Janice Ann Gowens, 76, of Liberal, passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at her home in Liberal, KS. She was born on April 26, 1944 to Earl and Lorene (Rogers) Dorris at Dexter, MO. On December 26, 1981 she married Earl Gowens at Phoenix, AZ; he preceded her in death in 1985. She attended school at Liberal High School; class of 1962. Janice had worked in Housekeeping as a supervisor a...

Enemencio C. Flores, age 73, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born December 9, 1946, in Goliad, Texas, the son of Domingo and Eralia (Caballero) Flores. Enemencio grew up in Texas. On December 20, 1965, he married Marta Garza in Freemont, Ohio. They moved to Ulysses in 1975. Enemencio worked for Border Line Well Service Inc...

Ernest “Ernie” Lee Davis, 75, died Wednesday, August 19, 2020 in Protection, Kansas. He was born October 1, 1944 in Galveston, Texas, the son of Ernest William Davis and Georgie Robbins Davis. Ernie graduated from High School in Baker, Oklahoma. He later went on to attend Panhandle A & M where he was in the college choir. While attending college, he also met his future wife. On March 26, ...

Delora Doris Davis, 95, of Balko, OK, passed away on Monday, August 17, 2020, at the Beaver County Memorial Hospital in Beaver, OK. She was born on June 25, 1925, to James and Cora (Boren) Criswell near Laverne, OK. On October 5, 1943, she married LaVerne Davis at Oberlin, KS; he preceded her in death in 2010. After she and Verne were married they settled in Beaver County, OK, where they ...

Betty Lou (Heger) Lee, 90, died Monday, August 17, 2020 at the Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton, Kansas. She was born May 1, 1930 in Liberal, Kansas, the daughter of Otto Heger and Versia Mills Heger. In 1948, Betty graduated from Hugoton High School. She worked at the Citizens State Bank as the Vice President Loan Officer for forty – four years. She was the beloved mother of two daughte...

John Paul Montz Jr., 48, of Liberal died on Sunday, August 16, 2020 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, KS. John was born on April 16, 1972 to John Paul Montz Sr. and (Laura) Christy Maher at the Great Lakes Naval Hospital in Shields, IL. He married Sandra Kae Ball in 1993 in Kismet, KS; they later divorced and she preceded in death. John enjoyed playing games, being on his comput...

Ahron Espino Vargas, age 19, died Sunday, August 16, 2020, at his home in Liberal, Kansas. He was born April 12, 2001, in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Eusebio and Rosy (Vargas) Espino.  Ahron grew up in Ulysses and graduated with the class of 2019. He was currently enrolled at Seward County Community College in the heating and air conditioning course; and was also working at Wal-Mart. He enj...

Bettie Sue Baldwin (Stewart) went home to be with her Savior and her husband on August 10, 2020. She was born to Chet and Itis Stewart in Clayton, New Mexico on August 3, 1937. The family later moved to Guymon, Oklahoma. After graduating from Guymon High School, she married her high school sweetheart James Baldwin. Shortly thereafter the two of them graduated from Panhandle State University w...

Mary Magdalene Brown, 83, formerly of Liberal, passed away on Friday August 14, 2020 at the Western Prairie Care Home in Ulysses, KS. She was born on May 29, 1937 to Benedict J. and Eleanor (Legleiter) Dreitz at Liberal, KS. She was united in marriage to Tommie Lee Brown on August 10, 1959. They were married for 23 years before his passing on January 29, 1983. Mary was a graduate of Liber...

Michael Duane Kletecka, 61, died August 14, 2020, at his daughter’s home in Meade, Kansas, following a valiant battle with cancer. He was born December 11, 1958, to Duane Melvin and Blanche (Love) Kletecka in Wichita, Kansas. Mike attended kindergarten in Hoisington, Kansas. He and his family moved to Guymon, Oklahoma when he entered the sixth grade at Guymon Elementary School. Mike graduated wi...