Darlene Lillian Collins, (89) passed peacefully away on May 6, 2012, at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart , KS . She was born November 1, 1922 at Goodrich , KS , the daughter of Iven M. and Sara Veda (Murrow) Wright. She graduated in 1940 from Parker Rural High School in Parker, KS. After high school, she attended Brown Mackie Secretarial School in Kansas City . On August 11, 1941, she married P...

Rusty Del McDonald, age 56, died May 5, 2012 at his residence in rural Texas County, OK. He was born April 1, 1956 in Beaver, OK the son of Edward and Shirley (Hawkins) McDonald. He graduated from Texhoma High School, Texhoma, OK in 1974. He had lived in the Tyrone, OK area since Dec. 1992. He served in the U. S. Air Force from Nov. 1974 – Nov. 1978. He worked as a Production Specialist f...

Betty Hazel Brown, age 81, of Johnson, Kansas died Friday, May 4, 2012 at her home in Johnson, Kansas. She was born October 30, 1930 at Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph M. and Snowie M. (Wood) Young. Betty moved to Ulysses as a child and graduated from Ulysses High School. Betty was a homemaker and devoted her life to her family and home. She married John Q. Patton on September 23, 1948 a...

Donald Eugene Brown, “Don”, born Oct. 6, 1947, in Tucumcari, NM, passed away on Thursday, May 3, 2012, at his home, in Liberal, with his family, at his side. Our hearts are broken for our incredible loss, but we rejoice that he is now with the Lord. Don was preceded in death by his father, Gene Brown, and mother, Charlene Grau. Don was a father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. He w...

Elsie M. Branden, age 79, died early Friday morning, April 27, 2012, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. She was born July 21, 1932, in rural Meade County, Kansas, the daughter of William H. “Bill” and Blanche (Tillery) Painter. As a young girl she attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School in 1950, she later attended Kansas State University , ...

Darrell L. Winfrey, age 82, of Plains KS, died Friday evening, April 27, 2012, at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born January29, 1930, at Plains, Kansas, the son of William E. and Alice Louise (Shuman) Winfrey. As a young boy he attended the Pleasant Home School later attending Plains Elementary and Plains High School. After high school he attended the Wen...

Jimmie J. Merz, 79, Liberal KS, died Thursday April 26, 2012 at Liberal Good Samaritan Center, Liberal, KS. She was born October 2, 1932 in Oklahoma City, OK, the daughter of Eugene C. and Minnie V (Baxter) LaFon. Jimmie graduated Deerfield High School in 1951. On October 7, 1949, she married Melvin M. Merz at Deerfield, KS. She studied accounting at Garden City Community College in pursuit of...

H.A. Kelly Kilgore, 80, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away April 26, 2012 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Services are pending with Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, Oklahoma. Condolences may be left at www.robertsbrothersfuneralhome.com ...

John W. “Jack” Toole, age 93, died April 20, 2012 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born January 7, 1919 at Scottsbluff , Nebraska , the son of Lemuel and Minnie Olive (Lanham) Toole. He graduated in 1935 from Stromsburg High School , Stromsburg , NE. In 1940, Jack received a Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of ...

Mary Lou Cannaley , 79, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Stevens County Hospital , Hugoton , KS . She was born August 14, 1932 at Toledo , OH , the daughter of John and Lucy ( Schnapp ) Woods. She had been a librarian at the Seiling School District in Seiling , OK and was also a dental hygienist for Dr. Randall. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi and the Red Hat Ladies. ...