Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Karen Sue Myers
May 22, 2019
Karen Sue (Hayes) Parks-Myers of Eureka, died on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 79. She was born on March 15, 1940, in Eureka, Kansas, the daughter of Lawrence and Lois (Harris) Hayes. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. In December 1955, Karen was united in marriage to...
Mary Louise Casey
May 4, 2019
Mary Louise (Rozell) Casey, mother and dear friend to all, peacefully left this world, Saturday, May 4, 2019, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, KS, at the age of 93. Mary was born August 6, 1925, in Chadwick, MO, the daughter of Ray and Sallie (Cross) Rozell. She grew up in Garrison, MO, and attended Chadwick High School. After two...
Janet Marie Gulick
May 3, 2019
Janet Marie (Tally) Gulick of Eureka, died on Friday, May 3, 2019, at the Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita, at the age of 83. She was born on May 28, 1935, in Baxter Springs, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Martha (Landis) Tally. She was raised in Baxter Springs through seventh grade and then the family moved to Neodesha. Janet...
Tisha Rae Gravatt
May 1, 2019
Tisha Rae Gravatt of Eureka, died on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at Ascension Via Christi – St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, at the age of 34. She was born on October 19, 1984, in Imperial, Nebraska, the daughter of Michael Louie and Anita Rae (Drake) Mullins. She was raised in Sterling, Colorado attending local schools. The family moved to Eureka...
Roger Dean Wallace
Apr 29, 2019
Roger Dean Wallace of Eureka, died on Monday, April 29, 2019 at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 79. He was born on August 10, 1939, in Eureka, Kansas, the son of Dee Mott, Jr. and Erma Elvira (Porter) Wallace. He was raised in Eureka and graduated from local schools. He then later attended Kansas State University...
Terry Joseph Reilly
Apr 26, 2019
Terry Joseph Reilly of Hamilton, died on Friday, April 26, 2019 in Eureka, at the age of 77. He was born on June 28, 1941, in Topeka, the oldest child of John and Florence (Umscheid) Reilly. When Terry was about three years of age the family moved to Sioux City, Iowa with John’s work as an oil gauger. When Terry...
Cecil Lloyd Gilmore
Apr 19, 2019
Cecil Lloyd Gilmore of Eureka, died on Friday, April 19, 2019, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 99. He was born on October 9, 1919, in Tyro, Kansas, the son of Lloyd Lincoln and Emma Mae (Wilson) Gilmore. He was raised in Tyro and attended local schools. He worked in various places in the Tyro-Independence...
Sharon Kay Beeman
Apr 5, 2019
Sharon Kay Beeman of Hamilton, died Friday, April 5, 2019, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 70. She was born February 19, 1949, in Eureka, Kansas the daughter of James and Opal (Megli) Griffith. She was raised in Neal, attending the Neal, Tribune, Hamilton and Eureka schools, graduating from Eureka High School. She was proud to...