Dean E. Tennis, age 92, passed away Wednesday afternoon, September 21, 2022, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. He was born July 19, 1930, at Chanute, Kansas, the son of Israel Clayton and Leona Mae (Trapp) Tennis. As a boy he attended school in Chanute, graduating from Chanute High School. He later attended Neosho County Community College in 1950 and Kansas State Univer...

Joseph Donald "Joe" Krafft, 88, of Liberal, passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at Brookdale Liberal Springs. He was born on October 14, 1933, to William and Amy Wallace Krafft in Tulsa, OK. On April 12, 1958, he married Alice Weikel in Tulsa, OK. Alice preceded him in death on April 20, 2019. Joe graduated from the University of Tulsa with a degree in Petroleum Engineering and worked...

Jim Wilson, age 74, was an integral part of the Ulysses, Kansas, community and has been missed dearly since his death on Saturday, September 17, 2022, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses. He was born January 19, 1948, in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Glen E. and Gwendolyn Frances (Heimer) Wilson. Jim grew up on the family farm near Hanston, Kansas, and was active in Boy Scouts and FFA. ...

Marylin A. Headrick, age 83, died September 19, 2022, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on September 11, 1939, the daughter of Everett Lee Smith and Dorothy (Keyser) Smith in Toppenish, Washington. Marylin completed 13 years of school and graduated from Liberal High School. She was united in marriage to her husband of 62 years, Ivan David Headrick on March 15, 1958, i...

Diana Willimon, 70, of Plains, KS passed away on Monday, September 19, 2022 at her home. Cremation has been entrusted to Miller Mortuary of Liberal. Friends may send condolences through Diana's tribute web page at www.millermortuary.net. ...

Cora “Oletta” Leonard, age 93, died Saturday, September 17, 2022, in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Oletta was born on August 11, 1929, the daughter of Donald M. and Emma C. (Cook) Smith in the small town of Hominy, Oklahoma. She grew up with not only lots of childhood friends, but lots of family in the home as well – she was one of eleven children. As they became adults most of her siblings dis...

Oscar Gilberto “la Borre” Gandara, age 37, died Thursday, September 15, 2022, in St. Paul, Minnesota. La Borre died of injuries received in a drilling rig accident in North Dakota. He was born on April 15, 1985, the son of Frederico and Juana Gandara in Rosales, Chihuahua, Mexico. La Borre was united in marriage to his loving wife, Elida Omaira Gandara, on February 14, 2008, in Mesa, Ari...

Ruth Lenora Maupin Betsworth Breeding, age 94, of Hugoton, Kansas, died Sunday, September 18, 2022, at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton, Kansas. She was born September 16, 1928, in Bison, Kansas, the daughter of William Thomas and Veda Ruth (Rumford) Maupin. Ruth moved to Pawnee Rock, Kansas, at the age of 3, where her parents owned a Drug Store, her father was the pharmacist. In growing up, many h...

Marilyn R. Steinkuehler, age 85, died September 17, 2022, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born March 27, 1937, near Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Jack O. and Ann (Zawodsky) Sandlin. Marilyn graduated from high school in Denver and continued her education at Panhandle A&M College in Goodwell, Oklahoma, for one year. Marilyn married Marvin Wayne Steinkuehler on J...

Vernon L. Stokes, age 82, of rural Stanton County, Kansas, passed from this life to the Lord’s side on September 17, 2022, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born September 5, 1940, in Alamosa, Colorado, the son of Harold R. and Leona May (Curliss) Stokes. Vernon graduated from Syracuse High School in Syracuse, Kansas, and then attended Baptist Bible College in Spri...