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 ...

Hazel “Louise” Tribble, 86, of Liberal, passed away on June 9, 2015 at Liberal Springs in Liberal, KS. She was born on August 29, 1928 to John and Hazel (Beckworth) Clark in Breckenridge, TX. Louise attended Pampa, TX schools and graduated from Pampa High School in 1946. On August 30, 1948 Louise married Gaston Tribble in Pampa, TX. After Louise and Gaston we...

Lyle Morris Swanson, 83, died Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS He was born January 9, 1932 on a farm near Walthill, NE to Martin and Ada (Gabriel) Swanson. He had farmed for two years before starting to work for Northern Natural Gas as a measurement technician and later as a measurement specialist. He worked in ...

William Eugene “Bill” Bauer, 90, died Saturday, June 6, 2015 in Leavenworth, KS. He was born Feb. 5, 1925 in Rural Plains, KS, the son of Joseph and Beatrice (Ward) Bauer. Bill was a resident of Liberal for 58 years, moving to California and Leavenworth to be close to family. He was employed by Tradewinds Industries for 22 years. He also was a self-employed carpenter and contrac...