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Constance June (O’Connell) Bratton Hart

Constance June (O’Connell) Bratton Hart

Constance June (O’Connell) Bratton Hart passed away on Jan. 23, 2024. She was born on Dec. 11, 1940 to Harold Kenneth O’Connell and Gladys Armilda (Benton) O’Connell. Connie’s younger childhood was spent moving from place to place due to her dad’s profession as a welder, but the family settled in Eureka. Connie graduated from Eureka High School in 1959. She met Edmond Wayne Bratton during her Senior year and the two were married on Aug. 28, 1959. Eddie and Connie were happily married for 38 years before Eddie passed away from cancer in 1998. 02/06/2024 11:00 PM

Dale louis DeVoe

Dale louis DeVoe

Dale Louis DeVoe, 89, of Neodesha, formerly of Grove, Okla., passed away Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024 surrounded by family. Dale was born July 2, 1934 in rural Elm Creek, Nebraska, the son of Claude Lester and Rena May (Milton) DeVoe. He graduated from Elm Creek High School at the age of 16. Dale, a retired Operations/ Engineering Consultant, traveled and worked all over the world. After high school, he worked on local ranches alongside his brother Jack. Deciding the ranch life wasn’t for him, he started working for Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) in Elm Creek loading 100lb. gunny sacks of alfalfa pellets into rail cars stacking them for shipment. Through the years he worked his way up in ADM from Pellet Mill Operator to Construction Department to District Maintenance Supervisor for Western Alfalfa Corp., where he traveled throughout Kansas and Nebraska repairing plants. Then it was onto Plant Manager in Belle Plaine. He then took the position as General Manager for United Alfalfa Mills in El Centro, Calif.; followed by a few years, ‘69-‘73, at MEC Company in Neodesha as a Start-Up Technician and Construction Manager. In 1973, he bought an interest in Eureka Alfalfa Processors in Eureka, and moved the family there. This plant was then sold to a Canadian company, disassembled and moved to Canada. Following the sale of the plant, Dale was a Technical Consultant for Westston Drying Co. in Vancouver, BC, Canada. In 1977, he started Dale L. DeVoe Co. in Eureka, performing consulting work in the drying and feed mill equipment industry, inspection work of all types of plants and equipment along with dryer repair and track grinding work. Dale also worked as a Field Service Rep for Guaranty Performance Co., Inc. of Independence. Dale retired from ASIMA Corp./ESE of Caney, as an Engineering Consultant for new plant start-ups as well as overseeing the equipment rebuild division. 01/30/2024 04:00 AM

Nellie JohNsoN

Nellie Elizabeth (Watts) Johnson of Severy, received her wings at the age of 87, two days before her 88th birthday, on January 19, 2024, at her home. She was surrounded by family. 01/30/2024 04:00 AM

Grant “Lenny” Tyson

Grant “Lenny” Tyson

Dec. 2, 1948 - Jan. 15, 2024 01/23/2024 11:00 PM

Sheryl M. Colwell

Sheryl M. Colwell

WICHITA - Sheryl M. Colwell, 86, retired Vulcan Chemical employee of 36 years, died Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Funeral Service will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, at Asbury Church, Graveside service, 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, at Greenwood Cemetery - Oatville. Sheryl went to grade school in Elsmore and graduated from Climax High School outside of Eureka. Sheryl was a life-long Mason. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and was an exceptional gardener. 01/23/2024 11:00 PM

Robert “Bob” Eugene Briggs

Robert “Bob” Eugene Briggs

Robert “Bob” Eugene Briggs, 76, of Eureka, died on December 30, 2023. 01/23/2024 11:00 PM

Jim Gryder

Jim Gryder passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 9, 2024. 01/16/2024 11:00 PM

Renee Jones

Renee was born January 23, 1962, in Oklahoma City, Okla., the daughter of Earnest Ray Herring and Lanetta (Clayton) Sanderson. She graduated from Mcloud High School in Oklahoma. She had a great love of horses, which she later spent 10 years working for the Kansas Quarter Horse Racing Association at the track in Eureka with her husband Steve. Renee and Stephen Jones were married on July 7, 1983, in Alabama. They have been married for 40 beautiful years. 01/16/2024 11:00 PM

Gerald Joseph hein

Gerald Joseph hein

Gerald Joseph Hein, 61, passed away on Dec. 31, 2023 in Wichita. He was born on Nov. 21, 1962 to John and Maybelle (Clark) Hein in Wichita. 01/16/2024 11:00 PM

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