Maxine R. Wooldridge, a lifetime servant, died Friday, August 26, 2022, at the age of 96, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses. She was born January 6, 1926, in Reno County, Kansas, the daughter of Levi Wesley and Sarah Ethel (Hartley) Jones. Maxine grew up in Reno County near Kingman and graduated from Langdon High School. She married Edward E. Wooldridge on December 29, 1946. They liv...

Chris E. Albrecht, 53, of rural Garner passed away on Friday, August 26, 2022. Chris Eric Albrecht, son of Dale and Jeanine (Young) Albrecht, was born July 28, 1969, in Fort Dodge. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1987 and continued his education at SCCC in Liberal, KS. On April 27, 2001, he married the love of his life, Corie Roberts of Meade, KS in Minneola, KS. They made their home i...

Gerald Elmer Jacobs, 86, longtime resident of Plains, KS, passed away August 24 after a brief illness. Gerald, the son of Peter Jacobs and Felicitas Herrman Jacobs, was born in Plains where he was raised on the family farm along with his five siblings. This is where he learned his incredible work ethic. Gerald was an accomplished 3-sport athlete, a member of an undefeated football team, and earned...

Kathy Lynn (Zunk) Sumner of Aurora, Colorado passed away on July 12, 2022. Kathy was born in Liberal, Kansas on October 21, 1952 to Robert and Dolores Zunk. She attended Hooker High School graduating in 1971. Kathy married Rickie Lynn Sumner and together they had three children, Eric, Donna and Andrea. Rickie and Kathy raised their children in Garden City, Kansas and following Rickie’s retire...

Rickie Lynn Sumner of Aurora, Colorado passed away on July 23, 2022 surrounded by his loved ones. Rickie was born in Karlstad, Minnesota on September 12, 1951 to Ronald “Bill” and Donna Sumner. He attended Liberal High School graduating in 1969. After high school he served in the United States Army from 1972-1975. Rickie was stationed overseas in Germany and then returned back to the Uni...

Ruth Maxine (Scott) Trimmell, 96, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2022 at Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden, City, Kansas. She was born on June 16, 1926 to Cora Lucille (Martz) and Earl William Scott at Santa Ana, California. As a child, Ruth enjoyed playing jacks, roller skating and playing baseball. She attended school in rural Seward County north of Liberal until they moved into ...

Earl Wayne Semmel, 87, of Forgan, OK passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2022 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born on November 29, 1934 to Jacob and Rachel (Meier) Semmel at Woodward, OK. On January 18, 1953 he married Rilla Pitcher at the Woodward, OK Baptist Church. Earl was a graduate of Tangier, OK High School; class of 1953. He worked at Panhandle Eastern Pipe...

Gene Robert "Bob" Olson, 68, of Liberal, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at his home. He was born on December 6, 1953 to Oscar Junior Olson and Dorothy (Dotts) Olson at Liberal, Kansas. He attended school at Liberal graduating from Liberal High School in 1973. Bob drove truck for many years with Yellow Freight. He collected coins that he gathered from different coin auctions or ...

Vivian Eileen Armstrong, age 94, died Friday, May 20,2022, in Liberal, Kansas. A Celebration of Life planned September 10, 2022, at the Liberal Kansas Senior Center has been postponed to a future date to be determined by Hornung Family Funeral Home....

Rolland Jay “Pat” Patrick, 97, died Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born December 14, 1924, to Oscar Loyd and Fleda (Wooster) Patrick in Oilton, Oklahoma. Pat received his high school education at Saint Jo (Texas) High School. He joined the United States Marine Corps in 1941. He fought in the Pacific Theater during WWII and fought in th...