Richard Henry Blehm, age 84, passed away Wednesday afternoon, March 18, 2020, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. Richard was born November 7, 1935, in rural Meade County Kansas, the son of Gottfried F. and Hannah (Borchers) Blehm. As a young man, he attended school in Meade, was baptized and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church of Meade. Following his education he served in the Arm...

Charlene R. Ackerman, age 85, passed away Wednesday afternoon, March 18, 2020, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born December 14, 1934, at Burlington, Oklahoma, the daughter of Walter W. and Irene Marie (Schurter) Armbruster. After her graduation from Burlington, she attended Northwest Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma. Most of her college years took place...

Iona Fern Graber, 98, of Liberal, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at Wheatridge Care Park. She was born on August 9, 1921 to William and Nellie (Taylor) Peek at Fowler, KS. One December 3, 1938 she married Elmer H. Graber at Meade, KS; he preceded her in death in 1999. Iona was a graduate of Hugoton High School. Iona and Elmer moved to Ulysses, KS in 1952 due to Elmer's job with ...

Dewayne Curtis Schroeder, 62, of Vinita, Oklahoma passed away March 11, 2020 at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. Dewayne was born September 11, 1957 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the son of William Kermit and Maria Rose Friesen Schroeder. He grew up on the family farm near Adams, Oklahoma then in 1968 the family moved into Adams. He attended Adams school until the eighth grade and then at...

Clinton “Clint” L. Thomason, age 78, died Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton, Kansas. He was born August 6, 1941, in Delaware County, Oklahoma, the son of John and Dona (Leach) Thomason. Clint grew up and graduated high school in Colcord, Oklahoma. He continued his education at Panhandle State University. Clint came to Elkhart and started farming and married Sandra S...

Lois Alta Morrissey, 104, died Saturday, March 14, 2020 at Brookdale Liberal Springs. She was born on August 27, 1915 in Seward County, Kansas, the daughter of William Harlo and Alta (Yoder) Emrie. Lois graduated from Liberal High School in 1933. On June 6, 1943, she married Robert D. Morrissey in San Bernardino, CA. He preceded her in death on July 30, 2005. Lois worked as a cashier at t...

Mark Allan Horyna, 68 years young, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. He was the son of Ben and Lucille (Williams) Horyna and was born July 8, 1951 in Caldwell, Kansas. He and Rhea Roberts were married August 20, 1971 in Argonia, Kansas. To this union were three children; Brett, Krystal, and Andrea. Mark loved to spend time with his ...

Ila Loree Edwards, died March 14, 2020, at the Minneola District Hospital, Minneola, Kansas. Ila was born December 27, 1924, to Moses and Rosa (Nelson) Hadlock in Gray County, Kansas, on her Haldock grandparent’s farm that was homesteaded northwest of Fowler, Kansas. Ila attended Meade High School, graduating in 1943. She married Charles (Chuck) Edwards in 1946, in a double wed...

Alvin Darrell Kirkwood, 79, Ponca City, OK passed away on March 13, 2020. He was born on December 4, 1940 in Stratford, TX to Benny Kirkwood and Fern (Clinkenbeard) Kirkwood. He grew up in Dalhart, TX and eventually moved to Liberal, KS. Darrell joined the Navy in 1959 and served on USS Cadmus before being honorably discharged in 1963. He became a dispatcher for Yellow Freight and shortly af...

Nikole L. Herrman-Hamlin, 44, formerly of Liberal, passed away on Monday, March 2, 2020 at her home in Spring Hill, TN. She was born on February 23, 1976 to George A. "Tony" and Rebecca "Becky" (Lahey) Herrman at Liberal, KS. Nikole was a graduate of Liberal High School; Class of 1994. Nikole moved to the Nashville, TN area in 2010. She took great pride in raising her three sons and was a...