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�...

Faye Mildred Ormiston, age 95, died on Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Austin, Texas.   She was born on October 26, 1925, daughter of Cornelius L. and Therasia Ediger in Corn Oklahoma.   Mildred graduated from Turpin High School in Turpin, Oklahoma. On February 26, 1950, she married Francis W. Ormiston at the Turpin Mennonite Church in Turpin, Oklahoma. Francis proceeded her in death on F...

Alice Marguerete Reid, age 96, died Saturday, July 10, 2021, at Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal, Kansas.    She was born on July 29, 1924, the daughter of John and Ida (Leibundgut)Engel in Duncan, Nebraska.   Alice grew up on a farm two miles west of Duncan and graduated from Duncan High School in 1942. On August 26, 1950, she married Dr. Harold C. Reid, DDS in Aurora, Colo...

Lola Jean Jacobs, 88, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away July 9, 2021 at her home. Lola was born May 16, 1933, in Dalhart, Texas, the daughter of Forrest and Etoile Griffin Witt. She grew up in Delta, Colorado and Compton, California where she attended school. In 1946, the family moved to the Witt homeplace near Hooker, Oklahoma. She attended junior high and high school in Hooker graduating with the...