Obituaries
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...
Leona Pearl Damron
May 31, 2003
Leona Pearl Damron, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Saturday, May 31, 2003, at the age of 74. Leona was born at Princeton, Kansas on February 1, 1929, the daughter of Levi Joseph and Bessie Mae (Anderson) Blevins. She was raised in the Toronto area and attended Toronto schools. On June 30, 1947 Leona was united in marriage...
Pamela Collette Whipple
May 29, 2003
Pamela Collette Whipple, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka on Thursday, May 29, 2003, at the age of 51. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri on February 2, 1952, the daughter of Clay and Kathryn (Baker) Cooper. She was raised in Independence, Missouri, and graduated from Van Horn High School with the class of 1970....
Jack Milton Berry
May 28, 2003
Jack Milton Berry of Eureka, died at the Lakepoint Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Augusta on Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at the age of 78. He was born in Greenwood County, Kansas, on August 22, 1924, the son of Lloyd and Nellie Opal (Carter) Berry. He was raised in the Eureka area and graduated from Eureka High School with the...
Alice Marie Offield
May 27, 2003
Alice Marie Offield, of Madison, died at the Madison Manor on Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at the age of 89. She was born in Gallatin, Missouri on August 21, 1913, the daughter of George and Hannah (Whitt) Wilson. Alice was raised in the Gallatin area and graduated from Gallatin High School in 1932. On April 26, 1936 she was united...
Violet Sophronia Johnson
May 25, 2003
Violet Sophronia Hubbell was born March 15, 1915, at Severy, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Marion and Estella (Sours) Hubbell. At the age of two she moved with her family to the upper Paw Paw Community in Elk County. She attended Paw Paw School as a child and received her high school diploma at Severy, graduating with the class of...
Maxcine W Griggs
May 24, 2003
Maxcine W. Griggs, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Saturday, May 24, 2003, at the age of 89, She was born in Parsons, Kansas on January 29, 1914, the daughter of Frank and Ora (Karas) Winkler. Maxcine was raised in Parsons and graduated from Parsons High School with the class of 1932. In that same year she...
Homer Wallace Brown
May 21, 2003
Homer Wallace Brown, of Eureka, died Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at his residence at the age of 85. He was born in Greenwood County, Kansas on June 19, 1917, the son of Earl L. and Cecil (Lyon) Brown. Homer was raised in the Climax/Eureka area and attended Hallett Rural School and graduated from Tonavay High School with the class of...