First Lady Patsy Ruth (White) Tatum 69, was born on December 1, 1948 to Willie and Dearo (Jones) White in Dallas, TX and received her “Crown” of Eternal Life on August 1, 2018. She moved to Tulia, TX in 1960. She graduated from Tulia High School in 1968. She worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Swisher Memorial Hospital in 1970. She worked in the Tulia Public School District from 19...

Virginia Ann Eastman, age 85, died Sunday, July, 29, 2018 at Ozark, MO.  She was born on April 14, 1933, the daughter of Ignatz and Catherine (Palka) Radzun in Chicago, IL. She graduated from Harrison High School, Chicago, IL.  She worked for the Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Chicago Truck Driver’s Union Local 705 and Widener Salvage in Liberal. On June 2, 1960, she married Carl Eastm...

Former Hugoton resident Neal Winston Hadsell, age 96 of Nixa, passed away Monday, February 12, 2018. Born December 6, 1921 on a farm in Texas County, Ok., he was the son of Henry M. Hadsell and the former Della May Hatfield. Neal was the youngest of six children. He grew to manhood on this farm.                 Neal graduated from Eureka Consolidated High School in Baker, Ok. in 1...

Lester Jackson, 51, of Elkhart, Kansas passed away August 1, 2018 at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. Lester was born December 6, 1966 in Elkhart, Kansas. He attended school in Elkhart, Hugoton and Beaver. After school he entered the oil field as a ruff neck working in oil fields near Hooker, Beaver and Ponca City, Oklahoma. He attended the United Methodist Church in Elkhart, Kansas...

Justin Boyd Frey, 47, of rural Haskell County, KS passed away on Tuesday evening July 31, 2018 in rural Stanton County, KS. He was the son of John Arliss and Carolynn Ann Kent Frey. He was born on February 19, 1971 in Garden City, KS. He graduated high school in 1989. He loved working as a cowboy. He enjoyed showing livestock as a young child and as a young adult. Survivors include, two sons, K...

Vi Heckel, age 88, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Thursday, August 2, 2018, at her home in rural Grant County. She was born April 21, 1930, in Burlington, Kansas, the daughter of Harry Albert and Minnie (Kennard) Mattox. Vi graduated from Cimarron High School. She married Leon F. Heckel on October 30, 1948. Vi helped around the farm and out at the barn. She fed the horses, pigs, cattle, and hauled ha...

JoAnn Combs, age 71, died July 30, 2018 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, KS. She was born August 6, 1946in Woodward, OK, the daughter of Joe and Betty (Van Huss) Spurgin. She grew up in Wellington, KS. On January 5, 1962, she married Clarence Combs at Perryton, TX.  He survives. She moved to Liberal with her family in 1980. She was employed by the City of Liberal at the Tourism ...

Marcelino “Mark” Pauda, age 64, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Monday, July 30, 2018, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses. Kansas.  He was born September 4, 1953, in Shallowater, Texas, the son of Marcelino and Geneva (Felan) Pauda. Mark grew up in Texas and moved to Ulysses in 1972. He worked in construction and oil field services at Treco, Inc. and started Pauda Roustabout Service in 19...

Dorothy Ann Jackson, 71, of Liberal, passed away on July 24, 2018 at the Specialty Hospital at St. Francis in Wichita, KS. She was born on November 5, 1946 to Bennie and Harvey (Bolden) Smith in Gould, AR. In 1968 she married JW Jackson, Sr. in Gould, Arkansas. He preceded her in death in 2003. Dorothy spent her childhood in Gould, Arkansas. In 1968 Dorothy and her family moved to Liberal...

Donald Leroy Hatfield, 78, of Liberal, passed away on Monday July 30, 2018 at his home in Liberal, KS; one day short of his 79th birthday. He was born on July 31, 1939 to Howard and Lorene Hatfield at Rural Meade Co, KS. Don grew up on a farm near Fowler, KS and was a graduate of Fowler High School, class of 1957. In his youth he was active in the Boy Scouts and 4H Clubs. After graduating Do...