Our son, husband, father, brother and papa: William Lindley Smith passed quietly at home with family at his side. He fought a short but courageous fight with esophageal cancer. Bill was born Aug. 19, 1947 in Tulsa, OK to Bill and Alice Smith. He grew up in Tulsa and his high school class at Memorial was the first class to go thru fresh – senior years at Memorial. After graduating in 1965, ...

Daniel F. Thompson, 78, died Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at his home in Liberal. He was born December 23, 1938 at La Mesa, CA, to Howard Francis and Susie June (Zimmerman) Thompson. He grew up in Southern California, and graduated from Cajon Valley High School, in El Cajon, in 1957. He earned an AA degree from Freed-Hardeman College, in Henderson, TN, and attended David Lipscomb College, in ...

Steven Wayne McCauley, 65, died on Saturday, September 30, 2017 at his residence. He was the son of Robert (Bob) and Norma (Toy) Hammer McCauley. He was born on April 15, 1952 in Grant County, Kansas. He is survived by his three sons, Winston McCauley, Jared McCauley & wife Tesla, Dallas McCauley & wife Lindsey; mother Norma (Toy) McCauley; two brothers, Timothy Ray McCauley, Randel ...

  Barbara Kathryn (Reissig) Cook, 91, died on Thursday, September 28, 2017 at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home, Hugoton, Kansas.   She was the daughter of Benjamin and Olive (Wood) Reissig.  She was born on January 10, 1926 in Ft. Scott, Kansas.   She married Wallace Cook on July 1, 1944 in Walnut, Kansas.  They moved to Hugoton in 1948 from Walnut, Kansas.   S...

Michael Serrato, age 58, of Elkhart, Kansas, died Sunday, October 1, 2017, at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born July 27, 1959, in Liberal, Kansas, the son of John and Victoria (Martinez) Serrato. Mike, a lifetime area resident, graduated from Yarborough High School in 1977. While in high school, he played football and was on the debate team. Since the age of 18, Mike worke...

Don Ray Tillotson died October 1, 2017, in Ulysses, Kansas, after an extended illness. Don was born in 1932 in Frankfort, Kansas, the son of Raymond and Amy (Jones) Tillotson. Don grew up on the family farm near Shields, Kansas, with siblings, Paul, Betty, and Peggy. Don graduated from Dighton High School in 1950, and then attended Kansas State College graduating in 1954 with a degree in Animal...

Betty Lorraine (Sorg) Whitesell died Thursday, September 28, 2017 at Homestead Estates in Liberal. She was born on November 16, 1926 in Hiawatha, Kansas. She was the daughter of Winnie Gertrude (Standish) and Lawrence Christopher Sorg. This made her a many great-granddaughter of Captain Myles Standish who arrived in America on the Mayflower. The family were members of the Christian Church. A s...

Wanda Lou Roberts Gantt, 84, of Tulsa, Oklahoma passed away September 28, 2017 at Grace Living Center in Buffalo, Oklahoma. Mom was born on farm 5 miles north of Hooker, OK on December the 26th 1932, she was the fourth of five children born to Norman Lee and Francis Louisa (Randolph) Roberts.  She always said she was born on the most anti-climactic day of the year, the day after Christmas. The R...

D'Lois Joan “Jo Nana” Velasquez, 71, died on Saturday, September 30, 2017 at the Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, TX. She was born September 7, 1946 in Russell, Ks to Ernest William and Agnes Joy (Matheson) Miller. She graduated from Turpin High School, Turpin, Ok in 1964. She worked for Dillion's Food Stores as a Pharmacy Clerk for many years until her retirement. Jo enjoyed cooking...

Leonard Leon Hill 81, retired farmer and school teacher, passed from this life on September 24, 2017 in Wichita KS. Leonard was born August 7, 1936, in Turpin OK where he graduated from high school; he attended college at Panhandle State and then Southwestern State earning a Master’s in Education. Leonard taught school for 38 years until his retirement in 2000. He also spent a majority of his...