Obituaries
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...
Shirley Mae Beeman
May 21, 2003
Shirley Mae Beeman of Eureka died on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 68. She was born on February 21, 1935, in Eureka, the daughter of Amos and Beth (Giffen) Davis. She was raised in Eureka and attended Eureka Schools. On December 7 1956, Shirley was united in marriage to William E....
John Chester Coonfield
May 14, 2003
John “Chester” Coonfield, of Eureka, died on Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at Medicalodge of Eureka, at the age of 90. He was born in Vaughn, Arkansas on September 4, 1912, the son of Benjamin Wallace and Lattie (Little) Coonfield. Chester was raised in Vaughn and attended schools in Vaughn and Decatur. After his schooling he entered the United States Army...
Mary Alice Houston
May 2, 2003
Mary Alice Houston, of Eureka, died on Friday, May 2, 2003, at the age of 85. She was born in Howard, Kansas on October 17, 1917, the daughter of William and Mary Alice (Hinkle) Allen. On May 10, 1957, she was united in marriage to Ray Houston in Eureka. They made their home in Eureka and owned and operated Eureka...
Roy William Janney
Apr 10, 2003
Roy William Janney, born in Mulberry, Kansas, January 16, 1910, died on April 10, 2003. He graduated from Mulberry Kansas High School and then was employed by Cities Service Oil Company in Oil Hill, Kansas until 1951; serving the positions of field boss and electrical foreman. He then moved to El Dorado, Kansas where he, with his wife, Lorena B....
Jack Charles Patterson
Apr 8, 2003
Jack Charles Patterson, of Hamilton, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at the age of 83. He was born on August 17, 1919, in Lindsay, Oklahoma, the son of Charles Olander and Nettie Lou (Morgan) Patterson. He was raised in the Lindsay/Lawton area, and graduated from Cache High School. He then attended Cameron College in Lawton....
William Lawrence Buckle
Mar 27, 2003
William Lawrence Buckle, of Mt. Dora, Florida, former Hamilton resident, died on Thursday, March 27, 2003, at the age of 56. William was born in Emporia on May 3, 1946, the son of Edward E. and Myrtle A. (Jennings/Kirkwood) Buckle. He was raised in Hamilton and graduated from Hamilton High School with the class of 1964. After high school he...
Howard Douglas "Doug" Eddings
Mar 25, 2003
Howard Douglas “Doug” Eddings, of Eureka, died at the Greenwood County Hospital on Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at the age of 64. He was born in Hominy, Oklahoma on July 20, 1938, the son of Charlie Sherman and Flora Olive (Ward) Eddings. The family lived in Oklahoma until 1945, when they moved to Reece, Kansas. Doug attended Reece Grade School...
Marjorie Gilroy Knowles
Mar 24, 2003
Marjorie Gilroy Knowles of Dallas, Texas died peacefully on her 98th birthday, Monday, March 24th, 2003. She was born in Quincy, Kansas in 1905, and the daughter of True H. Gilroy and Del Martin Gilroy. She resided in the state of Kansas until age 92 when she moved to Dallas to be near her family. She graduated from College of...
John Arron "Doc" Cookson
Mar 24, 2003
John Arron (Doc) Cookson, 54, a longtime resident of Hamilton died Monday, March 24, 2003 at his home in Hamilton. “Doc” Cookson, the son of Anna Mae Alvord (Cookson) Barb and James William Cookson was born October 23, 1948 in Emporia, Kansas. He graduated from Hamilton High School in 1966. “Doc” entered the United States Army on May 6th 1968....
Mary Frances Straight
Mar 20, 2003
Mary Frances Wyse Straight of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on Thursday, March 20, 2003 at the age of 91. She was born on February 18, 1912, at a whistle stop near Riverside, California, where her father was the foreman for railroad workers. She moved to Kansas with her parents, William and Mary Wyse, and her younger sister, Wilma,...
Audry Henrietta "Retta" Mckenna
Mar 19, 2003
Audry H. “Retta” McKenna, 88, retired cabinetmaker, died on Wednesday, March 19, 2003. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, March 24, 2003 at Greenwood Cemetery, Eureka, Kansas. She is survived by one brother, James Lahar of Cherryvale, and ten nieces and nephews. A memorial has been established in her name to the Medicalodge Activity Fund.
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