Diane S. Kopplemann, age 77, passed away early Tuesday morning, May 31, 2022, at the Kansas Medical Center, Andover, Kansas. She was born January 22, 1945, at Ness City, Kansas, the daughter of John Harry and Lois Louise (Scott) Hermon. As a young girl, she attended school in Ness City, graduating from Ness City High School. In 1964, she married Kenneth Dean Mosier at Ness City. ...

Ja’mel Daquan Brown, Jr., two month old son of Kristin Foster and Ja’mel Brown of Texhoma passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Ja’mel was born March 30, 2022 in Liberal, Kansas. He is survived by his parents: Kristin and Ja’mel of Texhoma; two sisters: Anellia Foster (2) and Dezirae Brown (8); one brother, Quinton Brown (6); his grandparents: Rita Romero and Greg Rom...

Roger Gene Lamcke , 94, of Liberal, Kansas died Friday, February 4, 2022 at Southwest Medical Center. He was born October 25, 1927 at Climbing Hill, Iowa, the son of Ira and Margarite (Day) Lamcke. He was married to Marion Johnson from 1948 to 1968 having two daughters from this marriage, Linda and Brenda. On November 2, 1969 he married Faye (Smith) White at Forgan, OK; from which he gained...

Vivian E. Armstrong was born on a small farm near Solomon, Kan., in 1928. She was the youngest of three children born to Charles and Nina Herman. Vivian was very close to her older sister Frances and oldest brother Earl. As adults whenever Vivian would get back together with big sister Frances, it caused an erupting of positive emotions — unending giggling, funny lines, laughing and smiling! Tog...

Josephine “JO” Lydia Ungles, 91, passed away Monday, May 30, 2022, at Satanta Long Term Care Unit, Satanta, Kansas. She was the daughter of Raymond Frances and Fern Elizebeth (Naugle) White. Josephine was born October 3, 1930, in Smyrna, Turkey. She and James (Jim) Max Ungles were married on July 13, 1951, in Meade, Kansas. To this union were three children, Joel Mark, Jon Raymond, and J...

Nita Gay (Littrell) Baker, 76, passed away on Friday, May 27, 2022 at her residence in Hugoton, Kansas, surrounded by her family. She was born on July 6, 1945 at Liberal, Kansas to Garnet Fontell (Burditt) and Ira Carl Littrell. She married Leonard Baker on September 19, 1964 at Hugoton, Kansas. Throughout her life, Nita worked at many different jobs, including a stint as a Dart-In manager and ...

Arminda Ortega Aranda, age 72, died Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on September 22, 1949, to Raymond Ortega and Paula Hernandez in Alpine, Texas. On March 13, 1970, Arminda married Gilberto R. Aranda in Ulysses, Kansas. He preceded her on June 22, 2014. She worked as a custodian for the Grant County Library and was the loving mother of her son, Orasio. Arminda w...

Sammie Louise Still, 78, of Tyrone, OK passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at the Southwest Medical Center at Liberal, Kansas. She was born on July 1, 1943 to Samuel and Estelle (Barton) Richardson at Liberal, KS. On September 20, 1960 she married Burl Still at Liberal, KS. Sammie was a graduate of Liberal High School; class of 1961. She was a loving wife, mother, and Nana. Sammie en...

Garrel Alvin Packard, 88, died on Sunday, May 29, 2022 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born August 31, 1933 in Macksville, Kansas to Iona Faye (Pruett) and Alvin William Packard. He married Lois Almeda Holmes on August 24, 1952 at the home of her parents in Plains, Kansas. They enjoyed nearly 70 years of married life together. Garrel moved to Plains, Kansas in the 6th gra...

Charles Michael Hickok, age 74, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on April 6, 2022, after a long battle with Lymphoma. He was the spouse of Donna Kay (Henkle) Hickok, and they shared almost 53 years of marriage. Mike, as he preferred to be called, was born in Garden City, Kansas, and was the son of Charles Edward and Jeanne Catherine Hickok. He attended high school at Grant County Rural...