Obituaries

Loretta Louise Caylor

Loretta Louise Caylor

May 5, 2022

Loretta Louise Caylor of Eureka, died on Thursday, May 5, 2022, at her home near Eureka, at the age of 85. She was born on April 5, 1937, in Sturgis, South Dakota, the daughter of Stuart and Nellie (Carlson) Partridge. She was raised in South Dakota and Wyoming, graduating from Upton High School with the Class of 1955. She was...

Margaret Helen Haney

Margaret Helen Haney

Apr 30, 2022

Margaret Helen Haney Margaret Helen Haney of Eureka, died Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, at the age of 91. She was born June 4, 1930, on a farm near Strong City, Kansas the daughter of John and Mary (Scheve) Gamer. She attended Neva Grade School, and graduated from Elmdale High School with the Class of...

Dean Russell Miller

Dean Russell Miller

Apr 29, 2022

Dean Russell Miller of Eureka, died Friday, April 29, 2022, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, at the age of 62. He was born August 29, 1959, in Wichita, KS, the son of Jerry and Daylene (Conklin) Miller. He was raised in Wichita and attended local schools, graduating from Wichita Southeast High School. Dean worked in the industrial insulation business...

Sondra Sue Baugher

Sondra Sue Baugher

Apr 21, 2022

Sondra Sue Baugher of Eureka, died on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 80. She was born on January 31, 1942, in Scipio, Kansas, the daughter of Leonard and Bernice (Kueser) Spears. Her mother died when she was four and she was raised by her mother’s sister and husband, Ethel &...

Lew Bitler

Lew Bitler

Apr 15, 2022

Charles Lewis “Lew” Bitler of Eureka died on Friday, April 15, 2022, at Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita, at the age of 79. He was born on September 22, 1942, in Eureka, the son of Charles Lester and Lois Marie (Teter) Bitler. He was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School with the Class of 1960. On June...

Claire Elaine (Rathke) Kimberlin

Claire Elaine (Rathke) Kimberlin

Apr 9, 2022

Claire Elaine (Rathke) Kimberlin of Madison, KS, went to meet her Lord and Savior, surrounded by her loving family, on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at her home in Madison, at the age of 77. She was born September 24, 1944, in Emporia, KS, the daughter of William and Alvina (Kuhn) Rathke. She was raised on a farm west of Olpe,...

Pamela Joyce Smith

Pamela Joyce Smith

Apr 7, 2022

Pamela Joyce Smith, of Toronto, KS, died Thursday, April 7, 2022, at Select Specialty Hospital in Kansas City, KS, at the age of 67. She was born April 20, 1954, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Kenneth and Reba Jewel (McEnany) Pennington. She was raised in Ponca City, and attended local schools, graduating with the Ponca City High School...

Domonic Andrew Gibson

Domonic Andrew Gibson

Apr 1, 2022

Domonic Andrew Gibson of Eureka, died on Friday, April 1, 2022, in Wichita, at the age of 25. He was born on June 12, 1996, in Wichita, the son of Jeremy Andrew and Marcella Lynn (Rosenbaum) Gibson. He was raised in Eureka and Medicine Lodge and attended local schools. In school he participated in football, wrestling, and track. He later...

Cathy Arlene Chastain

Cathy Arlene Chastain

Mar 12, 2022

Cathy Arlene Chastain of Eureka, died on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at her home in Eureka, at the age of 68. She was born on January 9, 1954, in Eureka, the daughter of Arlie Eugene and Marguriet Joice (Call) Chastain. She was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School with the Class of 1972. She worked as a...

Teddy Lyn Postlethwait

Teddy Lyn Postlethwait

Feb 20, 2022

Teddy Lyn Postlethwait passed away Sunday, February 20, 2022, at his home near Eureka, at the age of 74. Ted was born May 20, 1947, in Eureka, the son of Linslye E. and Tempa G. (Hartley) Postlethwait. He was raised in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School in 1965. He was in the band throughout his school years. In...

Barbara M. Beitz

Barbara M. Beitz

Feb 20, 2022

Barbara M. Beitz of Eureka, died on Sunday, February 20, 2022, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, in El Dorado, at the age of 80. She was born on June 17, 1941, in Eureka, the daughter of Charles Lester and Lois Marie (Teter) Bitler. She was raised in Greenwood County, living in various places while her parents traveled for work....

Fern Maybell Cook

Fern Maybell Cook

Feb 18, 2022

Fern Maybell Cook, formerly of Eureka, passed away on February 18, 2022, at Spring Hill Care and Rehab, Spring Hill, Kansas, at the age of 101. She was born January 8, 1921, in Climax, Kansas to Nellie Sarah (Briggs) and Ralph Brittin Rice. Fern attended schools in Districts 66 and 52 and graduated from Climax High School in 1937. Before...

Larren Keith Dennis

Larren Keith Dennis

Feb 17, 2022

Larren Keith Dennis of Eureka, died on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at Select Specialty Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 70. He was born on February 14, 1952, in Hays, Kansas, the son of Willis Keith and Billie (Crawford) Dennis. He was raised in Decatur County, graduating from Decatur County High School in Oberlin, with the Class of 1970....

Deb Dannels

Deb Dannels

Feb 14, 2022

Debra Ann (Jardot) Dannels, 70, passed away peacefully, surrounded by loving family, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, on Monday, February 14, 2022. Deb was born at St. Mary’s Hospital in Emporia, Kansas on December 31, 1951, to Ralph and Anna May (Crabtree) Jardot. Ralph worked in the oil field, so Deb lived in many towns in Kansas and one...

Gary L. Rundell

Gary L. Rundell

Feb 11, 2022

Gary Lyndal Rundell of Eureka, died on Friday, February 11, 2022, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 82. He was born April 27, 1939, in Yale, Oklahoma, the son of Clarence M. and Lucille “Faye” (Dunn) Rundell. He was raised in Wichita and attended local schools, graduating from West High School. While in high school, Gary...

D Roger Moss

D Roger Moss

Feb 9, 2022

Roger Moss D Roger Moss of Eureka, died on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 83. He was born on June 28, 1938, in Greenwood County, the son of Harold Lawrence and Evelyn D. (Denchfield) Moss. He attended country schools and later graduated from Eureka High School with the Class of 1957....

Janet Dee Warren

Janet Dee Warren

Feb 8, 2022

Janet Dee Warren of Eureka, died on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at Greenwood County Hospital, in Eureka, at the age of 87. She was born on January 8, 1935, in Erie, Kansas the daughter of Cecil and Alice (Williams) Edwards. She was raised in Chanute and Eureka graduating from Climax High School with the Class of 1952. On December 6,...

Jerry Leroy Tally

Jerry Leroy Tally

Feb 6, 2022

Jerry Leroy Tally of Eureka, Kansas, passed away on February 6, 2022, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, at the age of 85. He was born January 21, 1937, in Miami, Oklahoma, the son of Roy Wilbur and Martha Emma (Landis) Tally. He was raised in Joplin and Baxter Springs before moving to Neodesha. Jerry graduated from Neodesha High...

Kathy Bedigrew

Kathy Bedigrew

Feb 1, 2022

Kathryn Rose “Kathy” Bedigrew of Toronto, departed this life on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at her home in Toronto, due to complications from COVID-19, at the age of 60. She was born on May 28, 1961, in Yates Center, Kansas, the sixth child of Floyd Lester and Gladys Helen (Kasper) Bedigrew. She graduated from Eureka High School with the Class...

Lyle Dee Welsh

Lyle Dee Welsh

Feb 1, 2022

Lyle D. Welsh of Eureka, died on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at his home in Eureka, at the age of 72. He was born May 4, 1949, in Eureka, the son of Lyle Birney and Violet Marion (Runnells) Welsh. He was raised in Eureka and attended the midtown schools, graduating from Eureka High School with the Class of 1967. Following...