Mary-Kay Berghaus, 83, died June 7, 2018 at High Plains Retirement Village, Lakin, Kansas. She was born January 13, 1935 at Meade, Kansas, the daughter of Kenneth and Neva (Griggs) Sims and was recognized as the first baby born in Meade County that year. On March 20, 1954, she married Gene “Doc” Berghaus. She worked alongside her husband in the Elkhart veterinarian clinic for 42 years before...

Joshua Craig Kreklau, age 29, of Elkhart, Kansas, died Sunday, June 17, 2018, at his home in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born December 4, 1988, in Guymon, Oklahoma, the son of Jerry Kreklau and Diana (Varner) Milburn. Joshua grew up in Elkhart. While in high school, he played baseball, basketball, and football. He lived most of his life in Elkhart. He had worked at Bultman’s Tire Shop and was als...

Laressa Irene Guild, 85, died, Monday, June 18, 2018 in Wichita, KS at home, with her family by her side.  She was born December 9, 1932 in El Dorado, OK to Jerry Lee Sample and Eunice Bartee Sample.   She graduated from Medicine Lodge High School, Medicine Lodge, KS in 1950.   She married Donald Edward Guild on October 28, 1950 in Medicine Lodge. He died January 2, 2007. ...

Taylor “T” Mackenzie Seigrist, 25, died Saturday, June 16, 2018 at his home in Liberal, KS. He was born to Mark Seigrist and Tracy Jordan Johnson, July 18, 1992 at Lawrence, KS. He graduated with the class of 2010 of Liberal High School. He worked for Liberal Kenworth. He was proud to serve as an EMT. Survivors:Mother,Tracy and her husband Stacy Johnson, Liberal, KS Father, Mark Seigrist...

Mary Winifred (Brownell) Smith, 94, died on Tuesday evening June 12, 2018 at her home.                 Mary was the daughter of Jesse LeRoy and Mary (Neathery) Brownell. She was born on July 31, 1923 in Stevens County, Kansas and was a lifetime resident.                 Mary and Hugh Darrell (H.D.) Smith were married on July 1, 1945 at the United Methodist Churc...

Eva “Babe” Klingenberg, age, 87 of Manter, Kansas died Sunday, June 17, 2018 at the Stanton County Hospital inJohnson, Kansas. She was born July 15, 1930 in Stanton County, Kansas the daughter of Charles C. and Nellie Leona (Von Hemel) Wilkerson. Babe grew up and graduated High School at Manter, Kansas. She later became a Nurse and worked 25 years in the Medical Clinic for Dr. Daily and Dr...

Pauline May Way, age 84, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas.   She as born October 20, 1933, at Beloit, Kansas, the daughter of Lloyd H. and Jessie F. (Thorpe) Ringer. As a young girl, she attended school in Scottsville, Kansas, graduating in 1952.  She later furthered her education attending college in Superior, Nebraska, Marymount in Sal...

Adrian Sandoval, age 60, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at University of Colorado Hospital Authority in Aurora, Colorado.  He was born August 8, 1957, in Valle de Olivos, Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Esteban and Guadalupe (Vasquez) Sandoval. Adrian grew up in Mexico. As a child, his family raised goats. He has been living in Ulysses since the age of 17 years. Adrian married M...

Alice Leona Russell, 103, formerly of Blanchard, Oklahoma and Liberal, Kansas, died Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Oklahoma City. She was born June 22, 1914 in Clarks, Nebraska; the daughter of Jesse Owen Booth and Alice Leona (LeMonier) Booth. She married Kelley Russell, Jr. and he preceded her in death in 1986. Leona was a doctor-trained nurse, making house calls and delivering babies at home. She...

    Mary Ellen Gum, age, 90 of Johnson, Kansas died Thursday, June 14, 2018 at the Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson, Kansas. She was born February 22, 1928 on a Farmstead northwest of Meade, Kansas the daughter of George and Blanche (Jennison) Wilson. Mary Ellen grew up in Meade and Liberal until her family moved to Satanta, Kansas were she graduated from Satanta High School....