Obituaries

Hazel Rachel Reed

Hazel Rachel Reed

Apr 20, 2006

Hazel Rachel Reed, of Hamilton, died at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita on Thursday, April 20, 2006, at the age of 81. She was born at rural Madison, Kansas on May 4, 1924, the daughter of Frank and Faye (Uhl) Linden. Hazel was raised in Greenwood County and attended country schools and Hamilton High School. In 1944, she was united...

Irma Louise Gould

Irma Louise Gould

Apr 17, 2006

Irma Vaughn Gould, passed away on April 17, 2006 at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka. Irma was born in 1910, the older of the two daughters of Guy Alonso and Nora May (Glasco) Vaughn. Irma grew up in the house her parents built in Piedmont. She and her sister, Mary Vaughn Hoobler, (deceased) attended public school in Piedmont. After graduating,...

Lyle Garrett Armitage Jr

Lyle Garrett Armitage Jr

Apr 16, 2006

Lyle Garrett Armitage, Jr., of Eureka died Sunday, April 16, 2006, at his home at the age of 67. He was born on April 26, 1938, in Emporia, the son of Lyle Garrett Armitage, Sr. and Etta (Reed) Armitage. He was raised in Burkett, attending Burkett Grade School and graduating high school from Hamilton. On May 26, 1956, he was...

Helena Geneva "Lena" Hurt

Helena Geneva "Lena" Hurt

Apr 16, 2006

Helena Geneva “Lena” Hurt, of Eureka, died on Sunday, April 16, 2006 at Medicalodge in Eureka, at the age of 96. She was born on November 19, 1909, in Freedom, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles and Amelia (Hemrick) Fox. When Lena was eight years old the family moved to Kansas. She attended country grade schools and later Severy High School,...

Alan K "Shag" Rawlings

Alan K "Shag" Rawlings

Apr 12, 2006

Alan K. “Shag” Rawlings of Hamilton, Kansas died on April 12, 2006, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 70. Shag was born on November 26, 1935, in Eureka, Kansas the son of Charles Kenneth and Audrey (Smith) Rawlings. He was raised in Madison, Kansas and graduated from Madison High School. After high school he started...

Beulah Cordelia Bohn

Beulah Cordelia Bohn

Apr 3, 2006

Beulah Cordelia McCollum Bohn, daughter of Grover McCollum and Laura Smith McCollum was born on March 29, 1909, at the family home near Fall River, Kansas. Beulah passed away on April 3, 2006 at the age of 97. In May 1928, Beulah graduated from Severy High School with a Normal Training Certificate and began her teaching career that fall. She...

Christine Beatrice Kirschbaum

Christine Beatrice Kirschbaum

Apr 2, 2006

Christine Beatrice Kirschbaum, of Eureka, died on Sunday, April 2, 2006 at Greenwood County Hospital. She was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Alex and Esther (Fred) Kirschbaum. She was raised in Eureka, and graduated from Reece High School. She worked for Rexall Drug Store most of her life and helped take care of her mother. After she retired...

Raymond Dontay Newlon-Berry

Raymond Dontay Newlon-Berry

Mar 28, 2006

Raymond Dontay Newlon-Berry died on March 28, 2006 in Emporia, Kansas at the age of 27. He was born on August 18, 1978, in Lawton, Oklahoma. He was raised in Eureka, and attended schools in Augusta, Kansas. After his schooling, he worked as a heavy equipment operator. He lived in various parts of the United States including Texas, Kansas, and...

Martha Braden

Martha Braden

Mar 25, 2006

Martha Braden of Eureka, Kansas died Saturday March 25, 2006, at Medicalodge of Eureka, at the age of 78. She was born on November 24, 1927, in Eureka, the daughter of Grover and Myrtle (Faylor) Allan. She was raised in the Eureka area and graduated from local schools. She worked at the drug store, until she had to be hospitalized...

Flossie Irene Winterscheid

Flossie Irene Winterscheid

Mar 21, 2006

Flossie Irene Winterscheid, 83, of Virgil, Kansas; passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2006, at Via Christi – St. Francis Regional Medical Center, in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on August 7, 1922, in Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Daisy (Gallimore) Holmquest. She attended Yates Center schools, and worked in the Yates Center and Burlington areas prior...

Junior Leroy Smith

Junior Leroy Smith

Mar 12, 2006

Junior LeRoy Smith of Hamilton, Kansas, died on March 12, 2006 at the Medical Lodge of Eureka, Kansas at the age of 82. He was born on September 9, 1923 in Parker, Kansas the son of Roy and Mary (Tout) Smith. He was raised in Parker and attended local schools. After his schooling he worked on the family farm. Junior...

Roy Eldon Yost

Roy Eldon Yost

Mar 10, 2006

Roy Eldon Yost, of Madison Kansas, died on March 10, 2006, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas, at the age of 81. He was born on September 24, 1924 in Stockton Missouri the son of John and Mary (Hayward) Yost. He was raised in Stockton and attended school there. He then joined the United States Army and served his...

Margaret Elaine Peterson

Margaret Elaine Peterson

Mar 10, 2006

Margaret was born July 29, 1921 on a farm near Fall River Kansas that her grandfather Robert Hill Morton homesteaded after he served in the civil war. The family moved into Fall River before Margaret started the first grade. Later the family moved to the farm and then on to Severy Kansas in 1929. Her father Author Morton opened an...

Jennie Irene Morgan

Jennie Irene Morgan

Feb 26, 2006

Jennie Irene Morgan, of Eureka, died on February 26, 2006, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 87. She was born on June 17, 1918, in Greenwood County, Kansas, the daughter of James and Francis Eliza (Atwood) Stumbaugh. She was raised in Greenwood County until age 9, when the family moved to West Plains, Missouri in...

Reba Delight Price

Reba Delight Price

Feb 17, 2006

Reba Delight Price, of Toronto, died at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita on Friday, February 17, 2006, at the age of 83. She was born in Toronto on March 6, 1922, the daughter of John H. and Ellen Josephine (Lillie) Hobbs. She was raised in Toronto and attended school there. On September 9, 1939, Reba was united in marriage to...

Nina Louise Anderson

Nina Louise Anderson

Feb 13, 2006

Nina Louise Anderson, of Eureka, died at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado on Monday, February 13, 2006, at the age of 85. She was born in the Spring Creek area of Greenwood County, Kansas on May 16, 1920, the daughter of Carl and Dovie Dale (Cook) Olson. She was raised in the Spring Creek area and attended...

Robert Luther Sizemore

Robert Luther Sizemore

Feb 12, 2006

Robert Luther Sizemore, of Eureka, died at Greenwood County Hospital on Sunday, February 12, 2006, at the age of 77. He was born in Greeley, Kansas on January 13, 1929, the son of Robert Oliver and Vona Birdean (Kelsey) Sizemore. He was raised in Greeley and graduated from Greeley High School. After his schooling he entered the United States Army...

Viola Pearl Szychowski

Viola Pearl Szychowski

Feb 11, 2006

Viola Pearl Szychowski, formerly of Winfield, died on Saturday, February 11, 2006, at Hospice of Savannah, in Savannah, Georgia, at the age of 96. She was born on October 4, 1909, in rural Greenwood County, the daughter of Asa and Mary G. (Lee) Bowen. She was raised in rural Greenwood County and graduated from Piedmont High School. She was united...

Harold Eugene Ford

Harold Eugene Ford

Jan 31, 2006

Harold Eugene Ford, of Olpe, Kansas, died on January 31, 2006, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kansas at the age of 78. He was born on April 11, 1927, in Elk City, Kansas, the son of Ervin and Ada Ester (Goodwin) Ford. He was raised in Elk City and attended Elk City schools. After his schooling, Harold joined the...

Randall Gaines French

Randall Gaines French

Jan 30, 2006

Randall G. French, of Iola, formerly of Eureka, died on January 30, 2006, at Allen County Hospital, at the age of 69. Randall G. French was born on September 8, 1936, the son of Reuben and Bessie (Briggs) French in Eureka, Kansas. He attended Eureka High School. After his schooling, he went to work in the oil fields as a...