Vivian E. Armstrong was born on a small farm near Solomon, Kan., in 1928. She was the youngest of three children born to Charles and Nina Herman. Vivian was very close to her older sister Frances and oldest brother Earl. As adults whenever Vivian would get back together with big sister Frances, it caused an erupting of positive emotions — unending giggling, funny lines, laughing and smiling! Tog...

Josephine “JO” Lydia Ungles, 91, passed away Monday, May 30, 2022, at Satanta Long Term Care Unit, Satanta, Kansas. She was the daughter of Raymond Frances and Fern Elizebeth (Naugle) White. Josephine was born October 3, 1930, in Smyrna, Turkey. She and James (Jim) Max Ungles were married on July 13, 1951, in Meade, Kansas. To this union were three children, Joel Mark, Jon Raymond, and J...

Nita Gay (Littrell) Baker, 76, passed away on Friday, May 27, 2022 at her residence in Hugoton, Kansas, surrounded by her family. She was born on July 6, 1945 at Liberal, Kansas to Garnet Fontell (Burditt) and Ira Carl Littrell. She married Leonard Baker on September 19, 1964 at Hugoton, Kansas. Throughout her life, Nita worked at many different jobs, including a stint as a Dart-In manager and ...

Arminda Ortega Aranda, age 72, died Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on September 22, 1949, to Raymond Ortega and Paula Hernandez in Alpine, Texas. On March 13, 1970, Arminda married Gilberto R. Aranda in Ulysses, Kansas. He preceded her on June 22, 2014. She worked as a custodian for the Grant County Library and was the loving mother of her son, Orasio. Arminda w...

Sammie Louise Still, 78, of Tyrone, OK passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at the Southwest Medical Center at Liberal, Kansas. She was born on July 1, 1943 to Samuel and Estelle (Barton) Richardson at Liberal, KS. On September 20, 1960 she married Burl Still at Liberal, KS. Sammie was a graduate of Liberal High School; class of 1961. She was a loving wife, mother, and Nana. Sammie en...

Garrel Alvin Packard, 88, died on Sunday, May 29, 2022 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born August 31, 1933 in Macksville, Kansas to Iona Faye (Pruett) and Alvin William Packard. He married Lois Almeda Holmes on August 24, 1952 at the home of her parents in Plains, Kansas. They enjoyed nearly 70 years of married life together. Garrel moved to Plains, Kansas in the 6th gra...

Charles Michael Hickok, age 74, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on April 6, 2022, after a long battle with Lymphoma. He was the spouse of Donna Kay (Henkle) Hickok, and they shared almost 53 years of marriage. Mike, as he preferred to be called, was born in Garden City, Kansas, and was the son of Charles Edward and Jeanne Catherine Hickok. He attended high school at Grant County Rural...

Alta Faye (Harvell) Coats, 97, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 28, 2022 at the Fowler Residential Care in Fowler, Kansas. She was born on October 6, 1924 to Arlene Mae (Best) and George Washington Harvell in Ratcliff, Arkansas. She married Kyle Milton Coats on August 11, 1943 in Fresno, California. He passed away on March 18, 1992. Faye and Kyle were married in Fresno, California. While...

JoAnn Cashero, 89, passed away on Friday, May 27, 2022 at the Liberal Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in Liberal, KS. She was born on December 17, 1932 to Joseph and Esther (McLead) Cashero at Scammon, KS. JoAnn was a graduate of Mineral High School of Mineral, KS. She had worked as a sales clerk for Kress Dept. Store in Wichita, KS; she also cleaned hotels and homes. JoAnn had many ...

Juanita (Jones) Whetstone, 74 years old, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2022, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Bernerd and Lucinda (Hummingbird) Jones and was born April 12, 1948, Ottawa, Illinois. She and Robert (Bob) Whetstone were married on October 1, 1969, at Wichita Falls, Texas. He preceded her in death on October 11, 2017. She attended Freewill Baptist Church, O...