MEADE – Lydia K. Doerksen, age 87, passed away Sunday afternoon, January 12, 2020, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born February 15, 1932, in rural Gray County, Kansas, the daughter of John D. and Mary (Hooge) Wiens. As a young girl, she attended school at Mountain Lake, Minnesota. After her graduation, she attended nurses training at St. Paul, Minnesota, and...

Mark A. Verhoff, age 66, passed away Saturday afternoon, January 11, 2020, at the Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born May 25, 1953, at Lima, Ohio, the son of Virgil and Anita (Schroeder) Verhoff. As a young boy he attended elementary school at Saints Peter and Paul. He later attended high school in Pandora, Ohio. After his graduation, he attended the Ohio State University, rece...

- David W. Zeller, age 62, passed away Wednesday morning, January 8, 2020, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born December 8, 1957, in Wamego, Kansas, the son of Dominic and Geraldine (Freeby) Zeller. As a young boy he attended school in St. Mary’s, Kansas. He then married Susan Gibbs, and they had two sons, Tyler and Corey Zeller. David worked ten years at a brick plant...

LeRoy Ladner, age 87, died Friday, January 3, 2020, at Western Prairie Senior Living in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born March 16, 1932, in Springfield, Colorado. After graduating from high school he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served during the Korean Conflict and was awarded the Purple Heart for combat injuries. After Korea, he continued his service in the Marines completing 20 years. T...

David “Bud” L. Landes, age 90, died Friday, January 10, 2020, at Western Prairie Senior Living in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born March 26, 1929, in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Ora L. and Muriel (Knowlton) Landes. Bud attended grade school in Dodge City. He was raised in a foster home by the Jhon and Elizabeth Hessman family. While serving in the United States Army, Bud was a mechanic, and...

Rosario Moreno, age 55, of Johnson, Kansas, died Friday, January 10, 2020, at her home in Johnson, Kansas. She was born June 8, 1964, in La Laborcita de San Javier, Mexico, the daughter of Cayetano and Benita (Perez) Gutierrez. Rosario grew up in Mexico and married Francisco Moreno, Sr., on April 9, 1988. They moved to San Juan where they had two children. The family then settled in Johnson in ...

Our Gran, Virginia M. Lozar, age 94, died Thursday, January 9, 2020, at Western Prairie Assisted Living in Ulysses, Kansas. Born September 19, 1925, in Larned, Kansas, she was the daughter of Charles Arthur and Bertha Lillian (Brown) Tallman. She graduated from Grant County Rural High School with the class of 1943. Virginia married Oscar Eugene “Gene” Lozar on May 5, 1943, in Taylor, Te...

Patricia Ann Harper, age 89, died Thursday, January 9, 2020, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born March 17, 1930 in Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Arlie and Minnie (Burr) Hatfield. She graduated from High School in Freemont, California in 1948. Patricia married Charles W. Harper on February 14, 1948 in Los Angles, California. They were married for 71 Years...

Tommy G. Johnson, 70, of Goodwell and lifelong Texas County resident passed away Tuesday night, January 7, 2020 at the Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. The son of Therald Anderson “Jeff” and Muriel Roberta (McFarland) Johnson, Tommy was born September 8, 1949 in Texhoma, Oklahoma. Tommy was raised in Texhoma, attending the Texhoma School system, graduating with the THS Class of ...

Coach Tom Cross has achieved his greatest victory passing into the arms of Jesus on January 6, 2020 at the age of 91. He was born near Belle Plaine, KS to Thomas and Juanita (Nelson) Cross on Oct. 2, 1928. He grew up as a farm boy, and was always interested in sports. He played football in high school and later at Panhandle A&M in Goodwell, OK where he graduated in 1951. He was drafted into the...