Obituaries
Grace Marie Cannon
Nov 24, 2006
Grace Marie Cannon, of Wichita, formerly of Hamilton, died on November 24, 2006 in Wichita at the Lakepoint Nursing Center at the age of 84. She was born on February 20, 1922, in Fall River, Kansas the daughter of Ralph A. and Grace (Weaver) Cannon. The family later moved to Eureka where her father was a Greenwood County School Superintendent...
Irene Elsie Skinner
Nov 24, 2006
Irene E. Skinner of Eureka, died on November 24, 2006 at Medicalodge in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 99. She was born on March 11, 1907 in Toledo, Ohio the daughter of Joseph H. and Frances (Currin) Brabazon. She was raised in the Toledo area before the family moved to Oklahoma and Missouri finally settling Bethel, Kansas. She graduated...
George Earl Torrance Jr
Nov 20, 2006
George Earl Torrance Jr., of Eureka died Monday, November 20, 2006, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 87. He was born on December 15, 1918 in rural Greenwood County the son of George E. and Edna Pearl (Denchfield) Torrance. He was raised in Greenwood County and attended Eureka High School graduating with the class...
Delbert Richard Wygle
Nov 9, 2006
Delbert Richard Wygle of Climax, died on Thursday, November 09, 2006, at Howard Twilight Manor in Howard, Kansas, at the age of 93. He was born on May 1, 1913, in Spring Creek Township, Greenwood County, Kansas, the son of Albert Christian and Essie Pearl (Witty) Wygle. The family lived southwest of Reece, Kansas until 1920, when they moved to...
Todd Daniel Harber
Nov 9, 2006
Todd Daniel Harber, of Hamilton, died on Thursday, November 9, 2006, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 35. He was born on February 5, 1971, the son of Pete and JoLyn (Carlisle) Harber in Guymon, Oklahoma. The family made their home in Texhoma, Oklahoma, and Todd attended local schools. The family moved to Eureka in 1989,...
Leo Milner
Oct 30, 2006
Leo Milner was born, January 16, 1926 to Burl V. & Margaret C. Milner in rural Lyon County, Madison, Kansas. He attended Madison & Hamilton grade schools and Hamilton High School. He joined the Navy at the age of 18. He served in the South Pacific at Iwo Jima, Saipan and Okinawa. He was honorably discharged at Norman, Oklahoma on...
Ruth Marie Stonebraker
Oct 26, 2006
Ruth Marie Stonebraker, of Eureka, died on Thursday, October 26, 2006, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 75. She was born on October 14, 1931, in New Lancaster, Kansas the daughter of Glenn A. and Pearl (Walters) Cain. She was raised in Manhattan, Kansas and graduated from Manhattan High School with the class of 1949....
Nell Louise "Nellie" Tucker
Oct 24, 2006
Nell Louise “Nellie” Tucker of Eureka, died on October 24, 2006, at Fredonia Regional Hospital in Fredonia, Kansas, at the age of 83. She was born on June 21, 1923, in Dewey, Oklahoma, the daughter of Ed and Ruth (Trowbridge) O’Neal. She was raised in Dewey, and graduated from Dewey High School with the class of 1942. In 1944, the...
Flossie Winifred Wilkinson
Oct 10, 2006
Flossie Winifred Wilkinson, of Wichita, died on Tuesday, October 10, 2006, at St. Francis – Via Christi Regional Medical Center, in Wichita, at the age of 92. She was born on August 24, 1914, in Teterville, the daughter of Hoke and Ruby (Sanger) Smith. She was raised in the rural Teterville and Sallyards areas and attended local schools. She graduated...
Mildred May Smith
Oct 8, 2006
Mildred May (Mock) Smith, 87, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, October 8, 2006 in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on May 1, 1919 in rural Eureka, Kansas the daughter of Robert W. and Elizabeth (Griffith) Mock. She attended public schools in the Farmview and Farmington communities and graduated from Eureka High School with the class...
Velma Lorene Thornton
Oct 6, 2006
Velma L. Thornton, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Friday, October 6, 2006, at the age of 84. She was born in Climax, Kansas on November 19, 1921, the daughter of Charlie and Della (Stevens) Ritter. She was raised in Climax and attended Eureka Schools, graduating from Eureka High School. On September 9, 1939, Velma was united in...
Alberta June Peterson
Sep 29, 2006
Alberta “June” Peterson, of Eureka, died on September 29, 2006, at Greenwood County Hospital, at the age of 76. She was born on June 6, 1930, in rural Arkansas, the daughter of Travis and Anna Avery. She was a member of the New Life Assembly of God, and the Christian & Congregational Church. She is survived by three sons, Charles...
Frances June "Pat" Chester
Sep 24, 2006
Frances June “Pat” Chester, 74, of Eureka, died Sunday, September 24, 2006. She was born on June 1, 1932, the daughter of Byron W. and Mary F. (Wyse) Lopp in Yates Center, Kansas. She moved to Eureka with her mother as a small child. All her schooling took place in Eureka, graduating from Eureka High School with the class of...
Howard D Chambers
Sep 20, 2006
Howard D. Chambers, 84, of Loveland, Colorado passed away September 20, 2006 at a local nursing home. He was born January 25, 1922 in El Dorado, Kansas to Arthur F. Chambers and Lydia Longnecker Chambers. He married Pearl Lavina Butler on September 8, 1946 in Augusta, Kansas. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force on October 3, 1942 and...
Alice Corrine Collinson
Aug 31, 2006
Alice Corrine Collinson, 93 years, 7 ½ months, died August 31, 2006, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado. She was born on January 13, 1913, in Spring Creek Township, the daughter of William Henry and Martha Sophia (Herde) Garner. She spent her early years in Greenwood County, near Piedmont. After her marriage, she moved to Colorado where...
May Engelina Vander Meyden
Aug 28, 2006
May Engelina Vander Meyden of Severy, died on Monday, August 28, 2006, at Medicalodge in Eureka, at the age of 96. She was born on April 30, 1910, in Sliedircht, Holland, the daughter of Martin Baan and Derridje de Groot (Hofman). She was raised in Holland, and finished her education at a preparatory school in Holland. On September 24, 1931,...