Conrad Lee Neal, age 88, died July 2, 2018 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. His wife Barbara was at his side. After a lengthy illness, Conrad has slipped the surley bonds of earth and set out for the cosmos where he will join his heroes Albert Einstein, Carl Sagan, and Steven Hawking with whom he can explore the universe first-hand. His Irish and Scottish ancestors came to America i...

Helen Jean Yocham, 75, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away in Hooker on July 5, 2018. Helen was born October 22, 1942 in Wauneta, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph and Bessie Storms McAlister. Helen worked at Pride Feeders processing cattle for eighteen years where she had the reputation of working as hard as a man. In 1991 she returned to Moline, Kansas where she grew up to care for her parents until ...

Patrick William Phillips, the son of Michael and Mary (Russell) Phillips, was stillborn on Tuesday, July 3, 2018, at Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas.     Patrick is survived by his parents, Michael and Mary Phillips, siblings, Ethan Burnum and Jaime Phillips all of Ulysses;grandparents, Patrick and Sharon Russell, Ulysses,  and David and Diana Coffman of Almena; aunts, Tenelle...

Caitlin Hope Heronemus, 19, of Wichita, Kansas passed away on July 4, 2018 in an accident near Hugo, Colorado. She was born on October 12, 1998 in Liberal, Kansas to Dustin and Tammy (Armer) Heronemus. Caitlin was a graduate of Turpin High School, class of 2017. Caitlin worked as a Daycare Provider at Scribbles & Giggles Children's Academy in Wichita, KS. She loved to sing and enjoyed ph...

Darrell Duane Grandy, 72, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away July 2, 2018 due to extended injury complications. Darrell was born March 10, 1946 in Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Robert Preston and Grace Olive Pfenninger. He grew up in Garfield, Kansas graduating from Garfield High School with the Class of 1964. After school he attended trade school in Pittsburg, Kansas and became an electrician. H...

Donna Sue Van Buren, 76, of Liberal, passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on August 27, 1941 to Sherman and Dorothy (Robertson) Morlen at Springfield, MO. On March 10, 1956 she married Larry Van Buren at Yates Center, KS; he survives. Donna and her family moved from Springfield, MO to Iola, KS when she was a young child. She was...

  Heaven gained an angel when Stuart L. Melchert passed away on June 26, 2018. Stu was born in Salem, OR to Maurice Melchert and Juanita Geiss. He is survived by his wife, Janice Mannin Melchert, sons Michael (Donna), David (Deanna), and Russell (Stephanie), eight grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Stu grew up in Newton, KS and served our country in the Army in Korea. Stu was a me...

Mitchell “Mitch” Glen Thompson, 55, passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2018, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS. Born February 16, 1963, at Coldwater, KS, he was the son of Melvin Darrell and Mary Jean (Williams) Thompson. A long-time resident of Liberal, KS, Mitch graduated from Southwestern Heights High School in Plains, KS in 1981 and received an Associates Degree from Seward County Co...

Bobbie (Bob) Joe Carter, 76, passed away on June 26, 2018, at his home in Liberal, KS. He was born to Talmadge Carter and Madge Adams Simpson on September 14, 1941 at his grandparent’s home in rural Louisa, KY. He was raised by his grandparents, Millard and Lucy Adams and at the age 15 moved to Liberal following other family. After finishing the 9th grade, he began working in housing constructi...

Leon Stuart Wilson, 92, passed from this life on June 21, 2018 in Ramseur, NC. He was born on June 7, 1926 in Plains, KS to the late George Raymond and Blanche Hazel (Jennison) Wilson.  He married Chloe Loveyla St. Clair on June 20, 1946. He lived most of his life SW Kansas, but for the past few years, due to declining health, he has lived with his daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and David in ...