Estelle A. (Stellie) Huelskamp, age 81, passed away Saturdaymorning, May 11, 2019, at the Shepherd’s Center, Cimarron, Kansas. She was born May 18, 1937, at Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter ofAlexander and Frances (Kisner) Stegman.  As a young girl she attended PlainsGrade School, Plains, Kansas.  She later attended Sacred Heart Academy inWichita, graduating in 1955. On August 2, 1958, s...

  Wanda Marie Carmichael, a long-time resident of Meade, Kansas, died Tuesday the 7th of May at Pioneer Manor Retirement Community in Hugoton, Kansas. Born on July 12, 1936 in Sitka, KS, Wanda graduated from Ashland High School in 1954 and lived in Sitka, Derby, Ashland, Meade, and Wichita during her life. Wanda worked as a waitress in her younger years, later as a bookkeeper, a daycare ...

Johnny Otho Chappell, 60, died Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born on January 28, 1959, in Garden City, KS, the son of Jim and Carol (Wright) Chappell. Johnny married Joyce Eagan on October 31, 1975 in Guymon, OK. She survives. He worked in the oil fields as a derrick hand. Survivors include: 1 Son Jeremy Chappell and his wife Johanna Omaha, ...

Wendy Lynn Torres, age 48, died May 6, 2019 in Meade County, KS. She was born July 20, 1970 in Shelbyville, IN, the daughter of Bruce and Sandra (Watson) Lester. She had obtained her GED. On February 14, 2002 she married Manuel Torres in Dodge City, KS. He survives. She was a devoted wife, mother and loved being a grandma. She was a homemaker and worked as a secretary at National Beef ...

Ruby Alsdurf-Morlen, age 83, a long time resident of Liberal returned to her heavenly home on Wednesday May 1, 2019 at Wheatridge Care Park Center in Liberal, KS. She was born on February 10, 1936 in Atlanta, Texas to the late William Edward and Mary Ann Francis Whited. Ruby raised four children with her late husband John W. Alsdurf, whom she married on April 4, 1965 in Clayton, New Mexico. ...

 Freddie M. (Fred) Wiens, Meade, Kansas, went to his heavenly home on April 26, 2019, following a lengthy illness. Private family services have taken place.  Celebration of Life services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4, 2019, at the Emmanuel Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall, Meade.  Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade, is in charge of arrangements....

Robert "Bubba" S. Carranza, 44, passed away peacefully at his home on April 25, 2019, after being weakened by his kryptonite, a flesh-eating bacteria, which made it harder for him to fight the villains - diabetes, kidney failure, blindness, and amputation. Although Bubba overcame many villains, he eventually fell to Doomsday. Though civilians will best recognize him as "Superman," his family kn...

Cynthia Jean Lovelace 64, died Sunday, April 28, 2019 at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, NM. She was born November 26, 1954 in Coleridge, NE., to Merritt Sassaman and Norma Jean Ruger Sassaman. She graduated from Pender High School in Pender NE., in 1973. She worked for Sunflower Bank and Golden Plains Credit Union as a Bank Teller. She also worked for National Carriers in the permi...

Tommy Dale Kaup, 68, died Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, KS. He was born on February 15, 1951 in Liberal, KS, the son of Von and Betty (Martin) Kaup. Tommy graduated from Liberal High School in 1969, and then joined the United States Navy, where he served with distinction, including service in the Vietnam War, where he received several bronze stars. Tom earned the r...

Clark Huddleston, age 84, of Tuttle, Oklahoma, and formerly of Manter, Kansas, died Thursday, April 25, 2019, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born March 2, 1935, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near Martin, South Dakota, the son of Delmar Lyman and Lucille Lou (Labuff) Huddleston. Clark served in the United States Air Force for four years. He followed the whe...