John Leisher, age 70, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at Select Specialty Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was born April 11, 1947, in Woodward, Oklahoma, the son of Earl and Mable (Snell) Leisher. John grew up at Clear Lake, Oklahoma, and graduated from Laverne High School. He then attended Panhandle State University, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, and Seward County C...

Jack Benson (J.B.) Newhouse, 77, a resident of Edmond, OK, formerly a longtime resident of Southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle, passed away on April 8, 2018. Visitation with the family will be 12:30 -1:30 pm on Thursday, April 12th, 2018 at Turpin Mennonite Church, Turpin, OK with Jack’s celebration of life service at 2:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Liberal Memorial Cemetery. Arrangem...

Xavier Lemus, age 62, died April 7, 2018 as the results of a motor vehicle accident in Meade County, KS. He was born July 30, 1955, in Mexico the son of Ramon and Rosario (Ruiz) Lemus. He married Maria Carmen Castillo-Mier in 1976. She died on April 7, 2018, in the same accident. He worked at National Beef Packing Company. He was a hard worker and enjoyed auto mechanics, working on his ...

Maria Carmen Lemus, age 58, died April 7, 2018 as the results of a motor vehicle accident in Meade County, KS. She was born July 16, 1959, in Mexico the daughter of Benjamin and Maria (Mier) Castillo. She married Xavier Lemus in 1976. He died on April 7, 2018, in the same accident. She worked at National Beef Packing Company. She was a very hard working happy and friendly lady, wonderfu...

Romona Jean Adams, 75, passed away Saturday, April 7, 2018 surrounded by family at her home in Hugoton after a long struggle with cancer. She was born to Sidney A. Thomas and Emmagene Heger Thomas, October 26, 1942 in Liberal, KS. She graduated Hugoton High School in 1960, Panhandle State University in 1964, and Kansas State University in 1969. She married Forrest E. Adams August 10, 1963...

Jeff Schoonover, age 66, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Sunday, April 8, 2018, at his home. He was born August 26, 1951, in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Everett and Reva (Scott) Schoonover. Jeff was a lifetime resident of Ulysses. He graduated from Ulysses High School in 1969, and furthered his education at Fort Hays State University. Jeff was a hard worker, adventurous, and enjoyed traveling and taki...

Douglas Keith Wehmeier, 69, of Rural Hooker, OK, passed away peacefully in his sleep Thursday, April 5, 2018. He passed at Homestead Estates Home Plus, where he resided for the past month. Doug was born March 28, 1949 in Liberal, KS to June (Buxton) and Clarence Wehmeier. He was raised on in rural Adams on his family’s homestead, along with his older brother and sister. On December 27, 1985, D...

Edward "Dude" Welch, 89, of Liberal, passed away on April 7, 2018 at the Wheatridge Care Park in Liberal, KS. He was born on August 18, 1928 to Edward and Birdie (McQuillen) Welch at Berry, AL. On June 13, 1963 he married Thelma Walker at Clovis, NM; she preceded him in death in 2004. Dude grew up running tug boats up and down the Mississippi River. He served with the US Army during WWII....

MEADE – Judith D. (Judy) Reed-Zeller, age 54, passed away Thursday afternoon, April 5, 2018, at Wesley Woodlawn, Wichita, Kansas.   She was born July 23, 1963, at Springdale, Arkansas, the daughter of Robert W. and Louise A. (Pellisier) Reed.  As a young girl she attended grade school in Springdale.  She later attended middle school and high school at St. George, Kansas, graduating ...

Douglas Wahmeier, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away April 5, 2018 at Homestead Estates in Liberal, Kansas. Services are pending with Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, Oklahoma.  ...