Vernon E. Johnson, age 59, died Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born May 19, 1959, in Blanding, Utah, the son of Vernon Leslie and Dorena Mae (McNutt) Johnson. Vernon moved to Hugoton in 1977 and graduated from Hugoton High School in 1979. He then began driving truck for Halliburton, Premier Alfalfa, and Dillco Fluid Service in Hugoton for many ...

Gene Paul DuBois, age 87, died March 1, 2019, in Wichita, Kansas. He was born October 21, 1931, in Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Clinton and Thelma (Krause) DuBois. Gene graduated from Great Bend High School. He married Betty Anslinger on November 1, 1965, in Clayton, New Mexico. Gene served in the Korean War from 1952 to 1954 and was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, United Nations ...

Gary Lee Knoll, 59, of Liberal, passed away on Thursday March 7, 2019 Liberal, KS. He was born on November 28, 1959 to Marcellus and Betty (Dechant) Knoll at Hays, KS. Gary attended Liberal and Southwestern Heights High Schools. Gary served in the US Marine Corps from 1977-1980 where he was stationed at Twenty Nine Palms, CA. After his service in the US Marine Corps he then attended WTI Coll...

Aileen Elizabeth DeBruce, 91, passed away March 9, 2019, in Kiowa, Kansas, with family by her side. She was born in Junction City, Kansas, on April 16, 1927, the daughter of Forest Valentine Beal and Gladys Smutz Beal. Aileen attended grade school and high school in Junction City, and graduated from the University of Kansas. She married Archie Paul DeBruce on December 27, 1948. They lived in Denve...

Anna Beatrice Wells, age 81, died Friday, March 8, 2019 at the Southwest Medical Center ER in Liberal, KS. She was born August 28, 1937 at Hooker, OK the daughter of CJ and Blanche G. (Huddleston) Calvert. She graduated from Hooker High School, Hooker, OK. On November 13, 1954 she married Wesley Duland Wells at Clayton, N.M. They were married for 64 years. He survives She worked at Indepe...

Brenda Leann Butler, 46, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away March 10, 2019 at her home. Memorial services will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Gospel of Grace in Hooker with Rev. Chris McFarland officiating. A private family burial will take place at the Hooker Cemetery directed by Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, Oklahoma. Memorials are suggested to the Butler Scholarship...

Evan Eugene Eggleston, 84, of Hooker, Oklahoma, entered his eternal reward on March 9, 2019, at Heritage Community in Guymon, Oklahoma. The family will greet friends on Friday, March 15, 2019 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.  Evan’s memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 16, 2019, at the Hooker church of Christ. Private burial for the immediate family at the Ho...

Rhonda Kay Critcher, 60, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away March 8, 2019 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Rhonda was born September 26, 1958 in Guymon, Oklahoma the daughter of Glenn and Vera Bertha Oxley Grounds. She grew up and attended school in Hooker graduating from Hooker High School with the Class of 1976. She then attended Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kansas a...

Roy Arthur Ehly, 92, passed away Tuesday afternoon, March 5, 2019 at the Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home in Amarillo, Texas where he had lived for the past seven years. The son of Leo Joseph Ehly and Constance (Mantz) Ehly, Roy was born February 1, 1927 in Minneapolis, Kansas. He was raised in Logan, Kansas and attended the Logan school system graduating in 1945. Roy joined the U.S. Army ...

Jimmy Dean Kees, age 58, died March 7, 2019 at his home in Liberal, KS.  He was born March 4, 1961 at Spearman, TX the son of Jimmy Madison and Mattie Geraldine (Richardson) Kees. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1979.  He married Stacy Blackwell on September 11, 1989 in Liberal, KS.  She Survives. He loved to play tennis for the Liberal High School Tennis Team and he was a certif...