Peggy Sue Quinones, 55, died Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal.  She was born on March 27, 1963, the daughter of William Chestnut and Beverly Barber.   She graduated from Mead High School in 1981.   She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.   Peggy worked as a department manager at Wal Mart.  ...

Dwight Leatherman, loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend entered the Gates of Heaven peacefully at his home in Ponca City, Oklahoma December 10th, 2018 surrounded by his family following a courageous thirty-month battle with lung cancer. Dwight was born February 2, 1945 in Wichita, Kansas to Floyd and Lula Mae Johnson Leatherman, the baby of six children. He was raised and attende...

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...