Belva Hickey, age 84, died Tuesday, June 2, 2020, at Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton, Kansas. She was born August 13, 1935, in Liberal, Kansas, the daughter of Joe and Ella (Maschmeier) Freeman. Belva grew up on the Light Ranch southeast of Liberal where she enjoyed living the ranch lifestyle. She attended a country school and graduated from Liberal High School. She married Darrell “Pet...

Michael Dean “Mike” Beckett, ag 59, died Friday, April 24th, 2020 afer an eight month battle with cancer. He was born June 21, 1960 in Flagler, Colorado to Roy James Beckett and Glenna Mae Beckett. Mike graduated from Turpin High School in 1978. He was a life long farmer and greatly enjoyed his work. His career brought him to Hugoton, Kansas, Hooker, Turpin and Balko, Oklahoma. Everywhere M...

Randall (Randy) Lynn Abla, son of Fred Melvin and Rosa Faye Abla, was born on November 17, 1953 in Erick, Oklahoma. He passed peacefully on May 30, 2020 near Pretty Prairie, Kansas at the age of 66. Randy graduated from Erick High School and then attended Oklahoma State University of Technical Training in Okmulgee, Oklahoma where he obtained his degree in diesel mechanics. After graduation he m...

Gilbert Ray Mires, 89, of Adams, Oklahoma passed away on June 1, 2020 just a few days before his 90th birthday at BSA Medical Center in Amarillo, Texas. Gilbert was born on June 11, 1930 at home near Adams, Oklahoma the youngest of four sons of Dudley and Effie Gentry Mires. Gilbert graduated from Adams High School in 1948 and attained his B.S. in business from Panhandle Agricultural & Mecha...

Ronald Cordell Reed, 86, passed away Friday, May 29, 2020, at his home in Rolla, Kansas. He was born August 31, 1933 in Noble, Oklahoma to Ovie Clarence and Mildred Viola (Poole) Reed. Ronald Reed and Temple Hurd were married September 11, 1953 in Udall, Kansas. To this union were three children; Kathy, Mike, and Greg. Mr. Reed as the kids called him at Rolla High School where he...

Dorothy Joan Kruse, 86, died Friday, May 29, 2020 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born October 27, 1933 in rural Geneseo, Kansas the daughter of Joseph Warren Hunter and Dorothy Marie Stratman of Geneseo, Kansas. Joan graduated from Geneseo High School in 1952. She was a cheerleader for Geneseo High School. Growing up on the farm she fell in love with animals, cats, d...

Gary Vernon Brack, 70, of Tyrone, Oklahoma passed away May 26, 2020 at his home. Gary was born March 2, 1950 in Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Vernon Benjamin and Georgeane Armistice Yost Brack. He grew up in Liberal, Kansas graduating from Liberal High School with the Class of 1968. He then attended Hutchinson Junior College in Hutchinson, Kansas studying musical theory. Gary was a wonderfu...

Jose Trinidad Barragan, 63, of Liberal, Kansas died Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. He was born March 19, 1957 at Cartagena Nuevo Ideal Durango, Mexico, the son of Ambrosio Barragan and Alejandra Alday de Barragan. He married Maria Clara A. Acosta on September 14, 1995 at Nuevo Ideal Durango, Mexico; she survives. Jose had worked for Seaboard Farms in Guymon,...

Gerald Mongold, 83, of Tyrone, Oklahoma passed away on Thursday, May 14 in Goddard, Kansas surrounded by his loved ones. Memorial service will be held at 1:00pm June 20 at The Keg Dance Hall in Colwich, Kansas. The Keg Dance Hall is located at 130 E Chicago Ave in Colwich, Kansas. Gerald was born in Topeka, Kansas to Arthur Mongold and Velma (Funk) Liertz on November 30, 1937. He graduated from...

William Raymond “Bill Ray” Rowson, 69, died unexpectedly May 24, 2020 at home in Salina, KS. He was born to Raymond and Thelma (Casey) Rowson on December 23, 1950, in Salina. He married Virginia Wilson in Liberal, KS on June 8, 1975. Bill was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Mark. Survivors include his wife, Virginia; son, Stephen Rowson (Laynette) of Jacksonville, FL; son, ...