Helen LaVon Swagerty, age 84, of Elkhart, Kansas died Sunday, August 19, 2012 at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born November 1, 1927 in Hutchinson, Kansas the daughter of Earl Frederick and Elva Fay (McCowen) White. Helen attended first grade in Pretty Prairie, Kansas, grade school and high school in Manter, Kansas and graduated from Elkhart High School. She married Ralph S...

LeRoy Osborn, 65, Tyrone OK, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family and loved ones. He was born December 15, 1946 at Hamburg, IA, the son of Gabriel W. & Helen M. Root Osborn. LeRoy was a proficient mechanic and was owner and operator of Osborn Repair since 1980. He was a family man that loved to hunt, cars and ra...

Evan Perry Branch, age 71, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born February 17, 1941 in Atchison, Kansas, the son of Perry Howard and Neva (Michael) Branch and step-mother, Minnie Grace (Owen) Branch. Evan’s family moved to Walsenburg, Colorado when he was nine years old. After graduating from Walsenburg High School he served in the U.S. ...

Gerald D. (Jerry), (Slim) Anderson, age 62, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born September 9, 1949 in Ulysses, Kansas , the son of James Harold and Libby Marie ( Thornton ) Anderson. Jerry was a graduate of Ulysses High School and attended Hutchinson Junior College . He returned home to ...

Vernon Theodore Behrendt, age 85, of Liberal, passed away at 5:15 p.m., August 13, 2012 at Wheatridge Park Care Center, in Liberal. A native of Keyes, Oklahoma, he was born April 18, 1927, in Elkhart, Kansas, son of Elmer James and Fern Irene (Lowery) Behrendt. He attended Keyes High School and went to college at Panhandle State and Oklahoma State University, where he studied Geology. While at Pa...

Clayton “Ross” Shirley, age 84, died Sunday, August 12, 2012 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. He was born September 10, 1927 in Bogard, Missouri to Orval John and Edith (Greenwood) Shirley. In 1930, his family moved to Hugoton, KS. He graduated from Hugoton High School in 1945 where he was on the football team. After graduating, he spent 2 years in the U. S. Army being stationed...

Konner Wilkerson, age 2, died Friday evening, August 10, 2012, as a result of an automobile accident. He was born August 7, 2010, at Liberal, Kansas, the son of Jose Garcia and Bridgett Wilkerson. They survive. Other survivors include: Maternal grandparents, Lindsay Stewart and Lance Cleveland of Plains, Kansas Maternal grandfather, ...

Richard V. “Dick” Brookshire, age 79, of Ulysses, Kansas died Monday, August 06, 2012 at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born May 19, 1933 in Hymer, Kansas, the son of Verlyn and Ruth (Paulsen) Brookshire. Dick family lived at the Cities Service Plant and he graduated from Satanta High School in Satanta, Kansas. He married Emma (Patton) on June 6, 1954 in Ulysses, Kansas. He began wor...

Joseph M. Byers, age 86, of Ulysses, Kansas died Sunday, August 05, 2012 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City, Kansas. He was born April 10, 1926 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Ora Oakley and Elsie (Nelson) Byers. Joe grew up in Ulysses and graduated from Grant County Rural High School in 1944. He served in the Army Air Corp in the South Pacific during World War II. After servin...

Eugene Tully Fleming, died in Ulysses, Kansas on August 1, 2012 at the age of 97. He was a resident of Ulysses since 1958. Gene was born in Spearville, Kansas on April 9, 1915 to Annie F. Tully and William B. Fleming. He was the second of eleven children. During high school, Gene worked at a local dairy until graduation. Prior to World War II, Gene worked as a book keeper at Fairmont Dairy i...