Evelyn Smith, age 81, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at Bethel Home in Montezuma, Kansas. She was born April 08, 1930 in Winton, California, the daughter of Abraham T. and Mary (Koehn) Koehn. Evelyn attended grade school in Winton, California and high school in Livingston, California. Having a father as a minister, Evelyn and her sisters had the opportunity to travel and visi...

Vance Turley Young, age 74, of Garden City, Kansas died July 22, 2011 at Homestead Health and Rehabilitation in Garden City, Kansas. He was born October 31, 1936 in Council Grove, Kansas, to Orval Amos and Manilla Mae (Turley) Young. Vance started school in Council Grove, Kansas and graduated from Emporia High School. In 7th grade, the family moved to Emporia where he worked as a sales clerk a...

David Alvarado-Zamora, age 12 days, passed away Wednesday afternoon, July 20, 2011, at the Wesley Medical Center , Wichita, Kansas . He was born July 8, 2011, at Dodge City, Kansas , the son of Lidio Alvarado and Josefina Zamora-Ayala. He is survived by: His parents, Lidio and Josefina of Plains, Kansas A brother, ...

J.W. Vanderpool was born May 13, 1942 in Beaver, Oklahoma . He went to the open range heaven on July 19, 2011, after a five year battle against colon, lung, and liver caner. He was born to the late Ella Vanderpool Heinson and Richard Barry Vanderpool. He was raised by B. J. Heinson, his stepfather. J.W. was preceded in death by his father Richard Barry Vanderpool in December,...

Raul Nieto , age 63, died Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at his residence in Liberal, Kansas . He was born May 5, 1948 in LaRegina, Julimez , Chihuahua , Mexico , the son of Alejandro and Maria del Soccoro (Lopez) Nieto. He had been a Liberal resident for 29 years. He had worked at Midwestern Oil Service and at Patrick Well Service now known as Best Well Service. He was ...

Theodore “Ted” Williams, 81, died on February 17, 2011, in Indio, California. He was born February 9, 1930 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the son of J.O. and Eunice Farriel Williams. His family moved to Stigler, Oklahoma, where he attended school and also played and lettered four years in basketball and lettered three years in football. He served as senior class pre...

Kay Ross, age 75, died Thursday morning, July 14, 2011, at the Harry Hynes Hospice, Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita, Kansas . She was born December 31, 1935, at Dodge City, Kansas , the daughter of Byron Harrison and Olive Lorene (Randolph) Fisher. As a young girl, she attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School in 1953. On June 12, 1953, she married Wayne Robert ...

Ernest Kinney, age 76, died July 12, 2011 at the Integris Hospice House in Oklahoma City, OK. He was born on August 13, 1934, at Beaver, OK , the son of Roy Lee and Bessie (Mealer) Kinney. He attended school at Turpin, OK . He worked for Yellow Freight for 34 years, as a long haul driver, until his retirement in 2006, getting transferred to Okla...

Eugene F. “Gene” Ely, age 90, died early Wednesday morning, July 13, 2011, at the Minneola District Hospital , Minneola, Kansas . He was born May 13, 1921, at Moscow, Kansas , the son of Roy Razz and Ethel (Nimmo) Ely Harmon. As a young boy he attended school at Wilburton , later moving to Elkhart where he graduated from Elkhart High School. In 1942, he joined the United ...

Leonard H. Turner, age 91, of Elkhart, Kansas died July 12, 2011 at Morton County Care Center in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born February 23, 1920 in Cimarron County, Oklahoma the son of Don and Ethel (Eversoll) Turner. Leonard grew up in Elkhart, Kansas. Leonard was a farmer and rancher all his life. He designed and made spurs for many friends. He also was a wood working artist. He enjoyed tr...