Obituaries
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...
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...
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