Genevieve “Jan” Gloria Tregellas, age 67, of Elkhart, Kansas died June 19, 2015 at home in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born March 23, 1948 in El Pueblo, New Mexico the daughter of David and Susie (Ortiz) Llewellyn. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1966. Jan married Dennis Tregellas on April 9, 1966. In 1966, she began taking care of children in her home. For over forty yea...

Dorothy Darlene McGehee, age 87, died Thursday, June 19, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born September 22, 1927 in Liberal, KS, the daughter of Lee Harley and Bernice (Antrim) Hickey. She attended Liberal High School. She was Co-Owner of McGehee Drilling. She resided in Montana and Colorado from 1953 to 1986, when she and Jim returned to Liberal. She was employed by US...

Janet L. Bartel, age 75, died Thursday, June 18, 2015, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. She was born November 24, 1939, in rural Meade, Kansas, the daughter of Jake J. and Lena D. (Harms) Isaac. As a young girl she attended the Lily Dale School and later the Meade Bible Academy in rural Meade County. A lifetime resident, she was a rural mail carrier. She was a me...

Ela Patrice "Pat" Meng, 84, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away June 16, 2015 at Liberal Springs in Liberal, Kansas. Pat was born January 11, 1931 in Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Bryan Ernest and Lucy Ela Thompson Shaw. The family lived in Goodwell, Oklahoma where her father managed the Big Jo Lumberyard. Several years later the lumberyard chain relocated her father to Aztec,...

Rebecca “Becky” Teeter, age 60, of Ulysses, Kansas died Sunday, June 14, 2015 at her home in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born August 4, 1954 in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Albert “Shorty” and Shirley Jane (Gerstberger) Kuriyama. Becky was raised in Ulysses, Kansas and graduated from Ulysses High School in 1972. She moved to Johnson in 1976 and back to Ulysses in ...

Nora Marlene Brown of Plains, Kansas, died Sunday, June 14, 2015, at Meade District Hospital. She was born April 11, 1935, in Dodge City, Kansas, to Roy J. and Nora Beatrice DuPree. On August 2, 1953, she married Lyman H. Brown in Plains, Kansas. He preceded her in death on September 23, 2012. Survivors include three daughters, Nancy Knowlton, Angie Brady (Tom), Cherie Nicholson (Ron) and ...

Gary A. (Dur) Walker was on this earth 79 years, 6 months, and 23 days, passing away at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born at home in Liberal on 20th November 1935 to Edgar Easterly (Buss) Walker and Hazel L. (Scarbrough) Walker of Hugoton, Kansas. He graduated from Hugoton HS and attended Northwestern University in Alva, Oklahoma for two years. Gary had attended th...

Joyce Elaine Runkle Vandervort Cyr passed from this life Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 at the age of 84yrs. Joyce was married to Charles Vandervort of Morton County, Kansas and had three children, Bruce, Randy and Charla. She was a devoted farm wife and mother. Charles passed in 1961 and the family moved to Liberal, KS. Joyce met and married Gene Cyr and added brothers Doug and David...

Philip Shorter, age 86, of Ulysses, Kansas died Sunday, June 14, 2015 at The Legacy at Park View in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born July 22, 1928 in Grant County, Kansas, the son of Charles and Selma (Ryder) Shorter. Philip was a life-long resident of Grant County, graduating from Grant County Rural High School. He spent his life farming and raising cattle. Phillip married Margene Moore on Sept...

Steven “Steve” Bartel, 60, died, Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at his residence in Turpin, OK. He was born November 25, 1954 in Perryton, Texas the son of Van & Dorothy (Purer) Bartel. He graduated in 1973 from Balko High School in Balko, Oklahoma. He had also attended Vo-Tech School in Kansas City, He enjoy cars and especially “Mopar” and would meet with his car friends ...