Brenneman Funeral Home 1212 W. 2nd Liberal , KS 67901 OBITUARY – Liberal, KS Duane Reed Hitchcock, 56, died Monday, September 24, 2012 at Kansas Medical Center in Andover , KS . He was born on November 10, 1955 at Pratt , KS to Ralph L. and Mary (Reed) Hitchcock. He had worked for several local oilfield companies as a roughneck. He is survived by his Son – Stacey Hitchc...

Shirley Gene “S. G.” Hinz , 85, died Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born May 1, 1927 at Corn, OK to Alvin H. and Elizabeth ( Franzen ) Hinz . He was a Korean War veteran serving in the U. S. Army from Oct. 17, 1950 – Oct. 22, 1952. He was a farmer and truck driver. He lived in Liberal and the Oklahoma panhandle all hi...

MEADE - Gladys Aileen Bruington, age 94, died early Wednesday morning, September 26, 2012, at her Meade residence. She was born March 6, 1918, at Fowler, Kansas, the daughter of Walter Warren and Feryl Ione (Flinn) Marrs. As a young girl she attended the Western Gem Country School in rural Meade County until the eighth grade. She later attended Fowler High School, graduating in 1936. Upon her g...

Nadine K. Howard, age 94, of Ulysses, Kansas died Sunday, September 23, 2012 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born April 21, 1918 in Sharon, Kansas, the daughter of H. K. and Cora (Ford) Kennedy. Nadine was born in Barber County and lived in Satanta and Johnson; moving to Ulysses and graduating from Grant County Rural High School in Ulysses in 1936. She then graduated...

Lyman H. Brown, 77, died September 23, 2012, at the Meade District Hospital. He was born March 15, 1935, to Earl R. and Gertrude T. Brown. On August 2, 1953, he married Nora Marlene Dupree at the old Methodist Church in Plains. Survivors include his wife; his children, Nancy Knowlton, Angie and Tom Brady, Cherie and Ron Nicholson, and L.H. and Thais Brown; twelve grandchildren; fiv...

Faye Daliah Wells, 94, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away September 23, 2012 at Liberal Springs in Liberal, Kansas. She was born May 18, 1918 in Mouser, Oklahoma on the family homestead. She was the seventh of eleven children born to Alfred Clinton and Alice Ann (Trolinder) Mouser. She attended Optima and Hooker schools graduating from Hooker with the class of 1937. ...

Jean Ray “JR” “Jabo” Willimon, age 88, of Plains, died Thursday, September 20, 2012, at Minneola District Hospital, in Minneola, KS. He was born July 27, 1924 at Davidson, OK, to John Wesley and Alice Anna (Wright) Willimon. He attended school at Davidson. He served in the United States Army, during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. He married Imogene B. Defoor on October 4, 1945,...

Ada C. Heinson, age 97, died early Wednesday morning, September 19, 2012, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade, Kansas. ...

Skip Patheal, 90, died Sunday, September 16, 2012 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS She was born January 28, 1922 in Decatur, IL, the daughter of William Sr. and Edith (Young) Schlosser. She has been a resident of Liberal for the past six years, also living in Hugoton, KS for 13 years and Denver, CO for 14 years. She was a homemaker, an Independent Consultant for Tupperware Interna...

James Elwood Hill passed away September 8, 2012. He was born April 22 1915 in Lone Star, Missouri to parents J.B. & Mary Hill. He was one of four children, a brother Norwood, and sisters Susan and Ella. At his death he was living in Kingsland, Texas. Elwood lived most of his life in Kansas. After attending and graduating from high school in Liberal, Kansas he married Agnes L. Klei...