Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Claudine "Sis" Harber
Aug 29, 2004
Claudine “Sis” Harber, of Neal, died on Sunday, August 29, 2004, at Cancer Treatment Center of America in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 66. She was born on February 20, 1938, in Eureka, Kansas, the daughter of Clare and Edna (Nichols) Savage. She was raised in the Quincy area and graduated from Quincy High School. On April 2, 1957,...
Everett Ray Birkholz
Aug 26, 2004
Everett Ray Birkholz, of Eureka died on August 26, 2004, at Osage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Osage City at the age of 90. He was born on February 4, 1914, in Argonia, Kansas, the son of Paul and Gertie (Rothur) Birkholz. He attended Argonia schools. After his schooling, Everett worked in the oil fields for many years and worked...
Elizabeth Pearl Durham
Aug 23, 2004
Elizabeth Pearl Durham, of Eureka, Kansas died at her residence on August 23, 2004, at the age of 70. She was born in Vallejo, California on October 25, 1933, the daughter of William and Pearl Meredith (Searcy) Brown. She was raised in Vallejo and attended school there. After her schooling she started her own landscaping business called “Betty’s Landscaping.” Betty...
James "Waldo" Hinshaw
Aug 19, 2004
James “Waldo” Hinshaw, 101, retired Landscape Architect and Gardener, died Thursday, August 19, 2004, in Kent, Michigan. He was born July 11, 1903 in Eureka, Kansas, to James Willard and Lula (Robinson) Hinshaw. He was united in marriage to Martha Meredith Shepard on December 31, 1927, in Hamilton, Kansas. Waldo was a member of the First United Methodist Church of...
Donald Lee Hare
Aug 17, 2004
Donald Lee Hare, of Eureka, died on August 17, 2004, at Medicalodge of Eureka, at the age of 73. He was born on June 21, 1931 in Neodesha, Kansas, the son of Thomas and Gladys (Duft) Hare. He was raised in Neodesha and graduated from Neodesha High School. After graduation, Donald worked for Archer-Daniels Landscaping Company and the Houston-Dye Lumber...
James Ronald "Ron" Bratton
Aug 15, 2004
James Ronald “Ron” Bratton, of Eureka died on August 15, 2004, at his residence in Eureka, at the age of 60. He was born on July 23, 1944, in Neal, Kansas the son of Don and Ethel (Dees) Bratton Sr. He was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School with the class of 1962. He later attended Emporia...
Wilma Lorene Donaldson
Aug 15, 2004
Wilma Lorene Donaldson, of Neal, Kansas, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Sunday, August 15, 2004, at the age of 87. She was born on March 30, 1917, in Greenwood County, Kansas, the daughter of Frank Eugene and Daisy Etna (O’Byrne) Brown. She was raised on farms in Fairview and Harmony school districts and attended schools there. In 1935, Wilma...
Guy Myrl Shumard
Aug 8, 2004
Guy Myrl Shumard, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Sunday, August 8, 2004, at the age of 85. He was born in rural Eureka on February 23, 1919, the son of Harvey and Gertrude (Rader) Shumard. He was raised in the Eureka area and graduated from Climax High School. After his schooling he began his career in farming. On...