Sharlea Juanita “Shari” Wren, age 77, died Saturday, August 17,2019, at the Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal., Kansas She was born July 7, 1942 in Baca County, Colorado, the daughter of Melvin L. and Dorothy (Wallace) Randall. Shari graduated from high school in Springfield, Colorado. She married Elmer LeRoy Wren, April 26, 1959 in Clayton New Mexico, they were married for 46 ...

Sandy Rae McFarland, 55, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away August 16, 2019 at her home. Sandy was born March 15, 1964 in Albia, Iowa, the daughter of Donald and Barbara Chance Etcher. This is where she attended school and graduated from Albia High School with the Class of 1982. She continued her education at Calvary Bible College in Kansas City, Missouri. She was united in marriage to Chris Mc...

June Salisbury, 85, passed away Friday, August 16, 2019, at her residence in Coldwater, KS. Born July 12, 1934, at Durango, CO, she was the daughter of Artie Marvin and Mary Della (Havens) Killgore. On July 23, 1950, she married Charles Otto Salisbury at Aztec, NM. June was a seamstress by trade and created many beautiful creations. She taught three generations to sew and to dread the seam r...

Gilford LaRoss Bryan, 80, of Goodwell, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday afternoon, August 17, 2019 at the Memorial Hospital of Texas County. The son of R.C. and Marian C. (Pittaway) Bryan, he was born October 3, 1938 in Mutual, Oklahoma.  The Bryan family moved to the Goodwell area in 1951.  Ross graduated from Goodwell High School with the Class of 1956.  He attended OPSU in Goodwell, graduat...

Melania Lynn Roa, 55, of Liberal, passed away on Thursday August 9, 2019 at her home in Liberal. She was born on May 8, 1964 to Fred and Flora (Ragsdale) Goldman at Spearman, TX. On August 18, 1984 she married Steve Roa at Abilene, KS; he preceded her in death on July 17, 2012 Growing up she lived in many places including Panama, Bermuda, the Phillipines. She worked in the medical field a...

Grady V. Cook, age 62, of Syracuse, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 14, 2019, at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson, Kansas. He was born April 27, 1957, in Lamar, Colorado, the son of Ralph Lawrance and Edna Belle (Davis) Cook. Grady farmed on the family farm for over half of his life. He attended grade school at Manter and graduated from Stanton County High School in Johnson. Grady m...

 Dora May Wilson, age 94, passed away early Thursday morning, August 15, 2019, at the Fowler Residential Care Center, Fowler, Kansas. She was born May 14, 1925, at Amity, Colorado the daughter of Doren and Mabel (Lapham) Conley. As a young girl she attended school in Kendall, Kansas, graduating from Kendall High School in 1944.  A longtime resident of Garden City, she was a medical assistan...

Suzanne Camille Short, 59, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday August 14, 2019 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on January 15, 1960 to Robert and Phyllis (Barrett) Aurner at Sacramento, Ca. She was married to David Ralph Short; he preceded her in death in 1980. Suzanne moved from California to Topeka, KS when she was six. She was a graduate of Topeka West High ...

Joyce Faye Pearson, 81, of Canyon, passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2019. A private memorial service was held in Joyce’s backyard and was attended by family, friends and neighbors whom she held dear. Joyce was born on April 2, 1938 to Fred and Mary Quigley Chadd. She married Dennis Peier in 1958 and he preceded her in death in 1966. In 1967, she married Jimmy Pearson. He preceded her in ...

Patricia Book, 73, of Guymon, Oklahoma passed away early Sunday, August 11, 2019 at Memorial Hospital of Texas County. The middle daughter of LaVur and Mary (Skinner) Book, Patricia Diana book was born March 28, 1946 in Two Buttes, Colorado.  Patricia attended twelve years of school at Two Buttes and graduated from Business College in Denver.  While in school, she worked as a nanny.  After g...