Almeta Grace Thompson, 98, died on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at St. Catherine’s Hospital, Garden City, KS. She was the daughter of John Robert and Lillie Myrtle (Greenwood) Ertz.  She was born on December 18, 1919 in Stevens County, KS. Almeta and John McCall were married in 1939 and he preceded her in death in 1948. Almeta and Robert “Bob” Thompson were married on April 5, 1951...

Opal Maxine (Stimatze) Covey, age 93, of Ulysses, Kansas, entered into Eternal Rest on Thursday, December 28, 2017, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses. She was born May 16, 1924, in rural St. John, Kansas, the daughter of Clyde Walter and Jennie Mae (DeGarmo) Stimatze. Opal was a Ulysses resident since 1949 moving from Stafford County, she was a homemaker. As a girl, Opal attended a cou...

Terry V. Boese, 66, of Turpin, OK passed away on Sunday, December 24, 2017 at the Southwest Medical Center in Liberal , KS. He was born on March 5, 1951 to Henry and Thelma (Dirks) Boese at Liberal, KS. On April 6, 2002 he married Regina Johnson-Strother at the Turpin Mennonite Church. Terry was a graduate of Turpin High School; class of 1969. His passion was to work as a farmer, which he...

Elmer Wayne "Toby" Hale, 85, of Liberal, passed away on Sunday, December 24, 2017 at the Liberal Good Samaritan Center in Liberal, KS. He was born on December 28, 1931 to Paul and Emma (Ford) Hale at Hardesty, OK. On November 18, 1955 he married Daryl Zeigler at the First United Methodist Church in Liberal, KS Toby Grew up in the Oklahoma Panhandle then moved to Liberal where he graduated...

Billy Gene (Bill) Bressler, 88, of rural Guymon, passed away Saturday evening, December 24, 2017 at the Heritage Community Manor. The son of Roscoe Sherman and Hazel Lee (Showers) Bressler, he was born June 12, 1929 in Rolla, Kansas.  Bill’s mother died when he was 10 years old.  Bill attended all twelve grades of school in Rolla, graduating with the Class of 1948.  He was an excellent a...

Joyce Kost, 82, died Thursday, December 21, 2017 at Southwest Medical Center. Cremation has taken place, and there will be no services at her request. Condolences may be left at www.brennemanfuneralhome.com...

Leona Marie (Judd) Dunnagan,86, of Hooker, Oklahoma stepped from time into eternity with Jesus on December 20, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Marie was born December 28, 1930 on the family farm NW of Hooker the daughter of Frederick and Rosa McCormick Judd. She was a child of the Great Depression and was a great history teacher for the kids and grandkids.  She met Red while she w...

Mildred P. Calvin, age 99, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Friday, December 15, 2017, at Western Prairie Senior Living Community in Ulysses. She was born March 17, 1918, in Richfield, Kansas, the daughter of John L. and Viola J. (Hall) McGee. Mildred attended school in Richfield. She worked as a housekeeper in The Dalles, Oregon, for two years, and then returned to Kansas. Mildred lived in Texas and K...

Robert McDowell (Bob) Pepper was born on April 13, 1944, and passed away Tuesday morning, December 19, 2017.  Bob was a resident of Plains, Kansas, at the time of his passing.   He married Judy on July 4, 1963.   He is survived by his wife Judy Pepper; daughter Tiffani Krause and husband David; a son Tharn Pepper and wife Christel; grandchildren, Sarah Garcia, Angela Reece and husband Bra...

June Heyen, age 96, of Johnson, Kansas, died Sunday, December 17, 2017, at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson. She was born February 16, 1921, in Hinton, Oklahoma, the daughter of Raymond and Lenora Tindall. June grew up in Hutchinson and graduated from Hutchinson High School. After high school, she was an airline stewardess. She then moved to Washington and worked for the federal go...