Anthony Roy “Tony” Rock, age 76, of Manhattan, died August 17, 2020, at Stormont-Vail Health in Topeka. He was born August 22, 1943, in Junction City, Kansas, the son of William L. and Frances Ruby (Knopp) Rock. Tony graduated from Kansas State University in 1965 with his degree in Electrical Engineering. He worked for The Boeing Company on NASA projects and then for Northern Natural Ga...

Ferrius Louis David Lamar Olson, 27, of Liberal passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at Tulsa, OK. He was born on March 3, 1993 to Norman Olson and Bridget (Livingston) Sowers at Liberal, KS. Ferrius spent most of his childhood between Dodge City and Garden City, KS. He attended Liberal High School where he was a Redskin Singer, played in "That" Liberal Band, was active in the Drama C...

Donna LaVora Strickland, age 87, died Monday, September 14, 2020 in Amarillo, Texas. She was born August 8, 1933 in Texas County, Oklahoma, in a farmhouse near Guymon, the daughter of Dana and Oleva Bryan. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1951. Donna married Donald D. Strickland on December 3, 1951 in Clayton, New Mexico. She worked on the family farm near Turpin, Oklahoma with her...

Donald I. Dye, age 86, passed away early Saturday morning, September 5, 2020, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born September 9, 1933, at Meade, Kansas, the son of Ernest Cecil and Helen Eugenia (Holdeman) Dye. As a young boy he attended school in Meade, graduating from Meade High School in 1951. After his graduation, he joined the United States Army, serving for se...

J.W. “June” Jackson Jr, 50, of Horton, Kansas who was affectionately called “Dubba” by his mother passed away September 4, 2020, at Mosaic Medical Center in St. Joseph, Missouri. He was born on July 25, 1970, to J.W. Jackson Sr. and Dorothy Ann Jackson in Liberal, Kansas. J.W. spent his childhood in Liberal, KS. While living in Liberal, he gave his life to God at an early age. He was a m...

William N. Rogers, age 76, passed away Tuesday evening, September 8, 2020, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita, Kansas. He was born September 24, 1943, at Ravenna, Ohio, the son of Samuel N. and Marion K. (Drapczak) Rogers. As a young boy, he attended school in Manhattan, Kansas, graduating from Lucky High School in 1961. He later attended Kansas State University. A longtime M...

Alice Bernice Hacker, 89, of Hooker, Oklahoma went to be with her Lord, September 9, 2020 at Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton, Kansas. Alice was born February 26, 1931 in Hooker, Oklahoma, the daughter of Lawrence and Minnie Reinwald Sylvester. She attended rural schools and in the fifth grade began school in Hooker. She graduated from Hooker High School and then attended Amarillo Secretarial...

Helen Fern (Farmer) O’Hair, age 83, of Elkhart, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 8, 2020, at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born August 30, 1937, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma the daughter of E.H. and Eula Rhea (Eatmon) Farmer. On June 25, 1955, Helen married Billy Max O’Hair in Great Bend, Kansas. He preceded her in death on October 9, 2013. She was a long time Elkhart res...

John F. Martin, 91, of Liberal, died on September 3, 2020, at his home. He was born on February 17, 1929, in Pawnee City, Nebraska, the son of Carl Martin and Sarah Bauer Martin. He was a graduate of Pawnee City High School; class of 1946. He moved from Nebraska to Liberal, Kansas, in 1962, where he was associated with Collins Diamonds for 35 years. He was a graduate of Bradley University...

Frances Eilene Coombs, age 89, passed away Thursday evening, September 3, 2020, at her Meade, Kansas, residence. She was born November 13, 1930, at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, the daughter of Paul and Sarah Frances (Love) Weaver. As a young girl, she attended school in Cottonwood Falls. She later attended school in Del Norte, Colorado, and received her nurses training, at Adams State Colle...