Jon Marc Roebuck, 11, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away October 14, 2013 at Memorial Hospital of Texas County in Guymon, Oklahoma. Jon Marc was born January 19, 2002 in Idabel, Oklahoma, the son of Jimmy and Emily Cavner Roebuck. Memorial services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 19, 2013 at the First Baptist Church in Hooker, Oklahoma with Brother Jim Roebuck, Jon’s father, offici...

MEADE – Ruth A. Hantla, age 89, died early Tuesday morning, October 15, 2013, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born February 25, 1924, at Council Grove, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur Sidney and Susie Goldie (Williams) Peterson. As a young girl she attended the Council Grove school system, graduating in 1941. She later attended beauty school in Wichita. ...

Gladys Marie (Bracken) Ellis, age 88, died Thursday, October 10, 2013 at the Morton County Care Center in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born on April 14, 1925 in Rogersville, Missouri, the daughter of William Thomas and Lillian Rosella (Cox) Bracken. Gladys lived in the rural area of Rogersville, Missouri (Christian County) until she was seven years old. Moving with her family, she attended...

Billy Max O’Hair, 82, died October 9, 2013 at Morton County Care Center in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born May 25, 1931 in Shattuck, Oklahoma the son of William Henderson and Olive Catherine (Druce) O’Hair. A longtime Elkhart resident, he was a well-respected educator, coach, avid bow hunter and golfer. On June 25, 1955 he married Helen Farmer in Great Bend, Kansas. Survivors i...

FOWLER – Kathleen E. Boyd, age 93, died late Thursday evening, October 10, 2013, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. She was born June 19, 1920, at Jennings, Kansas, the daughter of George J. and Essie M. (Denny) Tacha. As a young girl she attended the Oberlin, Kansas, school system, graduating from Oberlin High School. In 1939, she moved to Meade, Kansas. On May 18, 1941, she m...

Betty Eltha Innis died October 9, 2013 at Swedish Medical Center in Denver, Colorado after suffering a stroke and brief illness. Betty was born on May 10, 1930 in Dodge City, Kansas to Leonard and Eltha Brown of Meade, Kansas. She is survived by her husband of 61 years, E. Eugene Innis of Woodland Park, Colorado, two sons, Steve of Dallas, Texas, and David of Franklin, Tennessee, her d...

Geneva J. Kernell, age 76, died Tuesday evening, October 8, 2013, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born July 17, 1937, at Ozone, Arkansas, the daughter of Buna Sears. A resident of Fowler, Kansas, since 1974, she was a bookkeeper for Kernell Body Shop. In addition to her bookkeeper duties, she worked at the Minneola Nursing Home and Fowler Residential Care Cente...

Randall Dean “Randy” Crosley, age 47, died Monday, October 7, 2013 at Morton County Hospital, Elkhart, Kansas. Randy was born November 15, 1965 in Wellington, Texas, the son of Ronald D. Crosley and Barbara A. (Barnes) Crosley. Randy graduated high school in 1984 in Buhler, Kansas and Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma in 1988. Randy moved to Elkhart in May of 1995 and worked ...

David "Dave" Mangels, age 49, of Ulysses, Kansas died Monday, October 7, 2013 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital, Ulysses, Kansas. He was born October 15, 1963 at Wellington, Kansas the son of Floyd Carl and Velma Hazel (Joyner) Mangels. Dave was a truck driver, heavy equipment operator and also worked in construction. He is survived by one son; Stevie Lackey of Brigham City, Utah, four brothers; D...

Thomas (Tommy) Brown Lee, Jr. departed this life October 7, 2013 at the age of 93. Mr. Lee was born on August 8, 1920 in Woodville, Mississippi, where he was known as Teeter to family and friends. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II as a flight engineer for B22s. When he was stationed at the Liberal, Kansas, air base, he met and married his wife of 69 years, Elizabeth (Bette) S...