James A. “Bush” Bushaw, 64, died Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at the Robert Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita. He was born May 25, 1951 to Floyd and Berniece Keppler in Manchester, Iowa. He married Arra Lorene “Rene” Norvell on June 12, 1983 in Tulsa, Okla. She survives. He was served in the United States Army during Vietnam War as a paratrooper. He was inducted Sept. 9, ...

Butch Morrow, age 65, of Fort Dodge, Kansas died May 26, 2015 at the Kansas Soldiers’ Home Hospital in Fort Dodge, Kansas. He was born June 2, 1949 in Garden City, Kansas the son of John P. and Anna Marie (Stebens) Hall. Butch grew up in Lakin and Garden City, Kansas. He moved to Elkhart in 1963, living in Fort Doge the last ten years. He Served in the United States Army. Butch received the...

Melvin Leon White (Papa) of Aubrey, Texas, was called home by his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on April 24, 2014. Melvin was born at the family home on September 26, 1929 in Glencoe, Oklahoma. He was the baby of 8 children born to Russell Edward (R.E.) White and Zelma (White) Grooms. Melvin served in the United States Army as a Radar Operator in the 1 st Guided Missile group during th...

Arthur (Art) L. Bayha was born July 25, 1924, at his parents’ home in Kismet, Kansas, to Gustav and Gertrude (Andrews) Bayha. Art was an energetic boy and always found someone who needed a good “hand” to help with a job. He went through Kismet schools until his senior year in high school when his family moved to Fowler, Kasnas. Between his junior and senior years, he to...

Mary Ellen (Jennings) Maschmeier On a cold winter’s day, December 27, 1925, Mary Ellen Jennings made her appearance to parents Ray and Emma Wood Jennings near Hickok, Kansas. The second of five children, Mary Ellen attended school in Satanta and Wichita, Kansas, and graduated high school at the age of 16 in Perryton, Texas. She ...

Violette Mae “Letta” (Eichman) Balloun, age 90, died Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Good Samaritan Society, Liberal, KS. She was born February 2, 1925 at Russell, KS, the daughter of Ruben and Ella Nora (Reinhardt) Eichman. She was a graduate of Russell High School where she was active on the Debate team and won numero...

Avanell Sherrill Mitchell, 90, died, Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She was born June 25, 1924 on a farm at Boyd, Oklahoma in Beaver County, the daughter of Henry and Oma (Myers) Law. Her first eight years of school were in a one room school house, then 3 years at Bethany High School, graduating from Turpin High School in Turpin, OK in 1941. She worked f...

Eleanor Kuhn, age 86, of Ulysses, Kansas died Monday, May 18, 2015 at her home in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born April 3, 1929 in Gorme, Kansas, the daughter of Michael and Mary Brungardt. Eleanor grew up near Gorme on the farm. She married Sylvester Kuhn on February 3, 1948. Eleanor started working at Charley Binney’s Store and retired in 1991 from Jack & Jill in the bakery department. She ...

Kaylee Jean Norton, age 46, of Rolla, Kansas died Sunday, May 17, 2015 at Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton, Kansas. She was born August 5, 1968 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Edward Eugene and Phyllis (Young) Heilman. Kaylee was an active 4-H member as a child. She graduated from Hugoton High School where she was a cheerleader, on the dance team and played volleyball. She continued h...

Merwyn Lee Massa 68, died May 17, 2015 at Select Specialty Hospital in Wichita, KS. He was born June 25, 1946 in Liberal, KS the son of Joseph Bethel and Lovetta Rose (Hocket) Massa. Merwyn was a lifelong resident of Liberal, Ks and graduated from Liberal High School in 1964. He worked with his father and brother at Massa Painting starting in 1963 and he retired in 2004. In 1971, Merwyn ...