Obituaries
Von Dean Carney
Mar 4, 2007
Von Dean Carney was born in Seiling, Oklahoma, April 7, 1947 to Harley and Evelyn Trim Carney. He was the youngest of the boys but weighed in at 10 lbs; twenty two inches long. He helped out on the farm by doing his chores and he didn’t seem to think he was poor, because he never went hungry. Several occasions...
Myrtle Lucille Stevenson
Mar 3, 2007
Myrtle Lucille Stevenson, of Eureka, died on March 3, 2007, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka at the age of 84. She was born on November 25, 1922, in Onalska, Washington, the daughter of Daniel and Mabel (Hovde) Smith. She was raised in Washington and attended area schools. She moved to Roseburg, Oregon in 1955, and began her banking career....
Calvin Eugene Bewley
Feb 24, 2007
Calvin Eugene Bewley, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Saturday, February 24, 2007, at the age of 83. He was born on October 13, 1923, in Fredonia, Kansas, the son of Maurice and Myrle (Nelson) Bewley. Calvin was raised in Fall River, Kansas and attended school there, graduating from Fall River High School with the class of...
Freddie Andrew Ashlock
Feb 20, 2007
Freddie Andrew Ashlock, of Eureka, formerly of Virgil, died on February 20, 2007, at his residence in Eureka, at the age of 90. He was born in Fredonia, on November 2, 1916, the son of Fred Marion and Sadie May (Sharp) Ashlock. Freddie was raised in the Greenwood County area and attended rural Greenwood County Schools going to high school...
Shirley Nell Colin
Feb 15, 2007
Shirley Nell Colin, of Eureka, died at her residence on Thursday, February 15, 2007, at the age of 63. She was born in Wichita, Kansas on February 14, 1944, the daughter of Al Kenneth and Audrey Naomi (Harvey) Derringer. She was raised in Wichita and attended Wichita schools. After her schooling she remained in Wichita until 1974, when she moved...
Emma Kathryn "Kit" Lingo
Feb 14, 2007
Emma Kathryn “Kit” Lingo of Eureka, Kansas died on February 14, 2007 at Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 77. She was born on March 12, 1929 in Tulsa, Oklahoma the daughter of James Samuel and Julia E. (Mooney) Bradley. She was raised in Oklahoma and graduated with the class of 1944. On September 25, 1948...
Margaret D Lilley
Feb 4, 2007
Margaret D. (Fee) Lilley passed away on Sunday, February 04, 2007, at Medicalodge in Eureka, at the age of 95. Margaret was born to G.W. and Sarah Frances (Taylor) Fee, on December 20, 1911, the youngest of six children. She was a native of Piedmont, and a 1929 graduate of Piedmont High School. After graduation, she attended Pittsburg College for...
Carl Edwin "Dutch" Betsher Jr
Jan 26, 2007
Carl Edwin “Dutch” Betsher, Jr. died on Friday, January 26, 2007, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 83. He was born on February 7, 1923, in Eureka, the son of Carl Edwin, Sr. and Clara Jane (Clogston) Betsher. He was raised in Eureka, and graduated from Eureka High School with the class of 1941. After his...
Erma Lea Powell
Jan 25, 2007
Erma Lea Powell, of Eureka, died on January 25, 2007 in Corpus Christi, Texas at the age of 77. She was born on November 5, 1929 in Drumwright, Oklahoma the daughter of Leonard and Fay (Robb) Frazier. She was raised in Drumwright and graduated from the local schools. In 1955 she moved to Eureka with her husband who followed his...
Mary Elizabeth "Bette" Golden
Jan 22, 2007
Mary Elizabeth (Bette) Golden, of Eureka, died on Monday, January 22, 2007, at Medicalodge in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 85. She was born on September 18, 1921, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles S. and Dora May (Wilson) Hagerman. She was raised in Oklahoma City where she attended grade school. She then moved to Eureka in...
Harold Henderson
Jan 16, 2007
Harold Henderson, of Eureka, died Tuesday, January 16, 2007, at home in Eureka, at the age of 74. He was born on July 19, 1932, in Severy, the son of Raymond and Ena (Johnson) Henderson. He was raised in Severy, and graduated from Severy High School. From 1950, to 1953, he attended Southwestern University in Winfield. In 1953, after graduation,...
Willard Emanuel "Bud" Hughes
Jan 15, 2007
Willard Emanuel “Bud” Hughes, of Eureka, died at his home on Monday, January 15, 2007, at the age of 72. He was born on a farm in Greenwood County, Kansas on July 19, 1934, the son of Morton Cecil and Margaret Lola (Meredith) Hughes. Bud attended rural grade school and Eureka High School, graduating with the class of 1952. He...
Barbara Louise Bailey
Jan 12, 2007
Barbara L. Bailey, of Eureka, died Friday, January 12, 2007, at the Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 86. She was born on October 12, 1920, in Severy, the daughter of Harold Ray and Jessie Irene (Laughlin) Lawman. She was raised in Severy, and graduated from local schools, before attending the School of Cosmetology in Emporia. After...
Ella Laverne Platt
Jan 12, 2007
Ella Laverne Platt, 82, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away Friday January 12, 2007, at Baxter Regional Hospital in Mountain Home. She was born August 15, 1924, in Gilliam, Arkansas, to Frank & Cora (Dudley) Bray and raised in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. She married Clare Platt, Sr., on November 11, 1944, in Fairplay, Missouri. Laverne and Clare lived most of...
Michael Lynn Richardson
Jan 7, 2007
Michael Lynn Richardson, of Eureka, died Sunday, January 7, 2007, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 35. He was born on June 29, 1971, in Eureka, the son of Willis Leon and Orella Jane (Guisinger) Richardson. He was raised in Eureka, and graduated from local schools. After his schooling, he worked as a truck driver for...
Joyce Ann Pearse
Jan 1, 2007
Joyce Ann Pearse, of Eureka, died Monday, January 1, 2007, at the Cherryvale Care Center, in Cherryvale, at the age of 60. She was born on September 22, 1946, in Eureka, the daughter of Delbert and Doris (Lozier) Thornton. She was raised in Eureka, and graduated from Eureka High School with the class of 1964. On November 3, 1967, she...