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...

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...