W. J. (Bill) Light, age 89, died Thursday, October 18, 2012 at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton, Kansas. He was born September 25, 1923 on the farm in Morton County, Kansas, the son of William Clarence and Zula (Tarter) Light. Bill was a lifetime resident and farmer of Morton County. He graduated from Rolla High School in 1942 and served in the Marines during World War II. Bill married Mardelle Cullis...

Leo Anthony Hulm, 81, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away October 20, 2012 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Leo was born January 16, 1931 at the family farm home near Meadow, South Dakota, the son of Joseph and Anne LeMer Hulm. He was the second youngest of ten children and attended eight years of grade school at Meadow Central rural country school and one year of high school in...

Gary R. Hathaway, age 70, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at Via Christi Regional Medical Center – St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. He was born July 5, 1942 in Liberal, Kansas, the son of Addison E. and Helen M. (Nix) Hathaway. Gary grew up in Hugoton and Garden City, and was active in Boy Scouts. During his teen years, he was a member of the Mandan Indian Dancers. ...

Lynn D. Mangels, age 63, of Parker, Colorado and formerly of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at Littleton Adventist Hospital in Littleton, Colorado. He was born August 16, 1949 in Liberal, Kansas, the son of Van Floyd and Lois L. (Melville) Mangels. Lynn graduated from Rolla High School and Fort Hays State College with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He served...

Lucreta Russett, age 69, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, October 13, 2012 at Rose Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. She was born November 27, 1942 in Greenwood, Arkansas, the daughter of Rellis Ray and Eva (Primm) Martin. Lucreta graduated from Grant County Rural High School in 1960. She married Wayne Russett on June 26, 1960 in Ulysses, Kansas. Lucreta worked for Gibson’s Discount Cente...

Warren L. Hardaway, age 84, died early Saturday morning, October 13, 2012, at Cape Fair, Missouri. He was born July 16, 1928, at Fowler, Kansas, the son of Walker Jesse “Pete” and Fannie (Marrs) Hardaway. As a young boy he attended the Fowler school system, graduating from Fowler High School in 1947. After his graduation, he attended Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, on a...

Mary Anna Dunn, 80, died Friday, October 12, 2012 at St. Catherine’s Hospital in Garden City, KS. She was born March 27, 1932 in Blencoe , Iowa to William and Edith (Peterson) Erlandson . She graduated high school at Blencoe , Iowa and then studied at Wayne State College in Wayne , NE. On May 19, 1956, she married Howard A. Dunn in Onawa , Iowa . He survives. ...

Donald Dean King, Sr., 80, died Thursday, October 4, 2012, at the VA Hospital, Dallas , TX . He was born December 13, 1931, in Liberal, KS, the son of John R. and Nora E. (Lawder) King. He was a 1950 graduate of Turpin High School . He received a BS Degree from Oklahoma A&M (OSU), and a MS Degree from Kansas State Univ. He married Catherine O. Wilson on August 27, 1952, at Broken Bow, OK. She p...

Robert Clay “Bob” Feldman, age 88, died early Thursday morning, October 11, 2012, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born July 24, 1924, at Meade, Kansas, the son of Herman and Katherine (Buck) Feldman. As a young boy he attended the Meade school system. During World War II he worked for the Boeing Aircraft Plant in Wichita, Kansas. This is where he met his future wif...

Clara E. Dunn, age 87, died October 9, 2012 at Morton County Care Center in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born September 11, 1925 at Clinton, Oklahoma the daughter of Sherman and Gladys (Slagle) Grubb. Clara grew up at Custer County, Oklahoma and graduated from Clinton High School, Clinton, Oklahoma and Southwestern College at Weatherford, Oklahoma earning her teaching certificate. She taught school ...