Obituaries
Robert Dale "Bob" Brown
Mar 12, 2008
Bob Brown of Wichita, died on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at his home at the age of 77. He was born on August 18, 1930, the son of Richmond B. and Ethel M. (Benson) Brown. He was raised in Eureka, and graduated from Eureka High School with the class of 1948. After Bob’s schooling he moved to Wichita where he...
Mary Aline Benest
Mar 11, 2008
Mary “Aline” Benest, died on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at her home in Severy, at the age of 100. She was born on March 6, 1908, in Elk County, the daughter of Marion and Margaret (Wilson) Speer. She was raised in Howard and attended local schools. She received her Normal Teacher Training from Pittsburg State Teachers College, and began teaching...
Dwight Howard Handley Sr
Mar 6, 2008
Dwight Howard Handley Sr., of Wichita, died at his home on March 6, 2008, at the age of 84. He was born in Cambridge, Kansas on April 17, 1923, the son of John and Katharine (Copple) Handley. He was raised in Eureka, and graduated from Eureka High School. After his schooling, he was united in marriage to Betty Martin in...
Margaret Dene Cain
Mar 2, 2008
Margaret Dene Cain, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka, on Sunday, March 2, 2008, at the age of 83. She was born in Winchester, Virginia, on June 14, 1924, the daughter of Robert and Pearl (Dieffendoerfer) Striker. She was raised in Winchester and attended school there. Her early adult life was spent in Washington, D.C. working for a United...
James Riley Crabtree
Mar 1, 2008
James Riley Crabtree, of Climax, died at his home on Saturday, March 1, 2008, at the age of 83. He was born in Moberry, Arkansas on April 11, 1924, the son of Robert Lee and Minnie (Lovitt) Crabtree. He was raised in Arkansas and attended school there. After his schooling he worked as a brick layer in Wichita. On February...
Bernice Evelyn Crossfield
Feb 29, 2008
Bernice Evelyn Crossfield 92, died February 29, 2008 at the Richmond Health and Rehabilitation Center in Richmond, Kansas. She was born on April 14, 1915 the daughter of David Elijah and Mable (Gilliland) Schlingloff in Hill City, Kansas. She took Normal training and got her teachers certificate and taught school for a few years, then went on to Emporia State...
Ella Maurine Stuber
Feb 29, 2008
Maurine Stuber of Eureka, Kansas died on February 29, 2008 at Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 84. She was born on February 1, 1924 in Eureka, Kansas the daughter of Pete and Eva (Stilwell) Broddle. She was raised on a farm near Climax. She attended local schools graduating from Climax High School. In 1941 she married Dale Stuber...
Gerald Russell "Jack" Thornton
Feb 29, 2008
Gerald R. Thornton, of Eureka died on Friday, February 29, 2008 at Medicalodge of Eureka at the age of 92. He was born on March 13, 1915 in Eureka, Kansas, the son of Harry Daniel and Susan Evelyn (Nugent) Thornton. He was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. He went to work on a Quail farm in Kingman County,...
Helen Nadine Buffington
Feb 25, 2008
Helen Nadine Buffington, of Eureka, died at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas on Monday, February 25, 2008, at the age of 93. She was born in Greenwood County, Kansas on August 23, 1914, the daughter of Glad Eric and Myrtle Mae (Langton) Purkeypile. Helen was raised in Greenwood County and graduated from Hamilton High School. In 1934, she was...
Lendon Devoice "Slim" Griffitts
Feb 17, 2008
Lendon D. “Slim” Griffitts of Eureka, died on February 17, 2008, at Medicalodge of Eureka at the age of 89. Slim was born on November 3, 1918 in Elbing, Kansas the son of Thomas Ian and Elizabeth Ada (Mitchell) Griffitts. He lived in the Haysville and Wichita area until he was sixteen when the family moved to the Eureka. After...
Perry Michael Mccolpin
Feb 10, 2008
Perry McColpin was born October 2, 1945, in Eureka, Kansas, the son of Dwight and Dora (McKee) McColpin. When he was 2 years old, his family moved to Tustin, California, where his mother Dora helped her father run a café there. Perry grew up in Tustin until age 16, when he came back to Eureka to finish High School. Aunt...
Vicky Jo Meadows
Feb 8, 2008
Vicky Jo Meadows, of Toronto, died on Friday, February 8, 2008, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 53. She was born on January 19, 1955, in Eureka, the daughter of Loren and Shirley (McMillian) Gulick. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. At the end of her sophomore year, she was united in marriage...
Clara Alice "Billie" Matzen
Feb 5, 2008
Clara Alice “Billie” (Maninger) Matzen died on February 5, 2008, at Medicalodge in Eureka, at the age of 102. She was born on the farm home of her parents in Harper County, Kansas, on May 15, 1905; the seventh and youngest child of John L. and Pricilla (Wyenneth) Maninger. She was nicknamed “Billie” from a young age, because she was...
Fred Leroy Buster
Jan 28, 2008
Fred LeRoy Buster of Eureka, died on Monday, January 28, 2008 at his home in Eureka, at the age of 85. He was born on September 3, 1922, in Tyro, Kansas, the son of Earl Franklin and Hilda Olive (Prouty) Buster. He was raised in Teterville and attended local grade schools. He attended and graduated from Eureka High School with...
Mary Adella George
Jan 25, 2008
Mary Adella George, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Friday, January 25, 2008, at the age of 97. She was born on October 24, 1910, in Stratton, Colorado, the daughter of Charlie and Maude (Vanetta) Lang. Her father was a traveling blacksmith and auctioneer, so during her childhood she traveled with her family throughout Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma,...
Herbert L James
Jan 18, 2008
Herbert L. James, 81, died peacefully in the comfort of his home Friday, January 18, 2008. He was born on April 30, 1926 in Wichita, Kansas the son of Jesse and Esther (Carlton) James. Herbert graduated from Wichita State University and then enlisted in the United States Army. Following his honorable discharge he furthered his education at Florida State University...
Rena Maxine Holmes
Jan 16, 2008
Rena “Maxine” Holmes, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 90. She was born on March 13, 1917, in Spearville, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd and Marguerite (Wiedower) Imel. She was raised in Spearville and graduated from Spearville High School with the class of 1935. On August 28, 1947,...
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