Obituaries

Bettie Lou Kersbergen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Eldon Teter

Eldon Teter

Jan 8, 2020

Those who knew him, would not forget him. Eldon Teter of Teterville, Kansas, went to heaven to feed Jesus’ cows on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, around 5:00 P.M., at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka surrounded by his family. He was 77 years old. Eldon was born on August 2, 1942, in El Dorado, Kansas, the eldest son of Albert...

Dennis Dean Donaldson

Dennis Dean Donaldson

Jan 7, 2020

Dennis Dean Donaldson of Toronto, died on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at the age of 70. He was born on August 15, 1949, in Arkansas City, Kansas, the son of Fred Oscar and Melba Ione (Ashlock) Donaldson. He was raised throughout Kansas moving with his father’s work. He graduated from Hamilton High School with the Class of 1967. After his...

Janice Irene Wells

Janice Irene Wells

Jan 4, 2020

Janice Irene Wells, of El Dorado, formerly of Piedmont, died Saturday, January 4, 2020, at LakePoint Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of El Dorado, at the age of 78. Janice was born August 28, 1941, in Jefferson City, Missouri, the daughter of Willis and Ruby (Harbour) Atherton. She was raised in Wichita, and graduated from Wichita West High School with the...

Teresa Lynelle Basham

Teresa Lynelle Basham

Jan 2, 2020

Teresa Lynelle Basham of Wichita, Kansas, died Thursday, January 2, 2020, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, at the age of 66. Teresa was born February 8, 1953, in Hobbs, New Mexico, the daughter of Dr. George Leo and RosaLee Marie (Erickson) Basham. She was raised in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and attended local schools, graduating in 1971. She then...

Lolita Jo Glebavicius

Lolita Jo Glebavicius

Dec 28, 2019

Lolita Jo Glebavicius of Eureka, died on Saturday, December 28, 2019 at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 55. She was born on January 24, 1964, in Ellsworth, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Carol (Anschutz) Herber. She was raised in Ellsworth, Wichita, Eureka, and various other locations in Kansas. She was adopted later by Robert...

Betty Marie Courter

Betty Marie Courter

Dec 25, 2019

Betty Marie Courter of Eureka, formerly of Severy, died on Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 88. She was born on March 22, 1931, in Wichita, the daughter of William Oliver and Edna Gladys (Barg) Henry. She was raised in the Severy area and attended local schools graduating from Severy High...

Shirley June Eddings

Shirley June Eddings

Dec 23, 2019

Shirley June Eddings of El Dorado, formerly of Eureka, died on Monday, December 23, 2019 at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, in El Dorado, at the age of 81. She was born on July 30, 1938, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Dorothy (Breaker) Clites. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. In 1955, Shirley was...

Rg Lewis

Rg Lewis

Dec 20, 2019

Richard Gale “R. G.” Lewis, lifelong resident of Eureka, passed away Friday, December 20, 2019 at Vintage Park in Eureka at the age of 93. R. G. was born February 22, 1926 in Eureka, the son of Leo Austin “Bill” and Gladys Josephine (Campbell) Lewis. He attended school in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School three months early to...

Robert "Bob" Powe

Robert "Bob" Powe

Dec 5, 2019

Robert Louis “Bob” Powe of Eureka, died on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 96. He was born on March 20, 1923, in Eureka, the son of Charles and Elsie (Miller) Powe. He attended Eureka schools. In 1943, Bob joined the United States Army Air Corp where he became a B-25 Bomber...

Gary Lee Pugh

Gary Lee Pugh

Dec 2, 2019

Gary Lee Pugh, of Yulee, Florida, formerly of Eureka, died on Monday, December 2, 2019, at his home, at the age of 71. He was born on February 3, 1948, in Virgil, the son of Homer and Alberta Catherine (Shoemaker) Pugh. He was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School. He then went on to attend Butler County...

Diana (Schwartz) Box

Diana (Schwartz) Box

Nov 25, 2019

Diana Lynn (Schwartz) Box of Wichita, passed away on Monday, November 25, 2019 at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 63. She was born on March 8, 1956, in El Dorado, the daughter of Waymond Lee “Dutch” and Betty Joan (Larcom) Schwartz. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. Growing up she...

Frank Holcomb

Frank Holcomb

Nov 20, 2019

Oland Franklin “Frank” Holcomb, Jr. of Eureka, Kansas, died of a sudden illness while pursing his life’s passion, on Wednesday, November 20, 2019, on a hunting trip in Sedan, Kansas, at the age of 71. He was born on June 6, 1948, in Miami, Oklahoma, the son of Oland Franklin, Sr., and Genevieve Luella (Tipton) Holcomb. He was raised on...