Verle Martens, 66, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away Sunday, October 30, 2011 at Baptist St. Anthony Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. Verle was born December 24, 1944 in Liberal, Kansas, the son of Eugene Frank and Eldena Winters Martens. He attended school in Adams and later Hooker, graduating from Hooker High School with the Class of 1963. He attended school at Panhandle State University...

Linda K. Olson, 59, Halstead, KS , a former Liberal resident, died Wednesday, October 26, 2011 , at Halstead Health & Rehabilitation Center, Halstead, KS. She was born November 18, 1951 at Oakland, NE , the daughter of William C. & Marion Diedrichsen Feller. She graduated Liberal High School in the Class of 1970, and attended airline school...

Grace M. Thompson, age 89, died Wednesday afternoon , at Hutchinson, Kansas . She was born June 3, 1922, in rural Hodgeman County, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Ella Fox Watson. As a young girl she attended Garden City High School. On November 30, 1940, she married Samuel E. Thompson at Syracuse, Kansas. After their marriage the couple made their home in Meade where she maintai...

Kathleen J. Ross, age 80, died early Thursday morning, October 27, 2011 , at the Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita, Kansas . She was born March 16, 1931 , in rural Meade County, Kansas , the daughter of Albert and Irene Dunham Cordes. As a young girl she attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School in 1950. After her graduation, she began working for Southwestern Bel...

Bob G. Smith was born March 30, 1928 in Elkhart , Kansas to Harry and Lena (Lunsford) Smith. He grew up on the farm and ranch north of Elkhart , where he attended Taloga grade school, then high school in Elkhart , where he graduated in 1946. He went to Panhandle State University and earned a degree in music education in 1951. While in college he accompanie...

Willard Dean Palmgren, age 78, died October 20, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born August 4, 1933 in Levant, KS, the son of Willard Orin and Hallie Marie (Close) Palmgren. He graduated in 1951 from Levant High School, Levant, KS. He was self employed as an auto mechanic. He was member of the Masonic Lodge #406 ...

Benjamin H. “Benny” Little, age 79, died Sunday morning, October 23, 2011 , at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas . He was born March 30, 1932 , at Meade, Kansas, the son of Guy and Hazel Olga (Butler) Little. As a young boy he attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School in 1950. After his graduation, he joined the United States Navy, se...

  MEADE – Hilda L. Friesen, age 84, died Monday morning, October 17, 2011, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. She was born June 12, 1927, at Meade, Kansas, the daughter of Kornelius L. “K.L.” and Agatha Wiens. As a young girl she attended the Sunrise School in rural Meade County. She later attended Meade High School, graduating in 1947. O...

ROBERTS BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME 207 N. Swem 580 652-2351 Hooker, Oklahoma Jerry R. Harke, 63, of Annandale, Virginia passed away October 14, 2011 at Capitol Caring in Arlington, VA. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hooker, Oklahoma with Rev. Andrew Wehling officiating. Interment will be in the Ho...

Garnand Funeral Home Pass #2540 PO Box 854 / 514 Kansas Ave Elkhart, KS 67950 PLEASE PRINT FREE OBITUARY 620-697-2191 DATELINE: ELKHART, KS Janet Eileen (Sipes) Burns was born on December 21, 1944 in Wichita, Kansas to the late Don and Velda (Morse) Sipes and was the oldest of four children. She was raised on her parents’ farm north of Elk...