Marilyn J. (Mary Jo) Smith, age 78, of Ulysses, Kansas died Sunday, February 20, 2011 at her home in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born July 29, 1932 in Elwood, Indiana, the daughter of Rellis O. and Anna L. (Heaton) York. Mary Jo moved to Middletown, Ohio for a while then to Syracuse, Kansas. Where her father farmed and her mother worked in a grocery store. Mary Jo attended school in Syracuse, a...

Defina S. Muñoz , 71, died Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 at her residence in rural Liberal, KS. She was born Dec. 24, 1939 at Durango , Mexico , the daughter of Adrian and Maria De La Luz ( Holguin ) Sierra. She was a homemaker and had lived with her family on Green Hill Rd in Seward County , KS for the past 14 years. She was a member of Iglesia De Jesucristo Marana...

Henry Lovato, 67, Liberal, KS , died Sunday, February 20 , 2011, at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS. He was born January 26, 1944 at Roy, NM, the son of Benjamin & Manuela Ortega Lovato. A former resident of Pueblo, CO , he came to Liberal in 1982 and was employed at USD #480 as custodian of Southlawn & Sunflower Schools, he retired after twenty five years in 200...

Edgar "Ed" Brown, 80, died Sunday, February 20 , 2011 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS . He was born August 24, 1930 at Rosell, NM, the son of Jesse & Opal Moore Brown. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, serving in the U S Army. Ed owned and operated the B & B Pest Control for over thirty years. Ed enjoyed playing ...

James Dean Chauncey, age 47, died late Friday evening, February 18, 2011, at his Meade, Kansas residence. He was born August 8, 1963, at Live Oak, Florida , the son of Bill Johns and Josie Register. As a young boy he attended the Canute, Oklahoma school system. A resident of Meade since 1985, moving from Elk City, Oklahoma , he was a carpenter and an oil field worker. James enjoyed...

Emmaloid Clancy 88, died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS She was born Aug. 8, 1922 at Paris, TX the daughter of Edgar Edwin and Winnie ( Rine ) Mc Spadden. She had been a Liberal resident over 60 years. She graduated in 1940 from Texola , OK. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church , Southwest Medical Center Au...

Benny Valdez, age 91, of Ulysses, Kansas died Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at The Legacy at Park View in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born December 22, 1919 in Boncarbo, Colorado, the daughter of Phillip and Lupe (Vigil) Garcia. Benny was a longtime resident of Trinidad and Walsenburg, Colorado. She graduated from Trinidad High School and attended college for one year. On October 10, 1944 she mar...

Nellie C. Kuykendall, 96, Turpin, OK, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at the Satanta District Hospital, Satanta, KS. She was born October 7, 1914 at Lorena, OK, the daughter of Marvin A. & Liddia C. Campbell Hopke. She graduated Turpin High school in 1933. She had worked at several local cafes in Liberal, and later the Turpin School lunchroom for many years. She married Merrell...

Billy W. “Bill” Griggs, 79, died Sunday Feb. 13, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born March 20, 1931 in Dora , Texas the son of Charles A. and Nadine (Perry) Griggs. He has been a resident of Liberal for the past 35 years. In 1975, he and his wife started Liberal Gasket Manufacturing Inc and he was proud of its success and continued t...

Carol Jean Regier, 82, Liberal, KS , died Saturday, February 12, 2011, at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS. She was born December 15, 1928 in Stevens County, KS, the daughter of Robert J. & Eva L. Rossell Fisher. She attended Rose Valley a one room grade school, graduating Liberal High School in 1947. She married Milferd Regier on July 23, 1950 in Liberal, KS. Carol and her h...