Former longtime Hugoton and Liberal, Kansas area resident, Hope Dunlap, 93, died with her family members by her side Friday, July 29 in Oklahoma after steadfastly combating the consequences of a substantial stroke. She was born on July 4, 1923 into William and Blanche Kinser’s large family: brothers Elrie, Leslie, LeRoy, Robert, Floyd, Loyde, Arlie, Trulin, and sisters Fay, Grace, Fern, Loene...

  William (Bill) John Beohler, age 81, of Ulysses, Kansas died Friday, August 5, 2016 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born March 16, 1935 in Glasgow, Montana, the son of John William and Myrtle (Besonday) Beohler. Bill graduated from Opheim High School on May 25, 1953. He served as a Sergeant in the United States Marines from January 5, 1954 until April 1, 195...

Omer Matthew “Boots” Luebbers, age 86, died July 30, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born September 1, 1929, in Rural Wichita County, KS the son of August Casper and Beata Magdalene (Kreutzer) Luebbers. He graduated from Wichita County High School, Leoti, KS in 1947. He had been a resident of Liberal since 1965. He served in the U.S. Army from 1950 – 1951, during...

OWASSO, OKLAHOMA – Hazel Marie Cross, age 84, passed away early Tuesday morning, July 26, 2016, at the Brookdale Senior Living Center, Owasso, Oklahoma. She was born August 24, 1931, at Plains, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Anna Koehn. A longtime resident of Wichita, Kansas, she was a second grade school teacher. While in college, she was served as the president of the sorority club. ...

Delvan Bushnell, age 84, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born July 6, 1932 in Speed, Kansas, the son of George William and Effie Lodora (Pool) Bushnell. Delvan was a rover and rambler in his younger days before joining the United States Navy in 1951. He served until 1955 as a Boilerman on a destroyer ship during the Korea...

Matthew Robert Harper, 26, of Holcomb, KS passed away on July 23, 2016 near Garden City, KS. He was born on October 29, 1989 to Robert and Robin (Wharran) Harper in Austin, TX. Matthew moved with his family to Augsburg, Germany when he was two years old and moved to Liberal, Kansas when he was five. He was a Liberal High School graduate, class of 2008. While at LHS he played the Euphonium an...

Margaret R. Blehm, age 83, died Saturday evening, July 23, 2016, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas.   She was born October 26, 1932, at Rosenort, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of John and Margaret (Dyek) Siemens.  As a young girl she attended school in Rosenort.  In 1953, she moved to Meade, Kansas.  On February 20, 1954, she married Paul Jacob Blehm at Meade.  After their...

Densel "D.J." Theye, 30,  passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on June 17, 1986 to Densel and Debbie (Russett) Theye in Garden City, Kansas. He attended school at Ulysses HighSchool and Johnson County Community College.  D.J. worked as a Landscaper. D.J. is survived by his Son, Matthew Leverknight of Desoto, Kansas - Sister, Shelley Bledsoe of Oklaho...

Keevan L. Lewis, age 57, died Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at his home in Liberal, Kansas. He was born September 16, 1958 in Hugoton, Kansas, the son of Hubert A. “Boots” and Olatha (Watson) Lewis. Keevan attended School in both Ulysses and Hugoton in Special Education. Keevan was baptized at Hugoton First Christian Church on June 27, 1971. He was a client of the SDSI since December 3, 1978, ...

Dora May Olney, 88, of Tyrone, Oklahoma passed away July 19, 2016 in Edmond, Oklahoma. Dora May was born the daughter of Emmet Rhodes Lowe and Nettie Ethel Love on January 12, 1928 in Liberal, Kansas. She also attended school in Liberal, Kansas and married Dene Ward Olney on July 14, 1946 in Cimarron, Kansas. Dora May worked 20 years for Beech Aircraft in Liberal, Ka...