Alfredo Varela, age 48, died May 3, 2012 at Dodge City , KS . He was born June 1, 1963 at Villa Union, Poanas , Durango , Mexico , the son of Anselmo and Isaura (Manzanales) Varela. He was employed at National Beef Packing Co. since Oct. 2001 as a forklift driver. He had also worked at Seaboard Foods. He was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Liberal, KS. On Feb. 26, 1997, he marri...

Emilie Bachman, born February 1917, died at her home, May 7, 2012, at the age of 95 years and almost three months. Born in Minnesota and a resident of Meade for sixty-four years. She was a devoted wife and homemaker. Emilie was confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church, in 1930, at Mason City, Iowa. She met her soul mate, Edgar Bachman, from Plains, Kansas just before World War II. Afte...

Ruth Belle Turner, age 91, died early Monday morning, May 7, 2012, at the Republic County Hospital Long Term Care Unit, Burr Oak, Kansas. She was born February 11, 1921, at Hugoton, Kansas, the daughter of Emery Daniel and Elsie (Stair) Nelson. She attended Ft. Hays Teachers College and later receiving her nurses degree. In 1952, she moved to Fowler, Kansas, where she worked as a nur...

Pearlie Mae West 81, died Tuesday may 1, 2012 at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, KS. She was born Sept. 22, 1930 in Camron, Texas the daughter of J.C. and Beatrice (Wesley) Tucker. She has been a longtime resident of Liberal and had worked for many years at the Epworth Hospital in the laundry dept. She was a member of the Bibleway Church of God in Christ. She is survived by ...

Darlene Lillian Collins, (89) passed peacefully away on May 6, 2012, at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart , KS . She was born November 1, 1922 at Goodrich , KS , the daughter of Iven M. and Sara Veda (Murrow) Wright. She graduated in 1940 from Parker Rural High School in Parker, KS. After high school, she attended Brown Mackie Secretarial School in Kansas City . On August 11, 1941, she married P...

Rusty Del McDonald, age 56, died May 5, 2012 at his residence in rural Texas County, OK. He was born April 1, 1956 in Beaver, OK the son of Edward and Shirley (Hawkins) McDonald. He graduated from Texhoma High School, Texhoma, OK in 1974. He had lived in the Tyrone, OK area since Dec. 1992. He served in the U. S. Air Force from Nov. 1974 – Nov. 1978. He worked as a Production Specialist f...

Betty Hazel Brown, age 81, of Johnson, Kansas died Friday, May 4, 2012 at her home in Johnson, Kansas. She was born October 30, 1930 at Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph M. and Snowie M. (Wood) Young. Betty moved to Ulysses as a child and graduated from Ulysses High School. Betty was a homemaker and devoted her life to her family and home. She married John Q. Patton on September 23, 1948 a...

Donald Eugene Brown, “Don”, born Oct. 6, 1947, in Tucumcari, NM, passed away on Thursday, May 3, 2012, at his home, in Liberal, with his family, at his side. Our hearts are broken for our incredible loss, but we rejoice that he is now with the Lord. Don was preceded in death by his father, Gene Brown, and mother, Charlene Grau. Don was a father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. He w...

Elsie M. Branden, age 79, died early Friday morning, April 27, 2012, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. She was born July 21, 1932, in rural Meade County, Kansas, the daughter of William H. “Bill” and Blanche (Tillery) Painter. As a young girl she attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School in 1950, she later attended Kansas State University , ...

Darrell L. Winfrey, age 82, of Plains KS, died Friday evening, April 27, 2012, at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born January29, 1930, at Plains, Kansas, the son of William E. and Alice Louise (Shuman) Winfrey. As a young boy he attended the Pleasant Home School later attending Plains Elementary and Plains High School. After high school he attended the Wen...