Neva Mae Sims, age 98, died Saturday morning, January 4, 2014, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born December 20, 1915 at Collano, Kansas, the daughter of Morton and Ruby (Paden) Griggs. As a young girl she attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School in 1934. A lifetime resident of Meade, she had worked at Marrs and Twist, Eads, and f...

Gwendolyn (Peggy) Drennon Age: 94 Of: Ulysses, Kansas Died: January 4, 2014 At: The Legacy at Park View - Ulysses, Kansas Funeral Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Garnand Funeral Home –Ulysses, Kansas ...

Dale Alvin Dennett, age 73, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at The Legacy at Park View, Ulysses, Kansas. He was born May 2, 1940 at Woodward, Oklahoma, the son of C.W. (Bus) and Mildred M. (Canfield) Dennett. Dale served in the U.S. Army and National Guard. He worked in the parts department of Murphy Tractor for 18.5 years. Dale enjoyed welding, making woodcrafts, gardening, ...

Maxine (Whisennand) Robebeaux, age 74, of Levelland, Texas, died January 2, 2014 at Covenant Medical Center, Levelland, Texas. She was born January 7, 1939 in Ajo, Arizona the daughter of Earnest and Alice (Schnaufer) Whisennand. Maxine grew up south of Elkhart on her family’s farm and graduated from Yarbrough High School. Throughout her life, she worked as a waitress, managed the Surrey Rest...

Alton Wyatt Carpenter, 63, died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Living Water Christian Fellowship in Canyon with Shane Nease, pastor, officiating. Graveside services will follow at 4 p.m. in Shamrock Cemetery in Shamrock. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon. Alton Wyatt Carpenter went to be with Jesus on Dec. 28, 2013. Wyatt was born Oct. 5, 1...

Alvin William Packard, age 100, died early Tuesday morning, December 31, 2013, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born May 29, 1913, at Macksville, Kansas, the son of William and Neida (Hardy) Packard. As a young boy he attended the Macksville school system. On November 25, 1932, he married Iona F. Purett at Coldwater, Kansas. After their marriage, the coupl...

Pat Koehn, age, 77 of Ulysses, KS died Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at her home in Ulysses, KS. She was born June 25, 1936 in Winton, CA the daughter of Jesse and Linda Millsap. Pat moved to Ulysses in 1958 and was a homemaker. She was active at Shelton Memorial Christian Church, Ulysses, KS and enjoyed helping with the church Bazaar. She married Marvin Koehn on November 27, 1952 in Winton, CA. He...

Loren Lee Baker, age 78, of Ulysses, Kansas died Thursday, December 26, 2013 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born March 23, 1935 in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Loren Clinton and Eileen Myrtle (Troika) Baker. Loren attended school in Griffin, Indiana and graduated in New Harmony, Indiana. He served in the United States Army was honorably discharged. Loren married A...

Richard Martin Long, age 75, of Ulysses, Kansas died Friday, December 27, 2013 at The Oxford Grand in Wichita , Kansas . He was born May 20, 1938 in Liberal, Kansas , the son of Martin M. and Rosetta ( Richardson ) Long. Richard married Verna Schoonover on June 23, 1956 in Syracuse , Kansas . They moved to rural Grant County and started farming in 1960. R...

Robert Martin Ryan Jr., age 56, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at his residence in Kismet, KS after a brief battle with Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease. Bob was born February 19, 1957 at Lackawanna, NY, the son of Robert Martin and Anne Marie (Dowling) Ryan. He married Shawna Condit July 6, 1999 at Miami, OK. She survives. He was a Cementing S...