Robert Lee "Bob" Crane, 73, of Hugoton, passed away Wednesday October 4, 2017 at University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on March 1, 1944 to Walter and Sarah Gracie (Armour) Crane at Dodge City, Kansas. Robert worked as a technician in the gas industry. On October 7, 1967 he married Marilyn Carlson in Liberal, Kansas. He was a member of The First Christian Churc...

Callie Berniece Strandberg died Thursday, October 5, 2017, at her residence in Liberal. She was born on October 18, 1922 in Gorin, MO, the daughter of Henry Albert and Ethel (Smith) Tague. On October 12, 1945, she married John Keith Strandberg in Burlington, IA. He preceded her in death on April 13, 1984. She worked as a cashier for Ideal Foods, and was a dedicated member of the Emmanu...

Ronald Roy Miller, 71, of Liberal, went to be with the Lord on October 4, 2017 He was born on April 20, 1946 to Lewis and Mildred (Foster) Miller at Garden City, KS. On July 11, 1980 he married Sherry Salley at Guymon, OK. She survives. Ron worked as a Heavy Equipment Operator for Kansas Dept of Transportation; from which he retired after 35 years. Ron enjoyed listening to Bill & Glor...

Homer Lee Ray, 74, of Adams, Oklahoma passed away October 5, 2017 at Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton, Kansas. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 7, 2017 at the Hooker Cemetery, Hooker, Oklahoma with Lance Morrisett, of the Hooker Church of Christ, officiating. Condolences may be left at www.robertsbrothersfuneralhome.com ...

Our son, husband, father, brother and papa: William Lindley Smith passed quietly at home with family at his side. He fought a short but courageous fight with esophageal cancer. Bill was born Aug. 19, 1947 in Tulsa, OK to Bill and Alice Smith. He grew up in Tulsa and his high school class at Memorial was the first class to go thru fresh – senior years at Memorial. After graduating in 1965, ...

Daniel F. Thompson, 78, died Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at his home in Liberal. He was born December 23, 1938 at La Mesa, CA, to Howard Francis and Susie June (Zimmerman) Thompson. He grew up in Southern California, and graduated from Cajon Valley High School, in El Cajon, in 1957. He earned an AA degree from Freed-Hardeman College, in Henderson, TN, and attended David Lipscomb College, in ...

Steven Wayne McCauley, 65, died on Saturday, September 30, 2017 at his residence. He was the son of Robert (Bob) and Norma (Toy) Hammer McCauley. He was born on April 15, 1952 in Grant County, Kansas. He is survived by his three sons, Winston McCauley, Jared McCauley & wife Tesla, Dallas McCauley & wife Lindsey; mother Norma (Toy) McCauley; two brothers, Timothy Ray McCauley, Randel ...

  Barbara Kathryn (Reissig) Cook, 91, died on Thursday, September 28, 2017 at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home, Hugoton, Kansas.   She was the daughter of Benjamin and Olive (Wood) Reissig.  She was born on January 10, 1926 in Ft. Scott, Kansas.   She married Wallace Cook on July 1, 1944 in Walnut, Kansas.  They moved to Hugoton in 1948 from Walnut, Kansas.   S...

Michael Serrato, age 58, of Elkhart, Kansas, died Sunday, October 1, 2017, at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born July 27, 1959, in Liberal, Kansas, the son of John and Victoria (Martinez) Serrato. Mike, a lifetime area resident, graduated from Yarborough High School in 1977. While in high school, he played football and was on the debate team. Since the age of 18, Mike worke...

Don Ray Tillotson died October 1, 2017, in Ulysses, Kansas, after an extended illness. Don was born in 1932 in Frankfort, Kansas, the son of Raymond and Amy (Jones) Tillotson. Don grew up on the family farm near Shields, Kansas, with siblings, Paul, Betty, and Peggy. Don graduated from Dighton High School in 1950, and then attended Kansas State College graduating in 1954 with a degree in Animal...