Obituaries
Winifred Loretta Rader
Jul 29, 2010
Winifred Loretta Rader of Arkansas City, formerly of Eureka, died on Thursday, July 29, 2010, at Presbyterian Manor in Arkansas City, at the age of 93. Winnie was born November 8, 1916, the daughter of Benjamin H. and Ruth (Nucklos) Butler. She was raised in the Tonovay area and graduated from Tonovay High School. Later she graduated from cosmetology school...
Richard James Lane
Jul 28, 2010
Richard James “Dick” Lane of Eureka, died on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at his residence, at the age of 81. He was born on October 25, 1928 in Climax, the son of Myron and Millie (Smith) Lane. Dick was raised in Climax and graduated from local schools. After his schooling, he worked out west before joining the Air Force serving...
Thomas Rodney Twadell Jr
Jul 25, 2010
Thomas Rodney Twadell, Jr. was born on July 14, 1958, in Inglewood, California, and passed away July 25, 2010 in Rialto, California. He attended Camden Military Academy in South Carolina for two years in high school and graduated from the Chaffey High School in Ontario, California. He enjoyed Cub and Boy Scouts, camping, fishing, boating, reading, his computer, and his...
William Alvin "Willie" Nordmeyer
Jul 15, 2010
William Alvin “Willie” Nordmeyer, of rural Eureka, died at his home on Thursday, July 15, 2010, at the age of 79. He was born on May 17, 1931, in Laramie, Wyoming, the son of William H. and Elsie (Liebau) Nordmeyer. Willie was raised in the Quincy/Toronto area and graduated from Quincy High School with the class of 1951. After his...
Robert Henry "Bob" Olson
Jul 14, 2010
Robert H. Olson of Eureka, died on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 74. Bob was born on December 19, 1935, in Wichita, the son of Otto and Marie (Beitz) Olson. After graduation in Climax, he worked at Ranch-Aid until going to work for KPL/Westar for 42 years. Bob was a supervisor for his...
Raymond Dee Flummer
Jul 13, 2010
Raymond Dee Flummer, of Eureka, died on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado, at the age of 92. He was born on February 25, 1918, in Wichita, the son of Oscar Calvin and Ollie (Anderson) Flummer. He was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School with the class of 1936. He...
Mary Louise Abbey
Jul 11, 2010
Mary Louise Abbey, of Virgil, died on Sunday, July 11, 2010, at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center, in Topeka, at the age of 81. She was born on May 2, 1929, in San Antonio, Texas, the daughter of Girolomo and Mary Grace (Daura) Maspero. She was raised in San Antonio, and graduated from local schools. After her schooling she lived on...
Geneva Dorthey Baker
Jul 3, 2010
Geneva Dorthey (Boster) Baker of Virgil, died on July 3, 2010, at Holiday Resort Nursing Home in Emporia at the age of 88. She was born on April 16, 1922 at Neodesha, KS, the daughter of Harry and Chloe (Burger) Boster. Geneva grew up at Neodesha and attended local schools. She worked at various jobs throughout Kansas, Texas, and Oregon...
Charles Gordon Rowe
Jun 29, 2010
Charles Gordon Rowe, of Eureka, died on Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 93. He was born on October 30, 1916, in Caney, the son of Charles K. and Fannie (Miller) Rowe. He was raised in Caney and attended local schools. He began working for Sinclair\Prairie Pipeline Company when he was only...
Charles Allen Troll
Jun 23, 2010
Charles Allen Troll, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 77. He was born on December 26, 1932, in rural Eureka, the son of Christian and Mary Charline (Vansickle) Troll. He was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. At the age of 17, Charles entered the United States...
Martha Sue Siemer
May 28, 2010
Martha Sue Siemer of El Dorado, died on Friday, May 28, 2010, at Via Christi - St. Francis Regional Medical in Wichita, at the age of 67. She was born on October 3, 1942, in Savonburg, Kansas, the daughter of Hubert and Hazel (Neely) Angleton. She is survived by one son, Darren Donaldson of Kansas City; four daughters, Michelle Finley...
Frank (Ben) Levi Lore Jr
May 22, 2010
Frank (Ben) Levi Lore Jr., of Eureka, died on May 22, 2010 at Eureka Nursing Center at the age of 89. Ben was born on October 2, 1920 at Lebo, Kansas on a farm. He was the son of Franklin Levi and Mae Frances (Peters) Lore. He grew up and attended schools in the Lebo and Hartford area. He served...
Evelyn Adeline Hobbs
May 21, 2010
Adeline Hobbs, 86, of Toronto, Kansas died Friday May 21, 2010 at the Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, Kansas. She was born on May 10, 1924 at Quincy, Ks., the daughter of Arthur and Anna (Crouch) Watts. She was the oldest of 13 children. On September 18, 1944 she married Victor Hobbs of Toronto in Yates Center, Kansas. After the...
Clark Gilman Betten
Apr 30, 2010
Clark Gilman Betten, of Fall River, died at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, on April 30, 2010, at the age of 91. He was born in Boyden, Iowa, on January 14, 1919, the son of Robert and Margaret (Reimers) Betten. Clark was raised in Boyden and attended school there. He moved to Fall River, in the early 1950’s, and...
Louise Marie Adams
Apr 21, 2010
Louise Marie Adams, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at Midland Hospice House, in Topeka, at the age of 94. She was born on April 19, 1916, in Garber, Oklahoma to August and Charlotte (Meier) Bruns. She attended grade school in Garber, Oklahoma, and Winfield, Kansas. She graduated from high school at the academy at St. John’s...
Sarah Irene Tannahill
Apr 19, 2010
Sarah “Irene” Tannahill, of Andover, died on April 19, 2010, at her residence in Andover, at the age of 84. She was born on April 21, 1925, in Virgil, Kansas, the daughter of John and Mattie (Philips) Thornton. Irene was raised in Virgil and attended local schools. After her schooling, she moved to Kansas City, Missouri and worked at North...