Obituaries

Moetta Lee Escareno

Moetta Lee Escareno

May 16, 2018

Moetta L. Escareno of Eureka, KS, died Wednesday, May 16, 2018, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka at the age of 86. She was born November 14, 1931, in Hannibal, Missouri, the daughter of Berle and Effie (Walker) Herren. She was raised in Missouri, until the family moved to Eureka, where she graduated from Eureka High School. Following graduation, Moetta...

Paul Dean Junkersfeld

Paul Dean Junkersfeld

May 14, 2018

Paul Junkersfeld of Eureka, Kansas died on Monday, May 14, 2018, at his home in Eureka, at the age of 75. He was born May 15, 1942, in Pocahontas, Arkansas, the son of Alvin Albert and Evelyn Pauline (Holt) Junkersfeld. He was raised in the Pocahontas area and graduated from St. Paul’s Catholic High School. On July 21, 1962, Paul...

Bradley Paul Warren

Bradley Paul Warren

May 10, 2018

Bradley Paul Warren of Piedmont, died on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at his home in Piedmont, at the age of 58. He was born on July 29, 1959, in El Dorado, Kansas, the son of Billy R. and Karen (Bearden) Warren. At the age of eighteen he began working for Blackburn Construction where he remained for 11 years. He then...

Barbara Lou Dunkelberger

Barbara Lou Dunkelberger

Apr 25, 2018

Barbara Lou (Morehouse) Dunkelberger of Dallas, Texas passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at the age of 81. Services will be on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. in the Brooks Family Chapel of the North Dallas Funeral Home, 2710 Valley View Lane, Farmers Branch, Texas 75234. Interment will be in Toronto Cemetery in Toronto, Kansas. Please leave...

Donald Lee Patterson

Donald Lee Patterson

Apr 12, 2018

Donald Lee Patterson of El Dorado, died on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at Lakepoint Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in El Dorado, at the age of 82. He was born on July 5, 1935, in Peabody, Kansas, the son of Lacester Devern and Dorothy Loretta (Fellingham) Patterson. He was raised Kansas City, Missouri and attended local schools. In 1953, Don was...

Frances Marie Gillis

Frances Marie Gillis

Apr 6, 2018

Frances Marie Gillis of Eureka, died on Friday, April 6, 2018 at her home in Eureka, at the age of 43. She was born on October 10, 1974, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Phil and Cynthia (Rhoads) Edwardson. She was raised in Emporia and graduated from local schools. She later attended Johnson County Community College. In 1997, Frances was...

Phillip "Phil" Johnston

Phillip "Phil" Johnston

Mar 30, 2018

Phillip Elwin Johnston of Eureka, died on Friday, March 30, 2018 at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton, Kansas, at the age of 83. He was born on December 12, 1934, in Yates Center, Kansas, the son of Sidney Warren and Nina (Cortelyou) Johnston. He was raised in Climax and Eureka, graduating from Eureka High School. He joined the United...

Jackie L. Miller

Jackie L. Miller

Mar 29, 2018

Jackie Lea Miller of Eureka, died on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 86. She was born on August 5, 1931, in Peabody, Kansas, the daughter of Allen Roy and Sylvia Lillian (Milner) Bumgardner. She was raised in rural Greenwood County attending Eureka High School, graduating with the class of 1949. She...

Michael Alan Tannahill

Michael Alan Tannahill

Mar 22, 2018

Michael Alan Tannahill of Eureka, Kansas, died Thursday, March 22, 2018, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 58. Mike was born October 10, 1959, in San Gabriel, CA, the son of Joseph Dayrel and Gladis (Scheck) Tannahill. He attended local schools, and graduated from Alhambra High School with the class of 1977. Following graduation, Mike moved...

Paul J. Burk

Paul J. Burk

Mar 10, 2018

Paul James Burk of Eureka, died on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 94. He was born on August 17, 1923, in Eureka, the son of John F. and Mamie (Brazil) Burk. He was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School with the class of 1941. He attended Catholic...

Lois (Morton) Himes

Lois (Morton) Himes

Mar 2, 2018

Lois Evelyn (Morton) Himes of Emporia, died on Friday, March 2, 2018 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor in Emporia, Kansas, at the age of 92. She was born on December 10, 1925, in Lebanon, Indiana, the daughter of William and Carrie (Wiley) Morton. She was raised in Lebanon and graduated from Lebanon High School with the class of 1943. She then...

Virginia May Glasco

Virginia May Glasco

Feb 21, 2018

Virginia May Glasco of Eureka, died on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 91. She was born on August 5, 1926, in Eureka, the daughter of James Harvey and Leta (Wallace) Gray. She was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School. She met George “Dale” Glasco in Lawrence and...

Bessie C. Lewis

Bessie C. Lewis

Feb 15, 2018

Bessie C. Lewis Bessie C. Lewis of Eureka, died Thursday, February 15, 2018, at the Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 87. She was born July 30, 1930, near Climax, in Greenwood County, Kansas, the daughter of Arnold and Alice Marrieta (Hosler) Smith. She attended rural schools, graduating with the Eureka High School Class of 1949. On...

Jackie Leann Pryce

Jackie Leann Pryce

Jan 24, 2018

Jackie Leann (Messick) Pryce of Eureka, died on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, at the age of 56. She was born on July 10, 1961, in Lyons, the daughter of Jack and Margaret (Taylor) Messick. She was raised in Raymond,and graduated from Chase High School with the class of 1979 and Dodge City Community...

Clara (Swayne) Stone

Clara (Swayne) Stone

Jan 18, 2018

Clara (Swayne) Stone, formerly of Eureka, Kansas, died on Thursday, January 18, 2018, at Wichita Presbyterian Manor in Wichita, at the age of 86. She was born July 20, 1931, near Ruleton, Kansas, the daughter of Henry Franklin and Ethel (Doggett) Swayne. She was raised in Sherman County and attended local schools, graduating from Kanorado High School with the class...

Edna Mae Birtciel

Edna Mae Birtciel

Jan 16, 2018

Edna Mae Birtciel Edna Mae Birtciel of Madison, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 6, 2018, at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, at the age of 93. She was born on February 1, 1924, in El Dorado, Kansas, the daughter of Vonzo and Verna Mae (Dowell) Beeman. She graduated from Hamilton High School, Hamilton, Kansas with the class of 1942. On...

Arlie Eugene Chastain

Arlie Eugene Chastain

Jan 7, 2018

Arlie Eugene Chastain of El Dorado, Kansas, died Sunday, January 7, 2018, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 88. He was born July 5, 1929, in Madison, the son of Frank and Ethel Chastain. The family moved to Eureka and he attended local schools. Following his schooling, Arlie went to work as a heavy equipment operator...

Meriem Roby Anderson

Meriem Roby Anderson

Jan 5, 2018

Meriem Lucille (Roby) Anderson of Eureka, in her cherished WASP parlance, took her final flight on Friday, January 5, 2018 at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 96. She was born on July 12, 1921, in Eureka, Kansas, the daughter of E.C. and Leota (Shambaugh) Roby. She attended school at Mrs. Harris School for Girls in...

Martha Louise Purkeypile

Martha Louise Purkeypile

Dec 27, 2017

Martha Louise Purkeypile, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, December 27, 2017, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 95. She was born February 3, 1922, in Elk City, Kansas, the daughter of Frank L. and Anna (McCarty) Wilson. She was raised in Elk City and attended local schools. The family moved to Eureka and Martha met Harold...

Patricia G. "Pat" Crouch

Patricia G. "Pat" Crouch

Dec 12, 2017

Patricia “Pat” Crouch Patricia Glee “Pat” Crouch of Eureka, died on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 82. She was born on August 13, 1935, near Climax, Kansas, the daughter of Marlin Frederick and Edith Irene (Martin) Ferguson. She was raised in the Climax area and graduated from Climax High School...