Ira Ross Grimes, MD, 84, Liberal, KS, died Sunday, January 1, 2012, at Wheatridge Park Care Center, Liberal, KS. He was born February 13, 1927 Fairview, OK, the son of Ira W. & Sallie E. Ross Grimes. Ross graduated Fairview High School, Fairview, OK in 1944. He entered the US Navy, served as a Corpsman during World War II. Upon his discharge, he entered Phillips University, Enid, OK...

Toye F. Allen, 54, Liberal, KS, died Saturday, December 24, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS. She was born January 4, 1957 at Beaver, OK, the daughter of Mervin & Thelma Vassar Roberts. She attended Liberal schools. She married Carlos Allen, Jr. in 1974, they divorced. She is survived by one son, Joseph Allen, Liberal, KS; two daughters, Chassy Allen, Liberal, KS; ...

Lena L. Loewen, age 91, died Wednesday afternoon, December 28, 2011, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born December 28, 1920, at Rosenort, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Peter J. and Anna K. Loewen. As a young girl, she attended school at a rural country school near Rosenort. On August 4, 1940, she married Henry F. Loewen. After their marriage, the couple mov...

Houston, TX Margaret B. Fronk, 91, Houston, TX, a former Liberal resident, died Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at Park Manor of Conroe Nursing Home, where she resided since 2006. She was born May 9, 1920 at Hooker, OK, the daughter of Earl & Opal Crecelius Williams. She attended Rock Island and Dague School, graduated valedictorian in 1940 of Tyrone High School and attended bus...

Marion L. Pucket, age 83, of Ulysses, Kansas died Thursday, December 22, 2011 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born August 30, 1928 in Elmira , New York , the daughter of Victor James and Gertrude Olive (Pattison) Willson. Marion was a dedicated homemaker. She married Dale W. Pucket on January 22, 1957 in Phoenix , Arizona . Her family came ...

Bonifacio “Ruben” Carrillo, age 63, of Elkhart, Kansas died December 22, 2011 at Via Christi Regional Medical Center – St Francis in Wichita, Kansas. He was born May 14, 1948 in Santa Eulalia , Chihuahua Mexico the son of Leonardo and Antolina (Patena) Carrillo. Ruben moved to the Copeland, Kansas area in 1968. He married Manuela Corona on October 2, 1...

Robert “Bob” Jay Ashcraft, age 59, of Elkhart , Kansas died December 21, 2011 at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart , Kansas . He was born October 17, 1952 in Wichita , Kansas the son of Leo Elmer and Jacqueline Dever (Hefnider) Ashcraft. Robert graduated from Hutchinson High School in Hutchinson , Kansas . He also att...

William “Bill” Helm 85, died December 21, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS He was born Oct. 1, 1926 in Childress, TX the son of John N. and LaVada (Monroe) Helm. He is a 1944 graduate of Estelline High School in Estelline, TX. He moved to Liberal In 1946. He was employed by Centel from 1946 and retired in 1990 as a District Superintendent. He was a member of th...

Cecil “Kim” Heckman, age 60, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born October 29, 1951 in Memphis , Texas , the son of Cecil George and Gertrude Naomi (Williams) Heckman. Kim graduated high school in 1970 and then attended Dodge City Community College . He served in the United States Arm...

Lisha Banning, age 50, died Dec. 19, 2011 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS. She was born June 17, 1961 at Guymon, OK, the daughter of Larry and Lora (Long) Kirk. Lisha , who fought a long hard battle with cancer, first being diagnosed in 2002, contracted pneumonia before passing away. She had worked at C-Mart in Tyrone for 22 years. Lisha has served the City of Tyro...