Lucinda Alcala, age 80, died Sunday, July 10, 2022, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born July 30, 1941, in Winters, Texas, the daughter of Aureliano and Concepcion (Cerda) Esquivel. Lucinda was born and raised in Texas. She married Isidro Alcala on July 7, 1956, in Munday, Texas. Together they relocated to Ulysses in 1972 where they raised their four children. Luc...

Jay D. Bloesser, age 82, died July 3, 2022, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital, Ulysses, Kansas. He was born March 1, 1940, in Kingman, Kansas, the son of Lawrence and Sylvia (Brown) Bloesser. Jay grew up at Tribune, KS and graduated from Greeley County High School, he then attended Salt City Business School in Hutchinson, KS. A longtime Ulysses, KS resident, he spent many years working in an aut...

Shannon R. Conway, age 68 passed away Monday morning, July 4, 2022, at Locust Grove Villages, LaCrosse, Kansas. She was born on December 4, 1953 in Meade, Kansas, the daughter of Ted and Earline Turney. As a young girl attended school in Meade. Shannon was a homemaker for awhile before she worked at the Meade District hospital, drug store, Sears and then retired from CMS Electric. ...

Margaret D. Bartel, age 85, passed away Wednesday evening, at the Minneola District Hospital Long Term Care. She was born February 23, 1937, at Meade, Kansas, the daughter of John B. and Margaret P. (Doerksen) Bartel. As a young girl, she attended school in Meade. She later attended the Grace Hospital School of Nursing in Hutchinson. After her graduation from nursing school, she worked ...

Leota Pearl Lybarger of Elkhart, Kansas, passed away at 5:10 am July 5, 2022, at the Winfield Senior Living Community in Winfield, Kansas. She was born June 16, 1926, in Elk City, Kansas, the daughter of William and LuVerna (Davidson) Warner. Leota married Robert Lee Lybarger on November 18, 1944, in Elk City, Kansas. She was the pianist at Bible Baptist Church and First Baptist Church of El...

Leonila B. “Nellie” Lopez, 86, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 1, 2022 at Via Christi-St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. She was born May 12, 1936 in Malakoff, Texas to Leandro and Lydia (Barrientos) Bravo. She attended the Technical High School of Ft. Worth, Texas, where she graduated. On April 12, 1959, she married Juan Lorenzo-Lopez in Ft. Worth. Juan passed on June ...

Junior Willis McSpadden, 97, of Midlothin, TX, passed away June 29, 2022 at his sons home. Junior was born August 7, 1924 in Van Buren, MO, the son of Frank and Mattie Allison McSpadden. Junior grew up on a small farm in the hills near Fremont, MO. Following his 11th grade year of high school, he joined the U.S. Coast Guard. During WWII he served on the William M Black ship, in the European Campa...

Duane Smith, 93, of Moundridge, Kansas, passed away Monday, June 27, 2022 at Pine Village in Moundridge. He was born December 14, 1928 in Greensburg, Kansas, the son of Alfred A. and Nettie (Koehn) Smith. Duane was a sales manager at several auto dealerships in the Wichita, Newton and Hutchinson areas. He was united in marriage to Geneva Smith on September 12, 1948 in Fairview, Oklahoma. S...

Robert ‘Bob’ James Small, 58, passed away on January 3, 2022, at his home. He was born September 17, 1963, in Callaway, NE, to Fred E. and Alma L. (Hagans) Small. Bob was a graduate of Satanta High School, Satanta, KS. He was employed by AgTrax, Hutchinson, since 1996 as a computer programmer. Bob was an avid bowler and member of the United States Bowling Congress. He enjoyed readi...

Come help us celebrate the life of John G. Greer, Jr. John Galen Greer, 74, of Liberal, passed away on June 24, 2022 in Liberal, Kansas, the son born to Jack and Margaret Greer on September 10, 1947. John grew up in Selkirk, Kansas. He attended grade school in Selkirk, Kansas and attended Leoti High School. Upon graduation he proudly served his country in the United States Air Force from 19...