E. Juanita (Mangels) Hershey , 96, died Monday, November 5, 2012, at Southwest Medical Center , in Liberal. She was born June 20, 1916, at Plevna, Kansas , to Chester and Mary (Nusser) Mangels. She graduated from Rolla High School in 1934. She was a teacher at country schools in Morton and Stevens County . She was a member of First Baptist Church in Elkhart , ...

Mary Pauline Weaver 98, died Monday, November 5, 2012 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She was born November 9, 1913 in Cleveland, OK the daughter of Frank Moulder. She had been a resident of the Liberal area for many years. She was employed by Panhandle Eastern Pipeline becoming the first female supervisor. She was a member of the Turpin Baptist Church and attended the Emmanue...

George Edson Atwood, age 82, of Elkhart , Kansas died November 5, 2012 at Morton County Care Center in Elkhart , Kansas . He was born July 10, 1930 in Jetmore , Kansas the son of George Smith and Myrtle ( Henderson ) Atwood. George has lived in Elkhart since the age of seven. He graduated from Elkhart High school and attended Kansas...

Steven R. Furney, age 68, died Saturday afternoon, November 3, 2012, at his Meade residence. He was born January 21, 1944, at Hastings, Minnesota, the son of Wilbur and Lois Furney. A resident of Meade since 1984, he was a self-employed mechanic and worked for the Meade County Sheriffs Department and for the Meade Thriftway grocery store. He enjoyed taking care of his animals and spe...

Jim Miller, age 77, died early Saturday morning, November 3, 2012, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born January 15, 1935, at Temple, Oklahoma, the son of John and Willie (King) Miller. As a young boy he attended grade school in Meade, graduating from Meade High School in 1954. He furthered his education by attending Dodge City Junior College, graduating in 1956. He ...

Ada C. Heinson, age 97, died early Wednesday morning, September 19, 2012, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born April 6, 1915, in rural Blaine County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Ray C. and Edwina Gertrude “Daisy” (Smith) Latta. As a young girl she attended school in Cedar Vale and Sedan, Kansas. She later attended Kansas State University and Emporia ...

William Eldon Riley, 77, died Oct. 28, 2012. He was born Feb. 7, 1935, son of William Cephus and Evalena (Callan) Riley. He married Marietta Doyle Dec. 2, 1966. She survives with children, Debra Craig, Karen Kalynn Scott, William and Terry; sister-in-law, Marilyn Riley; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral 1 p....

Elizabeth (Toots) Allison, age 91, of Manter, Kansas died Friday, October 26, 2012 at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson, Kansas. She was born October 18, 1921 in Fargo, Oklahoma, the daughter of Alva J. and Susie R. (Thomas) McCandless. Toots attended school in Oklahoma until the sixth grade when her family moved to Selah, Washington. She married Forrest C. Adams on August 13, 1938 ...

Barbara Boughner, age 75, died Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at her home in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born June 18, 1937 n Macksville, Kansas the daughter of Howard and Winnie (Walsh) Johnson. Barbara grew up and attended school in Elkhart. She worked many years and retired as secretary for the Morton County Road Department. She enjoyed visiting with everyone she met, reading and animals. Barbar...

Joaquin Ceniceros, age 53, of Ulysses, Kansas died Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born August 20, 1959 in Cuauhtémoc, Durango, Mexico, the son of Juan and Leonor (Salais) Ceniceros. Joaquin graduated high school in Mexico and then moved to the United States. He has lived in Ulysses for 20 years, and currently was employed at Centerfire Feed...