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ULYSSES – Carolyn Louise Welch, 89, died Friday, March 7, 2025 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City.
She was born Aug. 4, 1935 to William and Helen (Mannschreck) Smith.
She married Bobby Joe Welch April 9, 1954. He survives.
She was a homemaker who loved sewing, gardening, cooking, canning and baking.
ULYSSES – Norma Lee “Toy” McCauley, 93, died Monday, March 10, 2025 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita.
She was born Dec. 27, 1931 to Fred Norman and Anita Helen (Cotton) Hammer.
She married Robert “Bob” McCauley June 7, 1950. He preceded her in death.
Bessie June Andersen, 94 years wise, of Liberal, passed away March 8, 2025 in Liberal.
June was the youngest of five children, adopted by Richard Willis and Nettie Pearl Boyd.
Born May 19, 1930, in Kansas City, Mo., June was raised on a farm outside Meade. She drove a tractor by the age of 8 preferring to work with her dad in the fields rather than assist Mom and sisters in the kitchen. She never wavered from that preference!
Shelia Jeanette Limbocker, 68, died Thursday, March 6, 2025 at her home in Liberal.
She was born Aug. 1, 1956 to John and Dessie (Hardin) Brock.
She married Tommy Limbocker May 31, 1994. He survives.
ULYSSES – Carol D. Forsen, 83, died Sunday, March 9, 2025 at Western Prairie Senior Living Memory Care Unit in Ulysses.
She was born on February 7, 1942 to Lark and Mary (Ellis) Miller.
She married Robert “Bob” Forsen, Jr. March 12, 1981. He preceded her in death.
She worked as the deputy county treasurer for 29 years at the Grant County Courthouse.
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