Leona Rae Carlile, 75, of Liberal, passed away on January 1, 2017 at her home in Liberal, KS. She was born on May 22, 1941 to Marion and Gertrude (Hartley) Beason at Alamosa, CO. As a child Leona moved with her family from Alamosa, CO to Elkhart, KS then to Perryton, TX. Leona worked in Quality Control for National Beef Packing for 28 years, retiring in 1995. After her retirement she went on...

Robert Eugene Stout, 90, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016 at SWMC in Liberal. He was born April 2, 1926 to Carol and Irene (York) Stout in Cherokee, Okla. He married Helen Iris McDonald in 1948 in Augusta. She survives. He graduated from Lambert High School in Lambert, Okla. He then obtained his Master’s Degree in Education from NW State College in Alva, Okla. He was a high school band teacher f...

Bob Boaldin, 77, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, in Oklahoma City. He was born Nov. 3, 1939, in Texas County, Okla. to James T. and Martha Lucille (Zinn) Boaldin. He married Dian Whitecotton in April 1958. She survives. After graduating from Elkhart High School in 1957, he attended one semester at Oklahoma Panhandle State University. He remained faithful to Elkhart and Morton County serving as...

Yoshi Shannon – age 86, entered into rest peacefully at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, December 27, 2016 in Meade, Kansas.   Predeceased by her husband Billy-Joe Shannon, her son Jinyu Ishigaki, parents, Touchi and Makatomui Ishigaki and three brothers and one sister.  Survived by her sisters Sueko and Nobu, and brother Tousuke.    Yoshi was born in Okinawa, Japan and moved with ...

Beulah Edmisson, age 97, of Johnson, Kansas died Saturday, December 24, 2016, at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson, Kansas. She was born January 20, 1919, in Hodgeman County, Kansas, the daughter of John Walter Salmans and Daisy Frances Hawkins. She married Robert Roy Edmisson on March 30, 1947, in Johnson. Beulah moved to Johnson in March of 1947 after marrying Robert Edmisson. Rob...

Robert J. (Bob) Carr, age 88, of Ulysses, Kansas died Friday, December 23, 2016 at Homestead Health and Rehabilitation in Garden City, Kansas. He was born December 16, 1928 in Falls City, Nebraska, the son of Clifford W. and Hazel Fern (Stewart) Carr. Bob married Linda in 1949; she preceded him in death in 1996. Bob moved to Ulysses, Kansas in 1997. He worked as a front-end mechanic at Fireston...

Warren Allen Kraft, 79, died on Saturday, December 24, 2016 at Morton County Health System, Elkhart, KS. He was the son of Arlie Wesley Kraft and Lena Faye (Schull) Kraft, he was born on March 28, 1937at Garden City, Kansas. He and Rose Emma (Miller) Kraft were married on November 24, 1955, Lakin, Kansas. Survivors include one daughter, Arleen Clinesmith and husband Rusty Rolla, Kansas, o...

Gloria G. Lewis, 91, died on Friday, December 23, 2016 at Pioneer Manor, Hugoton, KS. She was the daughter of Elmer Schwab and Flossie Strausburger, she was born on March 3, 1925 at Franklin Township, Pennsylvania. She and Dean Edward Lewis SR. were married on June 7, 1945, Baltimore, Maryland. She was a member of the United Methodist Church Hugoton, Kansas. Survivors include, one son, Dean Le...

Mary Jo (Patrick) Feldman, a generous, loving and free-spirited soul passed away on Friday, December 16, 2016, in The Woodlands, Texas. She was 66. Mary was born on October 6, 1950, in Muenster, Texas, to Rolland J. Patrick and the late Nina Faye (Hammer) Patrick. She was a loving daughter, sister, wife and mother along with a great supporter and inspiration to her friends and her community. Ma...

Geneva Ray,94, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away December 19, 2016 at Dunaway Manor in Guymon, Oklahoma. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 26, 2016 at the Hooker Church of Christ with Lance Morrisett officiating. Interment will be in the Hooker Cemetery directed by Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, Oklahoma. Condolences may be left at www.robertsbrothersfuneralhome.com...