Sondra Mae Purser, age 71, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at her home in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born May 22, 1943 at home on the ranch in Lipscomb County, Texas, the daughter of Joe N. and Myrtle Mae (Green) Johnson. Sondra was employed by USD 214 for many years. She was also a bookkeeper at Dowell-Schlumberger and ended her career at Merritt Oil. Sondra enjoyed woo...

Sharon Lee Massoni, 74, died on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Evangeline Oaks Nursing Home in Carencro, LA Sharon, a resident of Sunset, LA was a longtime resident of Kismet, Kansas. She was the daughter of the late Hobart McVey and Florence Davis McVey. She is survived by her loving husband of fifty-seven years John D. Massoni, her children, Michael John Massoni and his wife Chris, Daniel Dav...

Paula Kay Williams, age 73, of Ulysses, Kansas died Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at her home in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born July 20, 1941 in Lamar, Colorado, the daughter of Jasper E. and Elizabeth M. (Walker) Smith. During her elementary school years, her family moved to rural Grant County, Kansas. She graduated as salutatorian from Ulysses High School in 1959 and from Emporia State Teachers...

Dennis “Denny” Harnden went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was born March 25, 1928 at Hugoton, KS the son of Francis and Hazel (Graham) Harnden. He graduated in 1947 from Liberal High School. Denny was a farmer north of Liberal, KS until he and his family moved to Colorado Springs, CO in 1970. He owned an irrigat...

Mary Frances Young, 74, of Canton, Oklahoma, died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 at Okeene Hospital in Okeene, Okla. Mary was born July 12, 1940 in Rutland, Vermont, the daughter of William Stewart and Martha (King) Stewart. She married Jack E. Young on March 14, 1980 in Guymon, Okla. He preceded her in death in 2006. Survivors include daughter, Cheryl Prouty, Canton, Okla.; son, Doug LaFreniere an...

Carol L. Wyrick, age 90, died Monday, February 9, 2015, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born August 4, 1924, at Valley Falls, Kansas, the daughter of Dwight and Hattie (Ratz) McCoy. As a young girl, she attended school in Valley Falls and Oskaloosa, Kansas. She later attended the University of Kansas School of Nursing, graduating in 1946 with her degree in...

Margaret Moore, 95, died February 7, 2015 in Liberal, KS. Margaret was born on March 9, 1919 in Liberal and was the daughter of Ralph and Kathryn “Kitty” (Jordan) Colvin, long-time residents of Liberal. Margaret and her sister, Kathryn “Kay” Colvin, grew up in Liberal, attending Garfield Elementary School a...

Mary M. Hubbard, 61, died Friday, February 6, 2015 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center in Wichita, KS. She was born January 12, 1954 at Liberal, KS, the daughter of Gilbert and Mary (Harding) Schupman. Mary was a class of 1972 graduate from Southwestern Heights High School. She had worked at Wal-Mart for 27 years before retiring in 2013. Mary loved gardening and her grand kids. She was a me...

Johnny B. Boaldin, age 82, of Elkhart, Kansas died February 6, 2015 at Morton County Special Care Unit in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born August 15, 1932 in Keyes, Oklahoma, the son of James T. Boaldin and Martha (Zinn) Boaldin. Johnny grew up in Texas County, Oklahoma near the Kansas-Oklahoma state line west of Elkhart. He graduated from Elkhart High School. Johnny was a farmer, rancher and the ...

Timothy Lee “Tim” Becker, age 64, died Monday, February 2, 2015 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS. He was born January 20, 1951 at Exeter, KS, the son of Gerald Thomas and Margaret Mary (O’Connor) Becker. He was a 1969 graduate of Exeter High School and then earned a Bachelor degree in education at P...