Shirley Jane Mitchell, age 88, died Saturday, March 22, 2025, at Western Prairie Senior Living Community Memory Care Unit in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born November 2, 1936, at home in Hugoton, Kansas. Twenty minutes later twin, Sheila Jeane, came along. Was this a joy or a curse to parents, Melvin and Pauline (Ives) Creamer.  Shirley grew up in Hugoton and graduated from Hugoton High School ...

Maria Isabel Macias De Maldonado, 67, of Liberal, passed away on Sunday March 23, 2025 at her home. She was born on September 30, 1957 to Rafael Macias Ramos and Celsa Caraveo Gonzalez at Cd. Cuahutemoc, Chihuahua Mexico. On January 16, 1971 she married Roberto Maldonado Villegas at Cd. Cuahutemoc, Chih. Mexico. He preceded her in death on January 29, 2025. Before retiring, Maria had wo...

Donna Jane Connor, passed away on Monday, March 17, 2025, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Donna was born on January 9, 1943, in Minneola, Kansas to Royal Nile and Grace Gertrude (Tucker) Unger. She was a devoted and loving presence in the lives of her family and friends, known for the happiness she spread and her caring nature. Donna dedicated much of her professional life to being a school bus driv...

Edwin David Rathbun, a celebrated doctor, academic, pilot, and philanthropist, passed away peacefully on March 15, 2025, in Odessa, Texas. He was 88. No services are scheduled at this time. Private family services will be held at a later date. Ed was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Harold Vernon and Minnie Belle Rathbun on June 13, 1936. He graduated from Great Bend High School, Great ...

Our beloved Dad, Robert "Bob" Fowler, peacefully went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 20, 2025, at his home in Hooker, Oklahoma, surrounded by family. He was born on April 9, 1933, in Guymon, Oklahoma, to L.G. Fowler and Esther (Monk) Fowler. Bob graduated from Hooker High School in 1951. He attended college at Panhandle A&M University in Goodwell. On March 22. 1953, He married the l...

Jesus Quintanilla, age 97, died on Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on January 2, 1928, in Rancho Mesas de Acosta, Juventino Rosas, Guanjuato, Mexico, to Filipe Quintanilla and Apolonia Yańez. Jesus was united in marriage to Guadalupe Gonzalez, she preceded him in death in May of 1990. He exemplified the value of hard work as he worked in agriculture as a field hand. ...

Virginia Lou Skinner passed away at Pioneer Manor on Sunday, March 16, 2025. She was 94. She was born in her parents’ home, Harold and Grace Hatfield, Belle Plaine, Kansas on March 14, 1931. She attended Valley Home School for her first eight years of school and graduated from Belle Plaine High School. She married her high school sweetheart, Darrell Skinner. They soon relocated to Southweste...

Kenneth Melvin Cox, 79, passed away on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at Satanta District Hospital. He was born on August 23, 1945, to Edna Aletha (Harman) and Forrest Melvin Cox in Garden City, Kansas. Kenneth grew up in Sublette, Kansas, where he graduated from Sublette High School in 1963. He continued his education at Kansas State University, earning a bachelor's degree in agriculture. Farming wa...

Robert Clinton (Bob) Stewart, age 82, flew with the Angels to his Heavenly Home on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from the Baptist St. Anthony Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. He was born on October 19, 1942, in Alva, Oklahoma, the son of Theodore Clinton and Viola Almeda (Solf) Stewart. Bob lived in Carmen, Oklahoma, and Ava, Missouri, where he graduated high school in 1961. Bob served in the United...

Barbara Gatlin of Colorado City Colorado passed away after a short illness on February, 19, 2025. She was born in McPherson, Kansas, on July 25, 1933. She married Paul Gatlin on July 19, 1952. They were married for 66 years, She is survived by four children, Linnette Talbott, of Wichita, Kansas, Mike Gatlin (Becky) of Pueblo West, Colorado, Marcy Duncan (Glenn),Edinburg, Texas, Drew Gatlin (Mar...