Amber Lynn Adams, age 36, passed away early Sunday morning, December 18, 2016, at the Minneola District Hospital, Minneola, Kansas.   She was born October 2, 1980, at Colorado Springs, Colorado, the daughter of Thomas M. and Debbie (Bartezko) Mantzey.  As a young girl she attended the Fowler school system, graduating from Dodge City High School.  She later attended the San Angelo State Unive...

Anna Faith Vogt Bachman, age 93, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2016, at the Twin Oaks Nursing Home, Lansing, Kansas.   She was born May 15, 1923, at Meade, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Kate (McCampbell) Dahm.  As a young girl she attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School in 1941.  She later attended Kansas State University.  After her schooling, she return...

Virginia Lee Colvin, 87, died Thursday, December 15, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born on March 7, 1929 in Madison, KS to Leonard and Elizabeth (Heidrick) Shunk. She attended Madison High School, graduating in 1947. On June 12, 1954, Virginia married William Colvin in Madison, KS. He preceded her in death on March 13, 2009. As a homemaker and business owner of ...

Robert Eugene (Bob) Ralston, 71, of Liberal, passed away on Thursday December 15, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on April 6, 1945 to Vernon and Wanda (Hague) Ralston at Liberal, KS. Bob was a lifelong resident of Liberal and was a class of 1963 graduate of Liberal High School. Upon graduating high school Bob went into the Army where he served in Germany duri...

Roosevelt “Lucky” Livingston, 73, died Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was a resident of Liberal for 57 years. He was born on May 8, 1943 to Leroy and Gertie (Lewis) Livingston in Pickens, Arkansas. He attended Liberal High School. He served in the United States Navy from 1963-1969. On January 6, 1966 he married Gertrude (Witherspoon) Livingston. She sur...

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...