Obituaries

Delia Evelyn Flockhart

Delia Evelyn Flockhart

Oct 26, 2004

Delia E. Flockhart of Eureka, died on October 26, 2004, at Medicalodge in Eureka at the age of 86. She was born on July 23, 1918, in Dodge, North Dakota, the daughter of Charles and Hilda (Johnson) Gustafson. She was raised in North Dakota, and graduated from Dodge High School. After graduation, Delia attended Drake University receiving her teaching degree...

Geneva Marie Barnum

Geneva Marie Barnum

Oct 26, 2004

Geneva Marie Barnum, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Tuesday, October 26, 2004, at the age of 80. She was born in Andale, Kansas on December 7, 1923, the daughter of Joseph Peter and Anna Sephrina (Schmidt) Orth. Geneva was raised in Andale and attended school there. After her schooling she worked at various jobs in Wichita. On...

Ethel Beulah Bratton

Ethel Beulah Bratton

Oct 25, 2004

Ethel Beulah Bratton, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Monday, October 25, 2004, at the age of 95. She was born on May 30, 1909, in Hasty, Arkansas, the daughter of John and Missouri Emoline (Carver) Dees. She was raised in Bellfont, Arkansas and attended school there. After her schooling she worked in a cannery and in the...

Alfreeda "Hazel" Milliken

Alfreeda "Hazel" Milliken

Oct 24, 2004

Hazel Milliken, of Eureka, Kansas, died on Sunday, October 24, 2004, at Medicalodge of Eureka at the age of 97. She was born on October 21, 1907, in Eureka, the daughter of Alfred Hayden and Zulah (Stringham) Gregg. Hazel was raised in Fairview Township and attended Fairview Grade School and Eureka High School, graduating with the class of 1925. After...

Robert Michael "Mike" Shepherd

Robert Michael "Mike" Shepherd

Oct 18, 2004

Robert Michael “Mike” Shepherd, died in Wichita on Monday, October 18, 2004, at the age of 46. He was born on July 31, 1958, in Chula Vista, California, the son of Bobby Shepherd and Venita (Pepper) Chamberlain. He was raised in Severy and attended Severy Grade School and West Elk High School, graduating with the class of 1977. On June...

Waymond Lee "Dutch" Schwartz

Waymond Lee "Dutch" Schwartz

Oct 13, 2004

Waymond Lee “Dutch” Schwartz, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, October 13, 2004, at Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita at the age of 74. He was born on May 10, 1930, in Wewoka, Oklahoma, the son of Jasper and Lora Elizabeth (Morris) Schwartz. He moved to Eureka in the 1950’s with his family from Oklahoma, working with Fling Rig Company. On...

Norman Eugene Britain

Norman Eugene Britain

Oct 11, 2004

Norman Eugene Britain, of Eureka, died on Monday, October 11, 2004, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 76. He was born on January 20, 1928, in Eureka, the son of Cecil E. and Vera (Pugh) Britain. Norman was raised in Eureka, and attended local schools. He later joined the United States Navy and served his country...

Byra Jean Juaire

Byra Jean Juaire

Oct 11, 2004

Byra Jean Juaire, of Eureka, died on Monday, October 11, 2004, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 55. She was born on September 29, 1949, in Wichita, the daughter of Albert Byron and Mildred (Nearhood) Glenn. She was raised in the Wichita area until 1953 when the family moved to Severy. Byra attended and graduated from...

Mary Jane Gibson

Mary Jane Gibson

Oct 6, 2004

Mary Jane Gibson, of Severy, died on Wednesday, October 6, 2004, at Medicalodge in Eureka, at the age of 80. She was born on December 17, 1923, in Moline, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Myrtle (Atkinson) Coble. She was raised in Severy and attended local schools. On November 2, 1943, Mary Jane was united in marriage to Jerry Gibson...

Wilma Arleene Becker

Wilma Arleene Becker

Oct 5, 2004

Wilma Arleene Becker, of Eureka, died on Tuesday, October 5, 2004, at Via Christi – St. Francis Regional Medical Center, in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 76. She was born on October 8, 1927, in Fall River, Kansas to Forest Victor and Thresa Cleo (Morris) Ambler. She was raised in the Fall River area and attended Eureka, and Fall...

John Lowell Grundy

John Lowell Grundy

Oct 3, 2004

John Lowell Grundy, of Eureka, died on Sunday, October 3, 2004, at the age of 91. He was born on January 10, 1913, to Lowell Benjamin and Alma (Nitsche) Grundy in rural Howard, Kansas. The family moved to Climax where John attended school and graduated from Climax High School. John was united in marriage to Jean Eloise Colyer on August...

Franklin Delano "Del" Gaines Jr

Franklin Delano "Del" Gaines Jr

Sep 29, 2004

Franklin “Del” Gaines Jr. of Hamilton, Kansas, died on September 29, 2004 at his residence at the age of 49. Del was born on February 18, 1955 in El Dorado, Kansas the son of Franklin and Barbara (Barnes) Gaines. He was raised in Augusta and graduated from Augusta High School. He was a boy scout earning the Order of the...

Kathryn Margaret Jackson

Kathryn Margaret Jackson

Sep 25, 2004

Kathryn Margaret (Palmer) Jackson, age 93, died September 25, 2004 at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka. She was born May 8, 1911, at home on Eighth Street in Kansas City, Missouri to Edgar Homer and Ida Lucina (Wickersham) Palmer. Kathryn was a member of the Upper Fall River Lutheran Church. She was raised in Fall River, and later attended Pittsburg...

Richard Obe "Dick" Francis

Richard Obe "Dick" Francis

Sep 20, 2004

Richard Obe “Dick” Francis, of Eureka, died on Monday, September 20, 2004, at the age of 73. He was born on February 22, 1931, to Joseph T. and Nina L. (Glasgow) Francis in Emporia, Kansas. The family moved to Eureka in 1936, and Dick spent his youth in Eureka. All of Dick’s schooling took place in Eureka graduating from Eureka...

Herbert Allen Burkhart Jr

Herbert Allen Burkhart Jr

Sep 18, 2004

Osawatomie – Herbert Allen Burkhart, Jr. 66, formerly of Eureka, died Saturday, September 18, 2004. Allen was born to Herbert Allen Burkhart, Sr. and Wanda (Ward) Burkhart on May 10, 1938 in Virgil. Allen was preceded in death by his parents and one daughter, Lisa Kay. Survivors include a son, Bruce and wife, Patti, of Mankato; and two granddaughters, Jennifer...

Larry Gene Ebberts

Larry Gene Ebberts

Sep 14, 2004

Larry Gene Ebberts, of Arlington, Texas, died on September 14, 2004, in Branson, Missouri, at the age of 61. He was born on December 1, 1942, in Eureka, Kansas, the son of Gene W. and Opal P. (Pritchard) Ebberts. He was raised in Severy, and attended Severy schools. He later worked for Beech Aircraft in Wichita, and installed burglar alarms...

Dorothy May Kent

Dorothy May Kent

Sep 13, 2004

Dorothy M. Kent, 85, passed away on September 13, 2004 at Allen County Hospital. She was born on June 20, 1919, in Elk Falls, Kansas to Nellie and S. William Ritchards. Dorothy graduated from high school in 1937, and married Logan R. Kent on May 26, 1944. Dorothy is preceded in death by her first husband, Richard Leckliter; by her...

Ruby Grace Kindle

Ruby Grace Kindle

Sep 13, 2004

Ruby Grace Kindle, of Eureka, died on September 13, 2004, at Newman Regional Health Center in Emporia, Kansas at the age of 86. She was born on April 3, 1918, in Kilgore, Nebraska, the daughter of Harvey Harrison and Catherine (Danofsky) Morgan. She was raised in Sunrise, Wyoming and attended Sunrise High School. After graduating from high school she worked...

Gary Bruce Worford

Gary Bruce Worford

Sep 4, 2004

Gary B. Worford, of Eureka, died Saturday, September 04, 2004, at the Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 64. He was born in Eureka on January 12, 1940, the son of Frank and Sylvia (Highsmith) Worford. He was raised in the Hamilton area and graduated from Hamilton High School. Gary then attended Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia for...

Ira Leonard "Ike" Weathers

Ira Leonard "Ike" Weathers

Aug 30, 2004

Ira Leonard Weathers, of Eureka, died on Monday, August 30, 2004, at Medicalodge of Eureka, at the age of 90. He was born on November 7, 1913, in Utopia, the son of Claude E. and Adda M. (Rimmer) Weathers. He was raised in Utopia and attended District 19 and Reece schools. In January of 1934, Ike was united in marriage...