Antonio Eloy Pando, 73, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at St. Anthony’s Hospital, Lakewood, CO. He was born to Valerio and Elisa (Pando) Pando on December 10, 1947, Los Garcias, Chihuahua, Mexico. Eloy and Amparo (Soto) Pando were married December 24, 1967, Mexico. To this union were four children: Eduardo, Jorge, Karla and Patricia Eloy was a member of the St. Helen Cathol...

Clarence Raymond Applebee, 77, of Liberal, passed away on Sunday January 10, 2021 at the Southwest Medical Center . He was born on December 24, 1943 to Clarence and Nellie (Wallander) Applebee at Liberal, Kansas. On September 26, 1964 he married Connie Austrip at Liberal, KS; she preceded him in death on May 2, 1987. Clarence worked for years as an over the road Truck Driver; a career tha...

Scott Prater Kane, a lifelong resident of Seward County, KS, passed away on January 10, 2021 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born on May 5, 1962 to Don and Reta Jane Kane. He gradated from high school at Southwestern Heights in 1981. He graduated from Wichita Automotive and Electronics Institute in Wichita, KS for mechanics in 1982. In his younger years, he was a farmer. Then...

Jerry Alvin Swallow, 64, of Forgan, Oklahoma passed away January 10, 2021 at Tyrone, Oklahoma. Jerry was born January 8, 1957 in Beaver, Oklahoma, the son of Kenneth Merle and Mary Addie Chester Swallow. He grew up and attended school in Forgan, Oklahoma graduating from Forgan High School. He began work with Beech Aircraft in Liberal, Kansas for seven years. He then worked for the Beaver Sandhil...

Connie Sue Thompson, 76, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away January 11, 2021 at Brookdale Senior Living in Dodge City, Kansas. She was born December 21, 1944 in Clovis, New Mexico the daughter of Eugene and Lillian Utley Hillman. She was united in marriage to Texas “Tex” Thompson on November 26, 1961 at Long Beach, California. They made their home for a short time in Aqua Dulce, Texas and then ...

Fidencia Cortez, age 43, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Saturday, January 9, 2021, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, Kansas.  She was born August 1, 1977, in La Mesa, Texas, the daughter of Arturo and Gloria (Rodriguez) Cortez.    Fidencia was a CNA at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses and worked for Ulysses Laundry for 14 plus years.  On November 12, 2017, Fidencia gave her life ...

Carlos Marquez, age 62, died Friday, January 8, 2021, at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born October 20, 1958 in Cusihuiriachi, Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Hipolito and Isabel (Dominguez) Marquez.     Carlos grew up in Mexico and moved to the United States when he was 15 years old. In 1987, Carlos relocated to Ulysses where he married Sulema Gutierrez on October 15, 1990. Carlo...

Antonio Longoria, age 86, died Friday, January 8, 2021, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born April 8, 1934, in Karnes City, Texas, the son of Gilbert Villarreal and Guadalupe Longoria.  Tony was a member of Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church. He enjoyed visiting with his family and playing Spanish bingo with the grand kids and great grand kids. He always had a joke r...

Annie M. Reed, age 77, passed away Wednesday afternoon, January 6, 2021, at her Kismet, Kansas, residence. She was born January 27, 1943, at Andover, Massachusetts, the daughter of Ernest and Annie Couture.  As a young girl, she attended school in Andover, graduating from Andover High School in 1961.  After her graduation, she began working for the Internal Revenue Service as a secretary. ...

Joyce Berry, 88, of Liberal, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on May 4, 1932 to Alvin and Dica (Lynch) Whorton at Larned, Kansas. On January 20, 1949 she married Gail Berry at Dodge City, Kansas; he preceded her in death. Joyce grew up in Larned, Kansas and was a graduate of Larned High School. After she and Gail were m...