Tammie Lyn Brittle, age 54, died Monday, July 7, 2014 at the Hillyard Group Home in Gresham, Oregon. She was born March 8, 1960 in Hugoton, Kansas, the daughter of Ira R. and Alice Ruth (Leonard) Brittle. Graveside service will be held at 4:00 PM on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at the Hugoton Cemetery in Hugoton, Kansas. Memorial contributions may be given to the Albertina-Kerr Centers in c...

Carl Dean Tucker, age 90, of Elkhart, Kansas, died Thursday, July 10, 2014 at Morton County Care Center, Elkhart, Kansas. He was born March 6, 1924, south of Wilburton in Morton County Kansas the son of Orrel Michael and Gertrude (Odell) Tucker. Carl graduated from Wilburton High School and attended Kansas State University until he was drafted into the U.S. Army. He served during WWII in the Thi...

Janice Kay Alvarado, age 61, of Rolla, Kansas died July 8, 2014 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born September 5, 1952 in Elkhart, Kansas the daughter of Lyndell and Margie Louise (Henderson) Vail. Janice was a lifetime Morton County resident. She grew up in Richfield and graduated from Rolla High School in 1970. She went to cosmetology school in Hays. She owned a bea...

J. Elizabeth (Bettie) Elder, age 95, of Elkhart, Kansas died July 9, 2014 at Morton County Care Center in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born August 16, 1918 in Elkhart, Kansas the daughter of Ernest H. and Daisy (Wright) Fisher. Bettie married Burton Elder Jr. on June 6, 1941. He preceded her in death on May 11, 1974. Bettie lived most of her adult life in Elkhart. Survivors include one son, Bob...

Fred S. Borthwick, age 89, of Ulysses, Kansas died Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at Park View Assisted Living in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born June 30, 1925 in Strong City, Kansas, the son of Harold and Laura (Baker) Borthwick. Fred graduated from Chase County High School in 1943. He served during World War II and was honorably discharged from the United States Navy in 1946. Fred drove a truck ...

Elsie Mae Bevan, age 79, of Hugoton, Kansas died Sunday, July 6, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born July 26, 1934, in Pueblo, Colorado the daughter of Otis and Velma (Tatman) Watkins. Elsie grew up in Colorado then moved to Hugoton, Kansas in 1964. She was a homemaker and member of Bethel Friends Church where she taught Sunday School for a number of years, she was a...

William C. “Bill” Scantlin, 88, died Friday, July 4, 2014 at Emeritus/Liberal Springs Assisted Living, Liberal. He was born April 16, 1926 at Pratt, KS, the son of William Joseph and Katherine Bessie (Doll) Scantlin. His family moved to Liberal in 1941 and he graduated from Liberal High School in ...

Audrey Long Lambley, 87, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away July 3, 2014 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. Audrey was born July 26, 1926 in Beaver County, Oklahoma, the daughter of John and Margaret Nettie Corzine Long. She attended rural school at Grennogh and later Liberal High School. She was married to Delbert K Lambley, March 18, 1943 in Hugoton, KS. They made the...

Voncille Marrs, age 86, passed away Monday afternoon, June 30, 2014, at Fowler, Kansas. She was born January 12, 1928, at Winfield, Louisiana, the daughter of H.H. and Elizabeth Lee. As a young girl, she attended the Columbia, Louisiana school system in the Sandy Bayou in Caldwell Parish. On December 25, 1947, she married Alfred Marrs in Columbia, Louisiana. Upon their marriag...

Pearl Fowler, 88, died Friday June 27, 2014 at Liberal Good Samaritan Center in Liberal, KS. She was born November 29, 1925 at Barry, MO, the daughter of John Henry and Sarah Jane Branstetter. She married Calvin L. Fowler on February 23, 1945 at Berryville, AR. He preceded her in death on November 22, 2004. She and Calvin moved to Liberal in 1963 where she was a loving homemaker and wonderful c...