Bernard E. Carlile, 86, died December 21, 2012, in Wichita, Kansas. He was born April 28, 1926, in Liberal, KS, to Jack and Myrtle Carlile. He attended Liberal, KS public schools. He enlisted U.S. Navy in 1943 at age of 17, serving as a Gunner’s Mate Second Class on the U.S.S. Tucson. In WWII, his ship was deployed in final strikes against Tokyo, Japan and earned one Battle Star. He also...

Pauline Thompson, age 76, died Sunday, December 23, 2012 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born February 19, 1936 in Guymon, Oklahoma the daughter of Alfred and Minnie (Wainscott) Robinson. Pauline grew up in Guymon, Oklahoma. She married Larry Thompson on June 20, 1952 in Guymon. They moved to the farm in Morton County, Kansas in 1954 and began farming together. Pauline, ...

Ward "Junior" Pippitt, 75, died, Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at Southwest Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Brenneman Funeral Home 1212 W. 2nd Liberal, KS 67901 ...

Robert “Bobby” Doll, 75, died Sunday, December 23, 2012 at his residence. He was born September 3, 1937 in Liberal, KS, the son of Cecil L. and Beulah “Billie” (Kunze) Doll. He was a lifetime Liberal resident, graduating from Liberal High School in 1955 and received a Bachelors of Business degree from Wichita State University. He had worked as a bookkeeper and b...

Raymond H. Moore, age 98, died Monday, December 24, 2012 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born November 29, 1914 in Reno County, Kansas, the son of Ivan O. and Opal Grace (Simmonds) Moore. Raymond moved southeast of Stevens County on the farm at the age of four. In the third grade the family moved to Hugoton. Raymond graduated from Hugoton High School. While in high ...

Dan H. Graham, 77, of Hugoton, Kansas died Friday December 21, 2012 at Northwest Texas Hospital, Amarillo, Texas. He was born July 30, 1935 in Friend, Kansas, the son of James and Dorothy (Clinton) Graham. Dan grew up in Shallowater, Kansas. Dan joined the Air Force during the Korean War. After his service in the military, Dan lived in Little Rock, Arkansas where he worked in the oil field ser...

Betty Jean Cobb, 79, died December 18, 2012 at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born February 29, 1933 at Stigler, Oklahoma the daughter of Arthur and Jewel (Pennington) Hendrick. She had been a longtime Liberal area resident. She graduated from Turpin High School in Turpin, OK and attended Northwest Texas Hospital School of Nursing graduating in 1955 with a degree...

Dale Stevens, lifetime Tyrone, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on December 17, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. at the Rainbow Community Health Center in Bristow, Oklahoma, at the age of 97 years and 3 months. Dale was born to Charles and Katherine Stevens on September 17, 1915 on the Stevens Homestead 5 miles west of Tyrone. Dale was one of ten children born to this family. He was ...

Terry Lee Tarrant, DDS, 83, of Clairmore, Oklahoma passed away December 17, 2012 at Hillcrest South Hospital in Tulsa. Terry was born to Roy and Merle Tattu Tarrant in Los Angeles, California on April 3, 1929. Terry graduated Hooker High School with the class of 1947. He immediately joined the Navy serving honorable from 1947 to 1950. He then received his Bachelors of Science...

Neal E. Weber age 86, died Thursday evening, December 13, 2012, at the Minneola Long Term Care Unit, Minneola, Kansas. He was born February 23, 1926, at Fowler, Kansas, the son of Frank and Callie (Vink) Weber. As a young boy he attended the Fowler school system, graduating from Fowler High School in 1945. He later joined the United States Army, serving in the South Pacific and Korea during ...