Owen L. Kepley, age 79, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Monday, November 4, 2019, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born February 8, 1940, in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Merle and Jewel (Withrow) Kepley. He was stationed on both sides of the Pacific Ocean during his 20 years of service in the U.S. Navy. He began as a radarman, was as an air controller for planes flying missio...

Daryl Adell Hale, 83, of Liberal passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at Liberal Good Samaritan Center. She was born November 9, 1935 at Oakley, KS, the daughter of Noah "Pete" and Inez (Connally) Zeigler. She married Elmer "Toby" Hale on November 18, 1955 at Liberal, KS; he preceded her in death on December 24, 2017. Daryl was a graduate of Liberal High School; class of 1953 and ob...

Gary Lee Painter, age 74, passed Monday, November 4, 2019, in his home after a long battle with heart disease. He was born August 13, 1945, in Williston, North Dakota, the son of Homer Milton and Jeanna Mae (Stai-Benish) Painter. Gary attended school in Alexander, North Dakota. At an early age, Gary helped his Dad on the farm, which became his lifetime love of farming. Gary had eleven sib...

Adrian Nuñez, age 31, of Liberal, Kansas, died Saturday, November 2, 2019, in Liberal. He was born January 11, 1988, in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Erasmo and Sylvia (Baeza) Nuñez. Adrian grew up in Ulysses and graduated from Goddard High School. He then attended the Energy Training Center at High Plains Technology Center in Woodward, Oklahoma, and became a Certified Wind Technician. H...

Donald D. Bridal, 73, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away November 4, 2019 at his home. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, November 8, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Guymon, Oklahoma with Rev. Mark Westcoatt officiating. Interment will be in the Hooker Cemetery directed by Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, Oklahoma. Condolences may be left at www.robertsbrothersfuneralho...

Dorothy Ruth (Dorothymom) Campbell, 92, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away November 2, 2019 at her home. Dorothy was born September 28, 1927 in Hooker, Oklahoma, the daughter of Adam Robert and Minnie Ruth Garrett Young. Dorothy grew up during the depression the oldest of seven children. Her dad, Adam, was a farm laborer until the forties when they moved into town to live in a dugout, he won in...

Just a few short months after her 91st birthday my sweet Grandma, Marilyn Hampton, was called home. She passed away November 1, 2019, in the same small town and on the same land she grew up on. Marilyn was born in Blue Mound, Kansas, to parents, Harold and Erma (Smith) Green on September 9, 1928, just before the Great Depression. She was one of twenty-three kids in the Blue Mound High School Cl...

Carlyle Edward Kiehne, 91, passed away on Monday, October 28, 2019 at his home in Satanta, KS. The son of Carl F. and Edna M. (Olsen) Kiehne born on July 27, 1928 at Alexandria, MN. Carlyle and Maurine (Foster) Kiehne were married on March 26, 1953 at United Methodist Church in Satanta, KS. She preceded him in death on October 18, 2016. For several years Carlyle and Maurine moved around while ...

Levi I. Classen, 87, died Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born to Peter L. and Katherine Isaac Classen on March 11, l932 in Meade County, Kansas. He graduated from Meade Bible Academy in l950 and attended Grace Bible Institute in Omaha, Nebraska for one year. He married Lorena Hamm on June 12, l954. She survives. He worked for Earl William...

Billy Ray Henson, age 72, of Newton, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 29, 2019, at Newton Medical Center in Newton, Kansas. He was born April 1, 1947, in Seymour, Missouri, the son of Hiram and Alta (Henry) Henson. Billy moved to Ulysses, Kansas, with his family at a young age. He attended Ulysses schools until he entered US Naval training in Great Lakes, Illinois. He was honorably discharged f...