Obituaries
Jacob Raymond "Jay" Hollis
Mar 9, 2004
Jacob (Jay) Raymond Hollis was born December 27, 1906 in the family farm home about 13 miles north-west of Hamilton. Before he was born, a baby sister had died in 1898 and a baby brother, Richard, had died in the late summer of 1906. When Jay was born, his brother James, called Jim, was 7 years old and his sister...
Esther Eileen Meyer
Mar 9, 2004
Esther Eileen Meyer was born March 6, 1938 in Parker, Kansas to Enos and Ollie Van Royen. She went to her heavenly home from her earthly home in Eureka, on Tuesday, March 9, 2004. She was married to Michael Meyer on June 10, 1956 and they lived in Severy when their daughters were born, later moving to Norwich, then to...
Neoma Bernice Clark
Mar 6, 2004
Neoma Bernice Clark, of Eureka, died on March 6, 2004, at Medicalodge of Eureka, at the age of 88. She was born on March 1, 1916, in Grenola, Kansas, the daughter of Scott and Mary (Arbuckle) Moore. She was raised in Grenola and attended Grenola schools. On July 8, 1933, she was united in marriage to Lewis Clark in Howard,...
Gale George Elder
Mar 2, 2004
Dr. Gale George Elder of Eureka, Kansas (formerly Winfield, Kansas), died on Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado, Kansas at the age of 91. He was born on February 10, 1913 in Mount Hope, Kansas, the son of Valley and Lenora (Miller) Elder. He was raised in Winfield and attended North Vernon School...
Sylvester Thaine "Ted" Freeman
Feb 21, 2004
Sylvester Thaine “Ted” Freeman, of Eureka, died Saturday, February 21, 2004, at Via Christi – St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 88. He was born on August 12, 1915, in Hamilton, Kansas, the son of William Henry and Elida Mable (Horton) Freeman. His mother and father died when Ted was very young and he was raised...
Faye Pearl Meadows
Feb 20, 2004
Faye Pearl Meadows, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Friday, February 20, 2004, at the age of 86. She was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma on December 10, 1917, the daughter of Bun Wesley and Winnie Louisa (Ober) Shepherd. The family moved to the Gridley, Kansas area in a covered wagon when Faye was very young. They then moved...
Ruby Bell Grundy
Feb 19, 2004
Ruby Bell Grundy, of Eureka, died on February 19, 2004, at The Gran Villas at the age of 94. She was born on January 4, 1910, near Climax, the daughter of Charles Edwin and Nellie Leah (Rice) Bate. She was raised in the Climax area and attended Climax schools, graduating from Climax High School with the class of 1928. After...
Nellie Faye Scharff
Feb 1, 2004
Nellie Faye Scharff, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on February 1, 2004, at the age of 94. She was born in Bucyrus, Kansas on February 3, 1909, the daughter of George O. and Elizabeth (Zollinger) Dollard. When Faye was five years old the family moved to Greenwood County. She attended Union Grade School and Tonovay High School, graduating...
Jacqueline Joye "Jackie" Castleberry
Jan 31, 2004
Jacqueline Joyce “Jackie” Castleberry, of Eureka, died at Via Christi – St. Joseph Medical Center in Wichita on Saturday, January 31, 2004, at the age of 66. She was born on March 20, 1937, in Gridley, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Dalmer and Audrey Lydia (Fletcher) Morrow. Jackie attended rural schools and Virgil High School, graduating with the class of...
Christine Eveline Hollingsworth
Jan 27, 2004
Christine Eveline Hollingsworth died on January 7, 2004 in Waco, Texas following a short illness while visiting three daughters and their families. Christine Eveline (Shoup) Hollingsworth, daughter of the late Charles and Cora Shoup, was born on November 27, 1912 in Udall, Kansas, where she grew up. She graduated from Mulvane High School in 1940. She attended Kansas State Agriculture...
Clarence V. "Pete" Mcdonald
Jan 26, 2004
Clarence V. “Pete” McDonald, of Climax, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Monday, January 26, 2004, at the age of 65. He was born near Eureka on November 17, 1938, the son of John N. and Cleta Mason (Mitchell) McDonald. He was raised in Greenwood County and attended Tonovay High School, graduating with the class of 1956. After his...
Alfred Edwin Ward
Jan 23, 2004
Alfred Edwin Ward, of Eureka, died on Friday, January 23, 2004, at the Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 83. He was born on March 15, 1920, in Greenwood County, Kansas, the son of Walter and Edna (Cain) Ward. He was raised and attended school in the Neal and Fall River area. After his schooling he farmed on the...
Florence Emma Robinson
Jan 21, 2004
Florence E. Robinson, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, January 21, 2004, at Medicalodge of Eureka, at the age of 92. She was born on September 25, 1911, in El Dorado, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Pearl Rose (Boulanger) Davis. She was raised in Leon and attended Leon schools. On August 6, 1928, she married David Robinson in Augusta, Kansas....
Dale Rolland Burnett
Jan 15, 2004
Dale Rolland Burnett, of Howard, died on Thursday, January 15, 2004, at Via-Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 65. He was born on May 15, 1938, near Council Grove, Kansas, the son of Chas O. and Cecile (Bashor) Burnett. Dale was raised near LeRoy, Kansas and attended Olive Branch Country School and Colony High School,...
Leota June Vanhoozier
Jan 14, 2004
Leota June Vanhoozier, of Eureka, Kansas, died at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka on Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at the age of 67. She was born in Cherryvale, Kansas on March 8, 1936, the daughter of Tom and Viola (Volmer) Zuck. She was raised in Cherryvale and graduated from Cherryvale High School with the class of 1954. After her schooling...
Howard Goodwin Larue
Jan 14, 2004
Howard Goodwin LaRue, died Jaunary 14, 2004, in Chandler Arizona, at 94 years of age. He was born August 14, 1909, in Greenwood County, Kansas. He attended Triumph School until moving to Colorado where he went to school in Canon City and Colorado Springs. He moved back to Kansas and attended high school in Fall River. October 1, 1931, he...
Edith Joan Hemingway
Jan 12, 2004
Edith Joan Hemingway, of Eureka, died on Monday, January 12, 2004, at Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 66. She was born on June 13, 1937, in Blue Springs, Missouri, the daughter of Moree and Alice (Wilson) Offield. She graduated from Blue Springs High School and from the Kansas City Business College. In 1965, she was...
Paul Charles Hibbard
Jan 11, 2004
Paul Charles Hibbard, 88, of Toronto, Kansas, died Sunday, January 11, 2004, at the Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community in Manhattan. Born August 3, 1915, he was the son of Charles and Evie (Johnson) Hibbard, who farmed in southeastern Greenwood County, near Toronto. Paul attended the Triumph School for most of his grade school years, except for the sixth grade when...
Clara Letha Walter
Jan 3, 2004
Clara Letha Walter, of Eureka, died Saturday, January 3, 2004, at the age of 97 at Medicalodge of Eureka. She was born on December 2, 1906, in Severy, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Myrtle (Gilbert) Forbes. She was raised in the Severy/Climax area and graduated from Climax High School with the class of 1921. After her schooling she helped...