Mary Elizabeth Briggs Flick
PAWNEE ROCK - Mary Elizabeth Briggs Flick, 81, died Dec. 21, 2001, at Topeka.
 

Frank L. 'Grandpa' Goodale
PLAINS - Frank L. "Grandpa" Goodale, 87, died Dec. 21, 2001, at Meade District Hospital, Meade.

He was born June 24, 1914, at Canton, S.D., the son of Grant and Erma Goodale. He was a retired farm employee and a longtime Plains resident. He was a U.S. Army veteran.

He belonged to First Christian Church of Plains.

On Jan. 3, 1952, he married Lois Andrew at Ford. She died May 4, 1988.

Survivors include: a son, Charles Pierson, Grand Junction, Colo.; five daughters, Evelyn Harris, Liberal, Beverly Barber, Fowler, Nancy Davis, Plains, Virginia Stohler, Columbia, Mo., and Lola Roberts, Meade; 17 grandchildren; several great and great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Shirley Schield; three brothers, Ray, Ned, and Harry; and a sister.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Fidler-Orme Mortuary Chapel, Meade. Friends may call from 1 to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to service time Monday at the mortuary. Burial will be in Plains Cemetery.

Fidler-Orme Mortuary, Meade., is in charge of arrangements. 
 
 

Blanche Soukup Mikulecky
WILSON - Blanche Soukup Mikulecky, 87, died Dec. 21, 2001.
 

Julia Juarez Mendoza
Julia Juarez Mendoza, 77, died Dec. 21, 2001, at Central Kansas Medical Center, St. Joseph Campus, Larned.

She was born Nov. 24, 1924, at St. John, the daughter of Pedro and Angela Gonzales Juarez. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she had worked as a nurse's aide and in the culinary department of Alaska Pipeline.

She belonged to St. Teresa's Catholic Church, Hutchinson.

On July 2, 1941, she married Andrew C. Mendoza at Kinsley. He died Jan. 28, 1998.

Survivors include: a son, Nicholas, Oklahoma City; two daughters, Mary Jones, Larned, and Felicitas Espinoza, Hutchinson; a sister, Isabel Schreiber, Hutchinson; 14 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Frank Juarez; and a sister Delfina Juarez.

Rosary will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Teresa's Catholic Church. The funeral Mass will immediately follow at 1:30 p.m. at the church, with Father Richard Stuchlik presiding. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday, all at Johnson & Sons Funeral Home, Hutchinson. The casket will remain closed. Burial will be in Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson.

Memorials may be sent to Disabled American Veterans, in care of the funeral home. 
 

Edna Trotter Geraghty
SUN LAKES, Ariz. - Edna Trotter Geraghty, 87, died Nov. 8, 2001, at Sun Lakes, Ariz.
 

Billie B. Harrel
LIBERAL - Billie B. Harrel, 80, died Dec. 20, 2001, at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita.
 

Isaac 'Bud' Faulkner
Isaac "Bud" Faulkner, 84, died Dec. 22, 2001, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson.
 

Ilene J. Guilliam
NOME, Alaska - Ilene J. Guilliam, 78, died Dec. 21, 2001, at Norton Regional Medical Center, Nome, Alaska.
 

Anna Q. Nelson
NICKERSON - Anna Q. Nelson, 95, died Dec. 22, 2001, at Nickerson.
 

Orval Roy 'Corky' Warkentine
Orval Roy "Corky" Warkentine, 82, died Dec. 21, 2001, at Hutchinson Hospital.
 

Larry L. Ness
NEWTON - Larry L. Ness, 62, died Dec. 21, 2001, at a decedent's residence, Newton.
 

Willard Dean Smrcka
TIMKEN - Willard Dean Smrcka, 74, died Dec. 21, 2001, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita.
 

Hobart P. Morris
DODGE CITY - Hobart P. Morris, 84 , died Dec. 21, 2001, at Western Plains Regional Hospital, Dodge City.

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