MEADE - Pastor Kenneth W.G. Kramer, age 90, passed away Monday morning, January 5, 2026, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. Pastor Kenneth W.G. Kramer was born 2/13/1935 in Highland Park Illinois. He was raised in Wisconsin. He attended Augustana High School and then went on to Augustana College, graduating in 1957. Ken then moved to International Falls Mn to become the Campus or Y...

Carolyn Rosezan (Hayes) Turner, age 75, passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2026, at Sunshine Meadows Retirement Community in Buhler, Kansas. Carolyn was born the oldest of 6 children, on December 3, 1950, to Norman L. Hayes and Vera R. (Webb) Hayes in St. John, Kansas. Carolyn graduated from Hudson High School in Hudson, Kansas in 1968. After graduation, Carolyn started her career in the medi...

Betty Yoder, age 99, died, January 1, 2026, at Morton County Assisted Living Center in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born on November 13, 1926, in Elkhart, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Florena (Weir) Minor. Betty and her family lived Northeast of Elkhart on the family farm until the mid 1930’s, surviving the depression of 1929 and the Dust Bowl of the 1930’s. Betty was raised in Elkhart ...

Doyle Ray Davis, 68, of Liberal, passed away on Thursday January 1, 2026 at his home in Liberal, KS. He was born on August 31, 1957 he was born to Glenda Sue Hunter and Colton Ray Davis August 31st 1957 at Brownwood Memorial Hospital in Brownwood, TX On May 4, 2016 he married Helen Giles at the Pauls Valley, OK. Doyle was a graduate of Brownwood High School. He went on to enlist into the ...

Randall Lee "Randy" Neudecker, 72, of Liberal, passed away on Wednesday December 31, 2025 at Liberal Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home. He was born on September 8, 1953 to Elvin Neudecker and Melba (Steiner) Neudecker at Syracuse, KS. Randy was known by many in the Liberal community where he had worked in maintenance for WalMart in the mid 1990's, National Beef, and the Branding Iron Resta...

Lois C. Reimer, age 92, passed away Saturday evening, January 3, 2026, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. Lois was born in Harleysville, Pennsylvania on July 16, 1933, the third and youngest child of the late Jacob L. and Edna Nice Clemmer. She accepted Christ as her Savior at the age of 14 and was later baptized and became a member of Salford Mennonite Church in Harleysvi...

Ray Van Zant, age 88, died Saturday, January 3, 2026, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses. Darwin “Ray” Van Zant was born on June 2, 1937, in Roff, Oklahoma, the son of Clayton and Truba E. (Parker) Van Zant. Ray grew up in Oklahoma and proudly served his country in the United States Navy, enlisting in 1955. He served on active duty until 1959 and continued his service in the Navy Re...

After an amazing and full life, Jean Louise Regier, age 90, died on Monday, December 29, 2025, in Liberal, Kansas. Jean was born on August 20, 1935, in Marshalltown, Iowa, to Earl Eugene and Maxine Aurora (Pitcher) Basham. She graduated from Toledo Iowa public school in 1953. The following year on July 18, 1954, Jean married Vernon H. Regier at the First Methodist Church in Toledo, Iowa. Jea...

Vivian Regina Skaggs Wheeler, 79, passed away peacefully after a lengthy illness in Lubbock, TX on December 27, 2025, surrounded by her family. Regina was born August 6, 1946 to Thomas and Erlene Skaggs in Paducah, KY Regina was raised in Grant County, Ulysses, KS by her parents, Ray & Erlene Fogleman. Regina graduated from Grant County Rural High School, Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital LVN pro...

Robert “Bob” Wayne Kessler, age 90, died on Monday, December 22, 2025, at Wheatridge Park Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on September 10, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois, to William and Frieda (Becker) Kessler. Bob received his GED and worked as a mechanic for Panhandle Eastern. He was talented in many aspects to include diesel and auto mechanics and a meticulous painter of autos an...