Leona A. (Stolz) Tate, age 96, died at her home in Hugoton on October 30, 2013. She was born on February 20, 1917 on a farm in Roberts County, near Sisseton, South Dakota. She married James R. Tate on October 14, 1946, in Clovis, New Mexico. She graduated from Sisseton High School in 1933. She graduated from Peabody School of Nursing in Webster, South Dakota in June of 1938. She worked in num...

Emma Ellen Brock, 87, died Monday, October 28, 2013 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born February 23, 1926 at Sun City, KS, the daughter of George and Ethel (Ward) Keller. She married Ralph Porter in January of 1946 and later married Ivan Ashcroft. She married Leonard "Barney" Brock on January 14, 1956 at Pratt, KS. He preceded her in death on December 8, 2011....

Juan Garcia, age 49, of Lakin, Kansas died Monday, October 28, 2013 at the Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas. He was born January 10, 1964 in Lockney, Texas, the son of Ernesto and Esperanza (Garcia) Garcia. Juan grew up in Ulysses and attended Ulysses schools. He worked for Micro Solutions mixing chemicals. Juan was a rodeo clown. He was a world champion barrel man for IPRA in 2003, 20...

Therese Marie Lampe 52, died, Thursday Oct. 17, 2013 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS. She was born May 1, 1961 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter of Leo Edward and Virginia Rose (Kemmeter) Lampe. She had been employed by the Department of Veteran Affairs in Australia. She was a member of the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Support Group. Survivors include Husband Riley Booth ...

Natividad Badillo, age 92, of Johnson, Kansas died Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at his home in rural Johnson, Kansas. He was born July 21, 1921 in San Miguel Municipio, General Cepeda Coahuila, Mexico, the son of Gregorio and Santos (Ruiz) Badillo. Natividad married Maria Consuelo Ruiz on February 12, 1958 in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. He was a farmer. Survivors include his wife, Consuelo of the...

Myrna Jean Shaffer-White , 73 passed away on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013 at the Sumner County Care Center in Wellington, KS following a courageous battle for years with PPA (dementia). She had been a resident at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal since Sept. 2012, then Sumner County Care Center since Aug. 9, 2013. Myrna was born on November 17, 1939 in Pratt, KS to William J. & Imogene F. (Shaff...

Alma Pearl Franks, 87, of Liberal, Kansas passed away October 21, 2013 at her home. Alma was born March 30, 1926 in McCrory, Arkansas, the daughter of Charles and Pearl Lucretia Johnson Franks. Alma was a Junior High music, English and writing teacher. She had received her Masters in Education. She taught ten years in Venezuela from 1958 to 1968 and thirty years in Ventura, California. ...

Arnold H. Regier, 97, died Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Liberal Good Samaritan Center in Liberal, KS. He was born December 14, 1915 in Beaver County, OK on the family farmstead, the son of Henry and Lena (Nachtigal) Regier. He married Helen Mae Dirks September 20, 1940 at Turpin, OK., She preceded him in death on May 30th, 1991. Arnold later married Luella Schmidt on March 6, 1993 at Newt...

Jon Marc Roebuck, 11, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away October 14, 2013 at Memorial Hospital of Texas County in Guymon, Oklahoma. Jon Marc was born January 19, 2002 in Idabel, Oklahoma, the son of Jimmy and Emily Cavner Roebuck. Memorial services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 19, 2013 at the First Baptist Church in Hooker, Oklahoma with Brother Jim Roebuck, Jon’s father, offici...

MEADE – Ruth A. Hantla, age 89, died early Tuesday morning, October 15, 2013, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born February 25, 1924, at Council Grove, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur Sidney and Susie Goldie (Williams) Peterson. As a young girl she attended the Council Grove school system, graduating in 1941. She later attended beauty school in Wichita. ...