Obituaries
Olive Myrtle Jones-Hardesty
Jul 13, 2007
Olive M. Jones-Hardesty of Neal, Kansas, died on July 13, 2007 at Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 87. She was born on June 5, 1920 in Potwin, Kansas the daughter of J.R. and Nellie (Richardson) Hamilton. She was raised in the Neal area and attended Neal High School. Olive owned the Snack Shack Café and Truck Stop on...
Joyce Joan Fitzgerald
Jul 12, 2007
Joyce J. Fitzgerald of Eureka, Kansas died on July 12, 2007 at her residence at the age of 71. She was born on August 30, 1935 in Hutchinson, Kansas the daughter of Theodore Earl and Alice (Collins) Perry. She was raised in Hutchinson and attended local schools. After her schooling Joyce attended Emporia State College getting a degree in nursing...
Ellen Louise Sizemore
Jul 11, 2007
Ellen Louise Sizemore, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, July 11, 2007, at the Greenwood County Hospital, at the age of 80. She was born in Hutchinson, Kansas on April 12, 1927, the daughter of Harry Eugene and Marguerite (Moorman) Peirce. Ellen was raised in Hutchinson and graduated from Hutchinson High School with the class of 1944. She then attended Sterling...
Lloyd Ernest Nichols
Jul 9, 2007
Lloyd E. Nichols, of Eureka, died on July 9, 2007, at Medicalodge of Eureka at the age of 95. He was born on June 13, 1912, in Eureka, Kansas, the son of John Carl and Bonnie (Brown) Nichols. He was raised in the Eureka area and graduated from Tonovay High School with the class of 1930. After his schooling, he...
Wilma J Taliaferro
Jul 6, 2007
Wilma J. Taliaferro, 80, died July 6, 2007 at Oakbrook Health and Rehab Center in Thorp, Wisconsin. Wilma was born on October 10, 1926 in Madison, Kansas, the daughter of Wilber and Agnes (McKean) McMurray. She grew up in the Madison-Hamilton area and attended area schools. She lived in Severy until 1967 before moving to LaHarpe, Kansas. Wilma attended Neosho...
Leona Lucille Knight
Jul 3, 2007
Leona Lucille Knight, of Toronto, died on Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at Yates Center Healthcare and Rehabilitation, in Yates Center, at the age of 87. She was born on October 7, 1919, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the daughter of Frank and Bessie (Mosier) Stout. On December 4, 1937, she was united in marriage to Emory Knight in Perry, Oklahoma. They made...
William Earl Taylor
Jun 21, 2007
William “Earl” Taylor, of Eureka, died on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at Medicalodge in Eureka, at the age of 93. He was born on March 14, 1914, in Greenwood County, the son of David L. and Bessie (Key) Taylor. He was raised in southern Greenwood County before the family moved to Valley View, Texas, and later to California. In the...
Marcella May Cummings
Jun 18, 2007
Marcella M. Cummings of Eureka, Kansas, died on Monday, June 18, 2007, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 82. She was born on October 7, 1924, in Toronto, Kansas, the daughter of Charlie O. and Stella M. (Guisinger) Benson. She was raised in the Greenwood County area and graduated from Fall River High School....
Roy Cleatus Fechter
Jun 17, 2007
Roy C. Fechter of Hamilton died Sunday, June 17, 2007, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 83. Roy was born on January 31, 1924, in Hilltop, Kansas, the son of Henry and Anna (Dreyer). At the onset of World War II Roy entered the US Army in Germany, where he served his country with...
Fern Oretta Blakeslee
Jun 13, 2007
Fern Blakeslee, daughter of Alvin and Julia Sutton was born on November 7, 1912, in Greenwood County, Kansas. She lived in Climax, Kansas until she graduated form high school. Fern was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Eureka. She was preceded in death by her sister, Violet, and her mother and father. She leaves to mourn her...
Michael Bonaventure Colonnese
Jun 11, 2007
Michael Bonaventure “Mikie” Colonnese, of Eureka, died Monday, June 11, 2007, near Hamilton, at the age of 25. He was born on April 14, 1982, the son of Adrian Phillip and Hope Marie (Davenport) Colonnese. He was raised in South Hannibal, New York, and attended local schools. In 1995, the family moved to Eureka. He was heavily involved in football,...
Marilyn Rose Bradbury
Jun 6, 2007
Marilyn Rose Bradbury of Dearing, Kansas died on June 6, 2007, at her home in Dearing at the age of 66. She was born on October 14, 1940, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of John R. and Marian (Kemerling) Oakley. She was raised in Havanna and the Coffeyville areas and graduated from Coffeyville High School in 1958. In 1958, she...
Milton "Milt" Taylor Jr
Jun 4, 2007
Milton “Milt” Taylor, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Monday, June 4, 2007, at the age of 83. He was born at Foss, Oklahoma, on February 25, 1924, the son of Milton Taylor, Sr. and Mabel (Kimberling) Taylor. He was raised in western Oklahoma and graduated from Cheyenne High School. After his schooling he entered in the...
Pauline Vera Birkholz
Jun 1, 2007
Pauline Birkholz, formerly of Eureka, died on Friday, June 1, 2007, at Osage Nursing Home in Osage City, at the age of 89. She was born on February 16, 1918, in Erie, the daughter of Emil and Ila J. (Sisson) Passig. She was raised in Argonia, and graduated from Argonia High School. On September 11, 1937, she was united in...
Velma Rebecca Miller-Weber
May 22, 2007
Velma Rebecca (Mauk) Miller-Weber of Eureka, died Tuesday, May 22, 2007, at Medicalodge in Eureka, at the age of 98. She was born on February 11, 1909, in Hamilton, the daughter of Julius Arthur and Martha Ellen (Gore) Mauk. She was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School. On September 30, 1928, she was united in marriage to...
Anita Fern Hall
May 15, 2007
Anita Fern Hall, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on May 15, 2007, at the age of 86. She was born on July 15, 1920, in Marshall County, Kansas, the daughter of Robert Charles and Hazel Laura (Reno) Neumayer. She was raised in Greenwood County and graduated from Madison High School with the class of 1938. After high school...
Boyce Duane Ward
May 11, 2007
Boyce Duane Ward of Eureka, died on May 11, 2007 at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka at the age of 73. He was born on June 10, 1933 the son of Clarence W. and Alta Mae (Burkhart) Ward. He was raised in Quincy and graduated from Quincy High School in 1951. After his school he farmed. Later he ran a...
Ruth Elizabeth May
May 6, 2007
Ruth Elizabeth May of Eureka died on Sunday, May 6, 2007, at Medicalodge in Eureka at the age of 103. She was born on December 11, 1903 in Great Bend, Kansas. The daughter of George Alden and Jeanette Elizabeth (Rawlins) Pratt. She graduated from Great Bend High School. During World War II she worked at Boeing and was nicknamed Rosie...
Beulah Pershall Rowe
May 2, 2007
Beulah Pershall Rowe, of Eureka died on May 2, 2007 at Medicalodge in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 90. She was born on June 29, 1916 in Peru, Kansas, the daughter of Fred Wesley and Leila Gertrude (Gould) Pershall. She was raised in Peru and graduated from Peru High School. She was a homemaker and mother. On August 7,...


