Melvin Lee Long, age 69, of Liberal, KS passed away Thursday November 3, 2016 at his home in Liberal. Born to on September 22, 1947 in Beaver, OK to John Long and Venita (Henry). Melvin graduated from Southwestern Heights in 1966 and attended Dodge City Technical School. He worked for Beech Aircraft of Liberal, KS for 5 years. He then went into the oilfield and began working with Tri-State c...

  Patricia Snow Traster passed away suddenly on November 11, 2016, at her home in Ulysses, KS. She was born in Baker, MT on June 14, 1931, grew up at Huron, SD, and graduated with honors from Huron College in 1953.  She married Madison “Matt” Traster on January 24, 1954. The couple lived in Dodge City and Garden City, KS before moving to Ulysses in 1957. Pat served on the school...

Alexander Lundgrin, 92, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away Sunday, November 13, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Services are pending with Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, Oklahoma. Condolences may be left at www.robertsbrothersfuneralhome.com...

Karla Diann Holder Moore, 60, died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. She was born Dec. 17, 1955 to Kenneth and Ann (Grider) Johnson in Liberal. She married Randy Moore Sept. 24, 2016, in Dodge City. He survives. She was a lifelong resident of Liberal, where she graduated from Liberal High School in 1974. She attended Garden City Community College in Garden City,...

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...