Harold Lee Minter, 82, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed December 13, 2016 at his home. Harold was born June 13, 1934 in Dallas, Texas, the son of Abner and Thelma Davis Minter. He attended school and graduated in Houston, Texas. At age fourteen, Harold began working as a pipeliner, which he did until his marriage. He was united in marriage to Pasty Lou Jacobs on July 17, 1956 in Clayton, New Mexico. H...

  Galen H. Meyer, age 61, of Ulysses, Kansas died Monday, December 5, 2016, at his home in Ulysses. He was born October 18, 1955, in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of William H. and Margaret A. (Payton) Meyer. Galen graduated from Ulysses High School in 1973, and then attended Hutchinson Community College. He was a self-taught computer programmer. Galen built several family members their firs...

  Cleo Marie Juarez, 94, died on Friday, December 9, 2016 at her residence.   She was the daughter of Jack & Beulah (Meade) Porter, she was born on May 28, 1922, Dodge City, KS.   She and Ralph D. Juarez were married on August 5, 1942, Dodge City, KS.  He preceded her in death February 5, 1990.   Survivors include two daughters, Linda Passmore & hu...

Loving husband, son, father, grandfather and brother, Jim Hittle, 67, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2016 at his home in Hugoton.  He had been a lifelong resident of Hugoton, where he was a farmer and rancher. He was born November 20, 1949 in Hugoton, Kansas, to Walter and Velma Hittle.  He graduate from Hugoton High School in 1967. On December 21, 1968, he married Connie Louthan at Hugot...

Melvina Esther Wichert, 90, of Mount Vernon, Missouri (formerly of Hooker, Oklahoma) died at 7:05 a.m. Dec. 9, 2016, at Lawrence County Manor, Mount Vernon. She was born April 28, 1926, to Henry and Esther (Wiebe) Hamm, at their home in the Adams community. Melvina spent her early childhood on the family farm.  Her parents moved to Kremlin, Oklahoma in 1937 due to health complications from the d...

  Margaret Pearle Engler 94 died, Thursday December 7, 2016 at Brookdale/ Liberal Springs Senior Living Center. She was born May 9, 1922, and at birth became the daughter of Willard and Lillian (Frey) Moody. She was made available for them to adopt at birth, and at the age of 66, she discovered her biological family. She has been a resident of Garden City and Haskell County most all of her...

  Helen Nadine “Dumpy” Gray, age 86, died December 7, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born June 5, 1930 in Parsons, KS, the daughter of J. D. and Gertie Marie (Winters) Walker. She had been a resident of Liberal for 40 years. She was married to Bill Wesley, Sr. They divorced in 1969. On July 5, 1974 she married George Anton Gray at Raton, NM. He surviv...

  Maria F. Payen, age 90, of Johnson, Kansas died Monday, December 5, 2016, at her home in Johnson, Kansas. She was born March 31, 1926, in Ojinaga, Chihuahua Mexico, the daughter of Leon Urquidiz and Pascuala Rodriguez. Maria, a homemaker, married Ezequiel Payen, Sr. She enjoyed cooking and baking. She welcomed family and friends into her home and provided them with a warm meal. Singin...

Lena S. Doerksen, age 88, passed away Sunday afternoon, December 4, 2016, at the Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas.   She was born May 30, 1928, in rural Meade County, Kansas, the daughter of John H. and Sara J. (Reimer) Doerksen.  As a young girl she attended the Lake View Elementary School in rural Meade County.  She later received her nurses training at Dodge City Community College i...

Janice Fern Francis, age 71, died December 3, 2016 at Nichol Home in Glasco, KS. She was born December 3, 1945 in Sioux City, IA, the daughter of Harry L. and Esther (Schell) Baker. She attended Plains Elementary School. In September 1973, she married Donald Francis in Liberal, KS. He preceded her in death. She was a home maker. She enjoyed playing bingo, dominos and the arts at the craft sh...