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....

Frances L. Koehn, age 90, of Montezuma, Kansas, died Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Bethel Home in Montezuma. She was born March 27, 1928, in Montezuma, Kansas, the daughter of Pete and Fannie (Koehn) Harms. Frances attended Rock Island School. She married Vernon J. Koehn on June 24, 1945, at the Rock Island School in Grant County. When she wasn’t farming with her husband, Frances enjoyed quiltin...

Ruby S. Pace, 83, of Liberal, passed away on Friday June 8, 2018 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS. She was born on July 6, 1934 to Melvin and Ophenia (Tucker) Ward at Ft. Worth, TX. When Ruby was a small child her father Melvin Ward passed away. Her mother went on to marry L.M. Jones, who helped raise her and her siblings. She married Vernon Pace in 1952 at Lubbock, TX, he preceded...

PLAINS – Alvita Joyce McCollom, age 83, passed away Thursday evening, June 7, 2018, at the Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, Kansas. She was born October 22, 1934, at Turpin, Oklahoma, the daughter of Alva D. and Margaret L. (Curt) Cullins.  As a young girl she attended grade school in Turpin, Plainview, and graduated from Boise City High School in 1952.  On December 5, 1952, she marri...

MEADE – Agatha L. Isaac, age 96, passed away early Friday morning, June 8, 2018, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas.   She was born December 4, 1921, at Meade, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob E. and Lena (Pauls) Wiens.  As a young girl she attended the Sunrise Elementary School in rural Meade County.   She later attended Tabor College.  A lifetime resident of Meade, she wa...

Adrian Sandoval AGE: 60 OF: Ulysses, Kansas DIED: Tuesday, June 7, 2018 AT: University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, CO FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY: Garnand Funeral Home in Ulysses, Kansas...

Celia Janet Coen, age 68, of Elkhart, Kansas died Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born April 1, 1950, in Elkhart, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd and Maxine (Turner) Coen. After working as a nurse’s aide and medical assistant for many years, Celia became a Registered Nurse in 1981. She worked in small towns her entire career. Her work was very fulfil...