Emma Mae Crotinger Helmle, 88, of Aurora, Colorado, formerly of Johnson, Kansas, passed away on November 3, 2011, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She has been a resident of the Cherry Creek Retirement Village in Aurora for the last two years. Emma was born in McCracken, Kansas, on June 2, 1923, to James and Milla Crotinger, the fourth of their nine children, all of whom prec...

Wayne H. “Jack” Robertson, age 93, of Elkhart, Kansas died November 03, 2011 at the Morton County Hospital in Elkhart,Kansas. He was born September 28, 1918 in Rice, Kansas the son of George and Ova D. (Horton) Robertson. Jack grew up and went to school in Wilburton and was a lifetime resident of Elkhart. Jack served our country during World War II. Jack marred Margret G. “Marty&...

Henry D Reimer, age 88, died Sunday morning, November 6, 2011 , at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas . He was born June 7, 1923 in rural Meade, Kansas, the son of Klaas H. and Helena (Doerksen) Reimer. He attended McNulty country school in rural Meade. As a young boy, he committed his life to Jesus Christ. On August , 25, 1948, he married Helen Dick at B...

Judith Louise Curry age 64, died Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at Satanta District Hospital , Satanta , KS . She was born on January 22, 1947 at Liberal, KS , the daughter of Lloyd Wayne and Dorothy Ann (Dimick) Sillin. She was a 1965 graduate of Liberal High School . She was a lifetime resident of Liberal. On January 19, 1964 , she married Jay Ewalt at Liberal, KS. ...

Grace E. Williams, 92, Liberal, KS , died Sunday, October 30, 2011 at Liberal Good Samaritan Center, Liberal, KS. She was born June 3, 1919 at St. John, KS , the daughter of James A. & Elizabeth P. J. Welsh Curtis. She graduated from St. John High School and attended Business College in Dodge City for two years. Moving to Liberal 1954, she was Legal Secretary for Jim Wo...

Jimmie A. Main, age 77, of Ulysses, Kansas was born January 23, 1934 to L.E. (Jim) McGillivray and Rosamond Hale (Roberts) McGillivray. She died October 30, 2011 at 8:38 AM at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. Jimmie was born in Meade, Kansas and moved to rural Ulysses with her family in 1941. She attended Ulysses schools graduating from Ulysses Rural High School. Jimmie attended...

Verle Martens, 66, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away Sunday, October 30, 2011 at Baptist St. Anthony Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. Verle was born December 24, 1944 in Liberal, Kansas, the son of Eugene Frank and Eldena Winters Martens. He attended school in Adams and later Hooker, graduating from Hooker High School with the Class of 1963. He attended school at Panhandle State University...

Linda K. Olson, 59, Halstead, KS , a former Liberal resident, died Wednesday, October 26, 2011 , at Halstead Health & Rehabilitation Center, Halstead, KS. She was born November 18, 1951 at Oakland, NE , the daughter of William C. & Marion Diedrichsen Feller. She graduated Liberal High School in the Class of 1970, and attended airline school...

Grace M. Thompson, age 89, died Wednesday afternoon , at Hutchinson, Kansas . She was born June 3, 1922, in rural Hodgeman County, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Ella Fox Watson. As a young girl she attended Garden City High School. On November 30, 1940, she married Samuel E. Thompson at Syracuse, Kansas. After their marriage the couple made their home in Meade where she maintai...

Kathleen J. Ross, age 80, died early Thursday morning, October 27, 2011 , at the Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita, Kansas . She was born March 16, 1931 , in rural Meade County, Kansas , the daughter of Albert and Irene Dunham Cordes. As a young girl she attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School in 1950. After her graduation, she began working for Southwestern Bel...