Josephine E. Amerin, age 94, passed away Monday afternoon, November 14, 2022, at her Plains, Kansas, residence. She was born January 14, 1928, at rural Padroni, Colorado, the daughter of John and Anna (Ertle) Gertner.  As a young girl, she attended school in Padroni, graduating from Padroni High School in 1946. On January 24, 1950, she married Edward John Amerin at Sterling, Colorado.  Aft...

Boyd C. (Bill) Fox, Jr., age 100, passed away Monday afternoon, November 14, 2022, at his rural Plains, Kansas, residence. He was born May 24, 1922, in rural Plains, Kansas, the son of Boyd C. and Lillie (Edwards) Fox. As a young boy, he attended school at the West Glendale country school and later Plains High School, graduating in 1939. He later attended Dodge City Community College an...

Bounma Khamphouvong, age 78, died Friday, November 11, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on November 1, 1944, in Laos. Bounma was united in marriage to Sika Khamphouvong. She was the loving mother of eight children, Lum, Kum, Bouakham, Oua, Sim, Phim, Em, and Tim. Bounma worked for National Beef for 10 years. She was a member of the Buddhist Community in Libera...

Dorothy Pearl (Hockett) Kost, age 91, died Saturday, November 12, 2022, at her home in Beaver, Oklahoma She was born on April 3, 1931, in Liberal, Kansas to Andrew and Cora Hockett. Dorothy married Warren Kost in Clayton, New Mexico on December 26, 1948, they later divorced. Born to them were five children, Glenn, Delbert, Jerry (Patsy), Gerry (Kay), and Sherry Newman. Dorothy worked as a ...

Samuel C. Vazquez, age 62, died Thursday, November 10, 2022, at his home in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on February 7, 1960, the son of Socorro Vazquez and Josefina (Cardenas) Vazquez in Mexico. Samuel grew up in a large loving family with his four brothers, six sisters and extended family. On May 20, 1995, he was united in marriage to Luzvila Sanchez in Ventura, California. Samuel’s fa...

Donald Ulysses Hickok, 97, of Ulysses, Ks went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and was reunited with the love of his life on Wednesday, November 9th, 2022.  He was born July 21st, 1925 to Charles William and Mary Frances (McGillvary) Hickok in Ulysses, Ks. He graduated from Grant County Rural High School and joined the Navy at the age of 17 in 1943. He was sent to school in Maryvil...

Martha Lois Beauchamp, age 90, of Canon City, Colorado, died November 6, 2022, at Hildebrand Care Center in Canon City, Colorado. The oldest of five children, she was born May 2, 1932, in Syracuse, Kansas, the daughter of Carl E. and Henrietta M. (DeWeese) Graves. Martha was raised in Syracuse and attended Syracuse High School. She married Hayward Beauchamp and they raised five children, Keith,...

Evelyn Elaine Batt, formerly of Liberal, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on November 8, 2022, at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, at the age of 73. She was born on October 5, 1949, to Willard and Helen Downing of Liberal, Kansas. Evelyn grew up in Liberal and spent most of her life in the Liberal area, until September of this year when she moved to Oklahoma Cit...

Chris K McDaniel, 69, of Liberal, passed away on Tuesday November 8, 2022 at his home. He was born on December 25, 1952 to Howard and Stella (Atterbery) McDaniel at Great Bend, KS. On November 6, 1976 he married Mary Ramona "Mona" Casaus at Liberal, KS. On August 8, 1971 Chris enlisted into the United States Army in Amarillo, TX; he also went on to serve in the National Guard, and Army...

FOWLER – Danny E. Dewell, age 74, passed away early Saturday morning, November 5, 2022, at the Fowler Residential Care Center, Fowler, Kansas. He was born March 21, 1948, at Fowler, Kansas, the son of Alden (Duke) and Melva (Heinz) Dewell. Dan grew up in Fowler, graduating from Fowler High School in 1966. He then served in the United States Navy. After his discharge, he returned to th...