Alice Elizabeth (Liz) Kern, age 90, of Elkhart, Kansas died Sunday, February 15, 2015 at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born April 2, 1924 in Optima, Oklahoma the daughter of Imre (Jim) and Lucy Paralee (Archer) Papay. Liz was the third child of thirteen. She grew up and attended grade school in Optima. She attended Guymon High School and graduated from Elkhart High School....

Vera Helen Gatz Peery died peacefully at her home in Liberal on February 12, 2015 at the age of 93. She was born to David and Lena (Trefzer) Gatz on September 16, 1921 and raised on the farm in Falls City, Nebraska. She was the second of 3 siblings. On March 27, 1946, she married C. E. “Bud” Peery at Wichita, KS. Bud and Vera were married for 67 years and had made Liberal their home for t...

Randall Dale Janzen, age 64, died Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Brenneman Funeral Home....

Lester Eugene Glenn, 88, died Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at Help for Health Hospice Home in Riverton, Wyoming. He was born October 2, 1926 at Okeene, Oklahoma, the son of Theodore Elling and Cora Edna (Maxwell) Glenn. He graduated from Turpin High School. On June 17, 1950 he married Mildred “Millie” Ruby DeShazer at Raton, NM. She preceded him in death on January 9, 1991. He ...

Nelda J. Rexroat, age 78, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at her home in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born October 11, 1936 in Wellington, Texas, the daughter of James Henry “Bus” and Mona (Bell) Woodman. Nelda has lived in Ulysses since the 1970’s. She was a partner in Sweazy Construction and sold home interior décor. She also worked at Kep&rsquo...

Sondra Mae Purser, age 71, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at her home in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born May 22, 1943 at home on the ranch in Lipscomb County, Texas, the daughter of Joe N. and Myrtle Mae (Green) Johnson. Sondra was employed by USD 214 for many years. She was also a bookkeeper at Dowell-Schlumberger and ended her career at Merritt Oil. Sondra enjoyed woo...

Sharon Lee Massoni, 74, died on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Evangeline Oaks Nursing Home in Carencro, LA Sharon, a resident of Sunset, LA was a longtime resident of Kismet, Kansas. She was the daughter of the late Hobart McVey and Florence Davis McVey. She is survived by her loving husband of fifty-seven years John D. Massoni, her children, Michael John Massoni and his wife Chris, Daniel Dav...

Paula Kay Williams, age 73, of Ulysses, Kansas died Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at her home in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born July 20, 1941 in Lamar, Colorado, the daughter of Jasper E. and Elizabeth M. (Walker) Smith. During her elementary school years, her family moved to rural Grant County, Kansas. She graduated as salutatorian from Ulysses High School in 1959 and from Emporia State Teachers...

Dennis “Denny” Harnden went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was born March 25, 1928 at Hugoton, KS the son of Francis and Hazel (Graham) Harnden. He graduated in 1947 from Liberal High School. Denny was a farmer north of Liberal, KS until he and his family moved to Colorado Springs, CO in 1970. He owned an irrigat...

Mary Frances Young, 74, of Canton, Oklahoma, died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 at Okeene Hospital in Okeene, Okla. Mary was born July 12, 1940 in Rutland, Vermont, the daughter of William Stewart and Martha (King) Stewart. She married Jack E. Young on March 14, 1980 in Guymon, Okla. He preceded her in death in 2006. Survivors include daughter, Cheryl Prouty, Canton, Okla.; son, Doug LaFreniere an...