Lyman H. Brown, 77, died September 23, 2012, at the Meade District Hospital. He was born March 15, 1935, to Earl R. and Gertrude T. Brown. On August 2, 1953, he married Nora Marlene Dupree at the old Methodist Church in Plains. Survivors include his wife; his children, Nancy Knowlton, Angie and Tom Brady, Cherie and Ron Nicholson, and L.H. and Thais Brown; twelve grandchildren; fiv...

Faye Daliah Wells, 94, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away September 23, 2012 at Liberal Springs in Liberal, Kansas. She was born May 18, 1918 in Mouser, Oklahoma on the family homestead. She was the seventh of eleven children born to Alfred Clinton and Alice Ann (Trolinder) Mouser. She attended Optima and Hooker schools graduating from Hooker with the class of 1937. ...

Jean Ray “JR” “Jabo” Willimon, age 88, of Plains, died Thursday, September 20, 2012, at Minneola District Hospital, in Minneola, KS. He was born July 27, 1924 at Davidson, OK, to John Wesley and Alice Anna (Wright) Willimon. He attended school at Davidson. He served in the United States Army, during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. He married Imogene B. Defoor on October 4, 1945,...

Ada C. Heinson, age 97, died early Wednesday morning, September 19, 2012, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade, Kansas. ...

Skip Patheal, 90, died Sunday, September 16, 2012 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS She was born January 28, 1922 in Decatur, IL, the daughter of William Sr. and Edith (Young) Schlosser. She has been a resident of Liberal for the past six years, also living in Hugoton, KS for 13 years and Denver, CO for 14 years. She was a homemaker, an Independent Consultant for Tupperware Interna...

James Elwood Hill passed away September 8, 2012. He was born April 22 1915 in Lone Star, Missouri to parents J.B. & Mary Hill. He was one of four children, a brother Norwood, and sisters Susan and Ella. At his death he was living in Kingsland, Texas. Elwood lived most of his life in Kansas. After attending and graduating from high school in Liberal, Kansas he married Agnes L. Klei...

Marsha Suzanne Moore, age 59, died September 15, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS, after a brief illness with cancer. She was born January 1, 1953 in Liberal, KS, the daughter of William Maxwell and Juanita Lois (Brewer) Moore. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1972. She was a life time resident of Liberal. She w...

The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Sharon Arlene Renfro Herbel-Parks was born December 22, 1947 in Oxnard, California to Eugene Lloyd Renfro and Rosalea Michler Renfro. She passed from this life on September 14, 2012 in Sun City Center, Florida. Following her big brother, Sharon moved from the Pacific coast to the panhandle of Oklahoma where she ...

Harold L. Wichert, 82, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away September 15, 2012 at Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospice in Amarillo, Texas. Graveside services will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at the Hooker Cemetery in Hooker, Oklahoma followed by a memorial service at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at the First Baptist Church in Hooker, Oklahoma with Brother Jim ...

Juan Manuel “John” Vasquez, age 41, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 at Richardson Methodist Medical Center in Richardson , TX . He was born May 27, 1971 at Rosario, Dgo , Mexico , to Felix and Estela ( Holguin ) Vasquez. He was a 1990 graduate of Rolla High School , Rolla , KS and then attended Seward County Community College in Liberal, KS. He had lived in Dallas for the past 12 years. He was...