COPELAND – Walter L. Birney died January 8, 2019 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses. He was born April 25, 1934 to Claude D. and Mildred E. (Farris) Birney in Sublette. Walter was a man who lived his life by the Great Commission. He graduated from Sublette High School in 1952 and then continued his education at Dallas Christian College where he received his ministry degree.  While at...

Purn David (PD) Edwards, Jr., age 101, passed away early Tuesday morning, January 8, 2019, at the Fowler Residential Care Center, Fowler, Kansas. He was born February 2, 1917, in rural Fowler, Kansas, The son of Purn David and Clarabelle (Zortman) Edwards.  As a young boy he attended school in rural Fowler.  After his schooling, he began farming with his family in rural Meade County. On ...

Lawrence Edward Mahoney, 80, of Liberal, passed away on January 6, 2019 at Homestead Estates Home Plus care Facility Liberal, KS. He was born on August 24, 1938 to Lawrence and Bernice (Swenson) Mahoney at Lyons, KS. On December 22, 1963 he married Bernice Hillery in Oakley, KS; she survives. Lawrence graduated from Lindsborg High School; class of 1956. He received his Bachelor Degree in ...

Robert Gorilla (Bob) Eugene Armstrong, 67, of Liberal, Kansas, died Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Southwest Medical Center. Bob was born July 9, 1951 in Joplin, MO., to LeRoy Armstrong and Lillian Luna Armstrong. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1970 and attended Seward County Vocational Technical School. Bob worked for many years driving truck for Yellow Freight Company. He was...

William Dean Borth, age 97, passed away Thursday afternoon, January 3, 2019, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. He was born August 26, 1921, in rural Meade County, Kansas, the son of Otto and Zola M. (Mathews) Borth. As a young boy he attended school in Plains, Kansas, was active in 4-H, and graduated from Plains High School.  He enrolled in Dodge City Com...

Anthony Albert Rios passed away Thursday, January 3, 2019 in Satanta, KS at his home surrounded by his wife and children. Tony was born to Agapito and Bertha (Molina) Rios on December 15, 1970 in Fresno, CA. He and Synthia Ardery were married on April 15, 1995 at Satanta Baptist Church, Satanta, KS. Tony (Anthony) Rios graduated from Sublette High School in 1989. He graduated from South W...

Jimmy Ray "Jimbo" Ketcherside, 41, of Plains, KS passed away on January 4, 2019 at the Meade District Hospital in Meade, KS. He was born on September 22, 1977 to Jimmy and Donna (Johnson) Ketcherside at Guymon, OK. Jimbo spent a part of his childhood in Guymon, OK,. When he was 10 he and his family moved to Kismet, KS where he attended Kismet Schools and then Southwestern Heights High School...

William L. "Bill" Beck, 83, of Turpin, OK. passed away at his home on Friday, January 4, 2019. He was born on March 6, 1935 to John and Viola (Kolb) Beck at Liberal, KS. In 1958 he married Karen Starlin at Liberal, KS; she preceded him in death on April 13, 2018 Bill grew up in Liberal, Kansas and was graduate of Liberal High School. He served in the US Air Force, stationed in Cheyenne, W...

James V. Armstrong Jr., age 66, died Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at the South West Medical Center in Liberal. He was born on June 12, 1952 in Victoria, Texas. the son of James V. Armstrong Sr. and Ruthie Lea (Martin) Armstrong He was married to Glenda J. Pitts on December 30, 1969 in Pampa, Texas They were married for 49 years. He was a member of the NRA and Church of God. He worked ...

Norma Bea Janzen was born November 22, 1930 in Balko, Oklahoma and passed away December 29, 2018 in Bentonville, Arkansas of cancer. Norma married Harlo Janzen on October 13, 1949 and lived in Balko, Oklahoma where they raised their family. They enjoyed traveling and being with friends and family. Later in years they moved to Fairview, Oklahoma and Shafter, California where Harlo died of cancer...