William C. “Bill” Scantlin, 88, died Friday, July 4, 2014 at Emeritus/Liberal Springs Assisted Living, Liberal. He was born April 16, 1926 at Pratt, KS, the son of William Joseph and Katherine Bessie (Doll) Scantlin. His family moved to Liberal in 1941 and he graduated from Liberal High School in ...

Audrey Long Lambley, 87, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away July 3, 2014 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. Audrey was born July 26, 1926 in Beaver County, Oklahoma, the daughter of John and Margaret Nettie Corzine Long. She attended rural school at Grennogh and later Liberal High School. She was married to Delbert K Lambley, March 18, 1943 in Hugoton, KS. They made the...

Voncille Marrs, age 86, passed away Monday afternoon, June 30, 2014, at Fowler, Kansas. She was born January 12, 1928, at Winfield, Louisiana, the daughter of H.H. and Elizabeth Lee. As a young girl, she attended the Columbia, Louisiana school system in the Sandy Bayou in Caldwell Parish. On December 25, 1947, she married Alfred Marrs in Columbia, Louisiana. Upon their marriag...

Pearl Fowler, 88, died Friday June 27, 2014 at Liberal Good Samaritan Center in Liberal, KS. She was born November 29, 1925 at Barry, MO, the daughter of John Henry and Sarah Jane Branstetter. She married Calvin L. Fowler on February 23, 1945 at Berryville, AR. He preceded her in death on November 22, 2004. She and Calvin moved to Liberal in 1963 where she was a loving homemaker and wonderful c...

Surrounded by her family, Marge Wiens went to be with her Lord on June 30th, 2014after 77 years serving her Savior. She passed away from complications following a heart attack in the Dodge City Hospital. Marjorie (Busenitz) Wiens was born May 3, 1937 to Herman and Martha (Voth) Busenitz, a farming family living near Whitewater, Kansas. In college, she met and married Rolland Wiens of Mea...

Kimberly Kay “Kim” Eakes, age 53, passed away Sunday afternoon, June 29, 2014, at Cuchara, Colorado. She was born December 15, 1960, at Stanford, California, the daughter of Donald Lee and Beverly Ann (Mulholland) Davis. As a young girl she was raised in the Bay Area, south of San Francisco, graduating from Lincoln High School in Stockton. She later attended the Univ...

Danny Tucker, age 64, of Johnson, Kansas died Friday, June 27, 2014 at his home in Johnson, Kansas. He was born March 9, 1950 in Syracuse, Kansas, the son of Lawson Glenn and Genevieve Irene (Hampton) Tucker. Danny grew up in Johnson and was active in Boy Scouts and played sports and participated in the band. He graduated in 1968 from Stanton County High School. After school, he joined the Arm...

Gussie Mae King 73, died, Monday, June 23, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center. She was born January 11, 1941 in Winchester, Arkansas the daughter of Charlie and Gussie (Price) Jenkins. She had been a resident of Liberal since 1987. She was a member of the Apostolic Life Tabernacle. She was employed at Wal-mart in Electronics Dept. for many years. Survivors include. ...

Margaret Ogletree, 85, died Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at Beaver County Hospital, Beaver, OK. She was born January 16, 1929 at Liberal, KS, the daughter of Earl W. and Cora Lucille (Martz) Scott. She married Leon Elberta Ogletree, on August 9, 1946 at Garden City, Kansas. He preceded her in death on March 23, ...

Gilberto R. Aranda 66, died, Sunday June 22, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born February 4, 1948 in Ojinaga, Chih. Mexico, the son of Ramon Aranda and Maria Luz Elena Rodriguez. He was supervisor for T - L Irrigation and retired in Dec. 2013 after 43 years of service. On March 13, 1970, he married Arminda Ortega in Ulysses, KS. She survives. Other survivors incl...