Obituaries

Margaret Dorothy Hale

Margaret Dorothy Hale

Oct 24, 2019

Margaret Dorothy Hale of Eureka, died on Thursday, October 24, 2019, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 100. Margaret was born September 30, 1919, in Tonovay, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Paulina (Denner) Bobbitt. She was raised in the Tonovay area and graduated from Tonovay High School. On August 19, 1938, she was united in...

Tiffany Marie Gulick

Tiffany Marie Gulick

Oct 24, 2019

Tiffany Marie Gulick, 36, of Eureka, died on Thursday, October 24, 2019, at her home near Eureka surrounded by her family. She was born on June 23, 1983, in Eureka, the daughter of Ron and Angie (Cornett) Gulick. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools graduating from Eureka High School with the Class of 2001. After graduation, she...

Debra Darrah

Debra Darrah

Oct 13, 2019

Debra Louise Darrah of Wichita, died on Sunday, October 13, 2019, at her home in Wichita, at the age of 67, surrounded by her family. Debra was born November 1, 1951, in Shattuck, Oklahoma, the daughter of Earl Duane and Dolores LaFaun (Hoch) Holcomb. She was raised in Shattuck and later Wichita, where she graduated from West High School in...

Amy Lee (Stuber) Rogers

Amy Lee (Stuber) Rogers

Oct 12, 2019

Amy Lee Rogers of Toronto, died on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at her home in Toronto, at the age of 89. She was born on October 2, 1930, in Climax, Kansas, the daughter of Granville Leroy and Rose Alice (Hardy) Stuber. She was raised in rural eastern Greenwood County, graduating from Toronto High School. On May 20, 1949, Amy was...

Eldon Elliott Mann Jr

Eldon Elliott Mann Jr

Oct 3, 2019

Eldon “Elliott” Mann, Jr., of Eureka, died Thursday, October 3, 2019 at the Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 85. Elliott was born December 24, 1933, near Neal, Kansas, the son of Eldon Elliott, Sr. and Flora (Groat) Mann. He grew up in the Tonovay area and graduated from Tonovay High School. He started his career in...

Orella Jane Richardson

Orella Jane Richardson

Oct 3, 2019

Orella Jane Richardson of Eureka, died on Thursday, October 3, 2019 at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 89. She was born on November 28, 1929, in Fall River, the daughter of Charles Oscar and Esther E. (Benson) Guisinger. She attended Union School and later graduated from Tonovay High School with the Class of 1947. On...

Faye Marie Parker

Faye Marie Parker

Sep 15, 2019

Faye Marie Parker of El Dorado, died on Sunday, September 15, 2019, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, in El Dorado, at the age of 81. She was born on June 16, 1938, in Checotah, Oklahoma, the daughter of James Luther and Maudie Queenie Ethel Mayflower (Smith) Lewis Justice. She was raised in Checotah and attended local schools. On August...

Vernon Ball

Vernon Ball

Sep 12, 2019

Frank “Vernon” Ball of Eureka, died on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 94. He was born on September 9, 1925, in Greenwood County, Kansas, the son of Frank Laverd and Cova (Snuffer) Ball. He was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. He joined the United States Army during World...

Ruby Maye Foster

Ruby Maye Foster

Sep 8, 2019

Ruby Maye Foster of Eureka passed away Sunday, September 8, 2019, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 98. She was born April 27, 1921 in Beaver County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Alfred and Ruth (Carroll) Jones. Ruby attended rural grade schools and graduated from Alva High School, Alva, Oklahoma, with the class of 1940. She worked...

Peg Green

Peg Green

Aug 4, 2019

Margaret Louise Green was born September 7, 1926 in Olds, Iowa to Edna and Clarence Gillaspey. She died August 4, 2019 in North Canton, Ohio her home for the last five months. Peg graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School in 1944. After graduation she worked as the secretary for the superintendent of the Mt. Pleasant school district. In 1950 she...

Al Mccarthy

Al Mccarthy

Jul 31, 2019

Ottis Alton "Al" McCarthy, 64, of Eureka, Kansas, passed away on July 31, 2019, at his home in Prairie Village, Kansas. Known by most as Al, he felt blessed to be born in Chicago, Illinois, at Columbus Hospital’s Mother Caprini Center, which was a Catholic Pilgrimage site honoring Saint Caprini. Al was raised in Eureka and Wichita Kansas, where he...

Cathy Lea Umholtz

Cathy Lea Umholtz

Jul 26, 2019

Cathy Umholtz Cathy Lea Umholtz, formerly of Fall River, Kansas, died on Friday, July 26, 2019, at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 77. She was born on December 20, 1941, in Buffalo, Kansas, the daughter of Claude and Dolly (Cook) Burkhart. She was raised in Yates Center and attended local schools. On July 5, 1956,...

Benjamin Franklin Owens

Benjamin Franklin Owens

Jul 25, 2019

Ben Owens Ben was born August 11, 1931 in Burwell, Nebraska to Jacob and Mable (Ulm) Owens. He passed away Thursday, July 25, 2019 in Guthrie. Visitation will be held Wednesday, 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, August 1, 2019 at Smith Memorial Chapel with Pastor Robert Wagoner officiating. Interment will be...

David Lee Moore

David Lee Moore

Jul 10, 2019

David Lee Moore of Eureka, died on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 83. He was born June 9, 1936, in Eureka, the son of Milo Quinn and Opal Mae (Satchell) Moore. He was raised in the Tonovay area, attending local schools. Following his graduation from Tonovay, David attended Emporia State University...

Steven John Schlotterbeck

Steven John Schlotterbeck

Jul 9, 2019

Steven John Schlotterbeck of Burlington, Kansas, died on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at the Rossville Health and Rehabilitation Center, in Rossville, at the age of 59. He was born on June 30, 1960, in Eureka, Kansas, the son of Theodore “John” and Christine Olive (Cook) Schlotterbeck. He spent the first 5 years of life in Eureka, Kansas and moved to...

Matthew Caleb Barg

Matthew Caleb Barg

Jul 3, 2019

Matthew Caleb Barg of Climax, died on July 3, 2019 in a car accident on US-400 near Leon, at the age of 19. He was born on January 7, 2000, in Anchorage, Alaska, the son of Jesse and Betty Barg. He was a high school graduate. He worked alongside his father serving customers’ cleaning needs, in the family business. On...

Dorothy Mae Black

Dorothy Mae Black

Jun 23, 2019

Dorothy Mae Black, age 90, passed away at the Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, Kansas, Sunday, June 23, 2019. “Dot” who was the daughter of the late John and Ethel Black of Reece, had made her home in Lakewood, Colorado for more than 40 years before returning to the home place in Reece due to declining health. Dorothy was a...

Doris Mae Bogle

Doris Mae Bogle

Jun 14, 2019

Doris Mae (Lewis) Barker-Bogle of Eureka, died on Friday, June 14, 2019, at her home near Eureka, at the age of 86. She was born on March 25, 1933, in Eureka, the daughter of Harris and Edna (Wheeler) Lewis. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools, graduating with the Class of 1951. On November 7, 1953, Doris was...

David Franklin Hobbs

David Franklin Hobbs

Jun 11, 2019

David Franklin Hobbs of Yates Center, formerly of Toronto, died on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at the Yates Center Health and Rehab Center in Yates Center, at the age of 68. He was born June 6, 1951, in Eureka, the son of Victor and Adeline (Watts) Hobbs. He was raised in Toronto and attended local schools. David joined the Army,...

Mark Eugene Campbell

Mark Eugene Campbell

Jun 4, 2019

Mark Eugene Campbell of Eureka, died Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, at the age of 59. He was born July 8, 1959, in Elgin, North Dakota, the son of Shirley Yvonne (Widmer) Campbell and George Ronald Campbell. Mark was raised in Fargo, and attended and graduated from local schools. Following his graduation, he joined the...