Kermit L. Nipple , 64, died Saturday, February 15, 2014 at St. Francis Via Christie Hospital in Wichita, KS. He was born September 14, 1949 at Hardner, KS, the son of Lester and Rose (Downing) Nipple. He married Janice Hill at the First Christian Church in Liberal on December 31, 1974. She survives. Kermit was a graduate of Moscow High School, Class of 1967 in Moscow, KS and also a Grad...

Ila Fern Oyler, 85, died early Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, at her residence at Emeritus Liberal Springs in Liberal, KS. She was born July 16, 1928, at Liberal, KS, the daughter of Irvine and Velma Grabeel. She married Lloyd Oyler on Jan. 13, 1946, at Garden City, KS. He preceded her in death on Dec. 24, 2007. After she and Lloyd were married they moved to the farm where she was a farm wife fo...

Mary E. Harrison, age 86, died early Tuesday morning, February 11, 2014, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. She was born July 19, 1927, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Lorenzo Downs Gilmore and Verlie (Hill) Swanky Gilmore. She attended the College of the Ozarks and Friends Teaching College, receiving her teaching certificate. She was an elementary school teac...

Joyce D. Wittman, age 79, died Thursday afternoon, February 13, 2014, at the Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. She was born March 1, 1934, at LaCrosse, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Blanche (Morgan) Schrott. As a young girl she attended grade school in a rural country school in Nekoma, Kansas. She later graduated from LaCrosse High School in 1951. On May 15, 1955, she...

James Gene “Grumpy” “Red” Garner age 83, of Elkhart, KS died February 14, 2014 at the Morton County Care Center, Elkhart, Kansas. He was born June 8, 1930 at Norton, Kansas the son of James Edward and Sylvia Elizabeth (Brooke) Garner. Gene was a lifelong Morton County resident and attended school in Richfield, Kansas. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and ...

Myrtle Mae Horton Teeter, age 97, of Johnson, KS died Saturday, February 15, 2014 at the Stanton County Long Term Care Unit, Johnson, KS. She was born March 16, 1916 in rural Stevens County, KS, the daughter of John Alanson “Lant” and Roxie Viala (Burrous) Horton. Myrtle grew up in Stevens County and was a graduate of Stevens County High School. She attended cosmetology school and ...

Bob D. Moon, 82, died Thursday, February 13, 2014 at his home in rural Texas County, Oklahoma. He was born June 28, 1931 at Liberal, KS, the son of Clarence and Hazel (Robins) Moon. He married Betty Jo Sanger October 2, 1953 at Liberal, KS. She survives. Bob was a graduate of Liberal High School and attended college at Panhandle State University. He was a retired member of the National ...

Liesa Ann (Cline) Klein, 47, died Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at her residence in Klamath Falls, OR. She was born February 18, 1966, the daughter of Roger Warren and Jo Ann (Kapp) Cline. She graduated in 1985 from Hugoton High School. She graduated from Seward County Community College and attended Panhandle State University in Goodwell, OK. She had also studied Cosmetology at Garden C...

William K. “Bill” Moody, 81, died Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Wheatridge Park Care Center. William Keith Moody was born May 1, 1932 to Melvin and Inez (Swanson) Moody in Valparaiso, NE. At age of four, his family moved to Malmo, NE where he attended school, graduating in 1950. He served in US Army during the Korean Conflict from 1952-1954. Bill ...

Friends and family gathered together to remember Melva Irene Bonsall, who passed from this life at the age of 90 years at Sterling, KS at 2:35 pm on February 11, 2014. Melva was born April 17, 1923 in rural Haskell County, KS, north of Satanta, the daughter of Melvin and Julia (Duncan) Allen. She later moved with her parents southeast of Satanta and lived there and graduated 8th grade f...