Lois Jane McMullen, age 95, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 at Emeritus-Liberal Springs in Liberal, KS. She was born Oct. 28, 1919 in Stafford County, KS, the daughter of George and Alice (Miller) Bailey. She was raised in Hutchinson, KS and has resided in Liberal, KS for the past 61 years. She was employed in the food service industry in Liberal for many years. She had been a member of the ELK&r...

Helen Beatrice Bailey 82, died, Tuesday at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born March 23, 1932 in Grove, Oklahoma the daughter of Henry B. and Margaret M. (Fields) Francis. She graduated in 1950 from Grove High School in Grove, OK. Following her graduation from High School she attended Business School. She was employed at Mid...

Adriana Rangel, 28, died Friday, January 16, 2015 in Texas County, Oklahoma. She was born January 26, 1986 in Los Angeles, California. The daughter of Lorenzo and Herlinda (Arroyo) Rangel. She graduated from Southwestern Heights High School in 2005. She attended Seward County Community College and graduated with an Associate&r...

Arthur LeRoy Hitchcock, age 81, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, January 17, 2015 at South Wind Hospice in Pratt, Kansas. He was born July 26, 1933 in Smith County, Kansas, the son of Leslie R. and Mildred May (Welker) Hitchcock. LeRoy grew up in Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. While living with his family at Ryus, Kansas, he attended Satanta High School. LeRoy served in the United States Na...

Eunice Mae Metcalf Smith, age 82, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital, Ulysses, Kansas. She was born October 6, 1932 near Junction City, Kansas at her parent’s home on Lyon’s Creek. She was the daughter of Richard Edward and Florence Edna (Janke) Kind. Eunice was raised in Lyona, Kansas. Religion and music were important in Eunice’s childhoo...

Mary G. Roach, 84, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at her home in Liberal, KS. She was born March 22, 1930 at Roswell, NM, the daughter of Pierre and Vivienne (Palmer) Louissena. She married William W. Roach in Ft. Worth, TX. He preceded her in death. Mary attended Roswell High School and was a graduate of Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. She and her husband were Sheep Ranchers near Ta...

James “Jim” Johnson, age 90, of Elkhart, Kansas died January 12, 2015 at Morton County Special Care Unit in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born November 28, 1924 in Cherryvale, Kansas, the son of Lewis H. and Mary Marie (Shields) Johnson. The summer of 1943 was a busy one for James Calvin Johnson, known as Jim or Jimmy. He graduated from High School, he and Anna Lee Sellmansberger were married on J...

Oletha P. Moody, age 86, died Monday, January 12, 2015 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She born at the farm home in Beaver County, OK on August 13, 1928, the daughter of Glen and Leola (Ingraham) Monroe. She attended Greenough High School, in Beaver County, OK, graduating in 1946. She married Raymond Becker on July 26, 1946. On Dec...

Eugene D. Moore, 95, passed from this life Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Beaver County Nursing Home, Beaver, OK. He was born January 8, 1920 to John and Ruby (Depping) Moore at Midway Farm near Floris, OK. He married Laura Wiens on September 6, 1941. She preceded him in death in 2008. He was a graduate of Greenough High School. He farmed the Midway Farm which was situated midway between Beaver, ...

Butch Young, age 71, of Ulysses, Kansas died Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born August 2, 1943 in Macksville, Kansas, the son of Ralph McKinley and Snowie Mabel (Wood) Young. Butch grew up in Ulysses, Kansas and graduated from Grant County Rural High School in 1961. Butch served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged after being stationed in Ethiopia. B...