James Leo Levings, 60, of Hooker, Oklahoma, passed away April 22, 2012 at his home. James was born September 2, 1951 in Woodward, Oklahoma, the son of William Matthias and Vivien Uldene Cox Levings. The family lived in Buffalo, Oklahoma and James attended school, graduating from Buffalo High School with the Class of 1970. He attended Northwestern State College in Alva, Oklahoma and had so...

Shelia Marie Watson 59, died April 19, 2012 at North Colorado Medical Center in Greely, CO. She was born March 12, 1953 in Beaver, OK the daughter of Edward and Lenora Alice (McAhren) Chance. She had been a longtime Liberal area resident before moving to Greely, Co. She is a 1971 graduate from Liberal High School and she earned her Associates degree from Seward County Community College. She...

Harold E. Tompkins, age 80, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, April 21, 2012 at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born March 20, 1932 at Byers, Kansas the son of Harvey and Mable (Alton) Tompkins. Harold spent his childhood in Byers, Kansas and Cullison, Kansas where he graduated High School. After graduation, he attended Pratt Community College and was then drafted in the U.S. Army. Harold w...

Lawrence E. "Gus" Gustason, 82, Liberal, KS, died Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at his home. He was born October 9, 1929 in Stevens County, KS, the son of Edward & Bessie DeCamp Gustason. He attended school in Stevens County. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, serving in the U S Marines. Following his discharge, he worked at Nash-Finch for five years,...

Janice Jean Fitzgerald- Dufield , age 69, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at the Kansas Medical Center , in Andover , KS . She was born October 17, 1942, at Borger , TX , to Eugene M. and Marjorie (Rinehart) Fletcher. She graduated from Sublette High School , in 1960, and Wichita State University , in 1998. She was a retired accountant, and was a member of First Uni...

Carolyn R. McElroy, 74, Liberal, KS, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS. She was born September 23, 1937 near Mayfield, OK, the daughter of Marion E. & Murray E. Hart Wheeler. She graduated Phillips High School near Borger, TX . Moving to Liberal in 1967, where she worked as a CNA at Southwest Medical Center for twenty years, retiring 1986. She m...

Margaret C. Forbes, age 92, of Elkhart, Kansas died April 17, 2012 at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born August 10, 1919 in Stafford County, Kansas, the oldest of four children. She was the daughter of Charlie and Elizabeth (Hatzenbuehler) Sloan. Margaret moved with her family to Morton County, Kansas in 1939. She graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Dodge City, Kan...

Carlos L. Kilgore, 91, Liberal, KS, died Saturday April 14, 2012, at Via Cristi St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, KS. He was born August 3, 1920 at Tyrone, OK, the son of L. V. & Vallie Allison Kilgore. He attended country school in Seward County school and Liberal High School. Carlos farmed for many years and later drove truck for George Winchell Trucking and for Yell...

Patricia Bitner, age 78, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born May 27, 1933 in Elkhart, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest and Vesa (Cox) Bitner. Patricia grew up on the farm in Stanton County. She enjoyed copying book, and the Bible; building puzzles, and playing dominoes. She loved animals and John Wayne. Patricia atten...

Sidney E. Jackson of Meade, KS was born to Eddie and Karrie (Vallevand) Jackson in Orion, Alberta, Canada on January 14, 1925. He left this earth to join his Savior and his boys on Good Friday, April 6, 2012. The youngest of nine children, he spent his early years in Strongfield, Saskatchewan moving to California with his parents at age 17. There, he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and flew th...