Maria M. De Hernandez, age 66, died Saturday, November 7, 2020, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born December 25, 1953, in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico, the daughter of Isidoro and Manuela (Sanchez) Velarde.   Maria was born and raised in Mexico. She married Inocente Hernandez in 1973 in Chihuahua, Mexico. Maria worked as a cook for Sullivan School for 10 year...

Arturo Cortez, age 71, died Thursday, November 5, 2020, at his home surrounded by his family in Ulysses, Kansas.  He was born January 30, 1949, in Doctor Arroyo, NL, Mexico, the son of Santos and Juana (Ramirez) Cortez.    As a young man he obtained an associate’s degree.  Before his marriage he was a Professor in Mexico.  He left that behind, and he and his wife moved to the Unit...

Linda LoRee Hiser, 77, passed from this life on November 3, 2020, at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, KS. Linda was born December 15, 1942, in Liberal, KS, the only child of Lloyd Homer and Ada Viola Fowler Hiser. Linda was the granddaughter of two early pioneer families in the area, Charley A. and Tamer Ella Fowler and George and Luella Hiser. Linda’s childhood was spent on a farm about ha...

Ruth Ann Stoops, 82, passed away, Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Hugoton, Kansas. She was born on September 28, 1938 at Washington County Hospital in Washington, Iowa. She was the daughter of Frank D. and Martha P. (Pence) Clark. Ruth graduated from Wayland Consolidated High School in Wayland, Iowa. She attended the State College of Iowa, Cedar Falls, where she go...

Patricia Jo Roehr, 81, of Amarillo, Texas passed away November 4, 2020 at her home.   Memorial contributions are suggested to AA of Amarillo, Texas and may be left at Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Box 745, Hooker, Oklahoma 73945. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, November 9, 2020 at the Hooker Cemetery with Rev. Dr. David Mingus of the Hooker United Methodist Church officia...

Carol Sue Rose, 78, of Liberal, died early Wednesday, November 4th, 2020. She was born July 27th, 1942, in Perry, OK, the daughter of Mikel and Truth Cain. In 1964 she married Paul H. Donovan Jr. in Larned, KS; they later divorced. In 1981 she married Roger D. Rose in Liberal; he survives. Carol attended school in Ark City, KS and graduated from Trousdale High in Trousdale, KS. She earned...

Darell Dean Tharp, 76, lifelong OK Panhandle resident, passed away Sunday morning, November 1, 2020 in Turpin, Oklahoma. The son of James Henry and Gladys Joy (Smart) Tharp, he was born August 31, 1944 in Guymon. Darell attended Hardesty schools, graduating with the Class of 1962.  He then attended OPSU for two years.  Following his education, he served in the U.S. Army.  He was a member ...

Michelle Lynn (Flenniken) Mouser, 52, died on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. She was born to Linda Kay (Rich) and Vernon Michael Flenniken on November 3, 1967 in Hobbs, New Mexico. She married Keith Mouser on May 21, 2016 in Hooker, Oklahoma. A 1986 Liberal High School graduate, Michelle continued her education receiving a bachelor’s d...

– Cindy J. (Dawson) Koehn, age 54, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2020, at the Skyridge Medical Center, Lonetree, Colorado. She was born July 7, 1966, at St. Joseph, Missouri, the daughter of Edward and Helen Mae (Teague) Dawson.  As a young girl, she attended school in St. Joseph, and then later furthered her education receiving her Associates Degree.  A longtime area resident, she was ...

Robert “Sonny” Lewis Fox, age 73, passed away October 29, 2020 in Stonewall, LA. He was born to Robert B. and Florence L. (Elledge) Fox on August 11, 1947 in Liberal, Kansas.  He was raised in southwest Kansas, spending his early years in Plains, KS before moving to Hugoton, KS in 1955. He was a farmer, mechanic, car salesman and a jack of many other trades. He enjoyed tinkering with car...