Evelyn A. Hart-Austin of Liberal, Kansas passed away on December 13, 2022. She was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Graveside services will be at 2:00 pm. Saturday, December 17, 2022 at Elmhurst Cemetery in Guymon, Oklahoma conducted by the Lawrence Wimmer American Legion Post 80 of Liberal, Kansas with Chaplain Jim Garcia officiating. To honor Evelyn, please wear K State Purple. Memorials are su...

Joseph T. Brooks Jr., 95, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at Satanta Long Term Care Unit in Satanta, Kansas. The son of Joseph and Blanche (Greenwood) Brooks, he was born on July 15, 1927, in Tabler, Oklahoma. Joe and Virginia Helen Brooks were married on September 3, 1948, in Canon City, Colorado. Joe worked for the State of Kansas Department of Transportation as a heavy equipment...

Glenn E. Woodruff, age 88, passed away early Sunday morning, December 11, 2022, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born September 19, 1934, at rural Meade, Kansas, the son of Horace Dale and Clarice Leone (Cook) Woodruff. As a young boy he attended school in Fowler, Kansas, graduating from Fowler High School in 1952. After his graduation, he joined the United States A...

Thomas V. Ford, 71, passed peacefully in his Galveston, TX home, on November 29, 2022. Tom was born in 1951 to James & Evelyn Ford, in Hugoton, KS. Tom married Diana Carlile in 1978. He later married Yvonne Gruber in 2001.  Tom graduated from Hugoton High School in 1969.  During his 35-year career, he successfully managed three Southwest Kansas electric power plants, and he earned a Bachelor...

Kenten "Ken" Merle Pavlicek, 68, of Liberal, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2022, at Southwest Medical Center. He was born on July 10, 1954 to Merle and Newatlene (Kiger) Pavlicek in McCook, NE. Ken was a graduate of Decatur County High School in Oberlin, KS with the class of 1972. On March 16, 1973, he married his sweetheart, Trudi Clark, in Atwood, KS. In 1974, he and Trudi moved to ...

Roscoe Richard Hoddy, age 82, of liberal, Kansas, died on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal. Roscoe was born on Friday May 3, 1940, in Eureka, Kansas, the son of Roscoe Richard Hoddy Sr. and Evelyn Florence (Thomas) Hoddy. Roscoe worked on the family farm growing up, and then as mechanic on an oil rig. For many years, he was an over the road truck driver, an...

Allan Marvin Waybright, age 70, passed away suddenly at his home in Lake Dallas, Texas on December 6th, 2022.  He was born on November 1, 1952 to Albert M. & Dorothy Waybright in Liberal, KS. He grew up in Perryton, Texas and moved to Liberal his senior year of high school where he met his wife, JoNell Hibbs, of 50 years. They were married on August 5th, 1972 and went on to attend Texas Tech U...

Edna June (Miller) Kinser, 101, Hugoton, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 5, 2022, at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home, in Hugoton. The daughter of Marvin and Violet (Beasley) Miller, she was born March 6, 1921, in Stevens County, Kansas. She was a lifetime resident of Stevens County. Edna and Leslie Otis Kinser were married on April 12, 1942, in Hugoton, Kansas. They were married for 68 y...

Michael Lynn “Coach” McVay, 67, of Beaver, OK, loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend, passed away surrounded by his family on Sunday, December 4, 2022. Mike was born on August 12, 1955 to Tom and Helen McVay in Pauls Valley, OK. Shortly after, they moved to Beaver, OK where he attended school until he graduated from Beaver High School in 1973. Through his high school...

Tonya Laynette Schmidt Batey, born June 3, 1973, passed away suddenly on November 29, 2022, in Hugoton, Kansas, Tonya battled Lupus and a variety of physical (and other) challenges throughout her life. Tonya had a creative spirit that she shared with those near and far. She was a hard worker at all her endeavors. Her hobbies included collecting little things, doing “word searches” and cooki...