Ruth Lilian Koontz, 87, passed away on November 4, 2016 at the Mount Carmel Nursing Home, Kearney Nebraska . She was born on January 18, 1929 to George and Mary (Richey) Clark in Rural Turpin, Oklahoma. Ruth graduated from Eureka High School in Bakersburg, Oklahoma on May 14, 1947. She later attended and graduated from the Wichita Business School. Ruth then moved to Sunnyvale, California whe...

Orville Edwin (Ed) Zortman’s soul departed his earthly body on Sunday, November 6, 2016, at his residence in Canon City, Colorado, at the age of 88.   Ed was born to Herbert Edwin Zortman and Gladys Lucille Newell Zortman on February 7, 1928.   He is preceded in death by his wife of sixty-five years, Jueene Zortman and a younger brother, Gary Zortman.   He is survived by two brothers...

Gary Max Mendenhall, 80, died Friday, November 4, 2016 at his home in Edmond, OK. Max was born on January 6, 1936 to Carl and Dolores (Thurman) Mendenhall on a farm south of Baker, Oklahoma. He attended school in Baker and graduated from Eureka High School with class of 1954. On July 21, 1956 was united in marriage to Lois Jean Hart at the Pershing Avenue Christian Church of Liberal, Kansas. Th...

  Bernard Dean Popejoy, 85, of Spring, Texas passed away peacefully on November 2, 2016 at The Village at Gleannloch Farms Retirement Center, surrounded by his family. Bernard was born on November 1, 1931 to Carl and Lura Popejoy on a farm nine miles north of Hugoton. He attended Hugoton schools and graduated with the class of 1950. Bernard married Joan Mills in Hugoton on June 19, 19...

  Bernard Popejoy AGE: 85 OF: Spring, Texas DIED: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 AT: The Village at Gleannloch Farms in Spring, Texas FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY: Garnand Funeral Home in Hugoton, Kansas...

Charles (Chuck) Millsap, Jr., 89, died on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on June 17, 1927, in Detroit, Michigan, to Belula and Charles F. Millsap. The Millsap family moved to Liberal when Charles was a child and he spent the rest of his life there except for the years he served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and the Korean Conflict. He marri...

Jamie Sue Moore, 47, of Liberal, passed away on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal. She was born on June 6, 1969 to James and Suzan (Cavin) Byron at Olathe, Kansas. Jamie worked as an Licensed Practical Nurse in Amarillo, Texas for approximately 30 years. Jamie is survived by her Mother Suzan Byron of Liberal. Father James Byron of Houston, Texas. One son Adam ...

Barbara Ellen “Barb” Smith, age 75, died October 30, 2016 at her residence in Liberal, KS. She was born May 6, 1941, in Santa Monica, CA the daughter of Vernon Dale Berry and Ellen Fern Claar. She graduated from Winona High School, Winona, KS in 1959. She graduated from St. Anthony School of Nursing in Hays, KS in 1963, with a Nursing Degree. She worked as Registered Nurse at the Topeka ...

  Rosalie Reppart, age 83, of Ulysses, Kansas died Sunday, October 30, 2016 at The Legacy at Park View in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born January 27, 1933 in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of William and Martha (Brown) Ladner. Rosalie grew up in Topeka and graduated from Topeka High School. She married William Clayton Reppart in 1952. They moved to Ulysses in the 1950’s. After Rosalie rai...

Mae A. Frederick, age 77, passed away early Sunday morning, October 30, 2016, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas.   Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade....