Joyce Elaine (Cole) Hines, passed away at home in Liberal, Kansas on July 27, 2021. She was born on March 30, 1938, to George William and Mildred Louise (McHenry) Cole in Iola, Kansas, she was the third child of five born to her parents and made her entrance within minutes after the birth of her fraternal twin Jerry Elwin. Iola was her home all her childhood, she always spoke fondly of the house o...

Cristina Romero, age 78, died Sunday, July 25, 2021, at her home in Liberal, Kansas.   She was born on July 24, 1943, the daughter of Ricardo Estrada and Natividad Carrasco in San Francisco del Oro Chihuahua, Mexico. Cristina was married to Edmundo Romero and together they had five sons, Javier, Ricardo, Ruben, Rogelio, and Hector and one daughter, Marisela. She lived a full life...

Lonnie E. Pittser, age 82, died on Sunday, July 25, 2021, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on July 11, 1939, the son of Earl Eston Pittser and Bridget Marie Zorn in Barton County Kansas. Lonnie married Mary Ann Sallee on October 14, 1961, in Liberal, Kansas. Together they raised one son, Buddy and two daughters, Karen, and Sarah. Lonnie worked many years in the oi...

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...