Antonio (Tony) Salvador Ibarra, age 51, died Monday, December 30, 2024, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on April 5, 1973, in Satanta, Kansas, the son Jose A. and Blanca Estela (Sosa) Ibarra. 

Tony grew up in Ulysses and graduated from Ulysses High School in 1992. He married Jenny Young on December 21, 2024, in Ulysses. Along with his dad he owned and operated T&T Trucking. Tony loved life and people and had a nickname for everyone. He would do anything for anyone, and often did. He enjoyed watching the Raiders and Yankees teams and cooking out with his friends and family. Tony loved to visit people and no matter where he went, he knew someone.

Tony is survived by his wife, Jenny Ibarra of their home; stepchildren, Davin Powers and wife, Triana, of Ulysses and Peighton Powers of Ulysses; five step-grandchildren, Paisley, Sayler, Dredyn, Iliana and Jakoby; brother, Jose A. “Pepe” Ibarra, Jr. of Overland Park; sister, Elizabeth Contreras and husband, Jason, of Salina; niece, Kaleah and nephews, Tyler and Greyson; aunts and uncles, Margarita Sosa, Johnny Sosa, Mark Sosa and wife, Idalia, Gloria Hernandez and husband Trine, Victor Ledesma and wife, Maggie, all of Ulysses, Alicia Ibarra of Mexico, Guadalupe Ibarra of Mexico, Salvador Sosa and wife, Sandy of Liberal, Katie Limon of Wichita, Josephine Taul of Ulysses, Annette Sosa of Hugoton, and Amalia Harrison of Kentucky, Jesus Ibarra, Ramon Ibarra and wife, Irma, Gloria Villa, and Antonia Ledesma de Nuñez all of Mexico; cousins and other family and friends.
  
Tony is preceded in death by his parents, Jose and Blanca Ibarra.

Rosary will be Friday, January 3, 2025, at 7:00 PM and Funeral Mass will be Saturday, January 4, 2025, at 10:00 AM both at Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ulysses, Kansas, with Reverend Eric Gyamfi officiating. Funeral Mass will be streamed live on Garnand Funeral Home Facebook page. Interment will follow at the Ulysses Cemetery. Visitation is Friday, January 3, 2025, from 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM at Garnand Funeral Home in Ulysses. Memorial contributions may be given to Antonio Ibarra Memorial Fund in care of Garnand Funeral Home, 405 W. Grant Ave, Ulysses, KS 67880. Condolences may be posted at www.garnandfuneralhomes.com.