Obituaries
Helen Mabel Bradford
Mar 4, 2009
Helen Mabel Bradford, formerly of Eureka, died Wednesday, March 4, 2009, in Glenwood, Arkansas, at the age of 101. Helen Mabel Bradford was born July 20, 1907, near Eureka, daughter of Elwin W. and Ellinor (Latter) Bradford. She attended rural grade schools and graduated from Climax Rural High School with the class of 1925. For nine years, Helen taught in...
Murray Shobe French
Feb 23, 2009
Murray Shobe French, of Eureka, died on Monday, February 23, 2009, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 89. He was born on December 5, 1919, in Fall River township, the son of James Garfield and Mamie (Shobe) French. He was raised in the Climax area and graduated from Climax High School with the class of 1939....
Leona Ruth Buchanan
Feb 12, 2009
Leona Ruth “Ruthie” Buchanan, of Eureka, died at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, on February 12, 2009, at the age of 95. She was born on December 21, 1913, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Charles Anderson and Anna Belle (Smith) Scott. She was raised in the Eureka area, and graduated from Tonovay High School. After graduation, Ruthie attended Kansas State...
Ronald Eugene Wilson
Feb 8, 2009
Ronald Eugene Wilson, of Eureka, died at his residence on Sunday, February 8, 2009, at the age of 60. He was born on November 1, 1948, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Bertram L. and Marion L. (Hoisington) Wilson. He was raised in Wichita and California. After his schooling, he entered the United States Army and served his country with...
Christine Olive Schlotterbeck
Feb 8, 2009
Christine Olive Schlotterbeck, a resident of Kansas for 84 years, died on February 8, 2009, in Phoenix, Arizona, at the age of 87. She was born on June 9, 1921, in Wichita, Kansas to Halsey H, Sr. and Isabelle Cook. Christine was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Bernadine; and two brothers, Halsey H, Jr., and James Martin....
Jean Isabel Ensign
Jan 28, 2009
Jean Isabel Ensign, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, January 28, 2009, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 82. She was born on January 17, 1927, in Wichita, the daughter of David O. and Beulah (Monroe) Kiser. She was raised in Wichita and graduated from the Wichita school system in 1944. She then attended Wichita State...
Margaret Sue Felter
Jan 14, 2009
Margaret Sue (Lilley) Felter, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 70. She was born on June 2, 1938, in Piedmont, the daughter of John Morton and Margaret Della (Fee) Lilley. She was raised in Piedmont and graduated from local schools. After her schooling, she worked for Southwestern Bell...
Richard Wallace Haw Iv
Jan 14, 2009
Richardson Wallace Haw, IV of Severy, died on January 14, 2009 at Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 63. A private family service will be held.
Sharon Lee Vancil
Jan 10, 2009
Sharon Lee Vancil, of Eureka, died on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at the Eureka Nursing Center, at the age of 56. She was born on January 15, 1952, the daughter of Howard Leon and Maria “Coletta” (Mayne) Vancil. She was raised in Severy and graduated from Severy High School. After high school she moved to Emporia where she graduated from...
Shirley Ann Rockhill
Dec 30, 2008
Shirley Ann Rockhill, of Eureka, died on Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 71. She was born on November 4, 1937, in Burns, the daughter of Edward Henry and Anna Ethel (Heath) Thackeray. She was raised in Great Bend and attended local schools. After her schooling, she moved to Topeka to attend...
Freda Eunice Ward
Dec 27, 2008
Freda Eunice Ward of Eureka, died on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at Eureka Nursing Center, at the age of 91. She was born on May 13, 1917, in Fall River, the daughter of Grover Cleveland and Mary Lucy (Guisinger) Mitchell. She was raised in the Fall River area and attended White Hall Country School. After her schooling, she worked as...
Vivian Margaret Olsen
Dec 20, 2008
Vivian Margaret Olsen, 90, formerly of rural Eureka, died on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at Chaucer Estates in Wichita, Kansas, where she had resided for the last four years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Olsen; and is survived by her four children: Dan Olsen, Ann Browning, Jane Bengtson and Rita Anello; her four sisters, Rachel Dill,...
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...
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