Effie Mardell Taylor, 88, of Liberal, died on Sunday, February 16th, 2020 at Southwest Medical Center. She was born June 6th, 1931, in Liberal, KS to Irwin and Mildred White. On April 29th, 1949 Mardell was united in marriage with William R. “Dick” Taylor in Clayton, New Mexico; he preceded her in death. Mardell attended grade school at Blue Bell School House in rural Seward County an...

Eva Hays, 88, of Liberal Kansas, passed away on February 16, 2020, after a long illness. Eva was born in Cold Springs, Oklahoma, on February 12, 1932, to Carroll and Lona Jackson. After graduating Consolidated 8 High School in 1950, she went on to study Elementary Education at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. After graduation, she landed her first teaching job in Topeka, Kansas. While ...

Nadine Reiher, age 78, passed away Thursday, February 13, 2020, at her home in Hugoton. She was born August 18, 1941, in Sheffield, Iowa, the daughter of Herman and Anna (Steenhard) Schwierjohann. Nadine grew up and graduated high school in Sheffield, Iowa. She married Wayne Reiher on July 18, 1959, in Allison, Iowa, where they lived for two years before moving to Alden, Iowa. Nadine and Wayne...

Arthur LeRoy Boyd, Jr., age 70 passed away early Friday morning, February 14, 2020, at the Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas.   Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary Chapel, Meade. The family will greet friends from 12:00 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Interment will follow in the Graceland Ceme...

Kimberly Anne Hay, age 54, died Wednesday February 12, 2020, at her home in Liberal, Kansas. She was born February 22, 1965 in Concordia, Kansas the daughter of Leland Lund and Marion (Naslund) Lund of Clay Center, Kansas. Kimberly graduated from Clay Center High School in Clay Center, Kansas in 1983. Then graduated from Fort Hays State University in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in Finance. ...

Omar Levi Norton, 89, passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home, Hugoton, KS. He was born to Bill and Julia (Gentry) Norton on December 15, 1930 in Holdenville, OK. Omar and Betty Lou (Bullard) Norton were married May 19, 1950 in Ada, Oklahoma. To this union were four daughters, Debbie, Melinda, Vonda and Jan. He loved and enjoyed his family. He was an avid f...

Shirley M. Johnson, 80, of Topeka, passed away after complications from Alzheimer’s on Monday, February 10, 2020. She was born November 23, 1939, in Magnolia, Arkansas. She was the daughter of J.M. and Selma Walthall. She graduated from Midland High School and later went on to receive a Bachelor’s Degree at Texas Woman’s University and a Master’s Degree at Sul Ross State University. ...

George D. Mead, 93, formerly of Liberal, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton, Kansas. He was born on May 4, 1926 to Everett and Georgia (Dudley) Mead at Pratt, Kansas. On September 23, 1946 he married Dorcas M. Forbes at Liberal, KS.; she preceded him in death in 2017. George moved to Liberal as a young boy. He started working at the Southwes...

M’Lou Stout, age 82, passed away Monday afternoon, February 3, 2020, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas.   She was born September 18, 1937, at Portland, Oregon, the daughter of Betty Law (Smith) Reed, then adopted by Kelly. As a young girl she attended school in Kirkland, Washington.   On February 14, 1957, she married Robert Dale (Bob) Stout at Seattle, Washingt...

Beverly Jean Kilgore died February 3, 2020 at Liberal Good Samaritan Society, in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on May 30, 1932 in Tyrone, Oklahoma to Basel and Velma Albright (Wadley). She attended Tyrone Schools and graduated from Tyrone High School. Beverly married James Elton Kilgore (Jim) in the Tyrone Baptist Church on January 28, 1951. Jim preceded her in death in 1985. Beverly was...