Karen Edgington, age 79, of Lakin, Kansas died Sunday, October 30, 2016, at the Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas. She was born March 12, 1937, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Wayne and Virginia (Hilleary) Leierer. Karen grew up in Ulysses, Kansas and graduated from Grant County Rural High School. She married Ronald Edgington on July 10, 1958, in Boise City, Oklahoma. Karen...

Marie Shrum, 68, died on October 29, 2016, at her residence in Forgan, Oklahoma. She was born August 24, 1948, in Beaver, OK, to Bud and Pauline (Williams) Schollenbarger . She graduated from Beaver High School in 1966. On August 5, 1966, she married Tom Shrum in Beaver. He survives. She was a homemaker in her own home, where she raised her loving family. Survivors include: 1 son T...

Christine B Horton, 93, died Thursday, October 27, 2016 at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center in Wichita, KS. She was born September 12, 1923 at Porum, OK, the daughter of Hugh and Lucy (Marriott) Burks. She married Roy Horton at Seminole, OK. He preceded her in death on January 7, 1985. Christine grew up and spent the majority of her life in Seminole, OK. She had worked as an in hom...

Clifford Leslie Thomas, 78, died October 31, 2016, surrounded by his family at his home in Plains, Kansas.   Clifford was born December 1, 1937, in Medford, Oklahoma, to Leslie and Lama (Froese) Thomas.  He was the oldest of five children, including Harvey, Lawanda, Jerry, and Linda.  The family briefly resided in California and in Wichita, Kansas, before returning to Oklahoma.  Cliff grew ...

Wanda Pearl Davis, 76, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away Monday, October 31, 2016 at her home in Hooker. Wanda was born January 24, 1940 in Laverne, Oklahoma, the daughter of Roy and Alice Lilly Morris. She attended school in Laverne and on September 9, 1956 in Clayton, New Mexico, Wanda was united in marriage to Tad Davis. They lived in Laverne for a short time before making Hooker their permanent...

  Kenneth Eugene Hudgens, 81, of Johnson, Kansas passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2016. He was the son of Louis and Bessie “Williams” Hudgens, born October 15, 1935 in Johnson, Kansas. He graduated from Johnson High School in 1953 and attended Panhandle State College. Kenneth was united in marriage to Lois Woolery on December 29, 1961 in Syracuse, Kansas. He worked at the City ...

  Helen M. Juhl, age 89, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at Satanta Long Term Care Unit in Satanta, Kansas. She was born December 31, 1926 in Bemidji, Minnesota, the daughter of Walter E. and Ruth O. (Blakley) Ritchie. Helen lived in Duluth, Minnesota until she was 6 years old. She then moved with her family to Welcome, Minnesota where she graduated high school. Hele...

Donald H. “Don” George, age 82, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas.   He was born September 18, 1934, at Altus, Oklahoma, the son of Henry Ray and Vera Ethel (Hall) George.  As a young boy he attended the Wellington school system, graduating from Wellington High School in 1952.  He later attended Kansas State University.  In 1954, he ...

Thomas L. (Slick) DeVorce, 68, of Liberal, passed away on October 16, 2016 at the Kansas Veteran's Home in Winfield, KS. He was born on November 14, 1947 to Napolean and Dell (Guyton) DeVorce at Cooper, TX. He attended Liberal High School. In 1967 he was drafted into the Army to serve in the Vietnam War. After coming back home he went to work at Panhandle Eastern Pipeline, from which he ...

Gary Dean Hildreth, 69, died Saturday, October 22, 2016 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, KS.. He was born February 23, 1947 at Coats, KS, the son of Dean and Oleta (Lambert) Hildreth. He married Luzminda Absin on April 1, 1970 at Dumaguete City, Philippines. She survives, Gary grew up in Coats, KS and a Graduate of Coats High School. After high school he enlisted into the US Navy,...