Bobby Dale James, 81 of Tyrone, OK, passed away April 28, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Funeral arrangements are pending with Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, OK. Memorials are suggested to the 2nd Lt Luke James Memorial Fund or the Tyrone Cemetery Fund and may be left with Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Box 745, Hooker, Oklahoma, 73945. ...

Dorothy F. Hardaway, age 81, died early Sunday morning, April 27, 2014, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. She was born January 4, 1933, at Plains, Kansas, the daughter of Peter and Ruby Faye (Hoskinson) Schield. As a young girl, she attended the Plains school system, graduating from Plains High School in 1951. On October 17, 1953, she married Warren L. Hardaway at St...

Ivan McGee, age 91, of Johnson, Kansas died Friday, April 25, 2014 at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson, Kansas. He was born February 10, 1923 in Richfield, Morton County, Kansas, the son of John Landon and Viola Jane (Hall) McGee. He was raised on the McGee homestead along with his five siblings and graduated from Richfield High School. Ivan was a United States Navy Veteran of Worl...

Wendell Scott Smothermon 84, died, Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS. He was born Feb. 24, 1930 in Hollis, OK the son of Walter Burton and Lela Mae (Tice) Smothermon. He had moved with his family to the Liberal at the age of 3 and graduated from Liberal High School in 1950. He attended and graduated from University of Northern Colo. in 1959 with his Mast...

Eva Jean Newburn, 83, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away April 22, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Jean was born July 12, 1930 on the farm near Hooker, Oklahoma, the daughter of Archie and Goldie Herald Judd. She attended Lemon Rural School until the eighth grade and the attended Hooker High School graduating with the Class of 1948. She worked for Bell Telephone as a...

Zelma Frances Herrick Colvin, age 99, of Hugoton, Kansas passed away on Sunday, April 20, 2014 at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton, Kansas. She was born July 2, 1914 on the Herrick farm southeast of Johnson, Kansas. She was the last of eight living children of James and Agnes (Walters) Herrick; who were pioneers in Stanton County and charter members of the Bethel Church of the Nazarene. Zelma graduat...

Norma Lee Hill, age 85, of Ulysses, Kansas died Monday, April 21, 2014 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born July 14, 1928 in Kiowa County, Kansas, the daughter of Verdie Herbert and Marietta “Maye” Bertha (Johnson) Mitchell. Norma moved to Grant County at the age of 5. During her high school years, she worked at Sturman’s Drug Store. She graduated f...

Dickey H. Johann, age 70, of Garden City, Kansas died Saturday, April 19, 2014 at Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. Dickey was born August 31, 1943 in Paola, Kansas, the son of Ralph and Alphalee (Shearhart) Johann. Dickey was a member of the 1961 class of Paola High School. He worked at Hallmark in Kansas City, and the Osawatomie State Hospital. He was married to Ethyl ...

Helen Marie Box, 83, died Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS . She was born March 10, 1931 at Ada, OK, the daughter of Thurman and Ola (Tollison) Fox. She married Harold Eugene "Gene" Box on March 19th, 1947 at Ada, OK. He preceded her in death on August 22, 2007. Helen and Gene moved to Pauls Valley, OK in 1951 where Gene was employed with Haliburton u...

Leon Kay Williams, age 66, died April 14, 2014 at St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK. He was born June 29, 1947 in Liberal, KS, the son of Paul and Betty Marie (Fisher) Williams. He married Deanna Delay on April 9, 1967 in Liberal, KS. She survives. He worked for Nichols’ Water Service for 29 years; 1...