Joe Rios, age 72, of Johnson, Kansas, died April 11, 2015 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital, Ulysses, Kansas. He was born July 7, 1942 at Asherton, Texas the son of Encarnacion Rios and Margarita (Rodriguez) Rios. Joe spent his childhood in Texas and Nebraska. Joe served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged in 1966. Joe moved to Ulysses, Kansas in the 1970s and in 1976 moved to Johnson,...

Proverbs 18: 24 “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly; and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” This verse is one that describes the life of Edgar W. White who crossed the river Jordan on Friday, April 10th, 2015. Edgar was a practicing attorney at law for 60 plus years in Elkhart, Kansas. Pretty Prairie, Kansas, was his birthplace on September 7, 1923, to ...

Douglas Kent Warner, age 60, of Manor, Texas died Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at his home in Manor, Texas. He was born March 2, 1955 in Syracuse, Kansas, the son of Richard LeRoy “Bud” and Betty (Buhrer) Warner. Doug grew up in rural Kansas and graduated from Ulysses High School. He moved to Omaha, Nebraska after graduation. Doug married Ann Jaynes on April 25, 1981 in Omaha. Doug obtained hi...

Irene L. Pepper, age 73, died Monday, April 6, 2015 at her residence in Liberal, KS. She was born July 25, 1941 in Liberal, KS, the daughter of Adam Jake and Caroline Mary (Dreitz) Roth. She was a lifelong resident of Liberal, KS, and attended Liberal schools and graduated from Liberal High School in 1959. She began her working career while in high school at Peoples Bank. She later switched to ...

Evelyn Louise (Edgar) Mace, age 84, of Johnson, Kansas died Monday, April 6, 2015 at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson, Kansas. She was born October 20, 1930 in Lincoln, Kansas, the daughter of John Henry and Evelyn Pearl (Copeland) Edgar. Evelyn graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1953. She married Lewis Mace on December 31, 1955 in Kinsley, Kansas. She and her husband ow...

Gladys Irene Howard, 82, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away April 6, 2015 at Memorial Hospital of Texas County in Guymon, Oklahoma. Graveside services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 11, 2015 at Restlawn Memorials Gardens in Liberal, Kansas under the direction of Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, Oklahoma...

Maxine Mary Hanson 94, died, Friday, April 3, 2015 at her residence in Tyrone, OK. She was born July 27, 1920 in North Platte, NE the daughter of Lawrence and Lillian (Eckland) Rauch. She attended the North Platte High School in North Platte, NE and after her junior year she enlisted in the Women Army Air Corp. She has been a resident of Tyrone, OK for the past 30 years. She was a homemaker. Sh...

Dolores Chrispens Martin, 89, of Turpin, Oklahoma passed away April 1, 2015 in the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Kent and Linda Martin, where she had lived for the last several months. A lifetime member of the Hooker Seventh-day Adventist Church, she served in many capacities including c...

CharlLee Owens was born June 3, 1927, at Ottawa, Kansas, to Gladys (Howell) and Charles Owens. She passed from this earthly life March 31, 2015, at the Fowler Residential Care Center, Fowler, Kansas. She was raised in Meade, Minneola, and Fowler, Kansas, by her mother and stepfather, Alvin Hinson. She attended Fowler schools and two years at a rural school south of Fowler. Sh...

Duvijen V. Fira, age 83, formerly of Johnson, Kansas died Sunday, March 29, 2015, at The Villas at Sunny Acres in Thornton, Colorado. He was born April 24, 1931, in Sinton, Texas, the son of Ramon and Victoria (Vasquez) Fira. Duvijen grew up in Sinton, Texas. He married Margaret R. Rodriguez on September 26, 1964, in Clovis, New Mexico. Duvijen was a longtime Johnson, Kansas resident. He wo...