Patricia Jane Dondlinger, age 71 Horn Lake, MS passed away on January 27th 2017 just three short days before her 72nd birthday was to be celebrated. “Patty” lost her fight with cancer early that Friday morning at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, TN. Patricia Jane Dondlinger was born January 30, 1945 in Sutherland, NE. She was brought in to this life by her loving mother Mary Kath...

  Griselda O. Rodriguez, age 79, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, January 28, 2017, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born November 18, 1937, in Las Cruzes, Chihuahua, Mexico, the daughter of Epifanio Ortega Aragon and Maria de Jesus Arvizo Garraza. Griselda grew up in Mexico. She moved to the United States in 1984 and married Ricardo Rodriguez in 1985 in Ulysse...

  Roxana Young, age 67, of Ulysses, Kansas died Thursday, January 26, 2017, at her home in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born November 26, 1949, in Shiatook, Oklahoma, the daughter of Jack L. Smith, Sr. and Betty (Weathers) Smith. Roxana moved to Liberal, Kansas in 1960 where she graduated high school. She joined Francis Lloyd “Butch” Young in Ulysses after their marriage on May 31, 1968...

John Park Bromwell, 94, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday, January 20, 2017 at the Morton County Care Center in Elkhart, Kansas. John was born March 25, 1922 to Denzil and Edith Burget Bromwell in Plains, Kansas. After serving in the Navy, John married Phyllis Harding Karpe of Liberal, Kansas, on March 9, 1956 in Clayton, New Mexico and they enjoyed life together for 55 years. Phyll...

Steve Donald Welch, 86, of Farmington, New Mexico passed away at his home on January 21, 2017. Steve was born September 21. 1930 at Epworth Hospital in Liberal, Kansas, the son or Herman and Berniece Hodges Welch. He went to school and graduated from Hooker High School with the Class of 1950. After graduation, he entered the U.S. Air Force on April 12, 1951 until his honorable discharge on April...

  Doris Darlene Richardson, 83, died Friday, January 20, 2017, at her home in Liberal, KS. She was born on October 21, 1933 to Charles and Julia (Steinle) Letsch in Russell County, KS On March 6, 1952, she married Maurice Richardson in Cheyenne, WY. He survives. She graduated from Luray High School, in Luray, KS. She was a co-owner of Richardson Trucking, Inc. with her husband....

Bladimir Mesta, 17, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away January 20, 2017 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born January 13, 2000 in Guymon, Oklahoma, the son of Roy and Maruilu Silerio Mesta. He attended school in Hooker and was currently a junior in high school. Bladimir was a three-time state champion in Oklahoma, running in cross country and ran track. He enjoyed playing socc...

Martha Sue Black Dickson, age 86, passed away Friday afternoon, January 20, 2017, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. She was born March 3, 1930, at Petite, Mississippi, the daughter of Dewey and Mittie Mae (Wroten) Pearce.  As a young girl she attended the Satactia High School, Satactia, Mississippi, graduating in 1948.  After high school she began working as a telephone operator....

  David Nathaniel Hamblin, age 34, of Garden City, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center – St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. He was born August 26, 1982, in Hugoton, Kansas the son of Charles Buchanan and Peggy Hamblin. David grew up and attended school at Hugoton, Kansas. He had also lived in Oakley, Kansas, Colby, Kansas, Amarillo, Texas...

Ruby Maxine (Vail) Hamm died Wednesday, January 18, 2016 at the Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal, KS, at the age of 91 years. Ruby was born October 29, 1925, at Plains, KS, the twin daughter of Olus and Myra (Klein) Vail. She attended school in Plains, Kansas graduating with the class of 1943. Ruby married Joyce L. Hamm on November 13, 1944 in Alameda, California. He died March 17, 1982. To ...