Elaine Carolyn Newlon, 72, died Wednesday at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, KS. She was born April 23, 1942 in Liberal, KS, the daughter of Vergil and Mildred (Reiss) Roehr. She graduated from Kismet High School and attended Southwestern College in Winfield, KS and Omaha Business School in Omaha, Nebraska. Following completion of her business co...

Glenna Mae Beckett, age 97, died Monday, December 15, 2014 at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton, Kansas, where she had resided for the last two and a half years due to a back injury and failing health. She was born March 29, 1917 in Sawyer, Kansas, the daughter of John W. and Pearl (Crouse) Cromer. Glenna graduated from high school in Greensburg, Kansas. She married Roy J. Beckett on September 2...

Ida Mae Decker, 81, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away December 17, 2014 at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m.; Monday, December 22, 2014 at the Church of Christ in Hooker with Lance Morrisett officiating. Interment will be in the Hooker Cemetery directed by Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, Ok. Condolences may be left at www.r...

Earl “Pete” McManaman, age 86, of Ulysses, Kansas died Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born April 24, 1928 in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Everett James “EJ” and Lucy (Oller) McManaman. Pete grew up in Copeland and Montezuma, attending school in Copeland. He farmed with his father for many years. He married Lois ...

Erma Hubbell, age 86, of Ulysses, Kansas died Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at The Legacy at Park View in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born July 16, 1928 in Hodgeman County, Kansas, the daughter of Harry Sr. and Celia (Borieson) Gibbs. Erma grew up on a farm in Hodgeman County. She married Marvin Duane Hubbell on August 1, 1947 in Jetmore, Kansas. They moved to Ulysses in 1956. Erma was a homemaker...

Charles W. (Hoot) Hays Jr., 85, of Guymon, Oklahoma died at 2:28 pm on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. He was born on August 20, 1929 in Okemah, Oklahoma to Charles W. and Mary Erma (Kerley) Hays. Charles lived in Okemah until he was eight years old when the family moved to Pampa, Texas. He attended school in Pampa until the family was transferre...

Mary Valdez, age 62, of Ulysses, Kansas died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at her home in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born September 23, 1952 in Plainview, Texas, the daughter of Ernesto and Esperanza (Garcia) Garcia. Mary grew up in Texas and has lived in Ulysses since 1965. She was a homemaker, owned and operated Parties Etc, and made birthday cakes. She married Nazario “Joe” Valdez in Ulysse...

Dessie N. Augerot Jenkins, 87, went to be with her Lord and Savoir to the Mansion Over the Hilltop on December 12, 2014. She was born July 3, 1927 in rural Haskell County, KS, the daughter of Albert and Velma (Printz) Augerot. She married Roy L. Jenkins on December 21, 1946 at Sublette, KS. He Survives. Dessie attended Satanta schools and was a graduate of Satanta High School, class of 1944. Sh...

Robert Harold Mayhan, age 67, died December 12, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born December 25, 1946 in Clayton, NM, the son of Grady and Viola (Vance) Mayhan. He graduated in 1972 from Felt High School in Felt, OK. He had been a resident of Liberal for 40 years. In 1969, he married Trudy A. Pi...

James Richard Yoxall, 88, died December 12, 2014, in Wichita Kansas. He was born October 25, 1926 to Richard and Claire (Marshall) Yoxall. James married Constance Cooper Clarke in Topeka, Kansas on April 7, 1951. They had three children, Richard Yoxall, Douglas Yoxall, and Bonnie (Yoxall) Frederick, followed by two grandchildren, Ashlee ...