Richard Joe Lawder, age 73 died Monday May 8, 2017, at his home near Baker, Oklahoma. Joe was born February 4, 1944 at Liberal, the son of Albert Wilmer Lawder and Helen (Williams) Lawder. Joe graduated from Liberal High School in 1962 and attended college and Panhandle State University and Fort Hays State University. On January 11, 1969, he married Peggy Balloun in Liberal, Ks. She s...

Angel Lopez Garcia died Wednesday, April 26, 2017 in Tonganoxie, KS. He was born January 15, 1985 in Caserio Tablero, Guatemala, the son of Mateo Lopez Garcia and Isabela Sucup. He was a resident of Clay Center, KS. He worked as a roofer for McGee Roofing and White Roofing of Liberal. Survivors include His parents. 2 Brothers Jose Manuel Lopez, and Valerio Santos Lopez, both of Guatema...

Minister Jorge Romeo Castaneda, age 54, died May 4, 2017 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS. He was born September 26, 1962 in Playitas Morales Izabal, Guatemala the son of Cesar and Graciela (Archila) Castaneda. After high school he studied Theology for three years in California and three years in Kansas. In 1985 he married Maria Consuelo Grijalva in Mission Hill, California. She survive...

  Rufus L. Reese, age 87, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at Pratt Regional Medical Center in Pratt, Kansas.  He was born January 10, 1930, in Benton, Arkansas, the son of Frank and Effie (George) Reese. Rufus grew up in Arkansas. He moved to Garden City in 1957 to drive a truck. Rufus married Marilyn Mader in 1960 in Clayton, New Mexico. They moved to Ulysses in 1961 a...

Betty Joanne Booth, 76, daughter of the late Joseph and Fern (MacDonald) Killough, was born July 21, 1940 in Boise City, Ok and departed this life on April 30, 2017 at her home near Mountain Grove, Mo.  She was 76 years, 9 months, and 9 days of age. Betty was raised in Guymon, Ok and moved to Liberal, Ks when she was 16.  She graduated from Liberal High School in 1957.  Betty married William...

Jeanne Darlene Olinger, 90, of Harrah, OK passed away on April 29, 2017 at Midwest City Oklahoma Regional Hospital after a short illness. Jeanne was born on April 20, 1927 to Orville and Mary McKirahan Barrows at her grandparents Hurley “Doc” and Oma McKirahan’s home place southwest of Hooker.  Jeanne attended school in Hugoton, KS.  Her senior year they moved to Johnson Kansas where she ...

Frances Roberta Shrauner died peacefully in her home in Elkhart, Kansas, on April 27, 2017, at the age of 98.  Roberta was born to Albert and Pearl (Sprott) Pearsall on March 29, 1919, in Meade County Kansas. She lived on a farm 17 miles south of Meade.  Her father died when she was six years old and she and her four brothers were raised by their Mother. Roberta attended Dodge City Jr. College ...

Gladys M. Burton, age 100, passed away early Thursday morning, April 27, 2017, at her rural Fowler, Kansas, residence.   She was born August 19, 1916, at Owosso, Michigan, the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Koehn) Woodcock.  In 1939, she moved to Fowler, Kansas, graduating from Fowler High School as valedictorian in 1941.   On June 30, 1939, she married Paul Leroy Burton at Owosso, Mi...

George A. Gray, age 76, died Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Meade District Hospital in Meade, KS. He was born on September 5, 1940 in Cleveland, OH, the son of Leo William and Virginia Marie (McKibben) Gray. He married Helen N. Walker on July 5, 1974 at Raton, NM. He was a long time resident of Liberal with his wife Helen. She died December 7, 2016. He served in the U. S. Army for 22½ years, befor...

Dee L. Panter, age 89, of Elkhart, Kansas, left his family and friends and went home to dwell with his Savior on Sunday, April 23, 2017. He was born on the family farm in rural Smith County, Kansas on July 9, 1927, the son of Clyde and Delilah (Cannon) Panter. After graduation from high school in Athol, Kansas, Dee enlisted in the United States Army. He served in the Occupational Forc...