Tom Roberts, age 59, died Monday, February 24, 2014, in rural Meade County, Kansas. He was born July 17, 1954, at Cottage Grove, Oregon, the son of Amon Marion “Cotton” and Isola Ameila (Ward) Roberts. As a young boy he moved with his family from Arkansas to Meade, and has been a resident for over fifty years. He was an Equipment Operator II for the State of Kansas Depar...

Lois Elaine Heeren 75, died, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 at Liberal Good Samaritan Society in Liberal. She was born October 10, 1938 on a farm in rural Charter Oak, Iowa, the daughter of August and Ellen Marie (Nordin) Namanny. At the age of two, she moved to Crawford County, Iowa and later attended a rural school. She had worked at various restaurants working ...

Glenn E. Cain, 94, of Tyrone, Oklahoma, died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Glenn was born May 14, 1919, southwest of Tyrone, Oklahoma, the son of Corbett and Della Cain. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1939. A long time resident of Tyrone, he was a farmer and rancher. On April 17, 1949, he was united in marriage to Maxine Stevens. Glenn ...

Reinhardt Oeschger, 12, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Reinhardt was born May 5, 2001 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the son of Leon and Renette Joubert Oeschger. On November 18, 2008 he came with his family to Hooker, Oklahoma where he was a 6th grader at Hooker Elementary School. Reinhardt enjoyed drawing and playing basketball which he...

George “Jud” Nance, 76, of Guymon died Sunday afternoon, Feb. 16, 2014, at the Memorial Hospital of Texas County. The son of James and Grace (Radcliff) Nance, he was born Aug. 28, 1937, in Wichita, Kansas. Jud attended school in Forgan, Oklahoma, Beaver, Oklahoma, and Liberal, Kansas. He was united in marriage to Mary Lee Voss on March 23, 1973, in Ellinwood, Kansas. He mov...

Reinhardt Oeschger, 12, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Services are pending with Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, Oklahoma. Condolences may be left at www.robertsbrothersfuneralhome.com ...

Kermit L. Nipple , 64, died Saturday, February 15, 2014 at St. Francis Via Christie Hospital in Wichita, KS. He was born September 14, 1949 at Hardner, KS, the son of Lester and Rose (Downing) Nipple. He married Janice Hill at the First Christian Church in Liberal on December 31, 1974. She survives. Kermit was a graduate of Moscow High School, Class of 1967 in Moscow, KS and also a Grad...

Ila Fern Oyler, 85, died early Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, at her residence at Emeritus Liberal Springs in Liberal, KS. She was born July 16, 1928, at Liberal, KS, the daughter of Irvine and Velma Grabeel. She married Lloyd Oyler on Jan. 13, 1946, at Garden City, KS. He preceded her in death on Dec. 24, 2007. After she and Lloyd were married they moved to the farm where she was a farm wife fo...

Mary E. Harrison, age 86, died early Tuesday morning, February 11, 2014, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. She was born July 19, 1927, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Lorenzo Downs Gilmore and Verlie (Hill) Swanky Gilmore. She attended the College of the Ozarks and Friends Teaching College, receiving her teaching certificate. She was an elementary school teac...

Joyce D. Wittman, age 79, died Thursday afternoon, February 13, 2014, at the Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. She was born March 1, 1934, at LaCrosse, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Blanche (Morgan) Schrott. As a young girl she attended grade school in a rural country school in Nekoma, Kansas. She later graduated from LaCrosse High School in 1951. On May 15, 1955, she...