Terry Gillespie, age 62, of Ulysses, Kansas died Thursday, June 25, 2015 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born March 26, 1953 in Quinter, Kansas, the son of William D. and Beulah (Maddox) Gillespie. Terry was born and raised in Grainfield, Kansas. He attended church and was baptized in the United Methodist Church in Grainfield. Terry graduated from Wheatland High Scho...

Christopher Michael Runte, 40, of Liberal, passed away on June 23, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born on October 27, 1974 to Kevin and Connie (Sausedo) Runte at Omaha, NE. He attended school at Thomas Jefferson High School; Christopher worked as a Laborer for Beredco Drilllng Inc. Christopher is survived by Son, Gage Michael Runte of Tyrone, OK; Father Kevin Runte...

Victor Manuel Mendoza Garduño, 59, of Liberal, KS, died Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at St. Catherine Hospital, in Garden City, KS.. He was born January 2, 1956, to Jesus Mendoza and Senorina Garduño, at Queretaro, Mexico. He graduated from high school in Queretaro. He was employed by Bruce Well Service as an oilfield derrick hand. He was...

Nellie Magdeline Spencer, 98, of Liberal, KS, died Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at Pioneer Manor, in Hugoton, KS. She was born April 19, 1917, to Thomas B. and Betty (Brown) Dutton, at Lindsey, OK. She attended school in and around Cushing, OK. She married Wayne Cecil Spencer March 3, 1937, at Drumright, OK. He died August 3, 1997. She was a homemaker, bookkeeper and seamstress. She made ...

Arthur William “Bill” Catlin, 76, died Saturday, June 20, 2015 at Satanta District Hospital in Satanta, KS. He was born August 13, 1938 in Liberal, KS the son of Harold and Margaret (Bell) Catlin. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1956 and attended University of Kansas and Ft. Hays State University. During his high school and college years he worked at Tuckers Men’s Clothing Store, i...

MEADE – Guinola “Gwyn” Marrs Tacha, 95, of Meade, passed away June 22, 2015, at her home in Meade. She was born September 21, 1919, to Walter Warren and Fery Ione (Flinn) Marrs at Fowler, Kansas. She married Kenneth “Bub” Tacha on October 13, 1941, at Dodge City. Some of her hobbies include sewing, gardening, crocheting, playing cards, fishin...

Genevieve “Jan” Gloria Tregellas, age 67, of Elkhart, Kansas died June 19, 2015 at home in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born March 23, 1948 in El Pueblo, New Mexico the daughter of David and Susie (Ortiz) Llewellyn. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1966. Jan married Dennis Tregellas on April 9, 1966. In 1966, she began taking care of children in her home. For over forty yea...

Dorothy Darlene McGehee, age 87, died Thursday, June 19, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born September 22, 1927 in Liberal, KS, the daughter of Lee Harley and Bernice (Antrim) Hickey. She attended Liberal High School. She was Co-Owner of McGehee Drilling. She resided in Montana and Colorado from 1953 to 1986, when she and Jim returned to Liberal. She was employed by US...

Janet L. Bartel, age 75, died Thursday, June 18, 2015, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. She was born November 24, 1939, in rural Meade, Kansas, the daughter of Jake J. and Lena D. (Harms) Isaac. As a young girl she attended the Lily Dale School and later the Meade Bible Academy in rural Meade County. A lifetime resident, she was a rural mail carrier. She was a me...

Ela Patrice "Pat" Meng, 84, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away June 16, 2015 at Liberal Springs in Liberal, Kansas. Pat was born January 11, 1931 in Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Bryan Ernest and Lucy Ela Thompson Shaw. The family lived in Goodwell, Oklahoma where her father managed the Big Jo Lumberyard. Several years later the lumberyard chain relocated her father to Aztec,...