Wilbert “Nick” Nichols, age 81, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas. He was born June 5, 1935, in Fowler, Kansas, the son of George Obert and Mildred Marie (Dalgarn) Nichols. Nick grew up in Fowler and graduated from Fowler High School. He married Connie F. Dierking on July 15, 1956 in Fowler. Nick and Connie farmed in Grant C...

Patrick Cruth, age 59, beloved son of the late Milford Cruth and Martha Louise (Barnes) Cruth of Lafayette, Louisiana, born in Hugoton, Kansas on May 2, 1957, died there August 30, 2016. Pat grew up in Hugoton and graduated from Hugoton High School. He furthered his education by attending Liberal Area Vo-Tech. Pat then drove truck cross-country. He and Ron Heger owned and operated Wild ...

Ina Etoile Witt, 103, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away August 30, 2016 at her home. Memorial services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 3, 2016 at the United Methodist Church in Hooker, Ok with Rev. Craig Denslow officiating. Condolences may be left at www.robertsbrothersfuneralhome.com ...

Michael Ray “Mike” King, 66, died Sunday, August 28, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born January 11, 1950 in Greenfield, Missouri the son of Morris Rowe and Thetia (Freeze) King. He graduated from High School in Dadeville, MO in 1968. After graduation he was drafted in 1969 into the US Army and was honorably discharged in 1972 serving in Vietnam and received two purple...

Donna Belle Baker Chance, 88 passed away August 24, 2016.    She was born February 20, 1928, in Wichita, and grew up on a farm north of Rose Hill, KS, the third of five children, to Floyd and Waldena Showalter.  She graduated from Rose Hill High School in May 1945.    She married M. Dean Baker, also from Rose Hill, KS, in February, 1947.  Donna Belle was a homemaker and a career civ...

Mary Maxine Ralstin, 98, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away August 26, 2016 at Memorial Hospital of Texas County in Guymon, Oklahoma. Maxine was born June 27, 1918 on the family homestead twelve miles north of Hooker, Oklahoma, the daughter of Samuel David and Erma Stearman McElroy. She attended school in the area and graduated from Guymon High School. On February 27, 1937 she was married to Hiram ...

  Harold Jay DuPree, age 77, of Ulysses, Kansas died Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. He was born September 2, 1938 in Jerome, Idaho, the son of Roy Jay and Nora Beatrice (Tucker) DuPree. Harold attended elementary school in Cimarron and graduated from Plains High School in Plains, Kansas. Harold married “Sis” Carolyn (LaFever) on July 5,...

Jarah Nicole Breece, age 13, passed away early Sunday morning, August 21, 2016, at rural Pampa, Texas, as a  result of an automobile accident.   She was born June 25, 2003, at Amarillo, Texas, the daughter of Henry Martin and Charity Dawn (Evans) Breece.  A resident of Plains for nine years, moving from Amarillo, she was an eighth grade student at Southwestern Heights Junior High, rural Plai...

Larry D. Carrell, age 56, passed away Tuesday evening, August 23, 2016, at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas.   He was born January 10, 1960, at Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Gail R. and Shirley M. (Beckman) Carrell.  As a young boy he attended the Forgan, Oklahoma, school system, graduating from Forgan High School in 1978.  After his education, he began his career as an oilf...

Susan Kathleen Rindels, 60, died peacefully at her home Saturday, August 13, 2016 in Hugoton, KS. She was born July 4, 1956, at Luling, TX, the daughter of Horace and Genell (Hyde) Goats. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1974 and then attended college at Kansas Wesleyan. She was the co-owner of Steamatic of Southwest Kansas and a homemaker. Susan was a Little League Coach for 20 y...