Virginia M. Howeth , age 88, died Sunday, September 18, 2011 at Blue River Rehabilitation Center , Kansas City, MO. She was born July 21, 1923 at Sulphur , OK , the daughter of Lewis Amos and Mable Lucille (Cook) Vernon . She graduated from Sulphur High School in 1942, and on September 21, 1942, she married Orbra P. Howeth at Sulphur , OK . He went home to be with the Lord on...

Patricia Mae Ferguson, 84, of rural Elkhart , Kansas passed from this life on Saturday, September 17, 2011 in Amarillo , Texas . Patty was born on May 24, 1927 to Leo and Melvia (Peak) O’Toole in Norton , Kansas . She was the first child and only daughter of Leo and Melvia. She moved to the Feterita area as a child and then later moved to Elkhart where sh...

Janet Elaine Simpson, 71, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away September 16, 2011 at Odyssey Health Care in Amarillo, Texas due to complications of a stroke. Janet was born March 23, 1940 in Clayton, NM at St. Joseph Hospital, the daughter of Clifford and Anna Tower Holder. She attended school in Clayton, graduating from Clayton High School with the Class of 1958. On May 23, 1958 in Kenton...

Steven Wayne Zunk, 57, died September 12, 2011 in San Antonio, Texas, where he had resided since 2004. Steve was born November 12, 1953 in Liberal, Kansas, to Bob and Dolores Zunk. He is survived by three sisters, Vickie Davis (Parker, CO), Kathy Sumner (Garden City, KS), Beckie Delaney (San Antonio, TX) and two sons, Kelly and Kevin. He also leaves behind seven nieces and nephews an...

Irene Culver, 95, Plains, KS, died Monday, September 12, 2011, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. She was born April 23, 1916 at Plains, KS, the daughter of Reinhart J. & Vena V. Garrison Langhofer. She graduated Plains High School in 1934. She worked at the Plains State Bank for thirteen years and was secretary for JB Services for fifteen years. She was a member of the Christian Church, Pl...

A.J. “Blackie” Nelson 92 died, Thursday, September 15, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS He was born July 14, 1919 in Roxbury, Massachusetts the son of Samual & Catherine (O’Donnell) Nelson. He was placed in St. Joseph Catholic Orphanage in Halifax Nova Scotia . He was adopted and was raised in Nova Scotia working on fishing boats and logging camps. He...

Orville L. Isaacs , 74, died Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal. He was born May 23, 1937 at Beaver, OK, the son of Velma Rose (Isaacs) and John Lewis Maschmeier . He attended Liberal High School and served in the United States Army in 1959. He retired from Panhandle Eastern Pipeline and had worked as an electrician’s helper at Mou...

James Clinton Price Buck, age 86, of Elkhart , Kansas died September 14, 2011 at Morton County Care Center in Elkhart , Kansas . He was born June 28, 1925 in Kirbyville , Missouri the son of William Aua and Julia Lovida (Gibson) Buck. Clinton ’s first year of school was in Lone Star, Missouri where his Dad was the teacher. The nex...

Rick Swartz, 61, of Tyrone, Oklahoma passed away September 12, 2011 at his home. Rick was born December 6, 1950 in Beaver, Oklahoma, the son of James Stephen and Betty LoRie Booth Swartz. He attended school in Arizona and Tyrone, graduating from Liberal High School with the Class of 1968. He then attended West Texas State University in Lubbock, Texas and finished his education at Seward ...

Yoshi Bryan, 75, Liberal, KS , died Monday, September 5, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center , Liberal, KS. She was born September 15, 1935 at Kumejima, Japan , the daughter of Kachu & Uto Shiohira. She graduated high school in Japan and attended a training school several years. She came to Liberal in 1963, working at National Beef Packing for over twenty years, retiring in 1995. Sh...