Obituaries
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,...
Karen Louise Wiggins
Aug 24, 2006
Karen L. Wiggins, of Hamilton, died Thursday, August 24, 2006 at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 59. She was born on December 31, 1946, in Emporia, the daughter of Dwight and Betty (Martin) Handley, one of four children. She was raised in Wichita and attended local schools. On June 4, 1964, she was united in marriage...
Mildred Jane Tucker
Aug 21, 2006
Mildred Jane Tucker, of Eureka, Kansas died on August 21, 2006, at Medicalodge of Eureka at the age of 95. She was born on November 27, 1910, the daughter of Bert Lorenzo and Dora Delilah Duncan. She was raised around Kanorado and Oberlin, Kansas. The family then moved to Missouri and Arkansas before finally settling in Western Kansas. On February...
Barbara Kay Green
Aug 18, 2006
Barbara Green of Eureka, died on August 18, 2006, at Holton Manor Nursing Home in Holton, at the age of 65. She was born April 3, 1941, to Charles Robert and Laura Marie (Gore) Bruel in Atchison. She graduated from Trinity Lutheran Grade School and Mount Saint Scholastica High School in Atchison. On August 29, 1970, Barbara was united in...
Clifford Kindle
Aug 11, 2006
Clifford Kindle of Eureka, died on Friday, August 11, 2006, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 98. He was born on March 29, 1908, in Lake Andes, South Dakota the son of John (Jack) Kindle born in 1868, and Eliza May Lamonte born in 1878. Still a baby he was baptized on August 2, 1908, in...
Narressia Rose Lee Osborn
Aug 9, 2006
Narressia R. Osborn, of Eureka, died at her residence on Wednesday, August 9, 2006, at the age of 77. She was born in Seminole, Oklahoma on April 18, 1929, the daughter of Floyd and Lorene Steen. Narressia was raised in Seminole and attended local schools. On July 17, 1948, she was united in marriage to Charles S. (Chuck) Osborn in...
Helen Ruth Tomlinson
Jul 29, 2006
Helen Ruth (Cramer) Tomlinson, formerly of Eureka, Kansas, and recently of Dennis, Kansas, passed away after a long illness on Saturday, July 29, surrounded by her husband and daughters. She was born on December 22, 1940, in Olivet, Kansas, and grew up in the Emporia area. She was preceded in death in death by her parents, Clifford and Viola Cramer....
Emily Marie "Tiny" Town
Jul 29, 2006
Emily Marie “Tiny” Town, of Eureka, died on Saturday, July 29, 2006 at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 81. She was born on July 2, 1925, in Fair Play, Missouri, the daughter of James Arthur and Malinda Jane (Belcher) Yost. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools. On July 12, 1945, she was united...
Boyd Harold Stewart
Jul 12, 2006
Boyd H. Stewart was born on October 16, 1915, on a farm near Brookville, Kansas, to Lloyd Allen Stewart and Sarah Ann (McGee). The family moved from Saline County, Kansas to a ranch in the mountains of Colorado in 1920, approximately 14 miles from Oak Creek where the drinking water was dipped out of the creek, ice cold in August....