Doris A. (Dixie) Hageman, age 91, passed away Sunday morning, February 26, 2023, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born October 8, 1931, at Nashville, Kansas, the daughter of Charles B. and Anna (Fischer) Schwartz. As a young girl, she attended school in St. Leo, Kansas, graduating from Cunningham High School in 1949. On August 24, 1950, she married Victor...

Denise Sue Sapp, 53, of Hugoton, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2023, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. The daughter of Scott Talbert and Judith Ann (Patton) Sapp, she was born on January 16, 1970, in Garden City, Kansas. Denise and Ruben Mann were married on April 5, 1991, in Hugoton, Kansas. To this union were three boys, Calvin, Colby, and Chris. Later Denise a...

Satanta - Kelly Colleen Long, 60, died February 24, 2023 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. She was born on August 8, 1962 in Garden City, the daughter of Bob and Margaret (Hurtt) Routh, Sr. Kelly spent her childhood in Garden City, where she attended school. On May 29, 1982, she married Bruce Long in Garden City. The couple made their home first in Sublette and later in Satanta. Kelly o...

Jane Elizabeth Sutherland was born on April 14, 1941 in Bradford, Pennsylvania to Gertrude Paulene Murphy and Harry Orlo Murphy. She passed away on February 19, 2023 at the age of 81 due to congestive heart failure. Jane had an interesting story of affluence throughout her childhood, moving from Pennsylvania to Washington DC, to Kansas, and to Texas because of her father’s employment w...

Joyce Marie (Murphy) Tooley, 89, passed peacefully in her sleep Sunday February 26, 2023, in Wamego, Kansas. She was born November 8, 1933, to JW and Alma Murphy in Great Bend, Kansas. She married George A. Tooley on April 8, 1961, at Saint Rose Catholic Church in Great Bend, Kansas. He survives. Joyce attended Great Bend High School, graduating in 1951. After graduating high school, she s...

Bob Sipes was born Bobbie Dale Sipes on May 13, 1936 to Glenn Robert and Myrta LuVella (Coombes) Sipes at their farm home located in the Pleasant Plains Community in NW Morton County. He passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family on February 26, 2023. His birth was followed by a 3 day dirt storm, so severe that the visibility was zero, so it is fitting that he passed away on a day o...

Margery A. Secrest, age 93, passed away Saturday evening, February 25, 2023, at the Fowler Residential Care Center, Fowler, Kansas. She was born December 30, 1929, at Plevna, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph Edward and Grace Pearl (O’Bleness) Secrest. As a young girl, she attended school at rural Nickerson, Kansas, graduating from Sterling High School. A resident of Fowler since 2011, sh...

Bert Allen "Stubby" Cook, age 61, formerly of Liberal, Kansas, died on Monday, February 20, 2023, at his home in Coffeyville, Kansas. He was surrounded by his loving wife Tanya Cook and his 4 fur babies. He was born on December 8, 1961, in Salina, Kansas. He was raised at a young age by his grandparents. He joined the Army and served his country. He was very proud of being a veteran. Upon le...

David Charles Shirk, age 69, of Johnson, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at The Ranch House in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on February 8, 1954, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Clement Miles and Leona Margaret (Wilkerson) Shirk. David grew up in Friend, Kansas, and graduated with the class of 1972 in Scott City. He then attended Garden City Community College for two years and the...

Roy Lee Bultman, 96, of Miller/Wessington and formerly of Elkhart, KS, passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, Miller, SD. Roy was born on November 21, 1926, to Henry and Hilda (Scholle) Bultman in Carroll County, Carrollton, Missouri. He attended the Lutheran Parochial School until they moved to Monett, Missouri in 1940 where he ...