Maurine Mae Evans 99, died Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at Liberal Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, KS She was born March 13, 1913 in rural Liberal, the daughter of Luther Franklin and Lola Pearl (Browning) Cox. She graduated as the valedictorian of the class of 1931 of Turpin High School. She was a homemaker and helped her husband farm. She was a...

Lyn Kepley, age 89, of Ulysses, Kansas died Monday, November 12, 2012 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born May 23, 1923 in Hart, Michigan to Arthur and Cecil Olson. Lyn served in the United States Navy, WAVES, during World War II. In 1945, she married Cecil (Kep) Kepley in Washington D.C. in the Navy Chapel. A Ulysses resident since 1945, Lyn was a charter member of...

Gerald (Jerry) Klein, age 67, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, November 10, 2012 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born April 21, 1945 in New England, North Dakota, the son of Edward Jr. and Clara (Johnson) Klein. Jerry was a lifetime farmer. He moved to Ulysses in 1965 and married Joyce Bruntzel on September 21, 1968 at the Grace Lutheran Church in Ulysses. Jerry ser...

Jean Logsdon , 86, died Nov. 3, 2012 while receiving hospice care at Meadowlake Estates, in Oklahoma City . She was born Sept. 8, 1926 in Borger , TX , the daughter of Lex and Ethel (Cowan) Phillips. In 1945, she married Rex Joe Logsdon of Guymon , OK . He died Feb. 15, 1965. They made their home in Liberal and raised two daughters, Karen and Janet. Jean had worked in L...

Wayne Batman, 84, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away November 5, 2012 at his home. Wayne was born October 28, 1928 in Plains, Kansas, the son of Arthur William and Leona Mae Morrison Batman. He attended school in Meade, Kansas and graduated from Meade High School. After graduation he ranched with his father. On October 22, 1952, Wayne was united in marriage to Ruth Elizabeth Kisner in Of...

E. Juanita (Mangels) Hershey , 96, died Monday, November 5, 2012, at Southwest Medical Center , in Liberal. She was born June 20, 1916, at Plevna, Kansas , to Chester and Mary (Nusser) Mangels. She graduated from Rolla High School in 1934. She was a teacher at country schools in Morton and Stevens County . She was a member of First Baptist Church in Elkhart , ...

Mary Pauline Weaver 98, died Monday, November 5, 2012 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She was born November 9, 1913 in Cleveland, OK the daughter of Frank Moulder. She had been a resident of the Liberal area for many years. She was employed by Panhandle Eastern Pipeline becoming the first female supervisor. She was a member of the Turpin Baptist Church and attended the Emmanue...

George Edson Atwood, age 82, of Elkhart , Kansas died November 5, 2012 at Morton County Care Center in Elkhart , Kansas . He was born July 10, 1930 in Jetmore , Kansas the son of George Smith and Myrtle ( Henderson ) Atwood. George has lived in Elkhart since the age of seven. He graduated from Elkhart High school and attended Kansas...

Steven R. Furney, age 68, died Saturday afternoon, November 3, 2012, at his Meade residence. He was born January 21, 1944, at Hastings, Minnesota, the son of Wilbur and Lois Furney. A resident of Meade since 1984, he was a self-employed mechanic and worked for the Meade County Sheriffs Department and for the Meade Thriftway grocery store. He enjoyed taking care of his animals and spe...

Jim Miller, age 77, died early Saturday morning, November 3, 2012, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born January 15, 1935, at Temple, Oklahoma, the son of John and Willie (King) Miller. As a young boy he attended grade school in Meade, graduating from Meade High School in 1954. He furthered his education by attending Dodge City Junior College, graduating in 1956. He ...