Gene Wilfred King, 85, passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Beaver County Memorial Hospital, Beaver, OK after several years of bad health. He was born March 3, 1936, in Beaver County, OK, to Rufus & Hazel (Matkin) King. Gene was raised on the family farm near Turpin, OK until his family moved to Liberal, KS while he was in grade school. Gene graduated from Liberal H...

Rebecca “Becky” Louise (Schulte) Madsen, 65, passed away Thursday, February 17, 2022, at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. The daughter of Alvin John and Mary Ann (Walters) Schulte, she was born June 19, 1956, in Kiowa, Kansas. She and David L Madsen were married on March 6, 1982, in the Seattle Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Their love flourished for one an...

Candace Loban, 73, loving mother, grandmother, wife, sister and friend passed away January 30, 2022 at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born in Amarillo, Texas to Mae and Donald DeWolfe on April 14, 1948. She was a preemie and liked to tell that she was the smallest surviving baby, to that date, in that big hospital. She was the in the hospital so long the nurses named h...

George E. Golliher, age 99, passed away late Thursday evening, February 17, 2022, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. He was born December 16, 1922, at Meade, Kansas, the son of JB (Doc) and Verdie (Bradley) Golliher. As a young boy he attended school in Meade, graduating from Meade High School. After his graduation, he joined the United States Army on February 15, 1943...

Luz E. Vasquez, age 60, of Syracuse, died Thursday, February 17, 2022, surrounded by her loved ones at her sister’s home in Johnson, Kansas. She was born January 12, 1962, in Gomez Farias, Chihuahua, Mexico, the daughter of Carlos and Belia (Perez) Wissar-Gutierrez. Luz grew up in Mexico and moved to the United States in 1980. She had lived in Coolidge, Johnson, and Tribune before settling ...

Thelma J. Swails, age 86, died Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at her home in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born June 14, 1935, in Mechanicsville, Virginia, the daughter of Thomas and Myrtle (Pitts) Bowles. Thelma grew up in Mechanicsville, Virginia, where she graduated high school. She married James Lamar “Jim” Swails on November 6, 1954. Thelma traveled the world with her husband as he served...

Minnie Belle (Sue) Ediger, Age 89, of Liberal, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Good Samaritan Nursing Center. She was born in Ringwood, Oklahoma on September 6, 1932, the daughter of Charles F. and Mildred (Combs) Surls. Minnie Graduated from Fallbrook High School in Fallbrook, California. She attended Nazarene Bible College in Pasadena, California, which is now known as Point L...

Ramona (“Mona”) Marie Almeida passed away peacefully at BSA Hospital in Amarillo, TX, on February 11, 2022. She was born in Fort Morgan, CO, on April 14, 1952, to Robert Mendoza & Antonia Saucedo. Mona spent her early years enjoying life as a kid and often accompanied her stepfather to “work" as a laborer in the fields picking cotton or harvesting other crops. She loved telling stories...

Louis G. Garcia, age 68, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Monday, February 14, 2022, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born January 5, 1954, in Plainview, Texas, the son of Ernesto and Esperanza (Garcia) Garcia. Louis lived in Texas until the age of 12 when he moved with his family to Ulysses in 1965. Louis worked for Smyth Oil & Gas, and also did construction and concrete wo...

Shirley A. Branson, age 82, passed away Monday afternoon, February 14, 2022, at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. She was born February 7, 1940, at Winfield, Kansas, the daughter of Bill and Martha (Knowles) Guymon. As a young girl, she attended grade school in Healdton and Duncan, Oklahoma before moving to California, graduating from Whittier High School in 1958. After her ...