Herb (H.C.) Klassen passed from this life into Heaven on September 14, 2017, at their home in the country. He was born on January 26, 1940, in Garden City, Kansas, to Adolf W. Klassen and Iva (Ault) Klassen. Herb attended school in Syracuse, Kansas, where he graduated from Syracuse High School. He was a third generation farmer in Hamilton County. He married his "Little Woman" Velma Stokes o...

Jayn (Patrick) Berry, 69, died Wednesday September 13, 2017 in Liberal, KS. She was born to R.J.”Pat” Patrick and Nina Faye Hammer Patrick on February 29, 1948 in Muenster, TX. Survivors: Daughter Jamie (Easley) Titus Liberal, KS. Grandson Sean Patrick Titus Liberal, KS. Father R.J. “Pat” Patrick Liberal, KS. Brother-In-Law Paul Feldman The Woodlands, TX She was preced...

James Herschel Randle, age 83, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Thursday, August 31, 2017, in Denver, Colorado. He was born December 4, 1933, in Mountain View, Missouri, the son of Fred and Wilbur Mae (Widener) Randle. Jim grew up in Mountain View, Missouri. He served in the United States Navy Military Air Transport Service from 1952-1956, and was stationed at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. On Septem...

Robert Padilla, age 51, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, September 9, 2017, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born May 14, 1966, in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Merejildo A. and Mollie M. (Cruz) Padilla. Robert grew up in Ulysses and graduated from Ulysses High School. He helped his Dad in the plumbing business. Robert was also a mechanic and carpenter in Ulysses. He wa...

Elizabeth May Rosel, age 94, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Friday, September 8, 2017, at Western Prairie Senior Living Community in Ulysses. She was born August 31, 1923, in Liberal, Kansas, the daughter of William T. (Ted) and Anna (Gray) Rosel. May lived with her parents at Moscow, Kansas, until the age of five when the family moved to Ulysses. She attended Ulysses schools, graduating from Grant C...

Zachariah E. “Zach” Hammond, age 21, died Monday morning, September 11, 2017, in rural Montezuma, Kansas, as a result of an automobile accident.   He was born August 19, 1996, at Senora, California, the son of Jim and Michelle (Kellner) Hammond.  As a young boy he attended school in Bonners Ferry, Idaho.  Later in September, 2008, he moved to Montezuma from Idaho and attended the Homelan...

Fairrie Elizabeth Watson, age 94, died Sunday, September 10, 2017, at Liberal Good Samaritan Center. She was born May 8, 1923 Wrigley, TN, the daughter of Alonzo Franklin and Fronie Elizabeth (Black) Rodgers. She had resided in West Tennessee most of her life, moving to Wichita in 1964. She had been a resident of Liberal since 1991. She worked as a seamstress for Henry I. Seigel (HIS), pants fa...

Gene Shuck, 75, started his new life on Friday, September 8, 2017 at Stevens County Hospital, Hugoton, Kansas. He was the son of Sheldon (SR) and Ruby L. (Sides) Shuck, he was born on July 7, 1942 in Liberal, Kansas. He and Jessie Perry were married on January 28, 1962 at Hugoton, Kansas. They made their home in Rural Seward County. He enjoyed hunting and fishing with family and friends ....

James Ray Redburn 71, 0f liberal died Saturday, September 9, 2017 at the South West Medical Center in Liberal. James was born in El Dorado, KS to Perry R. Redburn and Bessie Hetrick Redburn on July, 17, 1946. He went in to the Navy and served in Vietnam from January 7, 1964 to August 5, 1967. He married Kaola Karen Kelly on July 17, 1968 in El Dorado, KS James worked many years for Natio...

  Luis Carlos Garcia Varela, 45, on Friday, September 1, 2017 in rural Stanton County, KS.   He was the son of Ramon & Alicia Varela Garcia, he was born on August 25, 1972 in Madera Chihuahua, Mexico.   He and Amalia Corral were married on October 31, 1992 in Janos Chihuahua, Mexico.   Survivors include wife, Amalia Corral; two sons, Luis Omar Garcia &a...