Kenneth Eugene Hudgens, 81, of Johnson, Kansas passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2016. He was the son of Louis and Bessie “Williams” Hudgens, born October 15, 1935 in Johnson, Kansas. He graduated from Johnson High School in 1953 and attended Panhandle State College. Kenneth was united in marriage to Lois Woolery on December 29, 1961 in Syracuse, Kansas. He worked at the City ...

  Helen M. Juhl, age 89, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at Satanta Long Term Care Unit in Satanta, Kansas. She was born December 31, 1926 in Bemidji, Minnesota, the daughter of Walter E. and Ruth O. (Blakley) Ritchie. Helen lived in Duluth, Minnesota until she was 6 years old. She then moved with her family to Welcome, Minnesota where she graduated high school. Hele...

Donald H. “Don” George, age 82, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas.   He was born September 18, 1934, at Altus, Oklahoma, the son of Henry Ray and Vera Ethel (Hall) George.  As a young boy he attended the Wellington school system, graduating from Wellington High School in 1952.  He later attended Kansas State University.  In 1954, he ...

Thomas L. (Slick) DeVorce, 68, of Liberal, passed away on October 16, 2016 at the Kansas Veteran's Home in Winfield, KS. He was born on November 14, 1947 to Napolean and Dell (Guyton) DeVorce at Cooper, TX. He attended Liberal High School. In 1967 he was drafted into the Army to serve in the Vietnam War. After coming back home he went to work at Panhandle Eastern Pipeline, from which he ...

Gary Dean Hildreth, 69, died Saturday, October 22, 2016 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, KS.. He was born February 23, 1947 at Coats, KS, the son of Dean and Oleta (Lambert) Hildreth. He married Luzminda Absin on April 1, 1970 at Dumaguete City, Philippines. She survives, Gary grew up in Coats, KS and a Graduate of Coats High School. After high school he enlisted into the US Navy,...

  Pauline Unruh, age 79, died Monday, October 24, 2016, at The Legacy at Park View in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born March 1, 1937, in Montezuma, Kansas the daughter of Clarence and LaFina (Schmidt) Schmidt. Pauline married Charles Unruh in May 1957 in Montezuma, Kansas. They moved to the Ulysses area in 1957 and later moved to town. She was a homemaker, and cleaned at the Ulysses Post ...

Hoang Van “Paul” Tran, 67, died at his home in Liberal, KS on Saturday October 22, 2016. He was born in Saigon Vietnam to Tam Van Tran and Ba Thi Truong November, 24, 1948. He graduated High School in 1966. He served in the South Vietnamese Navy from 1966 to 1975. Paul married Cuc Thi Diep September 19, 1969 in Saigon, Viet Nam. She survives. He owned the Golden Dragon Restaurant i...

  Janet Katherine Lewis, 58, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 at her home in Goddard, KS. She was born on January 31, 1958 in Hardtner, KS, to Victor and Monica (Landwehr) Ricke. She lived in Sharon, KS, Attica, KS, Canadian, TX, Hugoton, KS, Liberal, KS, Corpus Christi, TX, Midland TX, and Goodard, KS. Janet previously worked for Anadarko Petroleum, and Seward County as the director of the ...

Norman R. Young, age 77, of Lubbock, Texas died Friday, October 21, 2016 at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. He was born March 5, 1939 in Maxfield, Kansas, the son of Ralph McKinley and Snowie Mable (Wood) Young. Norman grew up in Ulysses and graduated from Grant County Rural High School. He married Mae Dell Folley in 1958 in Ulysses. Norman worked in operations for Amoco/...

Mary (Stalcup) Martz, 104, died Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on February 8, 1912 on a farm 14 miles west of Liberal in Stevens County. The daughter of Ray and Ethel (Chaffin) Stalcup. Her family moved to Liberal in 1926. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1930. She has been a resident of Liberal since that time. She also attend...