Venita Ruth Combs, 81, of Liberal, Kansas died at the Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas on September 27, 2020. She was born February 11, 1939 to Ralph V Hester and Rose H Sutherland in Gate, Oklahoma. She was raised on the family ranch in Knowles, Oklahoma. She graduated high school in 1958 from Knowles High School. Venita went to Northwest Oklahoma University in Talhalgu, Oklahoma earning...

Deryl K. Schuster, age 85, passed away September 24, 2020. Former Kansas Bank Commissioner, former Regional Director, United States Small Business Administration, and former president of the Kansas Bankers Association, Deryl dedicated his life's work to small business owners, entrepreneurs, and the men and women who are the heart of America. He served as president of the National Association of G...

Katherine Borger, 94, departed this life on September 25, 2020, (her husband John’s birthday) at the Lone Tree Retirement Center. She was born September 8, 1926, in rural Meade County, Kansas, to Godfrey and Hannah Borchers Blehm at a farm home north of the Henry and Mary Brunjes Borchers homestead. On October 24, 1926, with John and Mary Borger Borchers as sponsors, Katherine wa...

FOWLER – Norman (Cokey) Hatfield, age 79, passed away Friday, September 25, 2020, at the Minneola District Hospital, Minneola, Kansas. He was born December 13, 1940, at rural Fowler, Kansas, the son of Howard E. and Lorene (Mahieu) Hatfield. As a young boy, he attended the Fowler school system, graduating from Fowler High School in 1958. After his graduation, he began his career as a f...

Andy Alonzo Padilla, age 47, of Hays, Kansas, died Friday, September 25, 2020, at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born January 22, 1973, in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Elvia Padilla. Andy grew up in Ulysses and graduated from Ulysses High School in 1991. After graduation, he served in The United States Army as a Sergeant and then transferred to The Army National Guard. Andy then att...

Lois Wren, 88, died Thursday, September 24, 2020 at Wheatridge Care Park in Liberal, KS. She was born on October 4, 1931, to John Hal and Alma Blanche (Springer) Williams in Cuates, NM Lois went to high school in Garden City, KS. She then went to Clayton, NM, where she worked for the telephone company and lived with her grandmother. She married Robert Cresswell of Des Moines in 1951 at Clayto...

Bruenetter Wrotten, 89, died Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at her residence in Liberal, KS. She was born on October 13, 1930 in Gould, AR, the daughter of Henry and Mary (Jasper) Wrotten. She Married Willie Gray in Star City, AK. He preceded her in death in 1989. Bruenetter worked in many occupations, as a nurse for the Good Samaritan Society and also private duty going into people’s homes...

Julia M. Howell, 90, of Tyrone, Oklahoma passed away September 22, 2020 at Iris Memory Care in Edmond, Oklahoma. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 26, 2020 at Tyrone Cemetery near Tyrone, Oklahoma. Memorial are suggested to the Tyrone Baptist Church and may be left at Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Box 745, Hooker, Oklahoma 73945. At the graveside service, masks...

Ariana Michelle Fox Previously Jayson Arick Jones, Age 26, of Liberal, Kansas, died on September 19, 2020. She was born on January 14th, 1994 in Perryton Texas, the daughter of Richard Dwayne Jones and Jammie Quinette (Stewart) Jones-Ingram. Ariana Graduated from Perryton High School and received her certificate in corrosion technology from Seward County Community College. She loved to play...

Janice Ann Gowens, 76, of Liberal, passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at her home in Liberal, KS. She was born on April 26, 1944 to Earl and Lorene (Rogers) Dorris at Dexter, MO. On December 26, 1981 she married Earl Gowens at Phoenix, AZ; he preceded her in death in 1985. She attended school at Liberal High School; class of 1962. Janice had worked in Housekeeping as a supervis...