Rodney Bruce Vandervort, age 60, died May 13, 2011. The oldest child of Charles and Joyce (Runkle) Vandervort, he was born on November 16, 1950. He graduated from Elkhart High School with the class of 1969. Bruce’s Father died when he was only 11 years old. He married Patricia Jean Dougherty on November 18, 1972. He is survived by his wife, Pat of Elkhart, Ks; three daughters Shala...

Ted Shoemaker, age 49, of Ulysses, Kansas died Thursday, May 12, 2011 in Finney County, Kansas. He was born November 30, 1961 in Liberal, Kansas, the son of Ted and Kay (Rader) Shoemaker. Ted grew up in Ulysses. He worked in the oil field and also did construction work. He enjoyed spending time with his grandkids. He is survived by one son, Scott Shoemaker of Ulysses, Kansas; two daughte...

Lorraine Marie (Pat) Deister, age 86, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at The Legacy at Park View in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born September 4, 1924 in Temple, Texas, the daughter of James and Marie (Stepan) Lancaster. Pat graduated from Temple High School, attended Temple Junior College, and Draughons Business College in Austin, Texas. During World War II she was a payroll cler...

Glen R. Wallace, 67, Liberal, KS , died Monday, May 9, 2011, at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS. He was born April 6, 1944 in Liberal, KS, the son of Glen B. & Evelyn G. Chaffin Wallace. Glen graduated Liberal High School. He served his country in the U S Navy. He worked for Tradewinds Industries in steel fabrication department on the brake machine, for the past thirty ...

Betty D. Mayhew, age 85, died late Friday, May 6, 2011, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born January 15, 1926, at Lemmon, South Dakota, the daughter of Henry Isaac and Olga Marie (Olson) Barone. As a young girl she attended school in South Dakota, she later attended nursing school. On January 4, 1948, she married Hobart Eugene “Gene” Mayhew at Arapaho, Ne...

Joe G. Woodruff, age 89, died Thursday afternoon, at the Kansas Soldiers Home, Halsey Hall , Ft. Dodge, Kansas. He was born November 26 , 1921, at Meade, Kansas , the son of Hurley H. and Jennie L. (Stalder) Woodruff. As a young boy he attended the Woodruff School in rural Meade County . He later attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School in 1940. After his ...

Jose P. Estrada , age 80, died early Sunday morning, May 8, 2011, at his Fowler, Kansas, residence. He was born July 20, 1930, at Rancho Colorado, Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Concepcion and Maria de la Luz (Mendoza) Estrada. As a young boy he attended school in Mexico . In 1950, he married Margarita Loya de Estrada at Rancho Colorado, Chihuahua, Mexico. Over the years he worked as ...

Pedro Zuñiga , age 73, died May 3, 2011 at his residence in rural Liberal, KS . He was born May 13, 1937 at Alvaro Obregon, Dgo , Mexico , the son of Genaro and Herminia Cuevas Zuñiga . He retired in 2002 from the City of Liberal where he worked as an equipment operator for the street department. He was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church ...

Glenn Barlow, 82 died May 3, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal. He was born November 5, 1928 in Springfield, Colo. To Harve and Hildred (Winters) Barlow. He graduated from Booker High School, Booker, Texas. He served in the United State Army. He worked as a gas well technician for the State of Kansas. He was an avid pool player and played on the City Pool League. He owned a pool hall, T...

Zelma Mary Rust, age 98, of Elkhart, Kansas died Tuesday, May 03, 2011 at the Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born May 03, 1913 in Avard, Oklahoma the daughter of Alvert N. and Orpha Roberta (Edmonston) Barber. Zelma a homemaker, lived in Lakin, Kansas for several years. She married William M. Rust on May 26, 1934 in Lakin. She lived in various cities in Colorado including L...