Donald Ray Swinney, 85, passed away Monday, December 21, 2020, Great Plains Regional Medical Center, Elk City, OK. He was born to Alvin and Calvin (Watkins) Swinney on October 7 1935, McKnight, TX. Donald and Connie were married December 25, 1955 at First Church of God, Hugoton, KS. To this union were four children; Donald Kent, Brian Dale, Karlese Diane, and Craig Jason. He was a loved m...

Mary Helen Thompson, 91, formerly of Kismet, KS passed away on Saturday December 19, 2020 at Protection Valley Manor in Protection, KS. She was born on June 15, 1929; the daughter of Homer and Zelma (Heston) Edison at Liberal, KS. On June 28, 1947 she married Ralph Thompson at her mother's home in Liberal, KS; he preceded her in death in 1983. Mary grew up and attended schools in Liberal....

Helen Jo Graves, 81, died Friday, December 18, 2020, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born August 12, 1939 in Elk City, Oklahoma, the daughter of John Kenneth Loyton and Lucille Casey Loyton. Helen attended High School at Hoisington High School in Hoisington, Kansas. Helen married Don Graves also in Hoisington, Kansas on July 14, 1956. They were married for 50 years. Don ...

Teresa Hernandez, age 59, died December 19, 2020, at her home in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born July 13, 1961, in Levelland, Texas, the daughter of Jose and Geneva (Velardes) Hernandez. Teresa worked within USD 214 school systems as an ESL Teacher for many years. She was better known as “La Maestra Teresa” and was very well respected by the Hispanic Community in Ulysses. In her free time, ...

Madison (Matt) Traster died at his home on December 16, 2020, in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born on September 1, 1927, on a farm near Edna in Labette County, KS. Madison was the son of Ralph E. and Cora B. (Massa) Traster. Matt had an idyllic childhood at Altamont, KS where he raised livestock, and hunted and fished with his boyhood friends and his dog Jack. He attended the Labette County Community H...

Rolland Keith Wiens (Rolly) went to the arms of his Heavenly Father on December 17, 2020 in Meade, KS because of the COVID virus. Rolly was born in a rural farmhouse south of Meade on May 23, 1939, (the same farmhouse where he and his wife, Marge, raised their family and where his grandson and wife, Bradon and Rachael Wiens, now are raising their family). God reached out to Rolly when he was...

106 years ago, in 1914, Joe Sam Landrum was born in Fountain Run, Kentucky. In 1927, he moved with his parents, Michael and Lela, and four siblings to Boise City, Oklahoma. After graduating from High school there and working a while in the hardware store, he attended a year at Panhandle State University and a few years later, a year at Oklahoma City University. In 1938, he took a job with the Roll...

Charles E. Seabolt, age 82, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020.   He was born on February 20, 1938 in Ramona, Oklahoma son of John Everett and Freida Lawson Seabolt of Cherokee Indian decent.   Charles graduated from Norton High School. He married Ardine Dierks on April 28, 1979 at the Lutheran Church in Liberal, Kansas. Charles worked for Panhandle Eastern for 38 ...

Leola Maxine Marrs Butler Brown, 96, of Nickerson, Kansas went to be with Lord on 12/16/2020. Leola was born to Walter Warren Marrs and Feryl Ione Flinn, on 08/22/1924 in rural Meade County Kansas. Leola graduated from Fowler High School in 1942.  She studied Home Economics at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, OK. During WWII Leola moved to Los Angeles, California and worke...

God welcomed another angel into heaven with the passing of Christine Schaef Sleeper. Chris died on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, in her home surrounded by her family. Christine was born in Higgins, Texas, on January 14, 1936. She grew up in Hemphill County, Texas, and graduated from Canadian High School in 1953. She followed her two brothers, Tom and Don, to Panhandle State University. Christi...