Elmer W.  Schmidt, 91, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at High Plains Retirement Village in Lakin, Kansas. He was born to Bernhard and Lena (Wedel) on October 11, 1929, in Newton, Kansas. Elmer and Shirley Ann Friesen were married on April 12, 1957. She preceded him in death on April 27, 2007.  To this union there were four children Kristy, Loren, Kevin, and Kerry. Elmer was a...

Raenola Gaye Hanson, of Tyrone, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully and surrounded by her family, on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at Wheatridge after a 14 year battle with dementia. She was born July 14, 1952 in Liberal, KS, to Joel Clint (J.C.) Curtis and Velma May Rains Curtis. She Graduated Liberal High School in 1970. On June 10, 1972, she married Mike Hanson in Liberal, KS. Raenola and Mike ...

Justin Roa, 88, of Liberal, passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at the Liberal Good Samaritan Center. Justin was born in Aspermont, Texas on April 14, 1932, to Ramón Roa and Guadalupe López Roa. He spent his youth in Aspermont with his 17 brothers and sisters. He loved music and taught himself how to play the guitar as a teenager and created his first band by the age of 17. He marrie...

Merle G. Krause, age 90, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at Brookdale Liberal Springs, Liberal, Kansas. He was born June 29, 1930, at Talmage, Kansas, the son of Fred and Emma (Berbermeyer) Krause.  As a young boy he attended school at a rural country school until the age of seven, moving with his family to Scott City, Kansas.  He later graduated from Scott City High School in 1948.�...

Margie was born February 11, 1935, in Holly, Colorado, to Perry and Katherine Barnes.   The family moved to a dugout west of Ulysses when she was very young.  These were very lean times.  She recalled spending lots of times outdoors playing with lots of cats and her older brother Bill and younger siblings, Homer and Ava.     Margie met Loren Puyear on a blind double-date....

Jerrell DeWane Nightingale was born to Reuben and Tena Smith Nightingale on September 3, 1942, in Okeene, Oklahoma.  He passed away October 19, 2020, at St. John Hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas, following a lengthy illness.  His sojourn was 78 years.    He grew up with his siblings on the family farm southeast of Fairview, Oklahoma.  He received his education at Progressive School, a near...

Michael Lynn Ray, 55, died Sunday, October 18, 2020 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on May 2, 1965 in Liberal, Kansas, the son of J.D. and Lovesta (Parker) Ray. Mike attended Liberal Schools, he graduated with a GED from Seward County Community College and attended Seward County Community College Vocational Technical School HVAC program. He worked at Purina as a mixe...

Carl Roy Windsor, 73, died October 18, 2020 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born October 27, 1946 to George Lee and Anna (Kroeker) Windsor in Liberal, Kansas. He was the only sibling that was born at Epworth Hospital, his brothers and sisters were born at home. Carl was a 1964 graduate of Turpin High School and graduated in 1968 from Northwestern Oklahoma University in Alva,...

Ethel Mae Abel, 95, of Baker, Oklahoma passed away October 19, 2020 at Homestead Estates Plus in Liberal, Kansas. Graveside services will be on Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at the Liberal City Cemetery in Liberal, Kansas with Pastor Reece Player officiating. Memorials are suggested to the Baker United Methodist Church and may be left at Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Box 745, Hooker,...

Eugene B. Prokopinski, 88, died October 16, 2020 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born May 20, 1932 to Felix and Ann (Paczkowski) Prokopinski in Witchee, Wisconsin. Eugene served in the Army during the Korean War, where he was prisoner of war. After his military service he moved to Garden City, Kansas, working at the Tyson plant as a Beef Packer. Eugene is survived by his two...