Mary Lou Meza, age 69, died Saturday, November 13, 2021, at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  She was born on March 21, 1952, in Levelland, Texas, the daughter of Bonifacio and Delores (Lombraña) Meza.     Mary Lou grew up in Ulysses and graduated in 1972 from Ulysses High School.  She worked at El Ranchito Restaurant as well as the IBP Cafeteria in Garden City.  Ma...

Antonia Martinez, Age 84, of Liberal Kansas died Saturday, November 13, 2021, at Southwest Medical Center.  She was born on June 13, 1937, in Durango, Mexico, the daughter of Sabino and Benita (Menchaca) Garcia.   She Married Marcelino Martinez in Durango, Mexico in March of 1957. They immigrated to the United States where Antonia received her U.S. Citizenship.    Antoni...

 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 ...