Obituaries
Paulyne Winifred Teter
Aug 20, 2003
Paulyne W. Teter, 86, homemaker, died on Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at Brewster Place in Topeka where she has lived since August of 2001. She was born in Eureka on July 19, 1917, the daughter of John R. and Ollie (Powell) Knox. She attended the Eureka schools, graduating from Eureka High School with the class of 1935. On September 15,...
Elizabeth Maxine Johnson
Aug 13, 2003
Elizabeth “Maxine” Johnson, of Wichita, died on August 13, 2003, at her residence, at the age of 76. She was born on July 6, 1927, in Eureka, the daughter of Harry and Ruth (Raber) Rockley. She was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School with the class of 1946. She worked in the Eureka and El Dorado areas...
Billy Gene Brown
Aug 3, 2003
Billy Gene Brown 56, of Gillette, Wyoming, died Sunday, August 3, 2003. He was born March 8, 1947, in Eureka, Kansas, to Willis and Mary Martha (Stuber) Brown. He was raised in the Eureka area, graduating with the Eureka High School class of 1965. Billy was united in marriage to Peggy Carroll on May 11, 1972. The family moved to...
Donald Keith Garrison
Jul 31, 2003
Donald Keith Garrison, of Eureka, died on Thursday, July 31, 2003, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 81. He was born on December 22, 1921, in Wichita, the son of Harry Guy and Mabel Elizabeth (Foley) Garrison. He was raised in the Beaumont area and attended Beaumont elementary school. He attended high school in El Dorado,...
Anna Lou Newland
Jul 31, 2003
Anna Lou Newland, of Toronto, died at her residence on July 31, 2003, at the age 71. She was born on May 26, 1932, in Toronto, the daughter of William Orvis and Lyla Belle (Adkins) Black. She was raised in Toronto and graduated from Toronto High School. On October 14, 1949, Anna Lou was united in marriage to Jack Guy...
Chester Marion Myers
Jul 30, 2003
Chester “Marion” Myers, of Eureka, died on July 30, 2003, at the Greenwood County Hospital at the age of 85. He was born on January 27, 1918, in Altoona, Kansas, the son of Jerry and Clara (Baughn) Myers. He was raised in the Altoona/Fredonia area and attended Altoona Rural schools. He entered the United States Army during World War II...
Virginia Maxine Vander Meyden
Jul 30, 2003
Virginia Maxine Vander Meyden, of Wichita, died at The Vyne at Crestview in Wichita on Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at the age 88. She was born in Stanberry, Missouri on March 27, 1915, the daughter of Amos and Erma J. (Phillips) Chapman. She was raised in Waverly and attended Waverly schools. In 1930 she moved to Harris, Kansas and then...
John Edward Yost
Jul 23, 2003
John Edward Yost, of Eureka, died July 23, 2003, at his residence at the age of 85. He was born in Stockton, Missouri on December 2, 1917, the son of John Henry and Bessie Mary (Hayward) Yost. The family lived in Stockton until they moved to Eureka in 1928. John joined the United States Navy during World War II and...
Billy Clark "Doc" Leasure
Jul 22, 2003
Billy Clark “Doc” Leasure, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka on Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at the age of 86. He was born in Osceola, Missouri, on February 5, 1917, the son of Roy and Nellie (Clark) Leasure. He was raised in Osceola and graduated from Osceola High School. After finishing high school, he worked at...
Ernest Leroy "Ernie" Bogle
Jul 17, 2003
Ernest Leroy “Ernie” Bogle, of Eureka, died on Thursday, July 17, 2003, at his residence at the age of 73. He was born on March 12, 1930, in Hamilton, Kansas, the son of Raymond and Florence (Dewey) Bogle. He was raised in the Hamilton, Virgil, and Toronto areas and attended Hamilton Schools. He entered the United States Army in August...
Margie Ann Lahar
Jul 11, 2003
Margie Ann (Thomas) Lahar, of Great Bend, Kan., died on Friday, July 11, 2003 at the age of 49. She fought a long battle after being severely burned in an accident. Margie was born in Henryetta, Okla., on March 24, 1954, the daughter of Raymon and Margaret (Scott) Thomas. She was raised in Henryetta with her two sisters and two...
Isla Irene Lasater
Jul 8, 2003
Isla Irene Lasater, of Eureka, died at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, on July 8, 2003 at the age of 93. Isla was born August 22, 1909, at Matfield Green, Kansas the daughter of Hubert and Emma Susan (Leach) Carpenter. She graduated in 1928 from Rural Reece High School along with her brother Myron – known to friends and family...
Dean Edward Mcmullen
Jul 7, 2003
Dean Edward McMullen, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on July 7, 2003, at the age of 69. He was born on December 8, 1933, in Emporia, Kansas, the son of George W. and Ethel (Shull) McMullen. Dean was raised in Emporia and attended Emporia schools. After his schooling he worked at a feedlot for a short while...
Donald Ivan Rupe
Jun 26, 2003
Donald Ivan Rupe, of Douglass, Kansas died on June 26, 2003 at Medicalodge of Douglass at the age of 77. He was born June 27, 1925 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma the son of Rolly and Florence (Lammon) Rupe. He was raised in Lamar, Colorado and went to high school there. In 1941 he went to work on the John Martin...
Rebecca Anne Denchfield-Stone
Jun 21, 2003
Rebecca Anne Denchfield-Stone, of Augusta, died at her residence on June 21, 2003, at the age of 24. She was born on July 6, 1978 in Eureka, Kansas, the daughter of David and Sigrid (Christian) Denchfield. She was raised in Eureka, Kansas, and graduated from Hamilton High School with the class of 1996. She attended Labette County Community College, and...
Bernadine Aletha Olson
Jun 19, 2003
Bernadine Aletha Olson, of Wichita, died on Thursday, June 19, 2003, at the Wichita Presbyterian Manor in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 89. She was born on November 30, 1913, in Greenwood County, Kansas, the daughter of Albert and Tammy (Bair) Stuber. She was raised in the Climax area and attended Climax schools and graduated from Climax High School...
Marie Elizabeth Jones
Jun 18, 2003
Marie “Elizabeth” Jones, died at Medicalodge of Eureka, Kansas, Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 90 years of age. She was born at Mt. Washington, MO. on September 16, 1912 to Robert James and Clara May (Hedges) Jackson. She was second of a multiple birth. She came to Eureka with her mother, brothers, and sister in May of 1920. She graduated...
Virginia Lea Rice
Jun 9, 2003
Virginia Lea Rice, 79, of Eureka died June 9, 2003, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka. She was born September 4, 1923 near Eureka, the daughter of Elmer and Pearl Becker. She was raised in the Eureka area and attended school in Neal and Eureka. On November 18, 1939, she was united in marriage to Dale Rice in Eureka....
John Robert Hopper
Jun 7, 2003
John Robert Hopper, of Eureka, died at his home on Saturday, June 7, 2003, at the age of 44. He was born in Chula Vista, California on June 25, 1958, the son of William John and June Arlene (Bennett) Hopper. He lived in the Midway, Washington area until the early 1990’s when he moved to Toronto, Kansas and then to...