Margaret A. Schwartz 68, died Sunday, July 7, 2013 at Morton County Hospital, Elkhart, Kansas. She was born September, 7, 1944 at Wauseon, Ohio the daughter of Lawrence and Leona (Nichols) Netcher. Margaret grew up in Ohio and Michigan and graduated high school at Blissfield, Michigan. A resident of Elkhart, Kansas since 1988, she graduated from Seward County Community College and worked at Mort...

E. Kathleen “Kathy” (Colvin) Savely Boyd, passed away Tuesday , July 2, 2013 at her daughters home in Yukon , Ok, after a courageously-fought, lengthy battle with cancer at the age of 71. She lived in the Balko , Beaver, and Turpin area until 1980 ; Liberal , Ks until 1982 at which time she moved to Tulsa , Ok; she moved to Yukon , Ok in 2012. Kathy wa...

Joe Walter, age 75, died Friday, July 3, 2013, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade, Kansas. ...

Dorothy Mae Harris 89, died Thursday, July 4, 2013, at her residence in Liberal. She was born Oct. 18, 1923, to William and Dorothy McMahon in Englewood, Colo. She married Dr. Norvan Harris April 2, 1948, in Wichita. He died Aug. 14, 2011. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, DAR, and PEO. She enjoyed Knitting, Cross Stitching and Needle Point. Survivors include two sons, Van H...

Madge Ukens, 92, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away July 2, 2013 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 5, 2013 at the Gospel of Grace in Hooker with Rev. Christ McFarland officiating. Interment will be in the Hooker Cemetery directed by the Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Inc. in Hooker, Oklahoma Condolences may be left at www...

Melvin Carl “PaPa” Porter, 65, died Saturday, June 29, 2013, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born April 19, 1948 in Garnett, KS the son of Ralph C. and Emma Ellen (Keller) Porter. He was raised by his step dad L.G. Barney Brock. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1966 and attended Garden City Community College. He worked at various places such as far...

Garold W. Jarvis, age 81, of Wichita, KS formerly of Ulysses, Kansas died Thursday, June 27, 2013 at his home in Wichita, KS He was born July 28, 1931 in Southern Grant County, KS the son of E. Wayne and Reba D. (Davis) Jarvis. Garold grew up south of Ulysses and graduated in 1948 from Grant County Rural High School. He was a lifelong farmer and worked with oil and gas leases for Kirkman Oil. ...

Roger H. Ramsey, died late Wednesday evening, June 26, 2013, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born January 31, 1925, at Garden City, Kansas, the son of Oscar Earnest and Sara Pearl (Horn) Ramsey. As a young boy he attended the Garden City school system, graduating from Garden City High School in 1943. After his graduation, he joined the United States Air Force, servi...

Gary D. Cline, 77 of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Gary was born January 25, 1936 in Woody Community, North of Lamesa, Texas, the son of Andrew Ray and Willie Mae McGowen Cline. He was the youngest of four children. He attended the Lamesa Schools after which he served in the U.S. Navy, retiring with an honorable discharg...

Barbara Joyce (Smith) Leggett, 80, of Plano, Texas, passed away on June 26, 2013 in Allen, Texas. Funeral services will be held at the Church of Christ in Hooker, Oklahoma at 2:00 on Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Interment will follow at Hooker Cemetery. The family requests any memorial donations be made to Hooker American Legion Baseball – R.L. Leggett Locker Room maintenance fund and ...