Obituaries
Dorothy Jill "Dottie" Miller
Jan 9, 2008
Dorothy Jill “Dottie” Miller, of Eureka, died on January 9, 2008 at Kansas City Hospice House, in Kansas City, at the age of 76. She was born on July 21, 1931 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Kenneth and Martha (Janes) Miller. In 1938, she moved to Eureka with Alice, Gordon, and Jo “Jolean” Shaw. Dottie was initiated into Eastwood...
Sammie Gene Cross
Dec 26, 2007
Sammie Gene Cross, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, December 26, 2007, at Yates Center Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at the age of 73. He was born on September 24, 1934 in Severy, the son of James Rufus and Jesse Fern (Wellman) Cross. He was raised in the Severy area and graduated from Climax High School. After graduation, he worked in...
Jackie Lee Kimball
Dec 25, 2007
Jackie Lee Kimball of Whitewater, Kansas formerly of El Dorado, died on December 25, 2007, at Wheat State Manor, in Whitewater, at the age of 72. He was born on June 8, 1935, the son of David Ira and Sylvia Iona (Frame) Kimball in El Dorado, Kansas. He was raised in El Dorado and graduated from El Dorado High School....
James Lee "J.L." Henderson
Dec 24, 2007
James Lee “J.L.” Henderson, of Eureka, died Monday, December 24, 2007, at Medicalodge in Eureka, at the age of 90. J.L. was born in Kansas City, Kansas, on May 5, 1917, the son of James Earl and Mildred (Stiffler) Henderson. The family resided in Kansas City, until they moved to Eureka in 1920. James attended Mulberry Elementary School and graduated...
Jane Eleanor Dennis
Dec 18, 2007
Jane Eleanor Dennis, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at the age of 94. She was born in Frankford, Kansas on May 12, 1913, the daughter of Dr. C. A. and Beulah (Kinzer) Shumway. She was raised in Baldwin and Fredonia, and graduated from Fredonia High School with the class of 1931. She...
Robert Harold "Tig" Teegardin
Dec 17, 2007
Robert Harold “Tig” Teegardin, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Monday, December 17, 2007, at the age of 83. He was born in Eureka on September 12, 1924, the son of Dorsey and Mary Anna (Jackson) Teegardin. He attended Eureka schools and graduated from Eureka High School with the class of 1943. After graduation he entered the United...
Floyd Homer Smith
Dec 16, 2007
Floyd Homer Smith of Toronto, died on Sunday, December 16, 2007, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 52. He was born on June 28, 1955, in El Dorado, the son of Clyde Donald and Erma (Cook) Smith. After graduating from Leroy High School, he was united in marriage to Pamela Rogers of Toronto. This marriage later...
James Albert Watson
Dec 11, 2007
James Albert Watson, of Eureka passed away on Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 93. He was born November 9, 1914, in Wayside, Kansas, the son of John and Anna (Pittman) Watson. Jim was raised in rural Montgomery and Chautauqua Counties and attended Wayside and Lone Cherry Schools. On October 12, 1935,...
Lee Jane Breech
Nov 30, 2007
Lee Jane Breech, of Eureka, died at her home on Friday, November 30, 2007, at the age of 74. She was born in Dewey, Oklahoma on August 6, 1933, the daughter of Ed and Ruth (Trowbridge) O’Neal. The family lived in Dewey until Jane was eleven years old and then moved to Fredonia for two years. They then moved to...
Irma Fay Gray
Nov 30, 2007
Irma Fay (Sloan) Gray, of Wichita, formerly of Eureka returned home early Friday morning November 30, 2007, at the age of 90. She was born on September 7, 1917, in Hamilton, to Thomas and Emma (McNichol) Sloan. She was the third of seven children and the only surviving girl in a family of boys. She was raised with her brothers...
Zelma Belle Martin
Nov 28, 2007
Zelma Belle (Denchfield) Martin, 94, died on November 28, 2007, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born on April 25, 1913, in rural Greenwood County, the daughter of Henry Herbert “Harry” and Eda Belle (Wright) Denchfield. She attended Harmony Grade School and Piedmont High School. On September 21, 1940, she married Hubert Douglas...
Frank Gwinn Thomas
Nov 19, 2007
Frank Gwinn Thomas of Eureka, died on Monday, November 19, 2007 at Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita, at the age of 78. He was born on July 30, 1929, in Leon, the son of Henry and Irene (Blazier) Thomas. After graduating from Reece High School, he began ranching. He also drove a truck for Ranch-Aid for 25 years before retiring...
Thelma Ketterman
Nov 16, 2007
Thelma Ketterman, of Rose Hill, died on Friday, November 16, 2007, at Lakepoint Nursing and Rehab Center in Rose Hill, at the age of 100. She was born on January 28, 1907, in Hartford City, Indiana, the daughter of Frank Bill and Ona Ola (Williams) Hudson. She was raised in Indiana and came to Kansas in the early 1930’s, living...
Elsie Mae Reno
Nov 7, 2007
Elsie Peace Reno, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on November 7, 2007, at the age of 97 years 4 months and 3 days. Elsie Mae Cody was born on July 4, 1910, in rural Mountain Home, Arkansas to William and Cora Mae Cody. She married Wm. Vernon Peace in 1927, in Mountain Home then established their first home in Teterville....
Alice Bertha Boren
Oct 27, 2007
Alice B. Boren of Eureka died on October 27, 2007 at Medicalodge of Eureka at the age of 95. She was born on April 13, 1912 in Climax, Kansas the daughter of Timothy Henry and Josephine (Stark) Ward. She attended school in the Whitehall Bay area in Fall River. After her schooling she worked on the family farm. She later...
Robert Edward Richardson
Oct 26, 2007
Robert “Bob” E. Richardson of Eureka, Kansas died on Friday, October 26, 2007 at his residence in Eureka at the age of 84. He was born on June 8, 1923 in Dallas,Texas, the son of Isaac and Irene (McWilliams) Richardson. He was raised in Oklahoma and graduated from high school there. After his schooling he joined the United States Army...
Herman Benjamin Grundy
Oct 18, 2007
Herman Benjamin Grundy, of Eureka, died on Thursday, October 18, 2007, at Medicalodge in Eureka, at the age of 96. He was born on January 9, 1911, in a stone farm house, about one mile west of Climax, the son of Lowell and Alma (Nitsche) Grundy. He was raised in Climax and graduated from local schools. In 1929, he graduated...
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