Obituaries

John Forest Winn

John Forest Winn

Aug 8, 2004

John Forest Winn, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Sunday, August 8, 2004, at the age of 90. He was born in northeast Butler County on May 25, 1914, the son of John S. and Irene (Paulson) Winn. John lived on the family farm and raised cattle until October 2000, when he moved to Eureka. He is survived by...

Elmer John Thole

Elmer John Thole

Aug 8, 2004

Elmer J. Thole Age 84, born April 19, 1920, in McCook, Nebraska and died August 8, 2004, in Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas He served our country in World War II, in the European theater from April 13, 1944 to January 31, 1946, as a combat engineer. As a retired construction worker in 1978 he moved to Fall River...

Earl Clifford Sutter

Earl Clifford Sutter

Aug 4, 2004

Earl Clifford Sutter, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on August 4, 2004, at the age of 87. He was born in Kieley, Kansas on April 2, 1917, the son of Theodore and Lula (Harris) Sutter. Earl was raised in El Dorado and graduated from El Dorado High School. After his schooling he worked at the El Dorado Ford...

Doris Dee Thornton

Doris Dee Thornton

Aug 3, 2004

Doris Dee Thornton, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Tuesday, August 3, 2004, at the age of 77. She was born on September 15, 1926, in Eureka, the daughter of Ernest and Leilia (Jones) Lozier. Doris was raised in the Eureka area and attended Greenwood County rural schools and graduated from Eureka High School. After her schooling...

Raymond Lloyd Hammond

Raymond Lloyd Hammond

Aug 3, 2004

Raymond Lloyd Hammond, of Eureka, died at Via Christi - St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita, on Tuesday, August 3, 2004, at the age of 74. He was born in Burlington, Kansas on November 18, 1929, the son of Arza and Emma (Williams) Hammond. He was raised near Burlington, and attended Coffey County rural schools. After his schooling, he...

Velvah Fern Downard

Velvah Fern Downard

Jul 31, 2004

Velvah Fern Downard died Saturday, July 31, 2004, at Medicalodges of Eureka in Eureka, Kansas, at the age of 91 . She was born on May 22, 1913, in Greenwood County, Kansas to Joseph & Margaret (McKnight) Booth. She was married to Guy Downard in 1943 and together they had four children: Karen Kiene of South Bend, Indiana, Darby Downard...

Betty Louise Schmidt

Betty Louise Schmidt

Jul 31, 2004

Betty Louise Schmidt of Eureka, Kansas, died at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas on Saturday, July 31, 2004, at the age of 75. She was born in Wichita on January 19, 1929, the daughter of Harmon and Della (Miller) Pruner. She was raised in Wichita and attended Wichita schools. On May 22, 1949, Betty was united in marriage to...

Howard Franklin Crawford

Howard Franklin Crawford

Jul 29, 2004

Howard Franklin Crawford died on Thursday, July 29, 2004, at his residence in Eureka, at the age of 80. He was born on March 27, 1924, near Fall River, Kansas the son of Clarence and Ida (Day) Crawford. He was raised on a farm near Climax and attended Fall River schools graduating from Fall River High School. After his schooling,...

Lelia Maurine Whipple

Lelia Maurine Whipple

Jul 21, 2004

Lelia M. Whipple, 90, Eureka, passed away Wednesday July 21, 2004, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. She was born July 17, 1914, in Salem Township, Greenwood County, to Harry and Myrtle Bobbitt. She resided in Eureka many years and currently was living at the Gran Villas in Eureka. She married Gerald Whipple in 1934. He died December 19, 1983....

Florence Irene "Cookie" Moon

Florence Irene "Cookie" Moon

Jul 17, 2004

Florence Irene Moon, of Eureka, died on Saturday, July 17, 2004 at Via Christi – St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 76. She was born on August 29, 1927 in Toronto, the daughter of Alfred and Jenny (Summers) Sowder. She was raised in Toronto and graduated from Toronto High School. After her schooling, she worked...

Keith Duane Griffiths

Keith Duane Griffiths

Jul 14, 2004

Keith D. Griffiths, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado, Kansas at the age of 61. He was born on September 8, 1942, in Neal, Kansas, the son of James and Opal (Megli) Griffith. He was raised in the Neal area, and attended school in the Fancy, Neal and Tonovay...

Ceola Alberta Geist

Ceola Alberta Geist

Jul 10, 2004

Ceola A. Geist, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Saturday, July 10, 2004, at the age of 101. She was born in rural Quincy, Kansas on April 2, 1903, the daughter of Albertus and Pearl (Burnett) King. She was raised in the Quincy area and attended country school. After her schooling, she worked in the Quincy grocery...

Harry Edward "Junior" Bailey Jr

Harry Edward "Junior" Bailey Jr

Jul 6, 2004

Harry Edward Bailey Jr., of Eureka died on Tuesday, July 6, 2004, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 85. Harry was born on October 29, 1918, in Carl Junction, Mo., the son of Harry and Barbara (Waters) Bailey. He was raised in Carl Junction, Mo., and graduated from Carl Junction High School with the class...

Bessie Irene Abbey

Bessie Irene Abbey

Jul 1, 2004

Bessie Irene Abbey, of Virgil, died on Thursday, July 1, 2004, at Coffey County Hospital, in Burlington, Kansas at the age of 93. She was born on December 21, 1910, in Carpenter, Oklahoma, the daughter of Albert Calvin and Allie Mae (Gatten) Moad. She was raised in Oklahoma and attended school there. On August 23, 1935, Bessie was united in...

Ernest Wilson Sawyer

Ernest Wilson Sawyer

Jun 27, 2004

Ernest Wilson “Buzz” Sawyer, of Eureka, Kansas died on Sunday, June 27, 2004, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 66. He was born on September 19, 1937, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Russell Duvall and Avis Jo (Morris) Sawyer. He was raised in Lincoln, and graduated from Lincoln Teachers College High School with the...

Vernon William Donnelly

Vernon William Donnelly

Jun 22, 2004

Vernon William Donnelly, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Tuesday, June 22, 2004, at the age of 84. He was born at Birch Tree, Missouri on July 16, 1919, the son of Clarence Cross and Ethel (Te Vault) Donnelly. He was raised in Eureka, and attended local schools. In 1942, Vernon entered the United States Navy and served...

Lois Lola Olson

Lois Lola Olson

Jun 18, 2004

Lois Lola Olson, of El Dorado, former Eureka resident, died at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado on Friday, June 18, 2004, at the age of 98. She was born in Greenwood County, Kansas on December 15, 1905, the daughter of Carl A. and Dovie (Cook) Olson. She was raised in the Bachelor Creek, Spring Creek, and Sallyards...

Lenora Josephine Shay

Lenora Josephine Shay

Jun 17, 2004

Lenora Josephine Shay, of Neal, died on June 17, 2004, at Chanute Healthcare Center, in Chanute at the age of 90. She was born on August 30, 1913, in Neal, Kansas, the daughter of John M. and Phila (Lloyd) Schlotterbeck. She was raised in Neal and graduated from Neal High School. After her schooling she worked on the family farm....

George Wilbur Brenton

George Wilbur Brenton

Jun 1, 2004

George Wilbur Brenton of Eureka died on June 1, 2004, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas at the age of 76. He was born on October 17, 1927, in Lapland, Kansas the son of Albert E. Brenton and Lena M. (Miller) Brenton. He was raised in Lapland and attended Lapland and Eureka schools. After schooling, he worked as a...

Dortha Pauline Dodd

Dortha Pauline Dodd

May 25, 2004

Dortha Pauline Dodd, 89, died May 25, 2004, at the Heartland Manor Care of Willowbrook, in Houston, Texas. She was born January 7, 1915 at Cherryvale, Kansas the daughter of Rena Dortha (McMahill) and Fred Alexander Hurd. She was reared in the Independence, Kansas community, graduating from High School class of 1932 and Independence Community College in 1934. She was...