Arthur LeRoy Hitchcock, age 81, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, January 17, 2015 at South Wind Hospice in Pratt, Kansas. He was born July 26, 1933 in Smith County, Kansas, the son of Leslie R. and Mildred May (Welker) Hitchcock. LeRoy grew up in Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. While living with his family at Ryus, Kansas, he attended Satanta High School. LeRoy served in the United States Na...

Eunice Mae Metcalf Smith, age 82, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital, Ulysses, Kansas. She was born October 6, 1932 near Junction City, Kansas at her parent’s home on Lyon’s Creek. She was the daughter of Richard Edward and Florence Edna (Janke) Kind. Eunice was raised in Lyona, Kansas. Religion and music were important in Eunice’s childhoo...

Mary G. Roach, 84, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at her home in Liberal, KS. She was born March 22, 1930 at Roswell, NM, the daughter of Pierre and Vivienne (Palmer) Louissena. She married William W. Roach in Ft. Worth, TX. He preceded her in death. Mary attended Roswell High School and was a graduate of Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. She and her husband were Sheep Ranchers near Ta...

James “Jim” Johnson, age 90, of Elkhart, Kansas died January 12, 2015 at Morton County Special Care Unit in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born November 28, 1924 in Cherryvale, Kansas, the son of Lewis H. and Mary Marie (Shields) Johnson. The summer of 1943 was a busy one for James Calvin Johnson, known as Jim or Jimmy. He graduated from High School, he and Anna Lee Sellmansberger were married on J...

Oletha P. Moody, age 86, died Monday, January 12, 2015 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She born at the farm home in Beaver County, OK on August 13, 1928, the daughter of Glen and Leola (Ingraham) Monroe. She attended Greenough High School, in Beaver County, OK, graduating in 1946. She married Raymond Becker on July 26, 1946. On Dec...

Eugene D. Moore, 95, passed from this life Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Beaver County Nursing Home, Beaver, OK. He was born January 8, 1920 to John and Ruby (Depping) Moore at Midway Farm near Floris, OK. He married Laura Wiens on September 6, 1941. She preceded him in death in 2008. He was a graduate of Greenough High School. He farmed the Midway Farm which was situated midway between Beaver, ...

Butch Young, age 71, of Ulysses, Kansas died Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born August 2, 1943 in Macksville, Kansas, the son of Ralph McKinley and Snowie Mabel (Wood) Young. Butch grew up in Ulysses, Kansas and graduated from Grant County Rural High School in 1961. Butch served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged after being stationed in Ethiopia. B...

Juan Carlos Perez, 18, died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at St. Jude Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. He was born September 9, 1996 at Liberal, KS, the son of Luis and Blanca (Montes) Perez. He was a senior at Liberal High School and was planning to graduate in May 2015. He was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church...

AV Barnes, 56, died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at his home in Turpin, Oklahoma. He was born April 25, 1958 at Beaver, OK, the son of Carl and Karen (Platz) Barnes. AV was a class of 1976 graduate of Turpin High School and received his Bachelors degree is Psychology from OSU. At the time of his passing he was the Greenhouse Manager at SCCC. Previous to working at SCCC he had sold insurance at L...

Donald R. Owens Jr., 54, died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ. He was born September 12, 1960 in Nevada, Missouri, the son of Donald Ray and Linda (Baker) Owens. He graduated from Nevada High School in 1978. Don joined Seaboard Foods nearly 15 years ago in March 2000, and served as Seaboard Foods Director of environmental resources, ...