Carl Sidney Helmle, age 91, of Ulysses, Kansas, passed away at the Kansas Soldier’s Home in Ft. Dodge, Kansas, on Monday, December 4, 2023. He was born November 1, 1932, the son of Charles and Wilhelmina (Minnie Mae Molz) Helmle. Carl served in the US Army for two years and returned to Johnson to farm with his parents. June 15, 1958, he married Alberta Phillis. They were married for 65 ye...

Mary Lou Rios, age 86, of Ulysses, Kansas, died on Monday, December 4, 2023, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. The daughter of Lee Martin and Delores (Rodriguez) King she was born July 24, 1937, in Garden City, Kansas. She married Daniel Rios on June 30, 1956, in Ulysses, Kansas, and they moved to Long Beach, California, while Daniel was serving in the US Navy and then relocat...

Katherine I. Pierce, 79, of Guymon passed away Monday, December 4, 2023 at the Twin Oaks Manor in Booker TX. Her loving husband and daughter were with her. The daughter of MG and Ethelyn Shaw, she was born October 31, 1944 in Liberal KS. She attended school in Hooker OK and graduated high school in 1962. She also attended Panhandle State University for a short time. She was united in marriag...

Jimmie (Jim) Lee Kehn was born in Dodge City, KS, on October 17, 1949, to Sam and Ruth Koehn Kehn. He passed away peacefully on December 3, 2023, in his room at Western Prairie Senior Living. He was seventy-four years old. He started school at Copeland KS. He then attended Garfield Elementary and later the Alta Brown Elementary school in Garden City. After his family moved from Garden City to e...

Matthew Nicholas Brown, 59, passed away on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at his home. He was the son of Reginald James and Rita Wilson (Woodward) Brown, born on March 12, 1964, in Tewsbury Gloustershire, England. He was married to Georgina Claire Holley on May 6, 1995, in Roxton Bedforshire, England. To this union were two sons, William and Thomas. Matthew graduated with a Bachelors o...

Ruth Henry Wilson, age 84, passed away Friday evening, December 1, 2023, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born February 1, 1939, at Gans, Oklahoma, the daughter of Truman and Lesola (Woodruff) Henry. As a young girl, she attended school at Gans and later Sallisaw High School, Sallisaw, Oklahoma. She later attended Seward County Community College and received her Bac...

Norma Jean Berens, 88, of Liberal, passed away on Monday, November 27, 2023 at the Good Samaritan Center Nursing Home. She was born on December 5, 1934 to Frank and Helen (Wiegel) Bittle at Victoria, KS. On August 21, 1954 she married Arthur J. "Ace" Berens at Gorham, KS; he preceded her in death on November 23, 2005. Norma was a graduate of Gorham High School; class of 1952. She had w...

Carolee Gaye Nickel passed away on Friday, November 24, 2023 at her residence surrounded by family, in Turpin, Oklahoma. She was born on February 21, 1960 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Orville Duane and Geneva Smith. She attended Sedgwick High School, where she graduated in 1978. She then attended Seward County Community College. She was known for many years as a school cook for the Turp...

Marion Leon Millege, son of Vivian (Turner) and Clifford Millege was born at the Alva General Hospital on July 4, 1939. He passed away at Beadles Nursing Home on November 21, 2023 at the age of 84 years, 4 months and 17 days. He attended the Alva school system and graduated with the class of 1957 he went on to NWOSU receiving his Bachelors of Arts in 1962. Marion was married on May 24, 1958 to M...

WELLTON, ARIZONA – WELLTON, ARIZONA – Joseph D. (Joe) Robbins, age 76, passed away early Sunday morning at his rural Wellton residence. He was born December 1, 1946, at Wichita, Kansas, the son of Reverend Joe Lynn Max and Katherine Nell (Roberts) Robbins. As as young boy he attended school in Kansas City graduating from Wyandotte High School in 1965. After his graduation, he attende...