Obituaries
Allie Mildred Kent
Nov 2, 2005
Allie Wayman-Kent, 97, died Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at her home in Eureka, Kansas. She was born September 20, 1908, at Marshfield, Missouri, the daughter of Elbert and Josie Triplett. Allie attended schools in Fairfax, Oklahoma, graduating in 1927. Her senior year was a very special one and noted in Oklahoma history. Allie and her twin sister Hallie played on...
James William Lahar
Oct 30, 2005
Margaret A. Lahar and James W. Lahar Margaret Ann Lahar, of Cherryvale, died on Tuesday, March 13, 2001, at Cherryvale Care Center in Cherryvale, Kansas at the age of 78. She was born on September 27, 1922, in Greenwood County, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Edna (Shobe) Coop. She was raised in the Climax area and graduated from Climax...
Mary Josephine Jamison
Oct 13, 2005
Mary Josephine Jamison, of Claremore, Oklahoma, former Eureka resident, died at the Claremore Nursing Home on Thursday, October 13, 2005, at the age of 83. She was born in Eureka on September 21, 1922, the daughter of Robert and Clara (Longwell) Call. She was raised in Eureka and attended area schools. After her schooling she worked on the family farm....
Anthony Blake Gray
Oct 11, 2005
Anthony “Blake” Gray, of Fall River, died on Tuesday, October 11, 2005, at the age of 22. He was born on September 7, 1983, the son of Robert Douglas and Evelyn (Hill) Gray. He lived in Wichita until the age of 5 at which time he lived in Norwich. He attended local schools for a time, graduating from Norwich Home...
Marty Ross Henderson
Oct 5, 2005
Marty Ross Henderson, of Waverly, died on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at Midland Hospice House, in Topeka, at the age of 49. He was born on May 15, 1956, in Eureka, the son of Lonnie and Rosaline (Boone) Henderson. He was raised in the Neal area and attended both Neal and Eureka schools. He graduated from Eureka High School with...
Donald Dwayne Weston
Oct 4, 2005
Donald Dwayne Weston, of Hamilton, died on October 4, 2005, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, at the age of 79. He was born on December 21, 1925, in Greeley, Colorado, the son of Frank and Francis (McMillan) Weston. When Donald was two months old, the family moved to Newhall, California. He was raised in Newhall and attended local schools....
Pauline Bell Mock
Sep 27, 2005
Pauline Bell Mock, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Tuesday, September 27, 2005, at the age of 89. She was born in Greenwood County, Kansas on December 21, 1915, the daughter of Fred and Ethel (Purkeypile) Denner. She was raised in the Utopia/Tonovay area and attended area schools. On May 3, 1937, she was united in marriage to...
Jane Hulda Johnson
Sep 18, 2005
Jane Hulda Johnson, of Eureka, died on Sunday, September 18, 2005 at her home in Eureka, at the age of 59. She was born on April 30, 1946, the daughter of Orvil C. and Minnie Daisy (Ely) Phillips. She was raised in Emporia and graduated from Emporia High School with the class of 1964. On October 7, 1968, Jane was...
Anna Mae Gant
Sep 13, 2005
Anna Mae (Casteel) Gant, of Eureka, died early Tuesday morning, September 13, 2005, at Medicalodge of Eureka, at the age of 96. She was born on September 16, 1908, at Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the daughter of Hiram Andrew and Lindy Francis (Tincher) Casteel. She lost her parents while she was still in grade school, and was raised by relatives in Oklahoma,...
Opal Myrtle Gibson
Sep 8, 2005
Opal Myrtle Gibson, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Thursday, September 8, 2005, at the age of 89. She was born in Greenwood County, Kansas on December 3, 1915, the daughter of George Walter and Cora (Walker) Wright. She was raised in southern Greenwood County and attended rural schools. After her schooling she worked for the M....
Myrtle Leone Freeman
Aug 31, 2005
Myrtle Leone Freeman, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on August 31, 2005, at the age of 102. She was born in the Upper Fall River Community of Greenwood County on September 22, 1902, the daughter of George and Rachel (Wiggins) Osmundson. Myrtle was raised in the Upper Fall River area and attended Holverson School. After her schooling she...
Viola Blanche Zimmerman
Aug 29, 2005
Viola Blanche Zimmerman, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Monday, August 29, 2005, at the age of 101. She was born on West Creek near Neal, Kansas on December 2, 1903, the daughter of Charles and Edna (Worford) Swann. She was raised in the rural Hamilton area and attended rural Greenwood County and Hamilton schools. On November...
Sharon Leora Mullins
Aug 16, 2005
Sharon Leora Mullins, of Eureka, died on Tuesday, August 16, 2005, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 60. She was born on March 18, 19455 in Longmont, Colorado, the daughter of Ned W. and Leora (McGinnis) Thompson. She was raised in Fort Collins, Colorado and attended local schools. On December 23, 1962, she was united in...
Dorothy Irene Dimick
Aug 13, 2005
Dorothy Irene Dimick, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Saturday, August 13, 2005, at the age of 91. She was born in Neal, Kansas on June 16, 1913, the daughter of Rudolph and Sara (Strimple) Bohn. Dorothy attended Neal schools and graduated from Neal High School with the class of 1933. On December 25, 1934, she was...
Cecil Owen Titus
Aug 12, 2005
Cecil Owen Titus, of Virgil, Kansas, died on August 12, 2005, at Life Care Center of Burlington in Burlington, Kansas at the age of 74. He was born on April 3, 1931, in Conway, Kansas, the son of Durward L. and Veda (Folck) Titus. He was raised in Conway, and graduated from high school in Little River, Kansas. After his...
Lida Rose Parks
Aug 10, 2005
Lida Rose Lilley-Parks, of Eureka, Kansas died on August 10, 2005, at Medicalodge of Eureka at the age of 85. Lida Rose was born on September 1, 1919, to Guy Gilbert and Irma Bell (Knapp) (Rader) Lilley on the Lilley Farm 7 miles north of Eureka, Kansas. She attended school in Piedmont, graduating high school in 1936, at 16 years...
Pauline Elizabeth "Polly" Vines
Aug 3, 2005
Pauline Elizabeth “Polly” Vines, of Eureka, died on August 3, 2005 at her home in Eureka, at the age of 59. She was born on August 31, 1945, in Montgomery, Alabama, the daughter of Virgil and Edna (Pittman) Gandy. She was raised in Lakeland, Florida, and graduated from local schools. She sold real estate in Lakeland for many years. While...
Edna Lorene Larue
Jul 31, 2005
Edna Lorene LaRue, who was born on September 22, 1911, near Toronto, Kansas, passed away on July 31, 2005, in Chandler, Arizona. She was preceded in death by her father, J.W. Dawson; mother, Dora Alice (Watkins) Dawson; two brothers, Alpheus and Harold Glenwood Dawson; her husband, Howard G. LaRue; son, Richard LaRue; and grandson, Rodney VanWinkle. She is survived by...
L Ray Sloan
Jul 30, 2005
L Ray Sloan, of Hamilton, died on Saturday, July 30, 2005, at the Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 79. She was born in Nowata, Oklahoma on December 7, 1925, the daughter of Lloyd and Josie (Deboard) Griffin. L Ray was raised in Sedan, Kansas and graduated from Sedan High School with the class of 1945. She then attended...