Linda A. Kernell, age 74, passed away early Monday morning, November 15, 2021, at the Minneola District Hospital, Minneola, Kansas. She was born November 25, 1946, at Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of Harold and Dorothy (Weatherford) Gregory.  As a young girl, she attended school in Richmond.  In 1980, she moved to Fowler, Kansas, and began her career in health care.  She attended schoo...

Raymond Mendes, 84 passed away Sunday, November 14, 2021, at Kansas Medical Center in Andover, Kansas. He leaves behind wife Phyllis Mendes of Hugoton, KS, three stepchildren: daughter Samantha Hancock and her husband Bill Hancock of Colby, KS, son Mark Ackerman of Moultrie, GA and his wife Amirah (Wokaty) Ackerman, and daughter Shannon Nordyke and husband Paul Nordyke of Hugoton. He also had sev...

Richard “Dick” Eugene Stoops, 87, passed away, Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at The Craig Senior Living Retirement Community in Amarillo, Texas. He was born on May 19, 1934, at Booth Memorial Salvation Army Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was the son of Joe Grear and Lela Maxine Stoops. Richard’s younger childhood and teenage years were spent growing up in Annie Wittenmyer Home, also know...

Ethel Virginia Sawyers, 87, of Tyrone, OK passed away on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at her grandson's home in Yuma, AZ. She was born on June 6, 1934 to Roy Raymond and Beatrice (Baker) Roberson at Serene, CO. On July 16, 1953 she married Paul Kenneth Sawyers; he preceded her in death on February 27, 1997. Ethel is survived by her children, Paula Kay Wyer and husband Francis of Tyrone, O...

Melynda “Mendy” Elisibeth Leonard Graves, 48, passed away from this life Sunday, November 7, 2021, at her home in Satanta, Kansas. The daughter of Eldon Eugene Leonard and Elisibeth Clifft. She was born June 19, 1973, in Ulysses, Kansas. Mendy graduated from Hugoton High School in 1991. She attended Dodge City Community College and graduated with an Early Childhood Education degree. Mend...

Darin Scott Hook, 49, passed away Friday, November 5, 2021 at his home near Big Bow, Kansas. He was born December 30, 1971 to Margaret Jean (Winger) and Calvin Clark Hook in Johnson City, Kansas. Darin was raised in Syracuse, Kansas on the family ranch, and often helped around the Hook Body Shop. Darin always told of being fortunate enough to have been babysat by Lena Molz as ...

Daniel Reimer Bartsch, 16, passed away on Sunday, November 7, 2021, rural Hugoton, Kansas. He was born May 27, 2005, in Ulysses, Kansas.  The son of Jacob Bartsch and Anna (Reimer) Bartsch. Survivors include his parents, Jacob and Anna Bartsch, Hugoton, KS.; siblings, Anna (Bartsch) Wolf and husband Corney, Mexico, John Bartsch and wife Lisa, Moscow, KS.; Susie Bartsch, Hugoton, KS.; 7 nieces a...

Nanci Balderrama, age 47, died Monday, November 8, 2021, at Research Medical Center of Kansas City, Missouri.  She was born on September 8, 1974, in Chihuahua, Mexico, the daughter of Ignacio and Patricia (Jaquez) Castillo.     Nanci grew up in Mexico until the age of 20 when she moved to the United States.  She has lived in Ulysses since 1994.  Nanci married Lorenzo Balderrama in ...

Tiffany Gray of Liberal, passed away from this life on Friday, November 5th  2021 in Springfield, Missouri, after an unexpected illness. She was born on June 30th 1982 in Liberal, KS to Henrietta Gray of Liberal, KS and Morris L. Blackmon in Conroe, Texas. Tiffany worked as a home health care worker  and she also worked for several other businesses here in Liberal. She was a lov...

Danny William Harvey, 62, of Hugoton, KS passed away on Monday, November 1, 2021 at the Stevens County Hospital after a long battle with lung and heart issues. He was born on June 21,1959 to Sammie McDowell-Harvey and Bob Harvey in Kansas City, KS. He was a 1978 graduate from Liberal High School and was on the Liberal Redskins football team and member of the Madrigals Choir. Danny Bill ...