Nettie Marie Byrum, 91, died Monday, January 9, 2023 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on October 8, 1931. She was the daughter of Nettie R. (Comstock) and John R. Morris. She was married to John W. Byrum. They married in Perryton, Texas on February 19, 1953. He preceded her in death on January 7, 2014. Marie and Johnny lived in her mother’s house with her ...

Yvonne Vera (Vonnie) Schwindt, age 91, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at Western Prairie Senior Living Community in Ulysses. She was born May 22, 1931, in rural Scott County, Kansas, the daughter of Joe and Estella (Cummins) Knobbe. Yvonne graduated in 1949 from Sacred Heart Academy in Wichita. In 1950, she married Gene Schwindt. Yvonne did various jobs while working at S...

Larry Wayne Bryant, 67, left on his next adventure on January 9, 2023 at his residence in Tyrone, Oklahoma. He was born on November 30, 1955 in Satanta, Kansas, the son of Darrell Bryant and Patricia (Miller) Balzer. He married Kimberly Kirk on September 19, 2015 in Hooker, Oklahoma. She survives. He graduated from Satanta High School. He also attended Baker University and Larry wor...

Letcher Waechter, age 80, died Sunday, January 8, 2023, at her home in Ulysses. She was born July 16, 1942, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Lester Roy and Olive Helen (Lachenmaier) Green. Letcher grew up in Kearny County, graduated high school in Deerfield, and furthered her education at Fort Hays State University. Letcher married Carl Donald Waechter on June 4, 1961, in Lakin. She wo...

Satanta - Carol A. Wilson, 80, died January 5, 2023, at Satanta Long Term Care Unit. She was born on December 29, 1942, in Hartner, Kansas, the daughter of Elmer and Dorothy (Joachims) Hartwig. Carol’s childhood was spent in Alva, Oklahoma. She graduated from Alva High School in 1960 and went on to further her education at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, majoring in education, gradu...

Perry Edwin Rubart, formerly of Ulysses, Kansas, passed away peacefully on January 4, 2023, at home in Fayetteville, Arkansas. All throughout his 91 years, Perry was a man who chose to “Dare to Dream… Dare to Make the Dream Come True.” This phrase—the title of his memoir—encapsulates Perry’s remarkable life. Perry was born on August 8, 1931, to Webber and Inez (Hunt) Rubart, in M...

Barbara Ann Law "Bobbie" Wellman, 89, of Liberal, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Barbara, daughter of George Henry Law and Oma Myers Law, was born August 24, 1933, in Epworth Hospital in Liberal, Kansas. She married Myron Eugene "Red" Wellman June 6, 1953 and they are the parents of two children, a son William Eugene "Bill" and a dau...

Lloyd E. Sneath, age 97, just a couple of days before his 98th birthday, passed away Thursday evening, January 5, 2023, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. He was born January 7, 1925, in rural Meade County, Kansas, the son of Glen W. (Babe) and Margaret S. (Manning) Sneath. As a young boy he attended grade school in a one room country school before attending high school ...

Lonnie Ray Luck passed suddenly on January 3, 2023, at the age of 67. He was born on June 23, 1955 in Hays, Kansas to Rosalie H. and Donald L. Luck. He was the oldest of five children with two brothers, Jeffrey Luck and Kenton Luck and two sisters, Darla Myers and Nancy Edmundson. He spent his childhood days in Elkhart, Kansas. Lonnie was married to the love of his life, Peggy Marie (Hansen), ...

Colleen Raye Dittfurth, 70, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2022, at Western Prairie Care Center, in Ulysses, Kansas. She was the daughter of Duane and Ada (Ratliff) Rasmusson and was born June 14, 1952, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She and Walter “Dale” Dittfurth were married on December 31, 2008, in Elkhart, Kansas. Their marriage was full of love and everlasting enjoyment to each of them. ...