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Maria Isabel Macias De Maldonado, 67, died Sunday, March 23, 2025 at her home in Liberal.
She was born Sept. 30, 1957 to Rafael Macias Ramos and Celsa Caraveo Gonzalez.
She married Roberto Maldonado Villegas Jan. 16, 1971. He preceded her in death Jan. 29, 2025.
Donna Jane Connor, 82, died Monday, March 17, 2025, in Oklahoma City, Okla.
She was born Jan. 9, 1943 to Royal Nile and Grace Gertrude (Tucker) Unger.
She married Donald Wayne Connor July 29, 1961. He preceded her in death.
HUGOTON – Shirley Jane Mitchell, 88, died Saturday, March 22, 2025 at Western Prairie Senior Living Community Memory Care Unit in Ulysses.
She was born Nov. 2, 1936 in Hugoton.
She graduated from Hugoton High School with the Class of 1954.
Edwin David Rathbun, a celebrated doctor, academic, pilot, and philanthropist, passed away peacefully on March 15, 2025, in Odessa, Texas. He was 88.
He was born in Kansas City, Mo., to Harold Vernon and Minnie Belle Rathbun on June 13, 1936.
He graduated from Great Bend High School as a varsity tennis player.
He married Suzanne Matkin Dec. 16, 1967 in Liberal.
HUGOTON – Virginia Lou Skinner, 94, died Sunday, March 16, 2025 at Pioneer Manor.
She was born to Harold and Grace Hatfield March 14, 1931.
She married Darrell Skinner. He preceded her in death.
She graduated from Belle Plaine High School.
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