Carolyn Sue (Love) Gonzales, 70, passed away on August 3, 2020 at her home in Derby, Kansas She was born to Robert and Pauline (Broughton) Love on May 11, 1950 in Seminole, Oklahoma. On May 11, 1968 she married Edward Gonzales. Carolyn proudly worked in the Aircraft Industry for 40 years. She is survived by her husband Ed Gonzales; daughter, Kristi Pruitt and husband Chris; siblings, P...

Shirley E. Rome, 97, passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home, Hugoton, Kansas. She was born to Walter L. and Margueritte (Ryan) Whitcomb on October 16, 1922, Berwyn, Illinois. Shirley and Leonard C. Bryan were married. To this union were four children Bruce, Greg, David, and Anita. Later she married Dave Rome and he preceded her in death. She served in the ...

Richard “Dick” Winger, age 85, died Monday, August 3, 2020, at his home in Johnson, Kansas. He was born January 9, 1935, in Syracuse, Kansas, the son of Charles and DeEtta (Moore) Winger. Dick grew up on a farm in Stanton County. He began his education at Fletcher Grade School, graduated from Johnson High School, and received his Bachelor Degree in Animal Husbandry and Agronomy from Pan...

Marvin “Dale” Cole, age 85, of Ulysses, Kansas, passed away on August 2, 2020, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Dale was born on January 13, 1935, in Lindsay, Oklahoma to Doc and Lillie (Griffin) Cole. His stories of playing basketball, working broom corn, frailing pecans and growing up in a large family of 10 children on the farm in Southern Oklah...

Hector Romero, 47, died Saturday, August 1, 2020 at his home in Liberal, Kansas. He was born December 13, 1972 in Mexico, the son of Edmundo and Cristina Estrada Romero. Hector attended Southwestern Heights High School in Kismit, Kansas. He also worked for USD 480 as a janitor. He is survived by his parents, Edmundo and Cristina Romero of Liberal, Kansas; brothers, Javier (Bobbie) Romero o...

Laura Kay Witzke, 81, died very peacefully and entered into the presence of the Lord on Saturday, August 1, 2020, in Liberal, Kansas. She was born March 8, 1939 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and June Smith Zehering. In 1957, Laura graduated from Liberal High School. A short while later, she married the love of her life, Donald Eugene Witzke, on October 2, 1957. She was also a membe...

David M. Roach, age 83, of Johnson, Kansas, died Friday, July 31, 2020 at Brookdale Senior Living in Dodge City, Kansas. He was born September 7, 1936 in Bates County, Missouri son of Clyde and Annabelle (Allen) Roach. Dave grew up on a dairy farm in Adrian, Missouri and graduated from Adrian High School. He then served in the U.S Marine Corps and also spent a number of years in the Reserves. H...

Mary Lou Pickler, age 92, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Thursday, July 30, 2020, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born December 18, 1927, in Ottawa, Kansas the daughter of Roscoe and Louise (Esterly) Redmond. Mary Lou grew up in Ottawa where she graduated from Ottawa High School in 1945. After graduating high school, Mary Lou continued her education at The University of Kans...

MEADE – Kristofer Daniel Rosendahl, age 42, passed away Wednesday morning, July 29, 2020, in rural Meade County, Kansas. He was born April 12, 1978, at Karlstad, Sweden, the son of Dan and Joyce (Friesen) Rosendahl. As a young boy he attended school in Saffle, receiving his vocational degree. He later joined the Swedish military, which was mandatory in Sweden. On September 26, ...

  Hazel Myrtle Allen, 92, passed to her reward July 30, 2020, at her home in Hugoton, KS. Hazel was born September 29, 1927 in a tar paper home in Grant County, Kansas to her parents Stanley and Geraldine Wolf Basler. Hazel attended a country school in Ulysses. Hazel married her husband of 58 years, James Leland Allen in California on December 6, 1944. After Leland was discharged from the Marine...