Obituaries
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,...
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...
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