William C. “Tom” Shook 92,died Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born on April 29, 1923 in Carmi Illinois the son of Clifford O. and Ruth (Beck) Shook. He graduated in 1941 from Great Bend High School Great Bend, Kansas. He attended and graduated from Ft. Hays State in 1949 with a degree in Business Administration. He was employed for 27 years with O...

Eric S. Zimmerman, age 43, passed away Tuesday afternoon, December 15, 2015, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born October 26, 1972, at Midwest City, Oklahoma, the son of Steven C. and Cheryl A. (Dewell) Zimmerman. As a young boy he attended the Fowler school system, graduating from Fowler High School in 1992. He later attended the Goodland Vo-Tech, receiving training as a...

Dorothy Loreen Swan 84, died Monday, December 14, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born Jan. 11, 1931 in Liberal, KS, the daughter of Pete M. and Ann (Zielke) Franz. She has been a long time resident of the Liberal area. She graduated from Turpin High School in 1949. She had worked as a secretary for Ideal Warehouse. She also was involved in Real Estate and Developing and w...

Ivan Tazwell Cothron 58, died, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born Sept. 7, 1957 at Liberal, KS, the son of Edgar Ivan and Wilma Lucille (Hart) Cothron. He graduated with honors from Boys Ranch in Amarillo, TX. While attending school at the Boys Ranch, he was in the choir and rodeo. He had worked as an auto body repairman and also worked in the oilfield as a derri...

Doris L. Glasscock, age 84, of Johnson, Kansas died Sunday, December 13, 2015 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born March 20, 1931 in Sublette, Kansas, the daughter of Raymond Powell and Mabel Lorene (Weeks) Nichols. Doris lived west of Manter from 1939 to 1942 coming from Copeland, Kansas with her family. They then moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado where Doris comple...

Ray “Biggin” Neal, age 63, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. He was born March 27, 1952 in Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, the son of James (Bud) and Faith (Strain) Neal. Ray grew up in New Mexico and Colorado. He attended high school in Johnson, Kansas. Ray was a truck driver for Tarbet Construction for many years. ...

Karl Hendrickson, age 96, of Elkhart, Kansas died December 7, 2015, at Morton County Care Center in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born July 18, 1919, in Bristol, Colorado the son of Victor and Nelle Eunice (Duncan) Hendrickson. Karl, a retired truck driver for Morton County Road Department, grew up and attended school in Bristol, graduating from Granada High School in Granada, Colorado. His junior an...

Kitty Lou Brack 73, died, Monday, December 7, 2015 at Wheatridge Park  Care Center in Liberal, KS. She was born Jan. 24, 1942 in Stafford, KS  the daughter of John B. and Erma (Headding) Kendall. She graduated from  St. John High School in St. John, Kansas in 1960. After high school she  attended Pratt Community College in Pratt, KS for one year before going  to Sidney’s Beauty School in Hu...

Overend Otis “Cookie” Cook, age 94, died Monday, December 7, 2015 at Moore County Hospital in Dumas, TX. He was born December 9, 1920 in Grand Cane, LA the son of Clyde and Fannie Belle (Pharis) Cook. He moved to Liberal in 1946 after serving in the Army Air Force, during WWII from Oct. 8, 1940 to October 14, 1945. He served a 2 year tour in India. In 2010 he moved to Dumas, TX to reside wi...

Neil J. Hibbert, age 90, died Friday, December 4, 2015 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. He was born November 7, 1925 in Blackwell, OK the son of Floyd Raymond and Esther (Carmichael) Hibbert. He graduated from Braman High School, Braman, OK, in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army, during WWII, from 1944 to 1946. He graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1950 with a degree in Ag...