Obituaries
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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