Fidencia Cortez, age 43, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Saturday, January 9, 2021, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, Kansas.  She was born August 1, 1977, in La Mesa, Texas, the daughter of Arturo and Gloria (Rodriguez) Cortez.    Fidencia was a CNA at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses and worked for Ulysses Laundry for 14 plus years.  On November 12, 2017, Fidencia gave her life ...

Carlos Marquez, age 62, died Friday, January 8, 2021, at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born October 20, 1958 in Cusihuiriachi, Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Hipolito and Isabel (Dominguez) Marquez.     Carlos grew up in Mexico and moved to the United States when he was 15 years old. In 1987, Carlos relocated to Ulysses where he married Sulema Gutierrez on October 15, 1990. Carlo...

Antonio Longoria, age 86, died Friday, January 8, 2021, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born April 8, 1934, in Karnes City, Texas, the son of Gilbert Villarreal and Guadalupe Longoria.  Tony was a member of Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church. He enjoyed visiting with his family and playing Spanish bingo with the grand kids and great grand kids. He always had a joke r...

Annie M. Reed, age 77, passed away Wednesday afternoon, January 6, 2021, at her Kismet, Kansas, residence. She was born January 27, 1943, at Andover, Massachusetts, the daughter of Ernest and Annie Couture.  As a young girl, she attended school in Andover, graduating from Andover High School in 1961.  After her graduation, she began working for the Internal Revenue Service as a secretary. ...

Joyce Berry, 88, of Liberal, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on May 4, 1932 to Alvin and Dica (Lynch) Whorton at Larned, Kansas. On January 20, 1949 she married Gail Berry at Dodge City, Kansas; he preceded her in death. Joyce grew up in Larned, Kansas and was a graduate of Larned High School. After she and Gail were m...

Lenora Lee McNabb, age 94, died January 4, 2021, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She had resided at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal since 2018. She was born January 12, 1926, on a farm southwest of Forgan, Oklahoma, the daughter of the late Fannie Walker and Donnie Pierce. Lenora graduated from Forgan High School in 1944, and attended Panhandle A&M (Panhandle State Univer...

Larry Ward, 67, of Liberal, passed away on Monday January 5, 2021 at his home. He was born on June 24, 1953 to Grover Ward and Fannie (Jones) Moore at Chicago, IL. On October 25, 1972 he married Joyce R. Ricks at Liberal, KS. Larry was raised by his mother Fannie and step-father Ernest Moore in Chicago. When he was 17 he moved to Dumas, Arkansas then moved to Liberal, KS a year later. Sho...

Joan Marie Fuhrman, age 78, passed away late Wednesday evening, December 30, 2020, in Wichita, Kansas. Joan was born November 28, 1942, in Wichita, where her father lived temporarily to help make airplanes for the war.  She would be the only child of John and Edna (Brown) Robertson; both graduates of Burr Oak High School in North Central Kansas. The family lived a brief time in Dodge City befo...

Jim Lund, age 79, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Saturday, January 2, 2021, at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born March 27, 1941, in East York Township, Ontario, Canada, the son of Wilbert Stanley and Frances Jane Viola (Johnson) Lund. Jim grew up in Canada until 1979 when he relocated to the Phoenix area to develop fiber optics. He received his naturalization on November 26, 1985. Jim worked i...

Linda Sue Gieselman, 72, of Hooker passed away December 26, 2020 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Linda was born October 3, 1948 in Beaver, Oklahoma, the daughter of Everett and Mareta Wibking Hamilton. She went to school in Baker and then in Hooker graduating from Hooker High School with the Class of 1966. Linda was united in marriage to Lonnie Gieselman on March 29, 1970 in Guym...