020
William Wayne “Bill” Cole of Eureka, died on Thursday, June 11, 2020, at his home in Eureka, at the age of 80. He was born on October 16, 1939, in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Wayne Clifton and Mildred Anita (Pirtle) Cole. He was raised in Emporia through grade school and later moved to Osage City, Kansas. He graduated from...
Kenneth Leroy Jackson
May 29, 2020
Kenneth LeRoy Jackson of Eureka, died on Friday, May 29, 2020, at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 74. He was born on August 8, 1945, in El Dorado, Kansas, the son of Omar Earl and Marjorie Elaine (Winters) Jackson. He was raised in Rosalia and graduated from local schools. On August 9, 1973, he was...
Margaret Irene Parks
May 29, 2020
Margaret Irene Parks of Eureka, died on Friday, May 29, 2020, at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, KS, at the age of 101. She was born on December 3, 1918, in Moscow, KS, the daughter of John and Mary (Field) Teeter. She was raised on the family farm in Grant County and attended local schools. She graduated from Moscow...
Jim C. Smith
May 17, 2020
Jim C. Smith of Eureka, died on Sunday, May 17, 2020 at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis, in Wichita, at the age of 76. He was born on November 6, 1943, in Winfield, Kansas, the son of Merrill “Ralph” and Frances “DeEtta” (Burres) Smith. He was raised in Howard attending local schools. He graduated in Howard with the Class of...
Nadine Schoenhals
May 4, 2020
Mavis “Nadine” Schoenhals of Piedmont, died on Monday, May 4, 2020, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 82. She was born on August 29, 1937, in Eureka, Kansas, the daughter of Hobart Dale “Hobe” and Carse “Marie” (Rader) Scott. She was raised in rural Piedmont and graduated from local schools. She then attended Kansas State University,...
Cynthia Jo Dorey
Apr 26, 2020
Cynthia Jo “Cindy” Dorey of Eureka, died on Sunday, April 26, 2020, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 68. She was born on February 7, 1952, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Bernard Alphonse “Ben” and Barbara Jean (Huggerth) Arpin. She was raised in Wichita and graduated from Wichita South High School with the Class of...
Emma Louise Purkeypile
Apr 8, 2020
Emma Louise Purkeypile of Eureka, died on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 95. She was born on November 8, 1924, near Severy, Kansas, the daughter of William Guy and Rhoda (Morris) Vanderbilt. She was raised in the Piedmont area and attended local schools. When Emma was 14 her father passed away and...
Betty Lea Uhl
Mar 10, 2020
Betty Lea (Soule) Uhl died Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 95. Betty was born October 7, 1924, in Rosalia, Kansas, the daughter of Freeman Wilber and Sarah Emma (Cronk) Soule. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools, graduating from Eureka High School with the class of 1942. Following graduation,...
Jeromie Lee Mitchell
Mar 9, 2020
Jeromie Lee Mitchell, of Eureka, died Monday, March 9, 2020, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 46. Jeromie was born December 4, 1973, in Eureka, Kansas, the son of Derald Dean and Terri Lyn (Curnutt) Mitchell. He was raised in Eureka and attended local schools, earning his GED. Following his schooling, Jeromie worked for Banks Construction...
True Harold Knowles
Feb 27, 2020
True Harold Knowles, 82, former president and chief operating officer of Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Cos., Inc., past chairman of NutraSweet Co., and former Procter & Gamble executive, passed in Dallas, TX, on February 27th. Elizabeth Ann Dielmann Knowles, his wife of 31 years, was with him when he passed peacefully at their Dallas home. Knowles is also survived by sons, True...
Bettie Lou Kersbergen
Feb 22, 2020
Bettie Lou (Frazier) Brumback Ericson Kersbergen of Eureka, died on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Vintage Park, in Eureka, at the age of 99. She was born on May 7, 1920, in Eureka, Kansas, to Arthur William and Elizabeth Evadean (Renfroe) Frazier. Bettie Graduated from Eureka High School and Susan B. Allen School of Nursing in El Dorado. She married...
Kenneth Walter Gee
Feb 10, 2020
Kenneth Walter Gee of Eureka, died on Monday, February 10, 2020, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 90. He was born December 2, 1929, in Ponca City, Oklahoma, the son of Odie Zelpho and Rachel Annie (Hublitz) Gee. He was raised in Hamilton, went to state in track, and participated in high school music and band....
Judy Arguelles
Feb 8, 2020
Juliana Arguelles of Eureka, died on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 90. She was born September 30, 1929, in Moline, Kansas, the daughter of Anastasio and Francisca (Martinez) Arguelles. She was raised in Eureka and graduated from local schools. She was a nurse assistant for Dr. Obourn in Eureka and...
Charlie Dehlinger
Feb 1, 2020
Charles Ernest Dehlinger of Eureka, died on Saturday, February 1, 2020, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 86. He was born on November 24, 1933, in Emporia, the son of Ernest Glen “Dutch” and Bernice Lorena (Smith) Dehlinger. He was raised in Reece and Virgil, graduating from Virgil High School with the Class of 1951. He...
Glenn O. Brown
Jan 31, 2020
Glenn Oliver Brown of Eureka, died on Friday, January 31, 2020, at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 77. He was born on October 11, 1942, in Eureka, the son of Hugh Linn and Olive Lucille (Guisinger) Brown. He was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. The family later moved to the Wichita area where...
Catherine Mae Truskett
Jan 30, 2020
Catherine M. Truskett of Canton, Georgia, formerly of Hesston and Eureka, Kansas, died on January 30, 2020 in Canton at the age of 97. She was born October 31, 1922 near Climax, Kansas, the daughter of Robert and Edna (Moss) Essick. She was raised in the Climax community and graduated from Climax High School in the class of 1939. She...
Kay Rice
Jan 8, 2020
Deborah “Kay” Rice of Eureka, died on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at her home in Eureka, at the age of 68. She was born on September 29, 1951, in Eureka, the daughter of Lloyd O., Sr., and Virginia Morain (Gaffney) Rice. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools, graduating with the Class of 1969. She later attended Friends...
Eva Lucille Patterson
Jan 8, 2020
Eva Lucille Patterson of Eureka, died on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at Wesley Woodlawn Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 67. She was born on November 25, 1952, in Wichita, the daughter of E. Raymond “Ray” and Virginia Ardie (Hodgson) Deeder. She was raised in Eureka, Kansas and in California. She graduated with the class of 1971 in California....
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