Virginia E. Martinez, age 88, died Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton, Kansas. She was born December 1, 1930, in Sophia, New Mexico, the daughter of Jose Sabino and Cirai (Salazar) Marquez. Virginia, a homemaker, grew up in New Mexico. She married Louis Martinez on November 29, 1947, in Clayton, New Mexico. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and St. Joan of ...

Tammy Elaine Ballesteros, age 33, died Friday, June 21, 2019, near Guymon, Oklahoma. She was born January 23, 1986, in Guymon, Oklahoma, the daughter of Inez V. and LuAnn (Welsch) Hernandez. Tammy was a traveling nurse for Nurse Link Staffing Inc. of Hugoton. She loved her family, dancing and singing. Tammy was always smiling and laughing. She married Santiago Ballesteros in 2013. S...

Luella Mae Carrithers, age 87, of Mulvane, Kansas, and formerly of Johnson, Kansas, passed away Friday, June 21, 2019, at Villa Maria Nursing Home in Mulvane, Kansas, with her family by her side. She was born July 12, 1931, in Manter, Kansas, the daughter of Courtland and Thelma (Roark) Wartman. Luella married Bobby Dean Carrithers on January 23, 1954. She was employed at Johnson Co-op for ...

James A. “Jim” Kepley, age 76, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Monday, June 24, 2019, at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas. He was born September 5, 1942, in Satanta, Kansas, the son of Edward Bryce and Helen Marjorie (King) Kepley. Jim, a farmer, graduated from Grant County Rural High School in 1960. He served in the United States Army from 1963-1965. Jim married Linda Zeller...

Fowler - Laverne Ann (Hoffman) Leis, age 91, passed away early Monday morning, June 24, 2019, at the Minneola District Hospital, Minneola, Kansas. She was born May 14, 19258, at Minneola, Kansas, the daughter of Leo and Kate (Berblinger) Hoffman. She graduated from Minneola High School in 1946. She was a loving Wife, Mother of five, Homemaker, Nurse’s Aide, and she enjoyed playing th...

Eduardo Aguilera, 29, of Liberal died, Tuesday, June 18, 2019 in Oklahoma. He was born August 2, 1989 to Maria Aguilera in El Paso, TX. He worked for Trans AM trucking company as a truck driver. Eduardo is survived by his mother, Maria, his step father Hector Trinidad Sr. of Liberal. A son Adan Aguilera Muñiz of Manhattan, KS. Daughters Edalin Adamaris Aguilera Olivas and Jayleen Judith Ag...

Lois Marie Spencer, age 93, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Sunday, June 23, 2019, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born April 5, 1926, in Stafford County, Kansas, the daughter of Clyde Walter and Jennie Mae (DeGarmo) Stimatze. Lois grew up in Stafford. She married Orval D. Spencer on March 29, 1944, in Hopewell, Kansas. Calling Grant County home for the past 60-plus ye...

Vickie Jacobs, 63, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away June 22, 2019 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Vickie was born October 18, 1955 in Lakin, Kansas, the daughter of Robert and Elsie Marie Thomas Jacobs. She attended school in Hooker. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hooker, Oklahoma. Vickie loved to play American Legion bingo, was a faithful church goer,...

Doug Baldridge, (Mr. B.), 62 of Tyrone, Oklahoma passed away June 21, 2019 at his home. Doug was born February 20, 1957 at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, the son of Ralph and Mary Childers Baldridge. The family moved to numerous air force bases in Doug’s early years and then he attended school in Liberal, Kansas. Doug graduated High School in St. Louis, Missouri. He worked in the oil fiel...

Robert R. Edmisson, age 98, of Johnson, Kansas, passed away June 20, 2019, at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson, Kansas. He was born May 16, 1921, in Englewood, Kansas, the son of George I. Edmisson and Maude E. Drake Edmisson. He married Beulah M. Salmans on March 30, 1947, in Johnson. She died on December 24, 2016. Bob lived most of his 98 years in Johnson. He and Beulah wor...