Martin “Marty” James Tacha died peacefully at his home on January 11th, 2017 in Meade, KS at the age of 79.   Marty was born on December 26th, 1937 in Jennings, KS to Darrell and Carol Tacha. He joined the Navy in 1956 and served 7 years. He married Clauda Borchers on November 6th, 1966 in Meade, KS. The couple lived in Meade, KS where they were blessed with 6 children. Ginge...

Mary O. Witherspoon, 87, died Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at Liberal Good Samaritan Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born September 22, 1929 at Pickens, Arkansas, the daughter of Arthur and Aldonia (Livingston) Dodds. She married Richard Witherspoon Sr. on January 10, 1961 at Pickens, Arkansas. He preceded her in death in 1970. Mary moved to Liberal, Kansas with her husband in 1968. She w...

Russell Elwyn Batterton, age 92, of Johnson, Kansas died Wednesday, January 4, 2017, at the Stanton County Hospital in Johnson, Kansas. He was born April 28, 1924, in Sylvia, Kansas, the son of David Edgar “Ed” and Vada (Book) Batterton. Russell, a farmer and carpenter, grew up in Johnson. He was a World War II and Korean Veteran. He served his country and came home to Johnson after being h...

Leona Rae Carlile, 75, of Liberal, passed away on January 1, 2017 at her home in Liberal, KS. She was born on May 22, 1941 to Marion and Gertrude (Hartley) Beason at Alamosa, CO. As a child Leona moved with her family from Alamosa, CO to Elkhart, KS then to Perryton, TX. Leona worked in Quality Control for National Beef Packing for 28 years, retiring in 1995. After her retirement she went on...

Robert Eugene Stout, 90, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016 at SWMC in Liberal. He was born April 2, 1926 to Carol and Irene (York) Stout in Cherokee, Okla. He married Helen Iris McDonald in 1948 in Augusta. She survives. He graduated from Lambert High School in Lambert, Okla. He then obtained his Master’s Degree in Education from NW State College in Alva, Okla. He was a high school band teacher f...

Bob Boaldin, 77, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, in Oklahoma City. He was born Nov. 3, 1939, in Texas County, Okla. to James T. and Martha Lucille (Zinn) Boaldin. He married Dian Whitecotton in April 1958. She survives. After graduating from Elkhart High School in 1957, he attended one semester at Oklahoma Panhandle State University. He remained faithful to Elkhart and Morton County serving as...

Yoshi Shannon – age 86, entered into rest peacefully at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, December 27, 2016 in Meade, Kansas.   Predeceased by her husband Billy-Joe Shannon, her son Jinyu Ishigaki, parents, Touchi and Makatomui Ishigaki and three brothers and one sister.  Survived by her sisters Sueko and Nobu, and brother Tousuke.    Yoshi was born in Okinawa, Japan and moved with ...

Beulah Edmisson, age 97, of Johnson, Kansas died Saturday, December 24, 2016, at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson, Kansas. She was born January 20, 1919, in Hodgeman County, Kansas, the daughter of John Walter Salmans and Daisy Frances Hawkins. She married Robert Roy Edmisson on March 30, 1947, in Johnson. Beulah moved to Johnson in March of 1947 after marrying Robert Edmisson. Rob...

Robert J. (Bob) Carr, age 88, of Ulysses, Kansas died Friday, December 23, 2016 at Homestead Health and Rehabilitation in Garden City, Kansas. He was born December 16, 1928 in Falls City, Nebraska, the son of Clifford W. and Hazel Fern (Stewart) Carr. Bob married Linda in 1949; she preceded him in death in 1996. Bob moved to Ulysses, Kansas in 1997. He worked as a front-end mechanic at Fireston...

Warren Allen Kraft, 79, died on Saturday, December 24, 2016 at Morton County Health System, Elkhart, KS. He was the son of Arlie Wesley Kraft and Lena Faye (Schull) Kraft, he was born on March 28, 1937at Garden City, Kansas. He and Rose Emma (Miller) Kraft were married on November 24, 1955, Lakin, Kansas. Survivors include one daughter, Arleen Clinesmith and husband Rusty Rolla, Kansas, o...