Leon H. Bortz , age 88, died late Monday evening, May 23, 2011, at the Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City, Kansas . Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary , Meade, Kansas . ...

John Adam Graves , age 47, died Monday, May 23, 2011at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born Dec. 10, 1963 in Wichita, KS , the son of Donald Leroy and Helen Jo (Loyton) Graves. He has been a longtime Liberal resident and attended Liberal Schools. He had worked at Best Western, Seward County Road & Bridge and currently as a truck d...

Thelma Katrina Morgan, age 94, died Saturday, May 21, 2011 at Via Christi Regional Medical Center – St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. She was born November 17, 1916 at Copeland, Kansas the daughter of William and Marie (Lewis) Nusser. Thelma married Ray A. Morgan on May 28, 1943. She later married Earl Shandy who preceded her in death and then married Frank Davidson. She was a gr...

Robert Carl “Bob” Anderson , 89, died Sunday May 22, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. He was born November 24 , 1921 at Hibbing, Minnesota , the son of Carl and Aina Anderson. He had lived in Hibbing, MN for 18 years, graduating from Hibbing High School in 1938. He had also lived in Denham, MN for 5 yrs, Abe...

Romana C. Manzano, age 101, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, May 21, 2011 at The Legacy at Park View in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born August 27, 1909 in Sain Del Alto Zacatecas Mexico, the daughter of Nolberto and Juana (Herrera) Calderon. Romana married Nazario Manzano in 1928. She lived in Lamar, Colorado from 1979 until 2000; at that time she moved to Ulysses, Kansas. Romana enjoyed crochet...

Harold R. Heinson, age 76, died early Friday morning, May 20, 2011, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas . He was born June 18, 1934, at Meade, Kansas, the son of William Frederick and Nora (Cordes) Heinson. As a young boy he attended the Century Grade School in rural Meade County . He later attended Meade High School. After his schooling, he made his home in rural Meade Coun...

Weldon D. Bennett, 50, Liberal, KS , died Friday, May 19, 2011 at his home following a sudden illness. He was born April 1, 1961 at Beaver, OK , the son of Alfred W. & Zella M. Chamberlin Bennett. He attended school in Liberal and Beaver, and had worked at National Beef Packing. For the past ten years he was employed at Wal Mart. He is survived by two brothers, Warren "...

Barbara Jean Hampton, age 52, of Cuchara, Colorado died Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas. She was born July 27, 1958 in Iowa City, Iowa the daughter of Howard and Barbara (True) Ford. Barb was a longtime resident of Ulysses, Kansas. She was a hard worker; previously working at Grant County Feeders, T-L Irrigation, Fuel Barn, and Hickok...

Gail D. McIntire, 61, Turpin, OK, died Thursday, May 19, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center , Liberal, KS . She was born June 6, 1949 at Hamilton, OH, the daughter of Jerry E. & Delores Shepherd. Gail worked for Beaver County Hospital , Liberal Good Samaritan Center for five years, and ten years in the OB Department of the Southwest Medical Center. On May 20, 1995, she married...

Angie Abbott, 82, Liberal, KS, died Wednesday, May 18, 2011, peacefully at her home. She was born July 8, 1928 at Logan, OK, the daughter of James P. & Augusta P. Getz Sanger. She graduated Beaver High School. Moving to Liberal, she worked at Black’s Drug, worked in home care for many years and later retired from the accounting department of Nash Finch after twenty years. She wa...