Harry Dean Adams, age 84, died Friday afternoon, April 4, 2014, at the Kansas Soldiers Home, Ft. Dodge, Kansas. He was born September 6, 1929, at Lewis, Kansas, the son of Harry and Pearl (Dugger) Adams. He received his high school education at Lewis, graduating from Lewis High School. After his graduation, he served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Upon his d...

Shirley Joan Mills Popejoy, 80, of Spring, Texas, passed away on April 4, 2014. She was taken by respiratory failure in her home with her husband by her side. Joan, as she was known by her family and friends, was born on July 25, 1933, on the Mills Farm, 12 miles outside Hugoton, Kansas. She spent her childhood there with her parents, Daisy and OW Mills, and her siblings. She was married June ...

Ona Corrine Barber was born October 25, 1921, in the country home of her grandparents near Natoma, Kansas and died April 3, 2014 at the Stanton County Memorial Living Center in Johnson, Kansas at the age of 92 years 5 months. She was the daughter of Laurence and Pearle (Webb) Nelson. She grew up on a farm close to her grandparents near Natoma, Kansas and graduated from Natoma High School in 19...

Juanita Rose Richardson, age 79, died April 1, 2014 at Good Samaritan Society Liberal. She was born July 15, 1934 in Evansville, IN, the daughter of Henry and Genevieve (Frank) Orth. She married Nolan Clark Richardson in June 1958 in Lancaster, CA. He died in May 1991. She moved to Liberal in 1972 from Calif, then returned to Calif in 1989. She moved back to Liberal in 201...

Kenneth M. “Kenny” Lozar Jr., age 49, of Ulysses, Kansas died Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born September 8, 1964 in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Kenneth Martin Sr. and Judith Ann (Downey) Lozar. Kenny grew up in Ulysses, Kansas; and also lived in Louisiana and Missouri for a short time. Kenny graduated from Ulysses High School. He worked...

Ralph DeSelms, age 92, of Aurora, Colorado formerly of Ulysses, Kansas died Sunday, March 30, 2014 at New Dawn Memory Care in Aurora, Colorado. He was born January 8, 1922 in Stafford County, Kansas, the son of Emery Schultz and Alta Eliza (Allmon) DeSelms. Ralph, a farmer for many years, married Thelma Wood on February 1, 1959 in Ulysses. Ralph was a member of the First United Methodist Church...

Kathleen Joyce Harper, 90, died Saturday, March 29, 2014, at the Liberal Good Samaritan Center. She was born on June 18, 1923, in Beaver County , Oklahoma , the sixth of eight children born to Nelson and Hattie ( Droegemeier ) Heitschmidt. Joyce attended the rural Greenough School in Beaver County where she became active in the 4-H Club and the Greenough Home D...

Margaret “Pat” Brown 84 died, Sunday, March 30, 2014 at her home in Liberal, KS. She was born March 25, 1930 in St. Joseph, Missouri the daughter of Gustave Adolph and Zella Fauntelle (Bruce) Aschman. She graduated in 1948 from Lyons High School in Lyons, KS. In 1951 she received her Registered Nurse Diploma from St. Francis School of Nursing in Wichita, KS. She was employ...

Peggy Jean McBee, 85, of Tyrone, Oklahoma passed away March 30, 2014 at Asbury Park Nursing Home in Newton, Kansas. Peggy was born April 25, 1928 in Tyrone, Oklahoma, the daughter of Luther K. and Thelma McGuire Nelson. As a young girl the family moved frequently. On April 25, 1943 in Liberal, Kansas she was united in marriage to Johnny G. McBee. He passed away August 23, 2002. In 1955 ...

Pearl Williams, age 93, died Monday, March 31, 2014 at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton, Kansas. She was born December 08, 1920 in Rolla, Kansas, the daughter of Ed and Minnie (Price) Stout. Pearl grew up in Rolla and graduated from Rolla High School. She cooked at Rolla Grade School for a few years after graduation. Pearl married Charles H. Williams on September 25, 1940 in Johnson, Kansas. They liv...