Merle Milton Koehn was born on September 4, 1927, at Cimarron, Kansas, the oldest child of Amiel and Hannah Koehn Koehn. He passed away on December 17, 2024, 11:35 pm, at Bethel Home in Montezuma, Kansas, at the age of ninety-seven. When Merle was very young, he moved with his parents to Winton, California, where he lived until he was twenty. In 1945, a significant year in his life, Dad accep...

Nathan Wesley “Wes” Bressler, age 87, died December 18, 2024, at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born July 7, 1937, in Sterling, Kansas, the son of Norval and Annabelle (Cundith) Bressler. When Wes was young, his family moved to the Wilburton area. He attended school there until high school and graduated from Elkhart High School in 1955. He attended Kansas University fo...

Donald D. Knier Sr., Hugoton, known as "Donnie," passed away on December 17, 2024, in Kiowa County, Kansas. Donnie was born on September 10, 1941, in Hugoton, Kansas, he was the son of Scherel and Gertrude LaVaun (Haight) Knier. Donnie was a lifetime resident of Stevens County, Kansas and he was a third-generation farmer. Donnie and Peggy Ann Kirkland were married in 1959 a...

Purification “Puri” Gonzalez Cobollo de Plett, a spirited wife, homemaker and cherished matriarch, passed away on December 17, 2024, at the remarkable age of 91. She was born on April 28, 1933, in Madrid, Spain, to Enrique Gonzalez Melendez and Esperanza Cobollo Augusto. Puri was united in marriage to Leo Von Plett on October 12, 1976, in Turpin, Oklahoma. Leo preceded her in death on Dece...

David A.Vartian, 76, of Liberal, passed away on Tuesday December 10, 2024 at his home. He was born on November 24, 1948 to George and Varsenig (Antreassian) Vartian at Flushing Queens, NY. On October 18, 1980 David married Anna Brasca at Ozone Park Queens, NY; she survives. David received his Bachelor's Degree through Queens College in Queens, NY. He worked for many years as a Court Clerk...

David Allan Swanson, 68, died Friday, December 13, 2024 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on August 22, 1956 in Hobbs, New Mexico, to Lyle and Leah (Castor) Swanson. David graduated from Liberal High School in 1974. On July 1, 1978 He married Cynthia Hanna in Liberal. David worked as a warehouse manager for several Businesses. David loved his children and grandchildr...

Trinidad “Trini” L. Ramirez, age 88, died on Friday, December 13, 2024, in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on March 10, 1936, in San Miguel Bachiniva, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Teresa Lopez. She married Pablo Ramirez in Campo 45, Chihuahua, Mexico. He passed away in 2002. She was a hardworking, generous lady always willing to help others. Trini was a loving wife, excellent mother of nine c...

Lifelong Stevens County resident, Marlin Phil Heger, 89, passed from this life Friday, December 13, 2024, at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton, Kansas. Marlin was born in his home in rural Stevens County to Otto Wilhelm and Versia Mills Heger on June 9, 1935. He attended Center Valley School from first through third grade and finished his grade school years at Fairview Grade School, graduating from 8th gra...

Norman Hensley, age 65, died Friday, December 13, 2024, at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born December 29, 1958, in Branson, Missouri, the son of Patrick and Nancy Carol (Hall) Davis. Norman grew up in Missouri and Oklahoma. He married Tammie Blalock on July 17, 1993, in Hudson, Colorado. They moved to Ulysses in 1997, and he worked at Garden City Co-op. Norman retired in May 2024 a...

Angel Martinez Herrera age 73 passed away in his home of Hugoton KS on December 14, 2024. He was born January 4, 1951, in Garcia, Apaseo, Guanajuato to Marcos and Francisca (Herrera) Martinez. Angel married Maria Concepcion Cruz in October of 1970 in Jocoqui, Guanajuato. Angel was a hardworking man migrating in to the United States in the late 1970’s where he worked as a cowboy then going to ...