Lyle Morris Swanson, 83, died Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS He was born January 9, 1932 on a farm near Walthill, NE to Martin and Ada (Gabriel) Swanson. He had farmed for two years before starting to work for Northern Natural Gas as a measurement technician and later as a measurement specialist. He worked in ...

William Eugene “Bill” Bauer, 90, died Saturday, June 6, 2015 in Leavenworth, KS. He was born Feb. 5, 1925 in Rural Plains, KS, the son of Joseph and Beatrice (Ward) Bauer. Bill was a resident of Liberal for 58 years, moving to California and Leavenworth to be close to family. He was employed by Tradewinds Industries for 22 years. He also was a self-employed carpenter and contrac...

Randy George Kiblin, 57, died Sunday, June 7, 2015, at Southwest Medical Center, in Liberal, KS. He was born January 24, 1958, to Thomas Alva and Marguerite (Lloyd) Kiblin, at Buffalo, NY. He received a degree in special education, and was employed by USD #480 as a 6th grade teacher at Sunflower Intermediate School. He married Theresa Alfa Malonja...

Lela Euvonne Rounds, age 97, died Tuesday evening, June 2, 2015, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born April 19, 1918, at rural Fowler, Kansas, the daughter of Pete and Fannie (Marrs) Hardaway. As a young girl she attended the Fowler school system, graduating from Fowler High School. After her graduation, she moved to Oregon, attending beauty school and late...

Michael Shane Strange, 42. passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015 at his home in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He was born November 3, 1972 at Oklahoma City, OK, the son of Carol and Charlotte (McDonald) Strange Hill. Michael attended Putnam City Schools in Bethany, OK until moving to Turpin, OK his Senior year and graduated from Turpin High School. Upon graduating from Turpin HS he then atten...

Byron G. Bird, 84, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2015 at his home outside of Liberal, KS. He was born May 15, 1931 at Great Bend, KS, the son of Elmer and Bernice (Comfort) Bird. He married Donna Battin April 20, 1953 at Manhattan, KS. She survives. Byron attended a one room school in Albert, KS then completed high school in Great Bend, KS. He then went on to earn his Bachelor's ...

Rosetta Jean Ooley, age 92, died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Castle Rock, CO. She had been a resident of Castle Rock, CO., since 2010. Jean was born April 10, 1922 at Harper, KS the daughter of Loyd Clellin and Pearl Mae (Hinds) Chapin. She graduated from Fritch High School in Fritch, TX. She spent her formative years, in many states, including California and Pennsylvania, as her father w...

Charla LeAnn Seger, age 53, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, May 30, 2015 in rural Grant County, Kansas; with her husband, Earl. She was born July 2, 1961 in Show Low, Arizona, the daughter of Bill and Barbara (Rothlisberger) Neff. Charla grew up in Snowflake, Arizona and graduated high school there. She then continued her education at Ricks College and then beauty school. Charla married Ea...

Earl Lee Seger age 54, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, May 30, 2015 in rural Grant County, Kansas; with his wife, Charla. He was born December 21, 1960 in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Robert A. and E. Ruth (Michael) Seger. Earl was a maintenance supervisor at Columbian Chemicals. He graduated from Ulysses High School, attended Goodland Vo-Tech and one year at Ricks College on a wrestling s...

Jimmie M. Lowry passed from this life on Sunday, May 31, 2015 at the age of 62. He was born November 27, 1952 , the son of Eldon and Vera E. ( Greenwood ) Lowry. Jimmie graduated from high school in Blackduck , Minnesota . He worked in Hugoton for the John Deere dealership for 37 years. For the last few years, he has been enjoying retirement. Jimmi...