Marilyn M. Randle, age 75, of Ulysses, Kansas died Monday, August 15, 2016 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born September 2, 1940 in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Leslie Dennis and Bernice Elizabeth (Roberts) King. Marilyn a lifetime resident of Ulysses; was a farm wife and homemaker. She was a business major at Colorado Women’s College and Fort Ha...

Zachary Jacob Ramos, 30, of Liberal, passed away on August 12, 2016 near Arnett, Oklahoma He was born on February 7, 1986 to Eldon E. Bedford, Jr. and Virginia Ramos-Sharma at Liberal, KS. Zach had worked for Seaboard Farms and PSSI at National Beef. Zach had a great sense of humor and enjoyed drawing, cooking, free-style Hip-Hop Rap. He also liked to share his knowledge of GOD's word to oth...

Claressa B. (Walker) Pratt, age 74, of Elkhart, Kansas died August 13, 2016, at her home in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born April 2, 1942, in Springfield, Colorado the daughter of Clarence and Pansy (Hartley) Walker. Claressa grew up in Johnson and graduated from Johnson High School. She attended Fort Hays University, where she received a degree in Education. She taught school in Mt. Clemens, Mi...

LeRoy Joseph Ruder, age 78, passed away Friday, August 12, 2016 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. He was born May 16, 1938 to Anton and Anna (Wasinger) Ruder in Hays, KS. He attended Sunnyside School all eight years and was a 1956 graduate of St. Joseph’s Military Academy in Hays. After graduation, he enlisted in the Army and served two years stationed in Germany. LeRoy marrie...

Edna Christine “Chris” Woodward 65, died August 8, 2016 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, KS. She was born July 8, 2016 at Liberal, Kansas the daughter of Lonney & Claudette (Crosby) Caffey. She was a lifetime resident of Liberal and graduated from Liberal High School. She was employed by the City of Liberal as the treasurer for 33 years. After her retirement she worked for Wal-Ma...

Guadalupe Tonche, 67, died August 8, 2016 at her residence in Liberal, Kansas. She was born in Chihuahua, Mexico on October 9, 1948 to Francisco Pastrana and Elvira (Sanchez) Pastrana. On April 20, 1981, she married Toribio Tonche. He proceeded her in death. As a member of the Liberal Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses, her faith was very important to her. She was a loving mother, grandmot...

Mickey L. Sheldon, age 86, died Sunday evening, August 7, 2016, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas.   She was born December 13, 1929, at Munjor, Kansas, the daughter of Alex and Adeline Rita Ruder.  As a young girl she attended the Dodge City school system, graduating from Dodge City High School.  A longtime resident of Plains, she was a homemaker and had worked in medical records ...

Former longtime Hugoton and Liberal, Kansas area resident, Hope Dunlap, 93, died with her family members by her side Friday, July 29 in Oklahoma after steadfastly combating the consequences of a substantial stroke. She was born on July 4, 1923 into William and Blanche Kinser’s large family: brothers Elrie, Leslie, LeRoy, Robert, Floyd, Loyde, Arlie, Trulin, and sisters Fay, Grace, Fern, Loene...

  William (Bill) John Beohler, age 81, of Ulysses, Kansas died Friday, August 5, 2016 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born March 16, 1935 in Glasgow, Montana, the son of John William and Myrtle (Besonday) Beohler. Bill graduated from Opheim High School on May 25, 1953. He served as a Sergeant in the United States Marines from January 5, 1954 until April 1, 195...

Omer Matthew “Boots” Luebbers, age 86, died July 30, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born September 1, 1929, in Rural Wichita County, KS the son of August Casper and Beata Magdalene (Kreutzer) Luebbers. He graduated from Wichita County High School, Leoti, KS in 1947. He had been a resident of Liberal since 1965. He served in the U.S. Army from 1950 – 1951, during...