Nayeli Gonzalez De La Cruz, 22, died Saturday, July 26, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born November 6, 1991 at Juarez, Mexico, the daughter of Jorge De La Cruz and Lorenza Murillo. She married Ivan Gonzalez on August 31, 2012 at Liberal, KS. He survives. Nayeli moved to Scott City, KS from her home in Mexico in 2005. She was a graduate of Scott City High Schoo...

Sharon Rae Wilson Fox, age 71, died on July 27, 2014, in Meade District Hospital after a long battle with cancer. Born January 5, 1943 in Wichita, KS, she was the daughter of Clarke E., Sr. and Leota May Wright Wilson. She attended College Hill Elementary School, Roosevelt Junior High School in Wichita, and graduated from Wichita High ...

James Edward “Jim” Vitkowski, 70, of Tyrone, Oklahoma passed away July 8, 2014 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Jim was born December 30, 1943. He was a long time resident and business owner in Tyrone, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by long time companion, Cora Lee Stacey. Survivors include his daughters, Nicole and Amanda Jo. A graveside service will take ...

John Alvin Kennedy, 84, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away July 25, 2014 at Ranchwood Care Center in Yukon, Oklahoma. John was born August 26, 1929 in Campo, Colorado, the son of John Clifford and Edna Payne McAdams Kennedy. At the age of four he moved with his family to Oklahoma on the Kennedy Homestead, northwest of Hooker, Oklahoma. He attended Block School and later Hooker Schools. Joh...

John Edwin Hindman, age 66, of Ft. Dodge, Kansas formerly of Ulysses, Kansas died Thursday, July 24, 2014 at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. He was born May 9, 1948 in Fowler, Kansas, the son of Everett and Beulah (Powell) Hindman. John graduated from Ulysses High School in 1966. He served in the United States Air Force as an airplane mechanic from 196...

Myrtle M. Eisenhauer, age 88, died Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at Emeritus at Liberal Springs Assisted Living in Liberal, KS. She was born November 12, 1925 at Emporia, KS, the daughter of Edwin and Ruth (Emrick) Moran. She was a graduate of Emporia High School. On November 4, 1944, she married Laurence Joseph “Ike” Eis...

Lorene Geneva Hatfield, died Monday, July 21, 2014, at the Fowler Residential Care Center, at the age of 93. She was born September 13, 1920, in rural Fowler, Kansas, to Noah and Agnes Irene (Boyd) Mahieu. On September 18, 1938, she married Howard Hatfield in Fowler. They were married nearly seventy years. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sisters, ...

Felicia Macheil Holmes, 43, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born September 18, 1970 at Liberal, KS, the daughter of Dorothy (Jefferson) Shelton. She married Kenny Holmes on May 20, 1991 at Liberal. He survives. Felicia attended Liberal High School and had worked at many places in Liberal including Liberal Good Samaritan Center, Convenience P...

Elizabeth J. “Betty” Nickell, age 86, of Johnson, Kansas passed away at her home on July 21, 2014. She was born September 23, 1927, the daughter of Marvin and Nina (Schroeder) Merrill, in rural Stanton County, northeast of Johnson. She was a lifetime resident of Stanton County. She attended eight years of elementary school at the one-room Fletcher schoolhouse, graduated Stanton County Hig...

Evonne “Lucille” Dieker, age 85, of Ulysses, Kansas, died July 20, 2014 at Morton County Care Center, Elkhart, Kansas. She was born April 8, 1929 in Lakin, Kansas the daughter of Alba and Yvonne (Florentine) Ferrell. Lucille grew up in Lakin and moved to Ulysses in 1947. She married Bernard W. “Bernie” Dieker December 15, 1945 in Syracuse, Kansas; he preceded her in death on May 29, 2012...