Obituaries
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...
Curtis Raymond Shaw
Apr 20, 2017
Curtis Raymond Shaw of Eureka, died on Thursday, April 20, 2017, at the Via Christi Regional Burn Center in Wichita, at the age of 72. He was born on January 27, 1945, in Eureka, the son of Harrel and Elizabeth (Williams) Shaw. He was baptized on April 6, 1947, at Upper Fall River Lutheran Church and confirmed there on March...
Marilyn Fern Wegner
Apr 11, 2017
Marilyn Wegner of Eureka, KS, died Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 79. She was born October 12, 1937, in Greenwood County, KS, the daughter of George and Lily (Miller) Howald. She was raised in Greenwood County and attended local schools until she was ten years old. She was then enrolled in...
Neola Mae Miller
Apr 9, 2017
Neola Mae (McLean) Miller of Eureka, passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2017, at the age of 88. She was born on February 11, 1929, in rural Piedmont, the daughter of Walter R. and Mary “Neva” (Simmons) McLean. She was raised on the family farm north of Piedmont graduating from Piedmont High School with the Class of 1946. After attending...
Corylee Martin
Apr 2, 2017
Corylee Martin, of Eureka, died Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 81. She was born July 27, 1935, in Eureka, the daughter of Fred and Helen (Messenger ) Martin. Corylee was raised in Eureka and attended local schools, graduating from Eureka High School. Following graduation she went to work for the...
Marie Ann Coon
Mar 24, 2017
Marie “Ann” Coon of Eureka, KS, died Friday, March 24. 2017, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 60. Ann was born July 5, 1956, in Eureka, the daughter of Gilbert and Helen Weldene (Lozier) Coon. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools, graduating with the Eureka High School Class of 1974. Following graduation, Ann...