Myrdis L. Gordon, 93, of Liberal, passed away on December 17, 2015 at her home in Liberal, Kansas She was born on December 24, 1921 to John and Blanche (Wilkerson) Gabler at Boyd, Oklahoma. She graduated high school in 1941 from Turpin, Oklahoma. She married Otto Gordon in 1942 at Liberal, Kansas. he preceded her in death on May 31, 1964. She then married James Hargrave in 1965; he also preced...

asey Alan Humphreys, age 28, of Ulysses, Kansas died Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born October 23, 1987 in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Joseph A. and Linda L. (Kriegh) Humphreys. Casey was the youngest of five children. He grew up near Ulysses and graduated from Labette Community High School. Casey lived in Garden City for a time; but was...

Freda Isaacs 98, died Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at her residence in Liberal, KS. She was born April 18, 1917 in Beaver County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Henry A & Maggie (Wiens) Wedel. She has been a resident of Beaver County for most of her life. In 1936 she graduated from Greenough High School and while attending high school played basketball. She was a homemaker and helped her husband with the...

William C. “Tom” Shook 92,died Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born on April 29, 1923 in Carmi Illinois the son of Clifford O. and Ruth (Beck) Shook. He graduated in 1941 from Great Bend High School Great Bend, Kansas. He attended and graduated from Ft. Hays State in 1949 with a degree in Business Administration. He was employed for 27 years with O...

Eric S. Zimmerman, age 43, passed away Tuesday afternoon, December 15, 2015, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born October 26, 1972, at Midwest City, Oklahoma, the son of Steven C. and Cheryl A. (Dewell) Zimmerman. As a young boy he attended the Fowler school system, graduating from Fowler High School in 1992. He later attended the Goodland Vo-Tech, receiving training as a...

Dorothy Loreen Swan 84, died Monday, December 14, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born Jan. 11, 1931 in Liberal, KS, the daughter of Pete M. and Ann (Zielke) Franz. She has been a long time resident of the Liberal area. She graduated from Turpin High School in 1949. She had worked as a secretary for Ideal Warehouse. She also was involved in Real Estate and Developing and w...

Ivan Tazwell Cothron 58, died, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born Sept. 7, 1957 at Liberal, KS, the son of Edgar Ivan and Wilma Lucille (Hart) Cothron. He graduated with honors from Boys Ranch in Amarillo, TX. While attending school at the Boys Ranch, he was in the choir and rodeo. He had worked as an auto body repairman and also worked in the oilfield as a derri...

Doris L. Glasscock, age 84, of Johnson, Kansas died Sunday, December 13, 2015 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born March 20, 1931 in Sublette, Kansas, the daughter of Raymond Powell and Mabel Lorene (Weeks) Nichols. Doris lived west of Manter from 1939 to 1942 coming from Copeland, Kansas with her family. They then moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado where Doris comple...

Ray “Biggin” Neal, age 63, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. He was born March 27, 1952 in Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, the son of James (Bud) and Faith (Strain) Neal. Ray grew up in New Mexico and Colorado. He attended high school in Johnson, Kansas. Ray was a truck driver for Tarbet Construction for many years. ...

Karl Hendrickson, age 96, of Elkhart, Kansas died December 7, 2015, at Morton County Care Center in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born July 18, 1919, in Bristol, Colorado the son of Victor and Nelle Eunice (Duncan) Hendrickson. Karl, a retired truck driver for Morton County Road Department, grew up and attended school in Bristol, graduating from Granada High School in Granada, Colorado. His junior an...