Ronnie Calvin Swinney Ronnie Calvin Swinney, 75, passed away on Monday, February 25, 2019 at St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City, KS. Ronnie was born to Wesely Alvin and Calvin Mae (Watkins) Swinney on July 20, 1943 in Clarendon, TX.  He was a lifetime resident of Stevens County, KS. Ronnie and Melanie May were married on October 20, 1968 in Denver, CO.  They recently celebrated their 50 ye...

Frances L. Roberts, age 90, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Monday, February 25, 2019, at Western Prairie Senior Living in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born January 16, 1929, on the family farm in Collingsworth County, near Wellington, Texas, the daughter of Carlton and Cora (Bowles) Vernon. Frances grew up in Wellington, Texas, and graduated high school in 1946. She married Charles Lynn Roberts on Decemb...

David Raymond Rodriguez, 58, of Liberal, passed away on February 26, 2019 at Liberal, KS. He was born on February 15, 1961 to Margarito "Lucky" and Gladys (Hamitt) Rodriguez at Liberal, KS. On May 3, 2017 he married Yolanda Sanchez after being together since 2010 at Liberal, KS; she survives. David went to work for National Beef Packing Co. in 1990 where he wor...

Rosalee Phillips, age 74, died Sunday, February 24, 2019 at the Wesley Woodlawn Hospital & E.R. in Wichita, KS. She was born July 30, 1944 in Miami, OK, the daughter of Vernon and Ethel (Norris) Powers. She graduated from Fairland High School, Fairland, OK. She attended NOE A&M at Miami, OK. On November 24, 1963 she married Clay Phillips at Lakewood, CO. He survives. She was the E...

Paul Roland Chandler II, 80, of Liberal, passed away on Friday February 22, 2019 at Liberal, Kansas. He was born on November 12, 1938 to Paul and Elola (Mason) Chandler at Swiftown, Mississippi. In April 2010 he married Rosie Mae Walker in Wichita, KS; she survives. Paul spent his early childhood in Swiftown, Mississippi and moved to Wichita, Kansas when he was a teenager in 1953. He was...

Feryl E. Boyd, age 71, passed away early Friday morning, February 22, 2019, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. She was born in rural Fowler, Kansas, the daughter of George Henry and Leola Maxine (Marrs) Butler. As a young girl, she attended school in Ashland, Kansas, graduating from Ashland High School.  She later attended Dodge City Community College receiving her degree in cosm...

Betty L. Weber, age 89, passed away early Tuesday morning, February 19, 2019, at the Minneola Long Term Care Unit, Minneola, Kansas. She was born February 23, 1929, at Rolla, Kansas, the daughter of Harold and Dora (Crews) and stepmother Ruth (Britenbach) Hogue.  As a young girl she attended school in Rolla, graduating from Rolla High School. She later attended Kansas...

Luz Maria Montes, age 62, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Monday, February 18, 2019, at her home in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born November 13, 1956, in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, Mexico, the daughter of Victoriano and Ramona (Gutierrez) Chacon. Luz grew up in Mexico. She married Joaquin Montes on February 5, 1977, in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, Mexico. They moved to Ulysses in 1995. She enjoyed cooking and p...

MEADE - Cleo Brannan, age 94, passed away Sunday morning, February 17, 2019, at the Baylor, Scott, and White Hospital, Grapevine Texas.  She was living at Solstice Senior Living, Grapevine, Texas. Cleo was born on February 22, 1924, in Turon, Kansas, to parents Jesse and Elma (Cox) Zink. She married Raymond (Pat) Brannan on August 4, 1946, in Turon, Kansas. She graduated from Turo...

Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Jones, 92, of Liberal, passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. She was born on July 9, 1926 to Walter Eli and Doris Elizabeth (Bowers) Dunlap in Hereford, TX. Betty Graduated from Hereford High School and went on to receive her college degree from Texas State College for Women in Denton, TX. She married Eugene Ralph "Sonny" Jones, Jr. on October 1, 1950 i...