Jan Gaye (Heinson) Sims, 66, passed away Tuesday, July 20, 2021, after a long bout with dementia (PPA – Primary Progressive Aphasia). Jan was born November 5, 1954, to Cecil G. and Ada C. (Latta) Heinson, at the Meade District Hospital. On January 19, 1974, she married Patrick Sims at the Wee Kirk of the Valley outside of Cedarvale, Kansas.  It was the 40th wedding performed at that cha...

Nancy Jane Bowman, age 81, died July 19, 2021, at her home in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on April 30, 1940, daughter of Henry Ray Bergdall and Maggie Swartz Bergdall in Winfield, Kansas. Nancy grew up in Winfield graduating high school from there in 1958 and finishing college from Southwestern College of Winfield in 1963 with a Home Economics degree and a minor in Education and Library Scien...

Thomas L. Myers, 72, passed away Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at Morton County Hospital, Elkhart, Kansas. He was born at the old Elkhart Hospital in 1948 to Claradean Schnurr. He was later adopted by his stepdad, Karl Myers. Tom and Vickie L. Myers (Wares) were married July 23, 1976, in Elkhart, Kansas. They adopted their daughter, Jessie, in May of 1993. Vickie preceded him in death on April 6, 2016....

William B. (Bill) Johnston, age 82, passed away late Saturday evening, July 17, 2021, at the Minneola District Hospital, Minneola, Kansas. He was born November 21, 1938, at Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Robert and Ann Johnston.  As a young boy he attended school in Meade, graduating from Meade High School in 1956.  He later attended Fort Hays State University, graduating in 1960.  Later he ...

Cody Allen Gregory was born in Beaver, OK on Sept. 20, 1985 to Michael and Lisa (Atwood) Gregory. He was welcomed by a waiting room full of family and friends and was loved immediately by so many. Cody had a brilliant mind and loved to learn. He absorbed everything and was always kind and loving to others. He attended Garrett and Beaver Elementary before the family moved to Syracuse, KS. The Gr...

Larry Edmond Bryan , 82, of Tyrone, passed away on July 15, 2021 in his home in Tyrone, Oklahoma Larry was born on October 3, 1938 to Walter and Adeline (Frank) Bryan at Liberal, Kansas. He attended school at Eureka High School graduating in 1956 and Oklahoma State University graduating in 1962. On November 18, 1961 he married Judy McDaniel at the First Christian Church in Liberal, Kansas. ...

Norma Jean Isaacs, age 91. Died July 15, 2021, at Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal, Kansas.   She was born on August 22, 1929, the daughter of Carl Wettstein and Hazel Massoni Wettstein in Stevens County, Kansas.   Norma graduated from Liberal High School in 1947. She married Elmer Isaacs on June 29, 1949. Elmer preceded her in death on May 26, 1997, after 47 years of marriage. N...

Darla Colantonio, age 65, of Moscow, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, Kansas, with her family by her side.  She was born April 27, 1956, in Hugoton, Kansas, the daughter of Oscar Monroe Jr. “Monty” and Christine Marie (Stoddard) Munson.   Darla was a lifelong resident of Moscow where she graduated ...

Lynn Curtis Ellison, 56, of Hooker, Oklahoma was called home to reunite with his loved ones on July 1, 2021. Lynn was born July 31, 1964, in Greeley, Colorado, to George and Coalleen Walter Ellison. He was a man of few words, but he was full of wisdom and live for his family. He went on to become a correctional officer for the Texas County Juvenile Detention Center. Lynn was blessed with many fr...

Peggy Suzanne Lamberson (Sewell), 59, passed away at home in Salina, KS on July 12, 2021 from cancer. Peggy was born in Ulysses on April 7, 1962 to Franklin D. Sewell and Patricia A. Sewell (Burrows). Peggy graduated from Ulysses High School in 1980. She attended college at Dodge City Community College, in Kansas and Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. Peggy married John David “Dave�...