Obituaries
Richard Lee Van Der Ploeg
Dec 19, 2008
Richard Van Der Ploeg, of Eureka, died on December 19, 2008 at Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 64. He was born on June 28, 1944 in Troy, Michigan, the son of Peter and Helen (Wells) Van Der Ploeg. He was raised in the Detroit area and attended local schools. After his schooling he joined the Army serving in...
Erma Delores Eaton
Dec 3, 2008
Erma Delores Eaton, of Eureka, died on December 3, 2008 at Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 96. Erma was born on October 10, 1912 in Greensburg, Kansas. The family moved to Texoma, Oklahoma and later to Colorado for a short while before moving to back to Eureka in 1919. She attended local schools graduating with the class of...
Eleanor Louise Austin
Dec 1, 2008
Eleanor L. Austin, of Eureka, Kansas, died at home on Monday, December 1, 2008, at the age of 73. She was born on February 16, 1935, in Eureka, Kansas, the daughter of Nelty and Opal (Thornton) Lewis. She graduated from high school in Eureka and went on to study nursing at St. Francis School of Nursing in Wichita, Kansas. Eleanor...
Virgil Lee Cox
Nov 29, 2008
Virgil Lee Cox, of Eureka, died on Saturday, November 29, 2008 at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 75. He was born on May 17, 1933 in Thayer, the son of John and Lola (Baker) Cox. Early in Virgil’s life, the family moved to and began farming in Galesburg. Later the family moved to Longton. Virgil attended...
Homer Martin Wilson Sr
Nov 27, 2008
Homer M. Wilson, Sr. of Eureka, died on November 27, 2008, at his residence at the age of 45. He was born on April 17, 1963, the son of Steven and Dorothy Shumate (Wilson) Sr. He was raised in Wichita and attended local schools. After his graduation he lived in the Wichita area and worked for the Wichita Eagle newspaper...
Letha Runyon Dimick
Nov 24, 2008
Letha (Runyon) Dimick, of Eureka, died on Monday, November 24, 2008, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka at the age of 89. She was born on June 7, 1919, at Mendon, Ohio the 9th of 12 children born to Charles C. and Cynthia (Baker) Runyon. In 1920, the family moved from Ohio to an oil lease west of New Albany,...
Darrell Wytte Shaw
Nov 24, 2008
Darrel Wytte Shaw, of Eureka, died on Monday, November 24, 2008 at Galichia Heart Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 70. He was born on August 29, 1938, in Eureka, the son of Harrel and Elizabeth (Williams) Shaw. He was raised in Eureka, and graduated from Eureka High School. After his schooling, Darrel worked for the State of Kansas...
Claud C Markley
Nov 19, 2008
Claud C. Markley, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 88. He was born on April 18, 1920, in Potwin, the son of William and Minnie Myrtle (Potter) Markley. He was raised in Potwin and attended local schools, graduating from Potwin High School with the class of 1938. During...
Rosa Maria Cheney
Nov 11, 2008
Rosa Maria Cheney of Eureka, died on November 11, 2008, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 81. Rosa was born on June 1, 1927, in Graz, Austria the daughter of Karl and Rosa (Fauland) Paar. She was raised in Austria and attended local schools. Her parents died when she was young and so was raised by...
Carl Lynn Larcom
Nov 7, 2008
Wichita- Larcom, Carl L., 53, died on Friday., November 7, 2008. Private family service at a later date.
Philip Andrew Francis
Nov 7, 2008
Philip A. Francis of Eureka, died Friday, November 7, 2008 at his residence at the age of 25. He was born on March 13, 1983 in Eureka, Kansas the son of Stewart and Denise (Parks) Francis. Philip was raised in the Eureka area and attended local schools until the age of 15 when the family moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma....
Shirley Claycomb Adams
Nov 5, 2008
Shirley Claycomb Adams, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at Galachia Heart Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 94. He was born on April 14, 1914, in Eureka, Kansas, the son of William Fayette and Hattie Vera (Claycomb) Adams. He was raised in Eureka, and attended local schools. On January 3, 1933, Shirley was united in marriage...
Dorothy Lorene Boone
Nov 1, 2008
Dorothy “Lorene” Boone, of Eureka, died on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 84. She was born on December 1, 1923, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, the daughter of Thomas and Pearl Mae (Cook) Lawrence. She spent her early years in Oklahoma before the family moved to Severy during Lorene’s teenage years. She graduated...
Eugene Gilbert Austin
Oct 28, 2008
Eugene Gilbert Austin, of Eureka, died at home on Tuesday, Octover 28, 2008 at the age of 80. He was born July 25, 1928, in Chanute, Kansas the son of Bert and Iva (Smith) Austin. He was raised and graduated from high school in Stonewall, Oklahoma. Eugene served in the United States Army Ordinance Supply from 1946 to 1948 and...
Melba Louise Reising
Oct 26, 2008
Melba Louise Reising of Eureka, formerly of Hamilton, died on Sunday, October 26, 2008 at the age of 96. She was born on October 28, 1911 in Hamilton, Kansas the daughter of Ed and Mary (Monier) Reising. She was raised in the Hamilton area and attended local schools. After her schooling she moved to Wichita to be a nanny. Melba...
Betty Jean Handley
Oct 24, 2008
Betty Handley of Wichita, formerly of Eureka, died on October 24, 2008 at her residence at the age of 83. She was born on July 30, 1925 in Eureka, Kansas the daughter of Joel “Shorty” and Marion “Slim” (Woolridge) Martin. She was raised and attended school in the Greenwood County Hills area. After her schooling she married Dwight Handley Sr....
Gerald Eugene "Gene" Smith
Oct 22, 2008
Gerald Eugene Smith, of Toronto, died on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 84. He was born on October 23, 1923, in Wellington, the son of Carlyle and Elta Mae (Lynn) Smith. He was raised in the Greenwood County area and graduated from Neal High School. On July 15, 1956, Gene...
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