Simon N. Chavez, age 80, of Garnett, Kansas died Sunday, June 17, 2012 at his home in Garnett, Kansas. He was born February 26, 1932 in San Angelo, Texas, the son of Joaquin and Virginia (Naverette) Chavez. Simon married Irene Saucedo on October 5, 1952 in Knox City, Texas. He worked at Ansel Cab for 12 years in the 1960’s, for Tarbet Construction and retired from Williams Natural Gas as an o...

Peggy Arline Isley, age 89, of Ulysses, Kansas died Sunday, June 17, 2012 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born September 9, 1922 in Elkhart, Kansas, the daughter of John and Kate (Eskew) Steen. Arline grew up in Elkhart and Ulysses, Kansas. She graduated from Grant County Rural High School in 1940 and Garden City Community College. She has lived in Ulysses since 194...

Dorothy Louise (O’Brien) Weilert, age 81, died Sunday, June 17, 2012, at her home in Kismet, KS. She was born March 8, 1931, at Valentine, NE, to Bruce Thomas and Eva F. (Farrell) O’Brien. She attended Central High School in Omaha , NE. She served with the U.S. Army as a Shipping and Departures Clerk at Ft. Lawson , WA , during the Korean Conflict. She was a homemaker, also employed as...

Cora Lee Stacey, 77, of Tyrone, Oklahoma passed away Friday, June 15, 2012 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Cora Lee was born January 1, 1935 in Burnsville, North Carolina, the daughter of Jefferson Davis and Tisha Edwards Collis. She loved gardening, planting trees, her pets and her dogs, and old style country music. She collected stamps, coins and dolls. Preceding her in...

Mary Ann Pearson, age 76, died Friday, June 8, 2012, at her son’s home in Liberal, KS. She was born August 15, 1935, at Watonga , OK , to James C. and Effie M. (Uhrig) Long. On June 29, 1952, she married Marvin G. Pearson in Oklahoma . She had worked at Nature’s Cupboard. Survivors include: 3 Sons: Roger Pearson and wife Janice, of Liberal, KS Gene Pearson and wife Julie, of Broomfield ...

Hermelinda Leyva De Gonzalez, age 68 of Johnson, Kansas died June 11, 2012 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital, Ulysses, Kansas. She was born April 29, 1944 in Coyachic, Chihuahua, Mexico, the daughter of Santiago and Manuela (Fernandez) Leyva. Hermelinda grew up and spent most of her life in Mexico. She was a resident of Johnson, Kansas for the past 17 years. Hermelinda was a homemaker. She enjo...

Isaiah Wolf Wood, age two months, of Hutchinson, Kansas died Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at Pratt Regional Medical Center in Pratt, Kansas. He was born March 16, 2012 in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Kelly and Amanda (Blevins) Wood. Isaiah is survived by his parents, Kelly and Amanda Wood of Hutchinson, Kansas; brother, Noah Blevins of Hutchinson, Kansas; sisters, Krishna Wood of Newton, Kan...

Mollie Martina Beard, age 92, of Ulysses, Kansas died Thursday, June 7, 2012 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born July 24, 1919 in Seward, Kansas, the daughter of Henry H. (Hank) and Florence M. (Mullen) Schilling. Mollie grew up in Seward, Kansas and graduated from Radium High School in 1937. Following graduation, she taught in the Stafford County Country S...

Fern M. Schaffer, 94, died June 1, 2012 at Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born November 4, 1917 to John and Dora Herman Marx on the family farm in Beaver County, Oklahoma. She attended Pleasant Valley School in the Oklahoma panhandle, a rural one-room school for grades 1-8. On November 17, 1947 she married Casper (Cap)Schaffer at Plains, Kansas. A longtime r...

Caleb Garcia, age 9, died suddenly on Friday, June 1, 2012 at Liberal, KS. He was born March 3, 2003 at Liberal, KS, the son of Juan L. and Concepión (Velasquez) Garcia. Caleb had completed 3rd grade at McDermott Elementary School in Liberal. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and was in the church “Kid’s Club”. He is survived by his parents of Liberal, KS 3 Brothers ...