Mary Irene Lemaster, left this world to join her husband, April 20, 2015, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center. She was born May 5, 1929, at the home of her parents, Walter Earnest and Ora Isbell (Boyd) Fletcher, in Meade, Kansas. Irene grew up in Meade except for a short time when they lived in Waco, Texas, during World War II. She married Willis Leroy Lemaster, October 4, 19...

Karlton Douglas Waechter, age 21, of Garden City, Kansas died Sunday, April 19, 2015 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born June 30, 1993 in Liberal, Kansas, the son of Troy Waechter and Karla (Hogie) Shore. Karlton was very active in 4-H, serving as an Ambassador and was always helping others. He showed pigs, sheep and cattle, and was a Round Robin Showmanship Champion. ...

Gary Leon Heger, 77, passed from this earth surrounded by his family on April 16, 2015 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, KS. He was born in his home, July 18, 1937 to Otto and Versia Heger of Hugoton, KS. He attended Fairview Grade School and graduated from Hugoton High School in 1955. On November 20, 1965, he was united in marriage w...

Antonia Flores Sanchez, age 74, of Johnson, Kansas, died Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson, Kansas. She was born March 17, 1941 in MacAllen, Texas, the daughter of Ernesto and Beatriz (Flores) Sanchez. Antonia grew up in Hereford, Texas. Her family was migrant workers, which provided her the opportunity to see many places. When she was 12 years old...

Irvin R. Sobba, age 90, died Friday morning, April 10, 2015, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born June 4, 1924, in rural Fowler, Kansas, the son of Christopher and Ruth (Ralston) Sobba. As a young boy he attended school in Fowler, graduating from Fowler High School in 1942. In 1944, he joined the United States Army Air Corps, serving until 1946. After his di...

Marie Ernestine Kiser, age 84, died Tuesday evening, March 10, 2015, at the Fowler Residential Care Center, Fowler, Kansas. She was born October 24, 1930, the daughter of Herman Alexander and Mary Etta (Bales) Kiser. She is survived by a sister, Elaine Post of Meade, Kansas, and several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents; a brother, William Kiser; and...

Morris Lynn Kapp, 82, was born December 10, 1932 in Moscow, KS and passed from this life on April 10, 2015 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, OK. Morris resided in Oklahoma City, OK in the 1950’s with his wife Marilyn Ann Kapp and three of their children before moving his family to Liberal, KS and having two more ch...

Robert L. Sobba, age 93, died late Sunday evening, April 12, 2015, at the Minneola District Hospital, Minneola, Kansas. He was born December 1, 1921, in rural Fowler, Kansas, the son of Christopher and Ruth (Ralston) Sobba. As a young boy he attended the Fowler school system, graduating from Fowler High School in 1940. In 1942, he joined the United States Army, serving until 1945. ...

Joe Rios, age 72, of Johnson, Kansas, died April 11, 2015 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital, Ulysses, Kansas. He was born July 7, 1942 at Asherton, Texas the son of Encarnacion Rios and Margarita (Rodriguez) Rios. Joe spent his childhood in Texas and Nebraska. Joe served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged in 1966. Joe moved to Ulysses, Kansas in the 1970s and in 1976 moved to Johnson,...

Proverbs 18: 24 “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly; and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” This verse is one that describes the life of Edgar W. White who crossed the river Jordan on Friday, April 10th, 2015. Edgar was a practicing attorney at law for 60 plus years in Elkhart, Kansas. Pretty Prairie, Kansas, was his birthplace on September 7, 1923, to ...