Vernon Theodore Behrendt, age 85, of Liberal, passed away at 5:15 p.m., August 13, 2012 at Wheatridge Park Care Center, in Liberal. A native of Keyes, Oklahoma, he was born April 18, 1927, in Elkhart, Kansas, son of Elmer James and Fern Irene (Lowery) Behrendt. He attended Keyes High School and went to college at Panhandle State and Oklahoma State University, where he studied Geology. While at Pa...

Clayton “Ross” Shirley, age 84, died Sunday, August 12, 2012 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. He was born September 10, 1927 in Bogard, Missouri to Orval John and Edith (Greenwood) Shirley. In 1930, his family moved to Hugoton, KS. He graduated from Hugoton High School in 1945 where he was on the football team. After graduating, he spent 2 years in the U. S. Army being stationed...

Konner Wilkerson, age 2, died Friday evening, August 10, 2012, as a result of an automobile accident. He was born August 7, 2010, at Liberal, Kansas, the son of Jose Garcia and Bridgett Wilkerson. They survive. Other survivors include: Maternal grandparents, Lindsay Stewart and Lance Cleveland of Plains, Kansas Maternal grandfather, ...

Richard V. “Dick” Brookshire, age 79, of Ulysses, Kansas died Monday, August 06, 2012 at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born May 19, 1933 in Hymer, Kansas, the son of Verlyn and Ruth (Paulsen) Brookshire. Dick family lived at the Cities Service Plant and he graduated from Satanta High School in Satanta, Kansas. He married Emma (Patton) on June 6, 1954 in Ulysses, Kansas. He began wor...

Joseph M. Byers, age 86, of Ulysses, Kansas died Sunday, August 05, 2012 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City, Kansas. He was born April 10, 1926 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Ora Oakley and Elsie (Nelson) Byers. Joe grew up in Ulysses and graduated from Grant County Rural High School in 1944. He served in the Army Air Corp in the South Pacific during World War II. After servin...

Eugene Tully Fleming, died in Ulysses, Kansas on August 1, 2012 at the age of 97. He was a resident of Ulysses since 1958. Gene was born in Spearville, Kansas on April 9, 1915 to Annie F. Tully and William B. Fleming. He was the second of eleven children. During high school, Gene worked at a local dairy until graduation. Prior to World War II, Gene worked as a book keeper at Fairmont Dairy i...

Betty Jean Garcia, 57, died Thursday, July 26, 2012 at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, KS. She was born Aug 23, 1954 at Rocky Ford, CO, the daughter of George and Mary Jane (Montoya) Johnson. She was employed by USD 480 where she worked in food service. She was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church. Survivors include 2 Sons – Daniel Johnson of Ordway, CO Juan Garcia of Irving, TX 2 Dau...

Audrey Ellen Behrendt age 82 of Liberal, passed at 6:00 a.m., July 29, 2012 in her home in Liberal. A native of Turpin, Oklahoma was born in a sod house just south of Dombey, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of the late Josiah Kermit and Bessie Belle Ray. She attended Turpin High School and began college at Panhandle in Goodwell, Oklahoma, where she meet and then married Vernon Theodore Behrendt ...

Ronald “Joe” Robichaux, Jr. age 34, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born August 6, 1977 in Raceland, Louisiana, the son of Ronald Joseph and Edna (Loupe) Robichaux, Sr. Joe grew up in Raceland, Louisiana and graduated from Lafourche High School in Raceland. He was a bull rider and member of the Louisiana High School Rodeo Association. ...

Melba W. Burns, age 86, of Elkhart, Kansas died Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at Morton County Care Center in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born October 1, 1925 on the farm near Sturgis, Oklahoma the daughter of Denny Reese and Lavina Opal (Kintner) Brown. Melba was a longtime resident of Elkhart. She attended grade school at the Round Top School in the Oklahoma Panhandle and graduated from Elkhart High Sc...