Royce Van Angell 80, died Thursday, October 13, 2016, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born June 9, 1936 in Liberal, the son of Charlie Francis and Thelma Adele (Edwards) Angell. He graduated in 1954 from Plains High School, and 1967 from Kansas University. He married Judith Diane Black on May 3, 1959. She survives. They lived in Colorado Springs, CO for 44 years, before mov...

Howard G. Frantz, 76, of Balko, Oklahoma passed away October 16, 2016 at Ochiltree General Hospital in Perryton, Texas. Howard was born January 12, 1940 at the family home near Balko, Oklahoma, the son of R. B. and Louise Neufeld Frantz. He attended grade school to the eighth grade at Bethany, then one year at Balko and finished high school at Corn Bible Academy in Corn, Oklahoma. After graduat...

Martin E. “Bud” Banning 88, died Friday, Oct. 15, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS He was born Nov. 28, 1927 in Chautauqua County, KS, the son of Lonzo A. and Veora A. (Jackson) Banning. He was a longtime resident of the Tyrone Area. He was employed in Pipeline Construction for the Oil and Gas industry. On September 2, 1947 he married Patricia McCabe in Wichita, Kansas. She di...

Eldo Wiens, age 89, passed away early Wednesday morning, October 12, 2016, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas.  Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, October 14, 2016, at the Graceland Cemetery, Meade.  Memorial services will follow at 4:00 p.m. Friday at the Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Meade.  Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday and from 9:00 ...

  Elvie May Quint, age 86, died October 8, 2016 at Homestead Estates Home Plus in Liberal, KS. She was born June 14, 1930 in Grant County, KS, the daughter of Stanley Ed and Thelma (Grant) Brollier. She graduated from Sublette High School, Sublette, KS in 1948. She had been a resident of Liberal for the past 63 years. She a homemaker and co-owner and operator of the Holiday Laundry, ...

  Floyd Orville Coen died Sunday, October 9, 2016 at Morton County Senior Living Community in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born March 11, 1925, just a few minutes before his twin brother Lloyd, a fact that he often shared with folks. They were born on the Coen homestead near Rolla in Morton County, Kansas. Floyd spent his early years along with his six brothers, and one sister acquiring a l...

Dorothy Stout-Spears, of Hooker, Oklahoma, departed this life to be with her blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on October 11, 2016.  Dorothy Nadine Mayer Stout-Spears was born in Hooker Okla. on November 26th 1922 to Robert H (Bob) Mayer and Nannie Hodges Mayer.  Dorothy was saved and baptized at the Hooker First Baptist Church in January of 1933 where she remained a member until her death....

Wynona Beth Rapp, 83, passed away October 8, 2016 at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton, Kansas. Wynona was born January 23, 1933 in Liberal, Kansas, the daughter of Cecil L. and Elizabeth Bell Presley Duer. She was united in marriage to Sheldon Rapp on April 6, 1951 in Hooker, Oklahoma. They made their home and farmed in the Hooker area. Wynona was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hooker, she ...

Rigoberto (Rigo) Arias Jr., 24 of Liberal, Kansas died October 1, 2016 at the Bay Front Medical Center, St. Petersburg Florida. He was born May 24, 1992 in Boise City, OK to Rigoberto Arias Sr. and Rosaura Andazola. He Graduated from Liberal High School in 2010. He went to Tulsa Welding School and received an Associate Degree in Welding, in 2011. He went to work for Black Diamond Industrial ...

MEADE – Janet L. Fincham, age 66, passed away late Friday evening, October 7, 2016, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. She was born March 31, 1950, at Fowler, Kansas, the daughter of Virgil and Ann Hill.  As a young girl she attended the Fowler school system, graduating from Fowler High School in 1968.  She later attended the University of Kansas, l...