On Monday, August 23, 2021, Harley Dean Kruse, loving husband and father of 5 children, passed away at the age of 86 at Wheatridge Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on August 20th, 1935 to Chester Arthur Kruse and Martha Caroline Scheib in Ellsworth, Kansas. Harley graduated high school from Geneseo, Kansas. Harley and family moved to Liberal with the Kansas Highway Patrol. He later ...

On Tuesday, August 17, 2021, Barbara Ann Pierce, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away at the age of 62. Barbara was born on Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico to Margaret Catherine Holmes and Jesse Wilson Collins. She graduated from high school in Liberal, Kansas then married James (Jim) R. Pierce in 1977. They raised three children, James, Katie, and Dustin. She retired from Southw...

Clark Lynn Rodkey was born November 21, 1951 in Liberal, KS to Derl Hugh Rodkey and Pauline Marie (Craig) Rodkey. Clark entered into rest on August 19, 2021 at his residence in Homestead, Fl. Clark graduated Tyrone High School in 1969. He attended OKlahoma Panhandle State University and then joined the Navy. Clark was active duty in the Navy 1969-1974 and reserve 1974-1976. While in the Navy he...

Joshua M. Schwindt, loving husband, father, papa, and son, 42, passed away Sunday, August 15, 2021, Morton County Hospital, Elkhart, Kansas. The son of Daryl Eugene and Lela Faye (Clinkingbeard) Schwindt. He was born September 20, 1978, Boise City, Oklahoma. Josh married the love of his life Shawn Marie Miller on July 3, 1999, in Rolla, Kansas. He was a loving husband and loved Shawn dearly....

Robert Wayne Shook, 73, passed away Monday, August 16, 2021, Morton County Senior Living Community, Elkhart, Kansas. The son of Archie and Gladys (Walker) Shook. He was born March 18, 1948, Winfield, Kansas. He married LeeAnn Dimitt in 1968 in Garden City, Kansas. They later divorced. Bob attended school in Garden City KS & graduated with the class of 1966. He worked in food service s...

Billy Duane Smith, age 78, died Saturday, August 14, 2021, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas.   He was born on March 7, 1943, the son of William Elliot Smith and Versia Jewell Likens in Liberal, Kansas.   Billy married Shirley Palmer on February 22, 1973, in Hooker, Oklahoma. Together they had one son, Roger. Billy served in the US Navy in Vietnam. He worked as a ...

Dorothy Althea Hamlin, 99, died Saturday, August 14, 2021 at her residence in Liberal, Kansas. She was born July 30, 1922 in Hooker, Oklahoma, the daughter of Eva and Guy Daniels. She was raised on her family farm outside Hooker, OK. Althea grew up in an era when not all children had the opportunity to attend high school. She always regretted not being able to do so. However, at 99 years old, ...

Mary Jean Hatfield, age 82, passed away Friday evening, August 13, 2021, at the Fowler Residential Care Center, Fowler, Kansas. She was born July 23, 1939, at Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Howard and Mary Elizabeth (Nelson) Mendenhall.  As a young girl she attended school in Fowler, graduating from Fowler High School in 1957.  She later attended Wichita State University for a year. �...

Bonnie Jean Burkhart, age 78, of Ulysses, Kansas, died on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas.  She was born June 23, 1943, in Marion, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and Lucille (Starks) Slifer.   Bonnie grew up in Marion and El Dorado where she graduated high school.  She then furthered her education at Butler County Community College and earned tw...

Franka Joy Post, age 41, died August 9, 2021, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas.   She was born on November 4, 1979, the daughter of Frank and Veda Joy (Young) King. Franka graduated from Turpin High School in 1998 and from University of Central Oklahoma in 2002. She married Dustin Floyd Post on June 6, 2015, in Trinchera Ranch, Colorado. Franka was a loving and devoted mother ...