William (Bill) Francis Kemp, age 94, died December 7, 2018 at his home in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born August 8, 1924 in Leonard, Missouri the son of Tom and Pearl (Johnston) Kemp. Bill served in the United States Navy during WW II. He married Jean Horton on November 17, 1948 at Clayton, New Mexico. He was a Phillips Petroleum jobber, owned and operated a service station and farmed for 20 years...

Dorton Dean Ives, 87, of Satanta, Kansas, died December 7, 2018, at Pioneer Manor Memory Care Center in Hugoton, Kansas.  He was born December 2, 1931, in Satanta to Gertrude and Dorton Cliff Ives.   He was preceded in death by his parents, Dorton and Gertrude, and a baby sister.  Dean is survived by his wife, Marilou; three children and their spouses, Randy and Angie Ives (Satanta), ...

Sandra Jean Stewart, 73, of Balko, Oklahoma passed away December 7, 2018 at her home. Sandra was born July 23, 1945 in Glendale, California, the daughter of Pop and Dorothy Jewel Williams Blair. She attended school there and graduated from Granada Hills High School. After school she worked as a medical transcriptionist. She was married to Ronald Ray Farris. Sandra lived in Dumas, Tex...

Lena Mae Swanson, age 85, died December 6, 2018 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born October 29, 1933, in Decatur, NE the daughter of William John and Luella (Young) Castor.   She graduated from Decatur High School, Decatur Nebraska. On January 3, 1954 she married Lyle Swanson at Omaha, NE. He died on June 10, 2015. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the ...

Clois Henry Brown, 74, of Johnson, Kansas, died Thursday, December 6, 2018, at his home in Johnson, Kansas. He was born February 22, 1944, in Nocona, Texas, the son of Orse Henry and Letha Belle (Gee) Brown.   Clois grew up in Texas and graduated high school in Springfield, Colorado. He has lived in Johnson for the last 41 years. He was a mechanic and had worked at Ramsey Farms, L &...

Larry R. Coen, age 79, passed away on Wednesday, December 5, 2018, after a battle with cancer. He was born at home on January 4, 1939, on Thayer Street in Elkhart, Kansas, weighing less than 3 lbs, the son of Marion (M.R.) and Velma Pearl (German) Coen. On August 10, 1963, he married Mary Lou (Keesling) Coen in Elkhart. Larry and Mary moved to Faulkton, South Dakota, in 1965. Larry loved the ye...

Ruth D. Loewen, age 90, passed away Thursday morning, December 6, 2018, at the Kansas Medical Center, Andover, Kansas. She was born November 23, 1928, at Meade, Kansas, the daughter of Isaac B. and Mary (Neufeld) Regier. As a young girl she attended grade school at Pleasant Hill before attending the Meade Bible Academy. After her graduation from the Bible Academy, she attended Tab...

Naomi L. Meza, age 72, of Mineral Wells, Texas, died Tuesday, December 4, 2018, at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.  She was born November 16, 1946, in Jewell, Oregon, the daughter of Reverend Roy and Catherine (Schmidt) Foster.   Naomi grew up in Jewell, Oregon, and graduated high school in Portland, Oregon. She moved to Ulysses, Kansas, in 1965.  Naomi ma...

Clara "Mae" Ray, 88 passed on December 3, 2018 at Kansas Heart Center in Andover, KS. She was born on August 14, 1930 to Henry and Lucille Black in the Dague Community of Oklahoma. After her mother Lucille's death she and sister Marie were adopted by Harry and Hattie Willis, siblings June and Junior would be raised by family members, Jean was raised by the Dye's and Forrest Lee by the Davis's. ...

Judith Alison Burdge Baze, 65, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away December 2, 2018 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 6, 2018 at Grace Southern Baptist Church in Guymon, Oklahoma. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 6, 2018 at the Hooker Cemetery. Arrangements by Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, O...