Laura J. Sturges, 84, Baker, OK, died Monday, January 2, 2012 at her home. She was born February 9, 1927 in Leachburg, PA, the daughter Bill & Myrtle Prunty Jenkins. She lived with her grandparents Edward & Florence Prunty for seven years Leachburg, moving to Rocky Ford, CO living with her mother and finishing school. During World War II, she worked at the Air base in La Junt...

David Geary, age 58, of Johnson, Kansas died Sunday, January 1, 2012 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born October 26, 1953 in Borger , Texas the son of Russell Perry and Frances Elizabeth (Nutter) Geary. Dave grew up south of Big Bow, Kansas and was a 1972 graduate of Rolla High School . He was a lifelong farmer and worked in the oil fi...

Myrtle Alyene Pettijohn, 92, died January 3, 2012 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born November 10, 1919 to George Roy and Mary Anna (Hensley) Headrick at the farm home of Ed and Mary Fisher east of Adams in Texas County , Oklahoma . She graduated in 1937 from Adams High School as Valedictorian of her class. Myrtle married Rex A. Pettijohn on August 2, 1952 at the Uni...

Stanley Carl Fast, 87, passed away December 30, 2011 at his home in Yukon with his family by his side. He was born September 20, 1924 in La Plata, MO, the son of Charles and Alta (Miller) Fast. Stan graduated from Brashear High School in Brashear, MO. He attended University of Missouri in Columbia, MO and continued his education at the University of Oklahoma in Norman with various cou...

Sue Steinle, 86, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away January 1, 2012 at Memorial Hospital of Texas County in Guymon, Oklahoma. Virginia Sue was born April16, 1925 in Tyrone, Oklahoma, the daughter of Clayton and Rowena Minnie Gantt White. A day after her birth, her mother passed away. She was raised by her grandfather, John W. Gantt. Sue attended school and graduated from Tyrone High ...

Betty Jean Schroeder, 79, Liberal, KS, died Friday, December 30, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS. She graduated Liberal High School, and was secretary for Rosel Energy for over twenty-five years, retiring in 2001. She was a member of the V.F.W. Lane Day Post #3166 Auxiliary, Liberal, KS. On August 18, 1968, she married Lowell "Jack" Schroeder at Hooker, OK, ...

Ira Ross Grimes, MD, 84, Liberal, KS, died Sunday, January 1, 2012, at Wheatridge Park Care Center, Liberal, KS. He was born February 13, 1927 Fairview, OK, the son of Ira W. & Sallie E. Ross Grimes. Ross graduated Fairview High School, Fairview, OK in 1944. He entered the US Navy, served as a Corpsman during World War II. Upon his discharge, he entered Phillips University, Enid, OK...

Toye F. Allen, 54, Liberal, KS, died Saturday, December 24, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS. She was born January 4, 1957 at Beaver, OK, the daughter of Mervin & Thelma Vassar Roberts. She attended Liberal schools. She married Carlos Allen, Jr. in 1974, they divorced. She is survived by one son, Joseph Allen, Liberal, KS; two daughters, Chassy Allen, Liberal, KS; ...

Lena L. Loewen, age 91, died Wednesday afternoon, December 28, 2011, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born December 28, 1920, at Rosenort, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Peter J. and Anna K. Loewen. As a young girl, she attended school at a rural country school near Rosenort. On August 4, 1940, she married Henry F. Loewen. After their marriage, the couple mov...

Houston, TX Margaret B. Fronk, 91, Houston, TX, a former Liberal resident, died Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at Park Manor of Conroe Nursing Home, where she resided since 2006. She was born May 9, 1920 at Hooker, OK, the daughter of Earl & Opal Crecelius Williams. She attended Rock Island and Dague School, graduated valedictorian in 1940 of Tyrone High School and attended bus...