Betty Jean Garcia, 57, died Thursday, July 26, 2012 at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, KS. She was born Aug 23, 1954 at Rocky Ford, CO, the daughter of George and Mary Jane (Montoya) Johnson. She was employed by USD 480 where she worked in food service. She was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church. Survivors include 2 Sons – Daniel Johnson of Ordway, CO Juan Garcia of Irving, TX 2 Dau...

Audrey Ellen Behrendt age 82 of Liberal, passed at 6:00 a.m., July 29, 2012 in her home in Liberal. A native of Turpin, Oklahoma was born in a sod house just south of Dombey, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of the late Josiah Kermit and Bessie Belle Ray. She attended Turpin High School and began college at Panhandle in Goodwell, Oklahoma, where she meet and then married Vernon Theodore Behrendt ...

Ronald “Joe” Robichaux, Jr. age 34, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born August 6, 1977 in Raceland, Louisiana, the son of Ronald Joseph and Edna (Loupe) Robichaux, Sr. Joe grew up in Raceland, Louisiana and graduated from Lafourche High School in Raceland. He was a bull rider and member of the Louisiana High School Rodeo Association. ...

Melba W. Burns, age 86, of Elkhart, Kansas died Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at Morton County Care Center in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born October 1, 1925 on the farm near Sturgis, Oklahoma the daughter of Denny Reese and Lavina Opal (Kintner) Brown. Melba was a longtime resident of Elkhart. She attended grade school at the Round Top School in the Oklahoma Panhandle and graduated from Elkhart High Sc...

Dennis Hill, age 59, of Ulysses, Kansas died Sunday, July 22, 2012 at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born April 13, 1953 in Elizabethton, Tennessee, the son of Roy B. and Mary Frances (Scalf) Jenkins. Dennis grew up in Tennessee and moved to Ulysses, Kansas in 1975. He married Kathy Patton in 1980 in Ulysses. Dennis worked for Anderson Motors and was currently the mechanic at Pioneer Comm...

Alba M. Crawford Wayland, age 107, died Friday, July 20, 2012 at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton, Kansas with her family by her side. She was born June 13, 1905 in La Plata, Missouri the daughter of Thomas and Ella Mae (Johnson) Mason. Alba grew up in La Plata and moved with her family to Kansas her senior year of high school. She married Roy Crawford on November 26, 1925 in Guymon, Oklahoma. They ...

Gary Jon Chuesberg, 56, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma passed away Thursday, July 19 at his home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Western Ave. Church of Christ with Matt Richardson officiating. Interment will be in the Restlawn Cemetery in Liberal, Kansas. Arrangements are under the direction of Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, Oklahoma. Condolences may be ...

Charles Eugene Daugherty, Sr., age73, died Thursday, July 19, 2012 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born July 1, 1939 in Garnett, KS, the son of Roy and Juanita (Ashlock) Daugherty. He attended school in Iola, KS. He had lived in Liberal since 1961, moving from El Dorado, KS. He was owner and operator of Daugherty Pumping. He was a member of the Median Shrine of Wichita and Fargo #300...

Father Dennis Zimmerman, 59, died July 13, 2012 at Via Christi St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born on July 18, 1952 at Greensburg the son of Bryce Dewayne and Ellen (Neumann) Zimmerman. In 1974 Dennis graduated from Fort Hays State University and worked for Kirby Vacuum Cleaners until... moving to Liberal in 1980, where he became station manager for KSLS radio station. In 1986 he becam...

Helen Elizabeth (Nelson) Symonds Lighty, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at her home in Ulysses, Kansas, surrounded by her family. She was born July 18, 1932 in Moreland, Iowa, the daughter of Charles Franklin and Ethel Martha (Irwin) Nelson. Her family moved to Golden, Colorado when she was 12 years old, where she graduated high school. She met and married Don Sy...