Eileen Howell, 93, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away October 2, 2012 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Velda Eileen was born September 22, 1919, south of Tyrone in Texas County, Oklahoma the daughter of Elvas and Lula McAhren Woodward. She attended Tyrone schools until her eleventh grade when the family moved to Washburn, Missouri. She graduated from Washburn High School with ...

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 8:42 AM Brenneman Funeral Home 1212 W 2nd Liberal KS 67901 LIBERAL, KS Ross Alan Graham , age 58, died September 30, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS. He was born September 9, 1954 in Liberal, KS the son of Bobby Ross and Katherine Muriel (Light) Graham. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1972. He was a life time resident of Liberal. He ...

John C Reimer, age 91, of Ulysses, Kansas and formerly of Plains, Kansas died Saturday, September 29, 2012 at The Legacy in Park View in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born October 30, 1920 on the farm in Meade County, Kansas, the son of Jacob A. and Katherine L. (Classen) Reimer. John grew up in the Mennonite community in Meade, Kansas. He was married to Edith W. Rickers on June 10, 1945 and farmed i...

Naomi Knier, 52, of Hugoton, Kansas passed away September 29, 2012 at Odyssey Hospice in Amarillo, Texas. Naomi Decker Knier was born January 24, 1960 in Hooker, Oklahoma, the daughter of Wilbur dean and Ida Mae Zordel Decker. She grew up in Hooker, graduating with the Class of 1978. Naomi received her Associates of Applied Science Degree from Seward County Community College. She worked at Hook...

Brenneman Funeral Home 1212 W. 2nd Liberal, KS 67901 Photo Yes Hutch Free Format Liberal, KS Jean Marie Weeast, 88, died Monday, September 24, 2012 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She was born October 23, 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio the daughter of John Harold and Grace Elizabeth (Nichols) Keefe. She graduated from Trenton Central High School in Trenton, New Je...

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...