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...

Clayton R. Johannsen , age 26, died early Sunday morning, February 13, 2011, in rural Meade County, Kansas , as the result of an automobile accident. He was born January 7, 1985, at Meade, Kansas , the son of Max and Barb (Magee) Johannsen. As a young boy he attended Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School in 2004. Upon his graduation, he attended Panhandle State Universit...

Howard R. Ebersole, 79, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away February 12, 2011 at the Dunaway Manor in Guymon, Oklahoma . Howard Robert Ebersole was born December 31, 1931 near Hooker, Oklahoma, the son of Marshal Robert Ebersole and Martha Linow Gillmore Ebersole. After graduating from Hooker High School he studied at Diesel Mechanic School in Okmulgee, Oklahoma before being drafted into t...

Shirley A. Johnson, age 78, of Ulysses, Kansas died Thursday, February 10, 2011 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born February 16, 1932 in Newkirk, Oklahoma, the daughter of Edward and Margaret (Weber) Komma. Shirley grew up living at the Cities Service Camp east of Ulysses. She graduated from Satanta High School in 1950. She attended St. Catherine Hospital School...

Shelley Von Stout Henkener, 55, of Loveland, Colorado passed away February 8, 2011 at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 12, 2010 at the First Baptist Church in Hooker, Oklahoma with Bro. Jim Roebuck officiating. Interment will be in the Hooker Cemetery directed by Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Inc. in Hooker, Oklahoma...

Wyndell D. Bryan, age 57, of Johnson, Kansas died Saturday, February 5, 2011 at his home in Johnson, Kansas. He was born July 23, 1953 in Springfield, Colorado the son of Dorman and Margaret (Moore) Bryan. Wyndell grew up in Eastern Colorado and graduated from Pritchett High School in 1973. He moved to Johnson, Kansas in 1987 and worked for the City of Johnson for 17 years driving the trash truck...

Francine Brehm, age 62, died Monday morning, February 7, 2011, at her Colorado Springs residence . She was born April 14, 1948, at Dodge City, Kansas , the daughter of Francis Arnold “Pete” and Mary Maxine (Cooper) Lemle. As a young girl she attended the Meade school system, and was a friend of the Meade High School Class of 1966. In 1968, she married Blaise Clay and they had 3...