Todd A. Mittlieder, age 45, died early Saturday morning, April 23, 2011, at his Meade, Kansas , residence. He was born July 16, 1965, at Omaha, Nebraska , the son of Clarence and Shirley (Hill) Mittlieder. As a young boy he attended the Omaha school system, later attending junior high and high school in Gillette, Wyoming. On December 31, 1992, he married Connie Bilodeau at Gillette, Wyoming ....

Teddy Gene (Ted) Ipson, age 52, died Sunday, April 24, 2011 at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born May 8, 1958 in Elkhart, Kansas the son of Roger and Bonnie (Gerrond) Ipson. Ted graduated from Elkhart High School in 1976. He was employed by Colorado Interstate Gas Company for 17 years living in Elkhart, Lakin, Liberal, Kansas, and also Wamsutter, Wyoming. In 1995...

Brian D. Jamison, 59, died April 21, 2011 at his home in Liberal. He was born November 15, 1951, at Raton, New Mexico, the son of Billy J. and Lillie F. (Blosser) Jamison. He was a formerly of Beaver, OK, moving to Liberal, KS in 2002. He was a mechanic at National Beef Packing Co. before his illness. On July 7, 2005, he married Maria De Lourdes Hernandez in Perryton, TX. She survives. Ot...

Ola I. Howie, 74, Liberal, KS, died Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Wheatridge Park Care Center, Liberal, KS. She was born June 10, 1936 at Guymon, OK, the daughter of Robert E. & Edith M. Deaton Grant. She graduated Eureka High School in 1954 and worked for Southwestern Bell for eleven years. Ola was very active in church and community affairs, cared for children of coaches and tea...

Eunice T. Martin, age 93, of Elkhart, Kansas passed away Monday, April 18, 2011 at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. Eunice was born November 20, 1917 in Yuma, Arizona the daughter of William H. and Mary (Rowley) Knox. She married Harold D. Martin on April 22, 1933. He died in 1967 in San Diego, California. She moved to Elkhart, Kansas in 1977. Eunice amazed us by her ability to survive h...

Guy Alfred Knarr II, 50, died Friday April, 15, 2011 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born August 5, 1960 in Pittsburg, KS, the son of William Alfred and Patricia Ann (Hughes) Knarr. He had been a resident of Liberal for the past 2 years moving from Elkhart, KS. He graduated from Franklin High School in Franklin, Tennessee. He had also...

Delores Marie Reimer, 80, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away April 17, 2011 at Select Specialty Hospital at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Delores was born February 7, 1931 in Hooker, Oklahoma the daughter of Abraham A. and Marie Hamm Wiens. She grew up in the Adams area and attended grade school in Adams, Oklahoma. She then attended Corn Bible Academy graduating with the Cl...

Don G. Fisher, age 74, of Elkhart , Kansas died Sunday, April 17, 2011 at the Morton County Hospital in Elkhart , Kansas . He was born November 3, 1936 in Texas County , Oklahoma the son of George G. and Sylvia M. (Mitchell) Fisher. Don graduated from Elkhart High School and went to college in Kansas City for two years before returning to Ok...

Leon F. Heckel, age 83, of Ulysses, Kansas died Friday, April 15, 2011 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born February 11, 1928 on a farm near Kalvesta , Kansas , the son of George and Frances (Grant) Heckel. Leon grew up in Gray County, Kansas and graduated from Cimarron High School in 1946. Leon married Vi Mattox on October 30, 1948...

Joanne Marie Schoettner, age 64, of Elkhart, Kansas died April 12, 2011 at her residence in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born May 25, 1946 in Rolla, Missouri the daughter of Rudolph and Dorothy Bolin. Joanne graduated from Arvada High School in Arvada, Colorado. She worked for the State of Colorado taking care of mentally handicapped children. She moved to Elkhart in 2007 from Montebello, Co...