Melvin Carl “PaPa” Porter, 65, died Saturday, June 29, 2013, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born April 19, 1948 in Garnett, KS the son of Ralph C. and Emma Ellen (Keller) Porter. He was raised by his step dad L.G. Barney Brock. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1966 and attended Garden City Community College. He worked at various places such as far...

Garold W. Jarvis, age 81, of Wichita, KS formerly of Ulysses, Kansas died Thursday, June 27, 2013 at his home in Wichita, KS He was born July 28, 1931 in Southern Grant County, KS the son of E. Wayne and Reba D. (Davis) Jarvis. Garold grew up south of Ulysses and graduated in 1948 from Grant County Rural High School. He was a lifelong farmer and worked with oil and gas leases for Kirkman Oil. ...

Roger H. Ramsey, died late Wednesday evening, June 26, 2013, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born January 31, 1925, at Garden City, Kansas, the son of Oscar Earnest and Sara Pearl (Horn) Ramsey. As a young boy he attended the Garden City school system, graduating from Garden City High School in 1943. After his graduation, he joined the United States Air Force, servi...

Gary D. Cline, 77 of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Gary was born January 25, 1936 in Woody Community, North of Lamesa, Texas, the son of Andrew Ray and Willie Mae McGowen Cline. He was the youngest of four children. He attended the Lamesa Schools after which he served in the U.S. Navy, retiring with an honorable discharg...

Barbara Joyce (Smith) Leggett, 80, of Plano, Texas, passed away on June 26, 2013 in Allen, Texas. Funeral services will be held at the Church of Christ in Hooker, Oklahoma at 2:00 on Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Interment will follow at Hooker Cemetery. The family requests any memorial donations be made to Hooker American Legion Baseball – R.L. Leggett Locker Room maintenance fund and ...

Roberta Mae “Bert” Durbin , 83 , Died Tuesday, June 24, 2013 at Good Samaritan Society of Liberal. She was born May 23, 1930 in Liberal , the daughter of Glen Monroe and Leola ( Ingraham ). She formally worked as a waitress at Moore Café , La Fonda Restaurant, the Chuckwagon , and Gateway. She was a member o...

Bradley Koehn, age 61, died Monday afternoon, June 24, 2013, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born May 8, 1952, at the Bethel Home, Montezuma, Kansas, the son of Wilbur and Laveda Koehn. As a young boy he attended the Cimarron, Kansas school system, graduating from Cimarron High School . After his schooling he began his career in farming. A former resident of Cimarron a...

Rollo Gene Day, age 83, passed away Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Liberal Good Samaritan Center in Liberal, KS. He was born August 3, 1929 at Washington County, KS, the son of Elmer and Dolly (Coder) Day. He married Neva Robertson July 28, 1958 at Clayton, NM. She Survives. He was a Plant Manager for Liquid Carbonic for 13 years retiring in 1987. Rollo enjoyed, fishing, boating, camping and was a...

George Richard Alexander, Jr., age 94, died June 22, 2013 at Liberal Good Samaritan Center in Liberal, KS. He was born June 18, 1919, in Wilson, AR, the son of George Richard and Lony Appe (Lawrence) Alexander, Sr. He attended Mt. Healthy High School in Mt. Healthy, OH. He had been a resident of the Liberal area since 1982. He served in the Army Air Corp in 1941. He was veteran of WWII, the K...

Bonnie Parkins, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at St Francis Medical Center in Wichita, KS. She was born October 31, 1940 at Liberal, KS, the daughter of William and Lura Mae (Kirby) Hart. She married Charles Theodor "Lucky" Parkins, III at Liberal, KS. He preceded her in death Bonnie attended Liberal and was a graduate of Liberal High School . She was a Cook for La Fonda Restaurant . Bon...