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...

Leon “Brooks” Allen, age 83, recently of Palisade, Colorado died Thursday, April 28, 2011 at The Retreat at Palisade in Palisade, Colorado.  He was born August 31, 1927 in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Orville Henry and Gertrude (Brooks) Allen.   Brooks served his country in the Air Force as an air traffic controller in the Philippines following World War II.  He was a fou...

James Edward Miller Sr. 65, died April 30, 2011 at his residence. He was born Nov. 7, 1945 in Pauls Valley, OK the son of Thaddeus and Maria (Hancock) Miller. He was a retired cook for SKADAF. He attended the Assembly of God Church . He serviced in the US Army during the Vietnam War . On Jan. 16, 1970 he married Mary Cheney at La Junta, Colorado . She su...

James Greg “J.G.” Bell, age 47, died April 28, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center . He was born November 15, 1963 in Wichita Falls, TX , the son of James “Red” and Alma Rae (Holford) Bell. He was a 1981 Liberal High School graduate, attended Seward County Community College and received certification at Seward County Voca...

Billy Fred Burns, age 68, of Eva, Oklahoma, community, joined his Heavenly Father on April 28, 2011 at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born on April 23, 1943, to the late Ralph W. and Lela (Freeman) Burns in Texhoma, Texas, and was the oldest of four children. He was raised and lived on his parents’ farm in the Eva, Oklahoma, community. While growing up on the farm, Bill...

Rondal Thompson, 81, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away April 26, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas Rondal was born September 3, 1929 in Pocasset, Oklahoma, the son of Milas Preston and Anne Anderson Thompson. He attended school in Woodward, Oklahoma . After school he entered the U.S. Army serving in Germany. After his honorable discharge he returned to the Woodward ar...