Charles J, Swank, 82, Liberal, KS, died Monday, March 14, 2011, at Satanta District Hospital, Satanta, KS . He was born June 1, 1928 at Fall River, KS , the son of Ezekal & Irene Leonard Swank. He graduated high school and attended college for two years. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, serving in the U S Army. Charlie moved to Liberal in 1951 and started the Swank P...

Hallie M. Nix, 94, Kalispell, MT , a former Liberal resident, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at her home in Kalispell, MT. She was born January 12, 1917 in Baca County, CO, the daughter of Charles B. & Mary S. Hardin Woodring. She and her family came to Stevens County, KS in 1921. Hallie worked at Ragsdale's Grocery at Woods, KS, she and her husband farmed west of Liberal in the ...

Orval R. Young, 94, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away March 17, 2011 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. Services are at 2:00pm Saturday, March 19, 2011 at the United Methodist Church in Hooker, Oklahoma under the direction of Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Inc. in Hooker, Oklahoma. Condolences may be left at robertsbrothersfuneralhome.com ...

Morris Turner, age 83, of Keyes , Oklahoma died Monday, March 14, 2011 at Morton County Care Center in Elkhart , Kansas . He was born December 2, 1927 in Cimarron County , Oklahoma the son of Don and Ethel (Eversoll) Turner. Morris was a lifelong resident of Texas County , Oklahoma attending Sandy Hook Country School . ...

Dallas Jack Bartley 80, died Sunday, March 13, 2011 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. He was born July 25, 1930 in Rolla, KS the son of Kyle and Nellie (Miller) Bartley. He had been a resident of Liberal, KS for 76 years. He was a truck driver, working for Blakemore Brothers, Ideal Foods, Allied Supermarkets and Nash Finch, for 36 years, before retiring. He then drove for...

Royce Young, 67, Turpin, OK, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at his home, following and extended illness. He was born May 30, 1943 in Liberal, KS, the son of Dolph J. & Twyla M. Parmelee Young. He graduated Turpin High School in 1961, received Certificate from Indianapolis Diesel Mechanic School and attended college at Alva, OK . He married Mary K. Lee on February 24, 1968 at ...

Helen Ann Moore , 82, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away March 9, 2011, at her home. Helen Ann was born October 9, 1928, in Hooker, Oklahoma, the daughter of Alex and Viola Herbel Hofferber. She attended parochial Lutheran School and then Hooker Schools graduating from Hooker High School with the Class of 1946. She attended Panhandle A&M in Goodwell, Oklahoma, receiving ...

Alice Mae Salmon Hoffman, 88, of Fowler, Kansas, passed away on March 8, 2011. Alice was born at Fowler, Kansas, on June 1, 1922. She was the sixth of seven children born to Henry L. and Lucy Conrad Salmon. Alice graduated from Fowler High School in 1940. Alice attended Dodge City Community College and Fort Ha...

Former Liberal resident, G. Elizabeth " Lizz " Heidbreder passed away on Friday, February 25, 2001, surrounded by her family. She was born on October 23 , 1919 to Swedish immigrants Carl W. & Gerda N. Janson in Des Moines, IA , the youngest of six children. After high school graduation, Lizz moved to Kansas City to work. She was introduced to her future husband, Walter...

Raymond Carl “Ray” Leaming, 82, died Sunday March 6, 2011 at Liberal Good Samaritan Center in Liberal, KS . He was born March 23, 1928 in Greenough, Beaver County, Oklahoma the son of Roy and Stella (Wyer) Leaming. He has been a resident of Liberal for the past 82 years. He was a 1946 graduate from Liberal High School. In 1957 he graduated from...