Obituaries

Alberta Carol Vanzant

Alberta Carol Vanzant

Dec 4, 2014

Alberta Van Zant Our beloved sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Alberta Carol Van Zant left the Eureka Nursing Center to sit at the feet of Jesus on December 4, 2014, at the age of 83 years, and 5 months. Greeting her was her husband, Fayne; two sons, Randy and Rick; and her parents, Harry and Elizabeth Chichester; whom had preceded her...

Thelma "Tj" Close

Thelma "Tj" Close

Dec 4, 2014

Thelma “TJ” Close Thelma June Close of Eureka, died on Thursday, December 4, 2014, at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 79. She was born on August 27, 1935, in Sumner County, Kansas the daughter of George Ernest and Mary Kennith (Whitting) Reynolds. On July 27, 1952, she was united in marriage to Dick Allen Close...

Donald Jackson "Don" Huntington

Donald Jackson "Don" Huntington

Nov 30, 2014

Donald “Don” Jackson Huntington Sunrise of the life of Donald Jackson Huntington began on August 31, 1938. Sunset came on November 30, 2014, when he passed from this life on earth. He died peace fully at home with his family at the age of 76 years. Don was the second son of Margaret Adelia (Jackson) and Colbert Clinton Huntington and...

Johnnie Lee Hamilton

Johnnie Lee Hamilton

Nov 28, 2014

John L. Hamilton John Lee Hamilton of Reece, died on November 28, 2014 at Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 61. John was born on September 26, 1953 in Eureka, Kansas the son of Dale and Irene (Petty) Hamilton. He attended local schools and graduated from Eureka High School. After his schooling he worked with his father in construction....

Betty Louise Mcintyre

Betty Louise Mcintyre

Nov 27, 2014

Betty L. McIntyre Betty Louise McIntyre of Wichita, formerly of Eureka also known “Grandma Mac” went home to be with her Lord on November 27, 2014. Betty was born on June 10, 1924 in El Dorado, Kansas the daughter of Tillman and Anna (Meier) Bennett. She was raised in El Dorado before the family moved to Leon where she graduated...

William Raymond Rawlings

William Raymond Rawlings

Nov 10, 2014

Raymond Rawlings William Raymond Rawlings of Eureka, died on Monday, November 10, 2014 at Vintage Park in Eureka, at the age of 91. He was born on November 19, 1922 in Eureka, the son of William Homer and Augusta (Bancroft) Rawlings. He was raised six miles southwest of Eureka in the Farmington community, and attended Farmington District 50 Grade School....

Cynthia Lynn Musil

Cynthia Lynn Musil

Nov 6, 2014

Cynthia Musil Cindy Musil, 46, wife of Melvin Musil, Jr., son of Dorothy & Melvin, Sr. of Edson, KS; and daughter to Lonnie & Lyle Kimminau of Goodland, passed away in her home on November 6, 2014, in Eureka, KS. She left behind her loving children, Seth Campbell of Wichita; Levi Lawrence of Eureka; and Brianna Lawrence of Parks, Nebraska....

Harold Thomas Black

Harold Thomas Black

Nov 4, 2014

Harold Thomas Black Harold Thomas Black passed away November 4, 2014. He was born on December 2, 1926 in Greenwood County, Kansas to John and Ethel K. Black. He graduated from Reece High School in 1942 and attended Kansas State College in Manhattan, Kansas. He entered the US Navy in January 1945 and served in the Pacific during World War...

Mae Frances Liebau

Mae Frances Liebau

Nov 1, 2014

Mae F. Shinkle-Liebau Mae Frances Shinkle-Liebau died on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at Select Specialty Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 78. She was born on July 12, 1936, in Hartford, Kansas, the daughter of Gilbert Daniel and Dorothy A. (Lore) Woods. She was raised in Wichita attending local schools. While there, she worked at the Orpheum Theater. Later...

Donna Lorene Cross

Donna Lorene Cross

Nov 1, 2014

Donna L. Cross Donna Lorene (Hebb) Redmond Cross was born on September 2, 1938, at the Wilson County Hospital, Neodesha, Ks to Manley and Letha (Jontra) Hebb. She was raised on the family farm southwest of Fall River, Ks, and graduated from Fall River High School in 1956. She married Bill Redmond in October 1956 and they divorced in December...

Evelyn Martha Baker

Evelyn Martha Baker

Oct 31, 2014

Evelyn M. Baker Evelyn Martha Baker of Eureka, formerly of Toronto, died on October 31, 2014 at the Eureka Nursing Center at the age of 88. Evelyn was the eldest daughter of Leo Alfred and Mildred (Stone) Harris. She was born on November 3, 1925 in Yates, Center Kansas. The family moved to the oil boom town of Phillips, Texas...

Oscar Earl Hudson

Oscar Earl Hudson

Oct 30, 2014

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Theodore George Mariani

Theodore George Mariani

Oct 30, 2014

Ted Mariani Theodore George “Ted” Mariani, Pharm. D., of Eureka, died on Thursday, October 30, 2014 at Kansas Medical Center in Andover at the age of 84. He was born on October 13, 1930, in The Bronx, New York, the son of Richard and Carmina Nellie (May) Mariani. After serving in the United States Navy, he transferred in to the...

Virgil Rex Mccormack

Virgil Rex Mccormack

Oct 18, 2014

Virgil R. McCormack Virgil Rex McCormack was born south of Moran, Kansas, on September 1, 1920, to Fredrick Percy McCormack and Myrtle Alice Ferguson, the youngest of three children. He departed on October 18, 2014, at the Life Care Center, Andover, Kansas, where he resided for two days after a stay at the hospital. When Virgil was four years old,...

Alice Dollie Howe

Alice Dollie Howe

Sep 28, 2014

Alice D. Howe Alice Dollie (Young) Fowler-Howe, 92, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, September 28, 2014, at the Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, Kansas. She was born November 27, 1921, the seventh of nine children, to Danial Jamson and Addie Mae (Ortwein) Young, in rural Russell County, Kansas. She attended school in Russell County. On December 2,...

Horace Frank Holmes

Horace Frank Holmes

Sep 26, 2014

Horace F. Holmes Horace F. Holmes, 92, passed away on September 26, 2014. Entombment in family plot 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at Greenwood Cemetery, Eureka, KS, with Reverend Kenneth Baker of the First United Methodist Church of Eureka officiating. He leaves behind a devoted family and many friends who celebrate his life even as they mourn his death....

Iola Ruth Chambers

Iola Ruth Chambers

Sep 17, 2014

Iola Ruth Chambers Iola Ruth Chambers of Eureka, died on Wednesday, September 17, 2014, at her home in Eureka, at the age of 98. She was born on December 18, 1915, in Okeene, Oklahoma, the daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Diel) Oblander. She was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka schools with the class of 1935. On July 19,...

Paul Lugrand

Paul Lugrand

Sep 14, 2014

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Patricia Josephine Stevenson

Patricia Josephine Stevenson

Sep 12, 2014

Patricia Jo Stevenson Patricia Josephine Stevenson of Haysville, died on Friday, September 12, 2014 at Via Christi – St. Francis Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 81. She was born on December 22, 1932, in Pheifer, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob and Mary Dome. She was raised in Pheifer and Wichita, graduating from Sacred Heart High School of Wichita....

William Melvin Mills

William Melvin Mills

Sep 7, 2014

Bill Mills Bill Mills of Eureka, died on September 7, 2014 at Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 54. Bill was born on October 20, 1959 in Iola, Kansas the son of Vernie Lee and Nancy Faye (Hayden) Mills. The family moved to Eureka in 1966 where Bill attended local schools graduating from Eureka High School. After his schooling...