Obituaries
Marguerite Elizabeth Worley
Jan 1, 2004
Marguerite Elizabeth Worley, of Piedmont, died on Thursday, January 1, 2004, at Friendship Manor in Pratt, at the age of 102. She was born on December 27, 1901, in Utopia, Kansas, the daughter of Samuel and Melinda May (Stewart) Little. She was raised in the Utopia and Hamilton areas and attended Hamilton High School, graduating with the class of 1919....
Donald Ivan Spence
Jan 1, 2004
Donald Ivan Spence, of Wichita, died on Thursday, January 1, 2004, at Via-Christi St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 84. He was born on May 18, 1919, in Greenleaf, Kansas, the son of Charlie M. and Mary (Hennessey) Spence. He was raised in Greenleaf and attended area schools. After his schooling, he entered the United...
Jaime Evans Chase
Dec 31, 2003
Jaime E. Chase died December 31, 2003 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born November 9, 1911, in Eureka, Kansas, the only child of Eva Evans Alter and James P. Alter. Jaime graduated from Emporia State University and taught English in the Eureka school system before her marriage to Carl C. Chase. After her marriage, she worked...
Merle Arbutus Reeder
Dec 30, 2003
Merle Arbutus Reeder died December 30, 2003, at Susan B. Allen Hospital in El Dorado, Kansas, at the age of 91. Merle was born September 27, 1912 in Monroe County, Indiana, to William and Clara (Kindle) Whetstone. The family moved to Keighley, Kansas when she was five, then to El Dorado. Merle graduated from El Dorado High School with the...
Ethel Emma Starner
Dec 24, 2003
Ethel Emma Starner of Eureka died on December 24, 2003, at the Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 96. She was born on November 10, 1907 in Hebron, Missouri, the daughter of Joseph and Lubbie (Tully) Sisson. She was raised in Missouri and moved to Kansas at the age of 14. In 1922 she was united in marriage to...
Gene Woodson Francis
Dec 24, 2003
Gene Woodson Francis, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, December 24, 2003, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 70. He was born in Perryton, Texas on February 21, 1933, the son of Joseph and Nina (Glasgow) Francis. He was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School. After high school he attended college for a short time before...
Mildred Laverne Hollis
Dec 23, 2003
Mildred “Millie” Laverne (Long) Hollis of Hamilton, Kansas died on December 23, 2003, at Medicalodge of Eureka at the age of 90. She was born on January 1, 1913 in Portland, Oregon the daughter of John Long and Mabel (Coulter) Long. She was raised in the Reece area and attended Reece High School. Mildred loved basketball and played on the...
Fred Donald Stuber
Dec 18, 2003
Fred Donald Stuber, of Eureka, died at his residence on December 18, 2003 at the age of 65. He was born on January 5, 1938, in Climax, the son of Virgil L. and Alice (Moore) Stuber. He was raised west of Climax, and attended local schools until his junior year. Fred then attended Eureka Junior/Senior High School and graduated with...
Jack Calvin Pugh
Dec 13, 2003
Jack Calvin Pugh, 72, of Bella Vista, Arkansas, died Saturday, December 13, 2003, at St. Mary’s Hospital, in Rogers, Arkansas. He was born on July 26, 1931, in Belton, Missouri, to Lloyd A. Pugh and Maude E. (Wilson) Pugh. He was raised and educated in Eureka, Kansas and graduated from Emporia State Teachers College. He married Esther F. Linden on...
Cleveland Arthur Knight
Dec 8, 2003
Cleveland Arthur Knight, of Hamilton, died on Monday, December 8, 2003, at the age of 74. He was born on April 20, 1929, in Severy, Kansas, the son of Frank and Lily (Wormington) Knight. He was raised in Severy, Howard, and Moline, and attended area schools. After his schooling he worked in a Chevrolet repair garage, the oil fields, and...
Leona King
Dec 5, 2003
Leona King, of Eureka, died on Friday, December 5, 2003, at Medicalodge of Eureka at the age of 86. She was born in Goodland, Kansas, on January 23, 1917, the daughter of John L. and Alice (Frid) Goss. She was raised in Osage City and Emporia, graduating from Emporia High School with the class of 1934. She then attended Kansas...
Virginia Elizabeth Ladd
Dec 2, 2003
Virginia Elizabeth (Evans) Ladd, 92, of Eureka, died Tuesday, December 2, 2003, at Medicalodge of Eureka. She was born December 21, 1910 to Judge Richard W. and Clara (Sturgeon) Evans in Dodge City, Kansas. She attended high school in Dodge City, and was valedictorian of her senior class. She was selected as the first Miss Wheatland of Kansas, a preliminary...
Arleta Florence Carter
Dec 1, 2003
Arleta Florence Carter, of Eureka, died on December 1, 2003, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas, at the age of 76. She was born on November 3, 1927, in Utopia, Kansas, the daughter of Charles F. and Florence (Cook) Denner. She was raised in rural Eureka and graduated from Tonovay school in 1945. After finishing the Kansas Teacher’s...
Madeline Natalee Copeland
Nov 26, 2003
Madeline Natalee Copeland, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 at Medicalodge in Eureka at the age of 81. She was born on June 2, 1922, in Miami, Florida, the daughter of Lucius St. Clair and Myrtle J. (Jernigan) King. She was raised in Florida, Colorado, and Missouri. She moved to Rosalia in 1958, then moved to California for...
Raymon Smith Myers
Nov 24, 2003
Raymond S. Myers, of Eureka, died Monday, November 24, 2003, in Angels Camp, California at the age of 77. He was born June 18, 1926, in Boise, Idaho to Otis T. and Dolly Mae (Dix) Myers Smith. He lived in Topeka until 1931 then moved to Stockton, California. He graduated from Stockton High School in 1944. After his schooling he...
Dorothy Mae Ball
Nov 8, 2003
Dorothy Mae Ball, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Saturday, November 8, 2003, at the age of 75. She was born on a farm west of Reece on March 3, 1928, the daughter of John H. and Mary E. (Taylor) Samuels. She was raised in the Eureka area and attended Greenwood County schools. On January 1, 1946,...
Evelyn D. Moss
Nov 6, 2003
Evelyn D. Moss, of Eureka, died at her residence in Eureka, on Thursday, November 6, 2003, at the age of 95. She was born in Piedmont, on January 11, 1908, the daughter of George and Maggie (Lasater) Denchfield. She was raised in Piedmont and attended Harmony and Eureka schools graduating from Eureka High School with the class of 1926. On...
Freda Ann Eide
Nov 1, 2003
Freda Ann Eide, of Eureka died at Medicalodge of Eureka on November 1, 2003, at the age of 94. She was born in Woodson County, Kansas on January 23, 1909, the daughter of Martin Luther and Iva B. (Anderson) Crumrine. She was raised in Reece, Kansas and graduated from Reece High School. She then attended Emporia State College for one...
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