Obituaries
Randall Ray Stewart
Nov 20, 2012
Randall Ray Stewart Randall Ray Stewart of Eureka, died on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at Via Christi – St. Francis Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 46. He was born on February 3, 1966, in Hobart, Oklahoma, the son of Lloyd Thomas and Genie (Burch) Stewart. He was raised in Lawton, Oklahoma and Smithville, Missouri. In 1978, the family...
Opal Arlone Thole
Nov 20, 2012
Opal A. Thole Opal Arlone Thole formerly of Fall River, died on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka at the age of 89. She was born on November 27, 1922, in Newton, the daughter of Ivan and Stella (Lang) Egy. She was raised in Hesston and graduated from Hesston High School and went on to...
Ronald Avery Ebberts
Nov 12, 2012
Ronald Avery Ebberts Ronald A. Ebberts, of Eureka, died at his residence on Monday, November 12, 2012, at the age of 79. He was born in Piedmont, Kansas on June 28, 1933, the son of Leo M. and Ruth N. (Satchell) Ebberts. Ron was raised in the Piedmont/Eureka area. He graduated from Tonovay High School with the class of 1951....
Sandra Lavonne Blevins
Nov 7, 2012
Sandra L. Blevins Sandra LaVonne Blevins passed away November 7, 2012 at Via Christi – St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, at the age of 66. She was born on July 27, 1946, to Floyd Elwood and Phyllis Sophia (Olson) Brown in Eureka. She was raised on a farm northwest of Utopia. She attended Worley School District 67 and graduated from...
Shelia Jean Shue
Oct 29, 2012
Shelia Shue Shelia Jean Shue, of Eureka, died on Monday, October 29, 2012 at Via Christi – St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, at the age of 62. She was born on January 22, 1950, in Eureka, the daughter of Chester Marion and Nina (Vest) Myers. She was raised in Eureka and Toronto, graduating from Toronto High School. After her schooling...
Leroy Cohen Jr
Oct 27, 2012
Leroy Cohen Jr. Leroy Cohen, Jr., of Virgil, died on October 27, 2012 at Via-Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita at the age of 54. Leroy was born on July 16, 1958, in DeLand, Florida, the son of Leroy, Sr. and Dorothy (Goodwin) Cohen. He was raised in Enterprise, Florida and attended local schools. After his schooling Leroy was a...
Hubert Leonard Gibson Jr
Oct 18, 2012
Hubert L. “JR” Gibson Hubert Leonard Gibson, Jr. of Eureka, died on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at Via Christi – St. Francis Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 64. He was born on January 16, 1948, in Eureka, the son of Hubert Leonard and Opal Myrtle (Wright) Gibson. He was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School....
Donna Marie Buck
Oct 11, 2012
Donna Buck Donna Marie Buck, of Eureka, died on October 11, 2012 at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita at the age of 77. She was born on February 15, 1935 in Eureka, the daughter of John and Faye Violet (Kramm) Putnam. Donna was raised in Eureka and attended local schools graduating with her high school class. She worked at various...
Joshua Leon Smith
Oct 10, 2012
Joshua L. Smith Joshua L. Smith of Haysville, formerly of Toronto, died on October 10, 2012 in Toronto at the age of 25. Joshua was born in Wichita, the son of Clyde J. and Kimberly (Engstrand) Smith, Jr. He was raised in Toronto and attended school in Yates Center. Later he became a welder working with Local 798 in Tulsa....
Lavon Maxine Smith
Oct 10, 2012
LaVon Smith LaVon Maxine Smith of Toronto, died on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 83. She was born on November 26, 1928, in Yates Center, the daughter of Leo Alford and Mildred Alice (Stone) Harris. She was raised in Borger, Texas and Toronto. The family ran a grocery store in...
Melba Jean Fechter
Oct 3, 2012
Melba Fechter Melba Jean Fechter of Hamilton, died on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 82. She was born on December 4, 1929, in Quincy, the daughter of Theodore Allen and Inza (Hawkins) Ward. She was rasied in Quincy and graduated from Quincy High School. After graduation she moved to Wichita to...
Warren Murray Guisinger
Oct 1, 2012
Warren Murray Guisinger Warren Guisinger of Omaha, Nebraska, passed away on Monday, October 1, 2012, at the age of 92. He was born on August 18, 1920, in Eureka, KS, the son of Lettie and Arthur Guisinger. He married Dolly Lou McDonald in 1947 and they celebrated 65 years together this past June. Warren grew up on a farm near...
Anna May Jardot
Sep 26, 2012
Ann Jardot Anna May Jardot of Hamilton, died on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 79. She was born on June 8, 1933, in Attica, Kansas, the daughter of Marion “Luther” and Bessie (Pittman) Crabtree. She was raised in the Madison\Hamilton area graduating from Hamilton High School. On July 24, 1951,...
David Neil Sherman
Sep 19, 2012
David Sherman David Neil Sherman of Virgil, died on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, in El Dorado at the age of 59. He was born on June 14, 1953, in Beloit, the son of Allen and Mary (Strohm) Sherman. The family lived in Jewell until he was four, when they moved to Greenwood County, living...
John Cecil Jackson
Sep 2, 2012
John C. Jackson John Cecil Jackson, of Eureka, died on September 2, 2012 at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 56. John was born on October 18, 1955 in Eureka, the son of Albert and Gail (Leedy) Jackson. He was raised in the Eureka area attending local schools. After his graduation, he went to work in oil...
Becky Ranay Linden
Sep 1, 2012
Becky R. Linden Becky Ranay (Sherman) Linden, of Hamilton, died on September 1, 2012 at Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 55. She was born on August 22, 1957 in Eureka, Kansas the daughter of Melvin "Pat" and Lola (Crabtree) Sherman. She was raised in Hamilton and attended local schools. After her schooling she worked at various jobs. Later...
Kenneth Jean Baker
Aug 31, 2012
Kenneth J. Baker Kenneth Jean Baker of Toronto, passed away on August 31, 2012 at Eureka Nursing Center at the age of 86. Kenneth was born on June 21, 1926 in Toronto, the son of Gerald William and Ednah Pearl (Wilhite) Baker. He attended the Miller school house until 8th grade (skipping 4th grade) and was the state spelling champion...
Hazel Orrel Johnson
Aug 19, 2012
Hazel Johnson Hazel Orrel Houghton, the youngest child of John Louis and Lola Zieber Houghton, was born November 3, 1915, on a farm 2 ½ miles east of Severy, Kansas. She received her education in the old country “Economy” one-room schoolhouse and the old stone schoolhouse in Severy. She graduated from the Severy Rural High School in 1932. At the...
Junior Raymond Watts
Aug 13, 2012
Junior Raymond Watts Junior Raymond Watts, of Eureka, died at his residence on Monday, August 13, 2012, at the age of 84. He was born in Quincy, Kansas on February 3, 1928, the son of Charlie Otho and Ruby Marie (Crouch) Watts. Junior was raised in Quincy and attended school there. After his schooling he went to work in the...