Lena Mae Swanson, age 85, died December 6, 2018 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born October 29, 1933, in Decatur, NE the daughter of William John and Luella (Young) Castor.   She graduated from Decatur High School, Decatur Nebraska. On January 3, 1954 she married Lyle Swanson at Omaha, NE. He died on June 10, 2015. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the ...

Clois Henry Brown, 74, of Johnson, Kansas, died Thursday, December 6, 2018, at his home in Johnson, Kansas. He was born February 22, 1944, in Nocona, Texas, the son of Orse Henry and Letha Belle (Gee) Brown.   Clois grew up in Texas and graduated high school in Springfield, Colorado. He has lived in Johnson for the last 41 years. He was a mechanic and had worked at Ramsey Farms, L &...

Larry R. Coen, age 79, passed away on Wednesday, December 5, 2018, after a battle with cancer. He was born at home on January 4, 1939, on Thayer Street in Elkhart, Kansas, weighing less than 3 lbs, the son of Marion (M.R.) and Velma Pearl (German) Coen. On August 10, 1963, he married Mary Lou (Keesling) Coen in Elkhart. Larry and Mary moved to Faulkton, South Dakota, in 1965. Larry loved the ye...

Ruth D. Loewen, age 90, passed away Thursday morning, December 6, 2018, at the Kansas Medical Center, Andover, Kansas. She was born November 23, 1928, at Meade, Kansas, the daughter of Isaac B. and Mary (Neufeld) Regier. As a young girl she attended grade school at Pleasant Hill before attending the Meade Bible Academy. After her graduation from the Bible Academy, she attended Tab...

Naomi L. Meza, age 72, of Mineral Wells, Texas, died Tuesday, December 4, 2018, at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.  She was born November 16, 1946, in Jewell, Oregon, the daughter of Reverend Roy and Catherine (Schmidt) Foster.   Naomi grew up in Jewell, Oregon, and graduated high school in Portland, Oregon. She moved to Ulysses, Kansas, in 1965.  Naomi ma...

Clara "Mae" Ray, 88 passed on December 3, 2018 at Kansas Heart Center in Andover, KS. She was born on August 14, 1930 to Henry and Lucille Black in the Dague Community of Oklahoma. After her mother Lucille's death she and sister Marie were adopted by Harry and Hattie Willis, siblings June and Junior would be raised by family members, Jean was raised by the Dye's and Forrest Lee by the Davis's. ...

Judith Alison Burdge Baze, 65, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away December 2, 2018 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 6, 2018 at Grace Southern Baptist Church in Guymon, Oklahoma. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 6, 2018 at the Hooker Cemetery. Arrangements by Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, O...

Joan Hinkle, age 80, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Thursday, November 29, 2018, at Western Prairie Senior Living in Ulysses. She was born April 16, 1938, in Sheldon, Iowa, the daughter of Liston and Harriet (Nirk) Bridwell. Joan moved to Kansas in 1948. She married Herman Hinkle on April 7, 1956, in Johnson. Joan operated the coffee shop in the Ralsamore Hotel, cooked at a steakhouse, and later beca...

Oleta Alena Peters, age 93, died November 29, 2018 at her residence in Gage, OK. She was born August 26, 1925, in Higgins, TX the daughter of Tobias and Mary Marie (Thornburg) Manske. Memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at Brenneman Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Van Hurst, presiding.  A private family burial will be held. Memorial contributions may be sent ...

Gary Douglas Jacobs, 65, of Wood River, Illinois passed away November 27, 2018 at his home. Gary was born September 14, 1953 in Hugoton, Kansas, the son of Bobby Dean and Lola Jean Witt Jacobs. He went to school in Hooker, Oklahoma and a short time in Calhoun, Missouri. Gary graduated from Hooker High School with the Class of 1972. After graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Army and received his h...