Obituaries
Carole Edith (Ruhlen) Gray
Aug 11, 2017
Carole Gray, 89, passed away on Friday, August 11, 2017 in Lenexa, Kansas. Carole was born August 9, 1928 at Winchester, KS, the youngest of five children of Rev. Charles and Edith (Stafford) Ruhlen. Carole grew up in multiple small Kansas towns as the daughter of a Methodist minister. A Jayhawk and Watkins Hall scholar, she graduated from K.U. in...
Leota Louise Davis
Aug 3, 2017
Leota Louise Davis of rural Eureka, died on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at her home, at the age of 78. She was born on August 2, 1939, in Gasconade township, Missouri, the daughter of Cornelius and Clara (Calhoun) VanNess. She was raised in Missouri until age thirteen when the family moved to Wichita. Leota graduated from Wichita North High School....
F. Lavern Boardman
Aug 3, 2017
Francis “Lavern” Boardman of Eureka, KS, died on Thursday, August 3, 2017, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 83, after a ten year battle with cancer. He was born on December 5, 1933, in Tonovay, Kansas, the son of S. L. and Mabel (Denner) Boardman. He was raised in Tonovay and graduated from Tonovay High School...
David Edward Buckle
Jul 22, 2017
David Edward Buckle of Topeka, died on Saturday, July 22, 2017 at his home in Topeka, at the age of 59. He was born on October 29, 1957, in Eureka, the son of Edward Eugene and Mable “Joan” (Bradford) Buckle. The family moved often while David was young and he grew up in Norwalk, California, Tripoli, Libya, Torremolinos, Spain, and...
Roger Ray Petty
Jul 22, 2017
Roger R. Petty Roger Ray Petty of Eureka, died on Saturday, July 22, 2017 at his home in Eureka, at the age of 61. He was born on April 26, 1956, in Eureka, the son of Alvin Earl and Clara “Hope” (Wade) Petty. He was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. He worked for Central Plains Steel in Wichita...
Owen Foster "Pud"Click
Jun 19, 2017
Owen Foster “Pud” Click, of Eureka, KS, died Monday, June 19, 2017, at his home in Eureka, at the age of 94. Owen was born March 1, 1923, in Sallyards, KS, the son of Elbridge A. and Margaret (Foster) Click. He attended local schools and graduated with the Eureka High School Class of 1941. Following graduation, he went into the...
William Henry "Bill" Cummings
Jun 17, 2017
William Henry “Bill” Cummings died Saturday, June 17, 2017, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka at the age of 95. Bill was born September 27, 1921, in Fall River Township, Greenwood County, KS, to John Edward and Millie Belle (Wright) Cummings. He attended schools in Fall River and graduated from Fall River High School. Bill worked along with his father,...
Margret Joice Chastain
Jun 14, 2017
Margret Joice Chastain formerly of Eureka, KS, died Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at her home in El Dorado, KS, at the age of 83. She was born August 31, 1933, in Eureka, the daughter of Wallace C. and Katie (Luke) Call. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. On March 22, 1948, Margaret was united in marriage to...
Eda Fern Mitchell
Jun 6, 2017
Eda Fern (Matlock) Mitchell of Hamilton, KS, died on June 6, 2017 at the Eureka Nursing Center at the age of 89. She was born on March 10, 1928 in Payne County, OK, near Cushing. She was the daughter of Jesse Hubert and Ethel Anna (Booth) Matlock. Eda and her family moved to Greenwood County in Kansas at the age...
Helen M. (Oblander) Bland
Jun 6, 2017
Helen Bland, passed away peacefully in St. Louis after a full life, well lived. She was a determined woman born the baby in the family of five in Eureka, Kansas to immigrants Jacob and Lydia (Diel) Oblander. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother, friend and devoted Christian. She worked at the Credit Bureau for over...
Robert Gene "Bobby" Maclaskey
Jun 1, 2017
Robert Gene “Bobby” Maclaskey of Augusta, died on Thursday, June 1, 2017, in Butler County, Kansas at the age of 53. He was born on March 16, 1964, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the son of Robert Gene and Martha Lee (Savage) Kincaid. He was later adopted by Bill Maclaskey. He was raised in Eureka and graduated from local schools. He...
Clarence Eugene Taliaferro
May 18, 2017
Clarence Taliaferro Clarence Taliaferro, 69, of Severy, KS and part-time resident of Clinton, Iowa passed away early morning on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at his home in Severy, Kansas. He was born on Dec. 26, 1947 in Eureka, KS to Louis “Frank” and Wilma (McMurray) Taliaferro. He graduated from Severy High School with the Class of 1965. He married N....
Betty Mae Felter
May 17, 2017
Betty Mae Felter of Eureka, KS, died on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at her home in Eureka at the age of 84. She was born May 8, 1933, in McPherson, Kansas, the daughter of David Everett and Florence Emma (Davis) Robinson. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools, graduating with the Eureka High School Class of 1950. Following...
Dorothy J. (Coon) Criss
May 16, 2017
Dorothy Jane (Coon) Criss of Eureka, died on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 99. She was born in rural Hamilton, on October 22, 1917, the daughter of Earl and Emma (Sallyards) Coon. She was raised in the Hamilton and Eureka area and attended local schools, graduating from Eureka High School with...
Danny Hurley
May 14, 2017
Danny Hurley of Eureka, died on Sunday, May 14, 2017 at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 45. He was born on October 15, 1971, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Donnie and Mary Hurley. He was raised in Climax and attended local schools, graduating from Eureka High School with the Class of 1990. He also attended...
Mary Ellen Alford
May 10, 2017
Mary Ellen Alford formerly of Eureka, died on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at Derby Health and Rehab in Derby, at the age of 83. She was born on July 20, 1933, in Chautauqua County, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph Isaac and Minnie Belle (Tannahill) Dye. She was raised on the family farm, northeast of Sedan attending local schools. She graduated...
Sherry Ree (Schneider) Owen
Apr 26, 2017
Sherry Ree (Schneider) Owen, was born in Howard, KS on March 30, 1936, and died at UMC Hospital, in Lubbock, TX on April 26, 2017. She was raised in Eureka, KS and lived in Southeast New Mexico since 1955. Sherry was one of nine children born to Joseph and Mildred Schneider. Sherry, Darlene Brand, Darrel, Joseph, and David Schneider are...
Martha Helen Braden
Apr 24, 2017
Martha Helen Braden of Eureka, died on Monday, April 24, 2017, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 71. She was born on December 31, 1945 in Eureka, the daughter of John M. and Helen R. (Brougher) Braden. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools, graduating with the Eureka High School Class of 1963. Following...
Pauline Arguelles
Apr 22, 2017
Pauline Arguelles of Eureka, died Saturday, April 22, 2017, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 85. She was born January 15, 1932, in Longton, Kansas, to Anastasio and Francisca (Martinez) Arguelles. She was raised in Elk and Greenwood Counties and attended local schools, graduating with the Eureka High School Class of 1951. Following graduation, Pauline moved...
Susan "Susi" Becker
Apr 21, 2017
Susan Janelle Becker of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, died on Friday, April 21, 2017 at Grace Living Center Brookwood, in Oklahoma City, at the age of 65. She was born on November 22, 1951, in Kingman, Kansas, the daughter of James and Alice Ann (West) Woodson. She was raised in Penalosa, Kansas and graduated from Kingman High School. She completed an...
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