JoAnne Fitzgerald, age 92 of Liberal, Kansas Died, Tuesday, March 27, 2018 in Liberal, Kansas, She was born January 24, 1926 to Ernest and Vaughn (Fankhauser) Boles in Liberal, Kansas. After graduating from Liberal High School, JoAnne married Bill Fitzgerald 1946. Billy first caught JoAnne’s eye in fifth grade. Not knowing how to boil water JoAnne moved to the farm North of Liberal. She was...

Katie L. Bailey, 96, of Liberal, died Saturday, March 31, 2018, at her son’s residence in Arvada, Colorado. She was born on March 24, 1922, the daughter of Minnie & Claudie L. Glasgow. She attended high school in Ola, Arkansas. Katie worked as a bookkeeper for Bailey and Son Machine before retiring. On May 19, 1939, she married Virgil C. Bailey Jr., in Ola, Arkansas. He preceded her in ...

Larry J. Kerns, 71, of Liberal, passed away at his home on Sunday, April 1, 2018. He was born on September 4, 1946 to Ivan and Bertha (Stockebrand) Kerns at Wichita, KS. Larry was a graduate of Liberal High School and also attended Seward County Community Colleges. He served as an Air Traffic Controller in the US Air Force during Vietnam. Larry worked many different jobs in his lifetime but ...

Angelina Chacon Apodaca, 93, was born on November 20, 1924 in Guadalupe, Guerrero, Chihuahua, Mexico to parents Adela Apodaca and Uriel Chacon and went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 31, 2018. Angelina was the fifth of seven children, and grew up and lived in Guerrero, Chihuahua until the age of 20 when she moved to El Ejido Tres Ojitos, in Madera, Chihuahua following her marriage ...

Robert Troy Curtis, age 53, of Greenville, South Carolina, died Saturday, March 24, 2018. He was born November 9, 1964, in Liberal, Kansas, the son of James Robert and Janice Kay (Crawley) Curtis. Troy, a professional opera singer, grew up singing in Elkhart. He graduated from Elkhart High School in 1982. Troy held a Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Kansas. Troy ma...

Richard L. Canton, age 48, passed away Thursday afternoon, March 29, 2018, at the Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita, Kansas.   He was born January 24, 1970, at Houston, Texas, the son of LeRoss and Sharon I. (O’Connor) Canton.  As a young boy he attended the Fowler school system.  He later attended Dodge City Community College.  A longtime resident of Meade County, he was a carpenter and wood...

Carol Tacha, age 100, passed away late Friday evening, March 30, 2018, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas.   She was born December 24, 1917, at Dellvale, Kansas, the daughter of Lester and Mary Ida (Goldsby) Hager.  As a young girl she attended the Clayton school system, graduating from Clayton High School.   On October 26, 1936, she married Darrel James Tacha at Oberlin, K...

Dorothy Maxine Scott, 80, passed away Friday, March 30, 2018 at Liberal Good Samaritan Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born July 7, 1937 at Liberal, KS, the daughter of Newton and Stella Viola Irene (Mitchell) Wyer. She married Charles Dale Scott on February 5, 1955 at Raton, NM; he survives. Dorothy attended Liberal High School. Dorothy enjoyed visiting with friends and family, watchi...

Kenneth J. “Jim” Fink, age 84, died Thursday, March 29, 2018, at Morton County Senior Living Community in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born June 14, 1933, in Elkhart the son of Charles William and Leona Laura (Schoor) Fink. Jim moved to Stonewall, Colorado, around 1940. He graduated from high school in Colorado. Jim drove school bus for Westin Colorado Schools and helped his father; who drove lo...

Iona Davis, 87, of Moscow, KS passed away Sunday, April 1, 2018 at the Satanta Long Term Care Center in Satanta, KS. She was born April 8, 1930 at Salem, AR, the daughter of Ed and Martha (Johnson) Hall. She married Harry E. Davis on October 16, 1954 at Clayton, NM; he preceded her in death in 2003. Iona was a graduate of Salem High School in Salem, AR. Iona enjoyed gardening, raising cat...