Karl L. Norton, age 66, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born August 8, 1950, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Richard Edward and Leah Christina (Spitze) Norton. Karl grew up in Liberal, Kansas, and graduated from Liberal High School in 1968. He continued his education at Fort Hays State University where he played football. Karl has l...

Deborah J. (Davidson) Schmitzer, 62, died Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. She was born on October 4, 1954 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to William and Mary (Grisham) Davidson. On September 30, 1991 she married Randy Schmitzer in Grand Junction, Colorado. He survives. She graduated from Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City in 1972. She then gradu...

William Lee "Bill" Larrabee, 84, of Liberal, passed away on February 16, 2017 at Liberal, KS. He was born on February 15, 1933 to Robert and Rosemary (Kinney) Larrabee at Hugoton, KS. On November 24, 1955 he married Marilyn Adams at Meade, KS. She preceded him in death on February 3, 2001. During the summer of 2003 he married Annette Lemert. She survives. Bill was a graduate of Liberal...

Essie V. “Miss Essie” Witherspoon, age 81, died February 13, 2017 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born May 1, 1935 at Pickens, AR, the daughter of George and Mary Lee (Mingo) Baker. On August 6, 1959, she married James Witherspoon at Liberal, KS. He survives. She had been a resident of Liberal for more than 45 years. She worked at Southwest Medical Center in housek...

Gary A. Bromwell, age 59, passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2017, at his Plains, Kansas, residence.   He was born August 19, 1957, at Meade, Kansas, the son of Frank H. and Meryl B. (Brown) Bromwell.  As a young boy he attended the Plains school system, graduating from Southwestern Heights High School in 1975.  He was a lifetime resident of Plains and worked in the parts department for Nation...

Violet Joyce “Vi” Hebbert, age 77, died February 10, 2017 at Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, KS. She was born December 21, 1939 in Milbank, SD, the daughter of Otto and Mabel (Poppen) DeBoer. She graduated from Sunshine Bible Academy in 1957, in Miller, SD.  She attended the Grace Bible Institute in Omaha, NE for 2 years.  She had resided in Hooker, Ok since 1978, moving from Holly, CO...

Virginia Louise (Shelton) Newhouse, 96, a longtime resident of Liberal, Kansas, passed away on February 9, 2017 at her home in Silver Elm Estates in Edmond, Oklahoma. Virginia Louise Shelton was born in Liberal, Kansas, to Lester Shelton and Ethel Marie (Ideker) Shelton on June 14, 1920. She went to school in Liberal, Kansas and graduated third in her class from Liberal High School. She married...

Richard Thomas White, 81, of Liberal, passed away on February 13, 2017 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on April 6, 1935 to Elmo and Bertha (Arnold) White at Springfield, MO. Richard grew up in Springfield, MO and Escalon, CA. When he was young he worked in the fruit fields picking Grapes, Peaches and Strawberries. He later moved to Chicago, IL and then back to Spr...

  Charles Robert (Bob) Wilkerson, age 69, of Manter, Kansas died Thursday, February 9, 2017, at Brookdale Palmer Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was born July 8, 1947, in Liberal, Kansas, the son of Charles C. and Nellie L. (Von Hemel) Wilkerson. Bob was a lifetime resident of Stanton County and graduated from Manter High School in 1965. He continued his education at Colby Commun...

  Simone Cecelia Norton, age 61, of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, died Saturday, February 11, 2017, at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born November 18, 1955, in Bell Gardens, California, the daughter of Loyd and Cecelia (Smith) Thomas. Simone grew up in the Church of the First Born in Beaver, where her uncles were the pastors. She attended school in Beaver, Oklahoma and Palo...