John F. Martin, 91, of Liberal, died on September 3, 2020, at his home. He was born on February 17, 1929, in Pawnee City, Nebraska, the son of Carl Martin and Sarah Bauer Martin. He was a graduate of Pawnee City High School; class of 1946. He moved from Nebraska to Liberal, Kansas, in 1962, where he was associated with Collins Diamonds for 35 years. He was a graduate of Bradley University...

Frances Eilene Coombs, age 89, passed away Thursday evening, September 3, 2020, at her Meade, Kansas, residence. She was born November 13, 1930, at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, the daughter of Paul and Sarah Frances (Love) Weaver. As a young girl, she attended school in Cottonwood Falls. She later attended school in Del Norte, Colorado, and received her nurses training, at Adams State Colle...

Neil S. Hays, 87, of Liberal, Kansas died Tuesday at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. He was born October 25, 1932 in. Ringwood, Oklahoma, the son of Guy L. and Ora (Hipsher) Hays.  He graduated from Ringwood High School in 1950 and then graduated from Friends University in Wichita, Kansas in 1955 with a bachelor's degree in Agriculture.    Neil married Eva Jean Hays on August 6, 1955 in...

Joan Etta Collins, 86, died September 2, 2020 at the Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas. Joan was born on November 15, 1933. She is the daughter of George Henage and Amy Gladys Ormiston Henage in Eldon, Colorado. On September 30, 1949, Joan married Loren Lee Collins in Clayton, New Mexico. They were married 61 years before his death in 2010. Together they raised 6 beautiful children. They w...

John David Malin, Age 89, Died Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at the Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. Mr. Malin was born December 28, 1930 in Liberal, Kansas the son of Horace E. and Elnora (Heath) Malin. John graduated from the Liberal High School with the class of 1949. He lived in Liberal all his life except for 2 years while away attending Southwestern College in Winfield, Kans...

Sammy “Ray” McGuire Jr., age 63, died Friday, August 28, 2020, at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born October 16, 1956, in Plainview, Texas the son of Sammy McGuire Sr. and Dorothy Ann (Gardner) McGuire. Ray was born and raised in Texas. He married Patricia Williamson on June 30, 1980 in Anson, Texas. They spent 40 wonderful years together. He and Patricia lived in Stamf...

MEADE - Jeffery D. (Jeff) Christensen, age 57, passed away early Sunday morning, August 30, 2020, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born May 6, 1963, at San Jose, California, the son of Leslie David and Jeanne Mae (Miller) Christensen. As a young boy he attended school in Haviland, Kansas, and graduated in 1981. He later attended Barclay College and Fort Hays State Uni...

On Saturday, August 29, 2020, Melvin "Dwain" Towner, loving husband and father of two children, passed away at age 94. Dwain was born on April 4, 1926 near Hooker, OK to Floyd and Thelma Towner. He served honorably in the US Army during WWII in the Philippines and returned to pursue an engineering degree at the University of Colorado, ultimately growing a successful family farm ope...

Wilma Kay Bartel,64, passed away on Friday, August 21, 2020 at Stevens County Hospital, Hugoton, Kansas. Wilma was the daughter of Martin R. and Helen R. (Reimer) Bartel. She was born on July 16, 1956 in Fowler, Kansas. She was raised in Meade, Kansas and she spent most of her adult life in Colorado. She was attending the Trinity Baptist Church of Hugoton. She was a member of Emmanuel Men...

Donald W. (Donie) Shumard, age 61, passed away early Thursday morning, August 27, 2020, at the Fowler Residential Care Center, Fowler, Kansas. He was born June 19, 1959, at the United States Army Hospital in Wurzburg, Germany, the son of Donald Albert and Donna Dee (Adrian) Shumard. As a young boy, he attended grade school in Dodge City, Kansas. He later attended school in Ensign, Kansas...