Connie Marie Byram,  a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and retired nurse, passed away peacefully on July 27, 2025, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas, at the age of 76. She was born December 26, 1948, in Ashland, Kansas.  Connie dedicated her life to caring for others, both through her long and compassionate nursing career and in the love she gave her fa...

Carol Jean Marie McCulloch, age 84, passed away late Friday evening, July 25, 2025, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born November 6, 1940, at Minot, North Dakota, the daughter of Almond McCullough and Lorraine Marie (Deschambault) Taylor.  As a young girl, she attended school in Berthold, North Dakota until the fifth grade before moving to Van Hook, North Dakota. �...

Melvin Robert “Bob” Delay was born to Charles “Charlie” and Darlene (Grover) Delay on March 27, 1952 in Concordia, Kansas. He Graduated from Liberal High School in 1970. Bob married LeAnn K. Toppenberg on May 16, 1970, in Liberal, Kansas. They were married until her passing in 2007. Two daughters were born to this union Tausia (Cornelson) and Stacia (Long.)  Bob married Eva (Briones-Gon...

FOWLER – Antonia Loya, age 90, passed away Tuesday evening, July 22, 2025, at her Fowler, Kansas, residence. She was born January 8, 1935, at Chihuahua, Mexico, the daughter of Trinidad Loya and Maria De la Luz Venzor. As a young girl, she attended school in Chihuahua for several years. A resident of Fowler for twenty years, she was a homemaker. She attended the Fowler Friends Church and e...

Tamara Jonelle “Tammie” Hensley, age 66, died Monday, July 21, 2025, at Baptist St. Anthony Hospital in Amarillo, Texas.  She was born May 3, 1959, in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Wesley E. “Bud” and Georgia (McGillivray) Blalock. Tammie was a lifetime resident of Ulysses.  She graduated from Ulysses High School and furthered her education at Colby Community College.  She wor...

Barbara Nadine Beeks, age 88, died Thursday, July 17, 2025, ather home in Hugoton, Kansas.  She was born September 30, 1936, in Coldwater, Kansas, the daughter of Robert Lee and Claudine Riley (Calahan) Long.   Barbara grew up in Rolla and graduated from Rolla High School.  On September 15, 2004, she married Garland E. Beeks at the Christian Church in Garden City.  Barbara was a farm wife a...

Michael Alan Beckerman, 72, of Goddard, Kansas, passed away peacefully on July 18, 2025. Born in St. Louis on March 1, 1953, Michael was the beloved son of Fred and Judy Beckerman. He was a graduate of Fowler High School and spent several years farming alongside his father, developing a deep connection to the land and agricultural life. He later went on to own and operate both a welding shop an...

Bobby Lee “Bob” Homan, 62, of Guymon passed away early Monday, July 21, 2025 at the Memorial Hospital of Texas County. Visitation will be Friday evening, July 25th between the hours of 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. at Bunch - Roberts Funeral Home Funeral services will be Saturday afternoon, July 26th at 2:00 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Kason Oakes and Rev. Steve Lehew officiating...

Ernesto Alaniz, Jr. 63, of Liberal, passed away on Friday July 18, 2025 at Southwest Medical Center. He was born on January 6, 1962 to Ernesto Alaniz, Sr. and Josefina Ramirez at Brownsville, TX. He married Beatriz Medrano on June 12, 2000 in Liberal, KS. Ernesto attended Hannah High School and James High School in Brownsville, TX. then went on to obtain an A/C Tech license. He worked...

Cimarron - Marilyn L. Marchel, 92, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on July 16, 2025 at The Shepherd’s Center in Cimarron. She was born on November 3, 1932, to John W. and Jessie (Wharton) McKaig in Anthony, Kansas, and grew up on a ranch southeast of Attica alongside her parents and two brothers, Johnny and Frank. Marilyn attended a country school through her early ye...