John Smith, age 83, of Elkhart, Kansas, died Thursday, March 18, 2021, at Morton County Hospital. He was born December 23, 1937, in Lamar, Colorado, the son of John B. Sr., and Olga Eva (Heyman) Smith. John grew up west of Richfield, Kansas and attended a country school, Taloga, in a one room school house for the first eight years of his education. He graduated from Elkhart High School in 1955 ...

Merriloy Judd-Parker, 77, of Tyrone, OK passed away on Wednesday March 17, 2021 at her home. She was born on August 2, 1943 to JW (Jake) and Peggy (Ramey) Dansby at Hollis, OK. On August 3, 1963 she married Carmon Dean Judd in Hooker, OK; he preceded her in death on March 30, 2005. On April 13, 2007 she married Larry Parker at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas, NV; he survives. Merr...

Ethan Michael Whitaker, 20, of McPherson, KS and formerly of Liberal, KS, passed away on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at his home in McPherson. Ethan was born on December 10, 2000, the son of Scott and Nikki (Davis) Whitaker. He graduated from McPherson High School in 2020 and worked as a lifeguard at the McPherson City Swimming Pool and YMCA. He is survived by: his parents, Scott & Nikki Wh...

Julio Labra, age 73, passed away early Monday morning, March 15, 2021, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born April 12, 1947, at Zimapan, Hgo, Mexico, the son of Auerelio and Tranqi (Ponce) Labra.  As a young boy he attended school in Mexico.  In 1972, he moved to Plains, Kansas.  He was a farm hand for many years and later became the custodian for the Plains Grade Sch...

Beverly A. Barber, age 77, passed away early Monday morning, March 15, 2021, at the Minneola District Hospital, Minneola, Kansas. She was born June 6, 1943, at St. Joseph, Missouri, the daughter of Leslie and Lois (Andrew) Pierson.  As a young girl, she attended school in Ford, Elkhart, and Plains, Kansas.  After her schooling, she began working as a waitress at various restaurants, owning an...

Dorothy R. Armstrong, age 86, died Sunday, March 14, 2021 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on April 10, 1934 the daughter of Von Speed and Cellanda Bertha (Ewalt) Carroll in Clayton, New Mexico. She married the love of her life, JD Armstrong Sr. on June 24, 1949 in Clayton, New Mexico. The were married 58 years until his death on November 5, 2007. Together they...

Bobbie Dick Greenlee, 85, of Liberal, passed away on Saturday March 13, 2021 at the Meade District Hospital in Meade, KS. He was born on March 21, 1935 to Herbert and Isabelle (Foley) Greenlee at Marienthal, KS. On January 20, 1963 he married Judith Mefford in Aurora, CO; she preceded him in death August 21, 1996 Bob was a graduate of Scott City High School; class of 1953. He was an over ...

Mary Nướng Thái, 74, of Garden City, KS passed away on Wednesday March 10, 2021 at Wheatridge Care Park in Liberal, KS. She was born on December 31, 1946 to Banh Van Thi and Thi Han Le at Chau Doc Tinh An Giang, Vietnam. Mary moved to the United States in 1991 and was a long time resident of Garden City, KS. She had worked for Tyson in Garden City, KS for over 20 years before retiring in...

Andrew Jack "AJ" York, 32, passed away on March 11, 2021 in Wichita, Kansas. He was born March 1, 1989 in Ulysses, Kansas to Peter and Roberta (Wilson) York. AJ graduated from Sublette High School in 2007 and attended Kansas State University. AJ had a knack for picking up nicknames from the day he was born. Through the years he's been known by his closest family and friends as "J-Bird," "Ace," ...

Lenora M. Rogers, age 84, passed away Friday afternoon, March 12, 2021, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born November 10, 1936, at Holdridge, Nebraska, the daughter of William Dean and Margaret Pauline (Blakeslee) Schneider.  As a young girl, she attended grade school at a rural country school for one year and later Axtel Grade School, Axtel, Nebraska.  She later ...