Patricia Bitner, age 78, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born May 27, 1933 in Elkhart, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest and Vesa (Cox) Bitner. Patricia grew up on the farm in Stanton County. She enjoyed copying book, and the Bible; building puzzles, and playing dominoes. She loved animals and John Wayne. Patricia atten...

Sidney E. Jackson of Meade, KS was born to Eddie and Karrie (Vallevand) Jackson in Orion, Alberta, Canada on January 14, 1925. He left this earth to join his Savior and his boys on Good Friday, April 6, 2012. The youngest of nine children, he spent his early years in Strongfield, Saskatchewan moving to California with his parents at age 17. There, he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and flew th...

Edwin A. Applegate, age 75, died Sunday, April 15, 2012 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas after a long battle with leukemia. He was born November 24, 1936 the son of Paul D. and Edna (Hamer) Applegate. Ed graduated from Arlington High School and attended Hutchinson Community College. He has lived in Ulysses the last 60 years. On November 18, 1961, he married Rachel King at Mar...

Victor Joseph Hageman, age 84, died Saturday, April 14, 2012, at the Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. He was born August 22, 1927, in rural Fowler ,Kansas, the son of Joseph and Anna (Huslig) Hageman. As a young boy, he attended the Fowler school system, later attending the Conception Seminary High School, in Conception, Missouri. After his schooling, he returned to Fowler and began h...

Alma Jueene Clark Zortman, went to her Heavenly Home and is now face to face with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, while in Canon City, CO, at the age of 83, on April 15, 2012. Jueene was born in the home of her parents, Lawrence and Sarah Clark, at Oakdale, NE, December 30, 1928. United in marriage to Ed Zortman in the Friends Church in Fowler, KS, June 8, 1947. She was preceded in ...

Imogene Warren, age 85, died Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Life Care Center of Andover, Andover , KS . She was born October 17, 1926 at Brownsville , TX , the daughter of Henry Dallas and Vena Irene (Brown) Edwards. On August 4, 1944, she married Otto Wayne Warren at Medicine Lodge, KS. He died October 16, 1973. She left Liberal, in1981 and has resided the last 14 years in Douglass , KS. Imogene had...

Phil Yoder, age 87, died Thursday, April 12, 2012 at Morton County Care Center in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born December 11, 1924 in Jett, Oklahoma the son of Daniel and Eva (Zimmerman) Yoder. Phil grew up in Crystal Springs, Kansas. He was raised in the Mennonite Church and graduated from Harper High School. Phil worked for the Santa Fe Railroad until he turned 18 years old and was drafted int...

Linda Cordova, 61, Liberal, KS, died Monday, April 9, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center, Liberal, KS. She was born December 25, 1950 at Beaver, OK. She graduated Liberal High School in 1969 and attended Liberal Area Vo Tech. She worked at Tradewinds Industries and National Beef Packing. She attended St. Anthony Catholic Church, Liberal, KS. Linda is survived by her companion Jerry Cordo...

Abelino Martinez Gonzales 65 died, Saturday, April 7, 2012 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born July 7, 1946 in Cuauhtemoc, Chih, Mexico, the son of Guadalupe and Maria (Gonzales) Martinez. He had been a longtime resident of Liberal. He was retired from National Beef Packing Co. He married Carolina Bojorquez in Liberal, KS. She survives. Other survivors include. Mother Maria Gonzales ...

Leona Margaret Combs 92, died Sunday, April 8, 2012 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. Leona was born Jan. 24, 1920 in Custer, OK, the daughter of Rosco and Francis (Flosum) Pafford. She had been a longtime Turpin, OK resident moving to Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal just over three years ago. Leona attended public schools in Clinton, OK and graduated from Hardesty High S...