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JOHNSON – Katherine Marie Long Julian, 98, died Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Stanton County Hospital in Johnson.
She was born Jan. 26, 1927 to Ralph Ginter and Mabel Dorothy (Hague) Long.
She graduated from Johnson High School.
Michael Ray Todd, 69, died Thursday, May 1, 2025, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City.
He was born Jan. 9, 1956 to Moonyeen (Losson) and Talmadge Ray Todd.
He married Anita “Nita” Faye Watkins. She preceded him in death in 1998.
Dale Merrill Hebbert, 89, died Friday, April 18, 2025 at the Good Samaritan Society in Liberal.
He was born March 10, 1936 to Merrill and Martha (Leggett) Hebbert in Gordon, Neb.
He married Violet Joyce “Vi” DeBoer July 11, 1959, in Corona, S.D. She preceded him in death Feb. 10, 2017.
Deborah Mae “Debbie” Kulow, 64, died Monday, May 12, 2025 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal.
She was born July 15, 1960 to Robert “Bob” Wade and Vinnie Lorene “Peewee” (Mongold) Hickey.
She married Harold Kulow Aug. 8, 1977. He survives.
Donald Eugene Kirk, 78, died Friday, May 2, 2025 at AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, Kansas.
He was born March 10, 1947 to Asberry Doyle and Dora Beatrice (Estes) Kirk in Tahlequah, Okla.
He married Judy V. Hardin March 5, 1966 in Liberal. She survives.
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