Paul Gatlin of Colorado City, Colorado passed away July 6, 2018. He is survived by his wife Barbara of 66 years. Children Linnette Talbott of Wichita, Kansas, Mike Gatlin (Becky) of Pueblo West, Colorado, Marcy Duncan (Glenn) Garden City, Kansas, Drew Gatlin (Mary) Walsenburg, Colorado, Three Grandchildren and Two Great Grandchildren. Paul was a Past Master of Masonic Fargo Lodge #300 of Liberal, ...

Louise Collins, 64, died Saturday, May 19, 2018 in Phoenix from ALS. She was born Oct. 13, 1953, to William Calvin Courtney and Roletha (Pat) Courtney. She had a long career as a registered nurse, working at Good Samaritan Center, Southwest Medical Center and Veterans Administration in Liberal. She continued her work with the Veterans Administration in Prescott Valley, Ariz. She is surv...

Eleanor Louise (Smith) Sneyd, 94, Ulysses, KS, died on Saturday,  June 23, 2018 at The Legacy at Parkview in Ulysses, KS. She was the daughter of Clarence McKinley and Blanche Gertrude (Chess) Smith.  She was born on June 6, 1924 in Fresno, California.  She was raised in Fresno and went to school there. Eleanor and Herbert Bouton Sneyd were married on February 6, 1946 in Fresno, Californi...

David Falke, 82, died Tuesday, July 3, 2018, at SWMC inLiberal, Kansas. He was born on January 29, 1936 in Billings, OK, the son of Otto and Regina ( Neuburg) Falke. He graduated high school from Chanute, KS. Dave married Sue Hitchcock in October, 1975, in Dalhart, TX.  They were married 42 years. Dave was a professional truck driver.  He leased out his own fleet of trucks.  He also worke...

Conrad Lee Neal, age 88, died July 2, 2018 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. His wife Barbara was at his side. After a lengthy illness, Conrad has slipped the surley bonds of earth and set out for the cosmos where he will join his heroes Albert Einstein, Carl Sagan, and Steven Hawking with whom he can explore the universe first-hand. His Irish and Scottish ancestors came to America i...

Helen Jean Yocham, 75, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away in Hooker on July 5, 2018. Helen was born October 22, 1942 in Wauneta, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph and Bessie Storms McAlister. Helen worked at Pride Feeders processing cattle for eighteen years where she had the reputation of working as hard as a man. In 1991 she returned to Moline, Kansas where she grew up to care for her parents until ...

Patrick William Phillips, the son of Michael and Mary (Russell) Phillips, was stillborn on Tuesday, July 3, 2018, at Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas.     Patrick is survived by his parents, Michael and Mary Phillips, siblings, Ethan Burnum and Jaime Phillips all of Ulysses;grandparents, Patrick and Sharon Russell, Ulysses,  and David and Diana Coffman of Almena; aunts, Tenelle...

Caitlin Hope Heronemus, 19, of Wichita, Kansas passed away on July 4, 2018 in an accident near Hugo, Colorado. She was born on October 12, 1998 in Liberal, Kansas to Dustin and Tammy (Armer) Heronemus. Caitlin was a graduate of Turpin High School, class of 2017. Caitlin worked as a Daycare Provider at Scribbles & Giggles Children's Academy in Wichita, KS. She loved to sing and enjoyed ph...

Darrell Duane Grandy, 72, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away July 2, 2018 due to extended injury complications. Darrell was born March 10, 1946 in Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Robert Preston and Grace Olive Pfenninger. He grew up in Garfield, Kansas graduating from Garfield High School with the Class of 1964. After school he attended trade school in Pittsburg, Kansas and became an electrician. H...

Donna Sue Van Buren, 76, of Liberal, passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on August 27, 1941 to Sherman and Dorothy (Robertson) Morlen at Springfield, MO. On March 10, 1956 she married Larry Van Buren at Yates Center, KS; he survives. Donna and her family moved from Springfield, MO to Iola, KS when she was a young child. She was...