Lorene Reever, age 75, died Friday, July 23, 2021, in Hobbs, New Mexico.   She was born June 27, 1946, the daughter of Forest Trahern and Leona Isaccs Trahern in Liberal, Kansas.   Lorene graduated Liberal High School in Liberal, Kansas in 1964. She was very hard working starting her first job at Dairy Queen while she was in high school. She later worked for Panhandle Eastern...

Travis Neal Hergert, 100, of Liberal passed away on Sunday, July 25, 2021. He was born in Liberal, KS on Dec 16, 1920, to Neal and Esther (Rayl) Hergert. Travis had one younger sister, Frances (Jay) Johnson and younger brother, Don (Lila) Hergert. After their dad died when Travis was 12, they moved to California, returning to Beaver, OK area when Travis was 14. He graduated from Be...

Daniel Edward "Dan the Man" Duerson, 75, of Turpin, OK passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021 at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK. He was born on November 6, 1945 to Lewis and Clista (Hopke) Duerson at Beaver, OK. On December 2, 1974 he married Berdie Freeman in Perryton, TX. Dan was a class of 1964 Turpin High School graduate and attended Northwestern College before bei...

Kimberly Diane Witzke Strawhecker “Kimmer”, 56, passed away Thursday, July 22, 2021 unexpectedly. Kim was born August 14, 1964 in Charleston, WV to Betty Joe Witzke and the late Virgil Witzke. Kim grew up in Liberal, Kansas and graduated from Liberal High School. Kimberly returned home to WV in the late 1980’s where she lived until her death. She had a love for her dogs and red corvettes. ...

Bobby "Bob" Morris Tillman, 79, of Liberal, passed away on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on April 19, 1942 to Little Julius "LJ" and Nannie Pearl (Wylie) Tillman at Harmon County, OK. On April 15, 1978 he married L M Casey at Liberal, KS: she survives. Bob was a graduate of Vinson High School in Vinson, OK class of 1960 and obtaine...

 Margaret E. Jordan, age 93, passed away early Wednesday morning, July 21, 2021, at the Shattuck Nursing Center, Shattuck, Oklahoma. She was born August 17, 1927, in rural Meade County, near Fowler, Kansas, the daughter of Walter O. and Olive E. (Nelson) Chipman.  As a young girl she attended the Fowler school system, graduating from Fowler High School in 1945.  A long time resident of Fow...

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 ...