Erika J. Soto-Zapata Ramirez, age 37, died Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born September 4, 1985, in Dr. Arroyo NL Mexico, the daughter of Juan Luis Soto and Alma Rosa Zapata.  Erika grew up in Mexico. After graduating from high school, she earned an accountant degree which she used while living in Mexico. In 2006, she moved to the United...

Zola Marie Kessler, age 84, died Friday, September 30, 2022, at her home in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on October 6, 1937, the daughter of Jack and Della (Drake) Carruth in Ralston, Oklahoma. Zola graduated high school in 1955 from Blackwell, Oklahoma. On December 14, 1957, she was united in marriage to her loving husband of 64 years in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Together they raised 4 chil...

Patricia Katherine "Pat" Hibler, 83, of Liberal, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2022, at Southwest Medical Center. She was born on November 19, 1938, to Frank and Lillian (Wilson) Friesen at Ogden, UT. Pat worked many years as a Dispatcher for Seward County Sheriff Dept. She enjoyed playing Bingo, watching old westerns, and collecting dolls. She also loved being with her husband Ray an...

Stanley Lee Leek, 62, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2022, at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. The son of Tommy Lee and Doris Lorene (Foster) Leek, he was born March 11, 1960, in Amarillo, Texas. Stanley enjoyed watching football and Nascar racing. His biggest joy in life was his grandchildren. He is survived by his children, Dallas Leek, Ulysses, KS., Amanda Maravilla and significant oth...

Keith Leon Hall, age 85, of Ulysses, Kansas, died on Thursday, September 29, 2022, at Kearny County Hospital in Lakin. He had been living at High Plains Retirement Village since November 29, 2021, due to his health issues of Dementia and Parkinson’s. He was the only child of Thomas Harvey and Ida Estelle (Bly) Hall born on August 11, 1937, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. ...

Dollie Mae (Watts) Haddock, 88, died Tuesday, September 27, 2022, in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on December 4, 1933, to Alva Jacob and Ada Rosella (Maloney) Watts in Woodson County, Kansas. Dollie went to Stone country school through the 8th grade and then attended high school in Toronto, Kansas where she graduated in 1951. Dollie enjoyed playing softball and basketball while in school. After ...

Donna Marie (Terwilliger) Krey, age 65, passed away Monday, September 26, 2022, at her residence in Hugoton, Kansas. The daughter of Richard and Mildred (Keelan) Terwilliger, she was born March 18, 1957, in Redbank, New Jersey. Donna's hobbies included gardening, shopping, and all of her plants and flowers. In recent years she had started collecting giraffes and anything to do with them. M...

Steve Alexander, age 57, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Friday, September 23, 2022, in Grant County, Kansas. He was born September 28, 1964, in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Duane and Linda (Batman) Alexander. Steve grew up in Grant County, Kansas, and graduated from Ulysses High School in 1983. He was an excellent carpenter and mechanic and never liked idle time. He was always busy doing someth...

Evelyn Marie Evans-Ellis, age 101, died September 23, 2022, while residing at Oxford Grand at Market Square in Wichita Kansas. She was born on Monday, July 18, 1921 in rural Meade County to, Meade Kansas, the daughter of Fred Franklin and Sylvia Mae Keltner Ford. A resident of Meade County most of her life, and then living in Wichita from 2002. A homemaker, mother of three, and former empl...

Freda Taylor, 91, of Liberal, passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2022 at her home. She was born on January 27, 1931 to Merle and Dorothy (Dudley) Cole at Liberal, KS. On June 28, 1951 she married Robert Lee Taylor at Raton, NM.; he preceded her in death in 1981. She enjoyed building plastic models, sewing, camping and fishing. Freda also enjoyed long walks on the Beach in Florida dur...