Rita Brumbeloe Mathis, 71, passed from this life on October 20, 2018 at her home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, after a two-year battle with cancer. She was born August 16, 1947 in Pinson, Alabama, to Hobert Warren and Hattie Mae (Jackson) Brumbeloe. After high school graduation, Rita began a career in federal civil service, which eventually brought her to Tampa, Florida, where she was introduce...

Loretta Jane Blackburn Brown, 67, passed away Monday afternoon, October 22, 2018 at her home. The daughter of T.L. and Julia Faye (Larson) Blackburn, Loretta was born September 6, 1951 in Guymon, Oklahoma. Loretta was raised in Guymon and graduated from Guymon High School. She was the youngest child of six children. Loretta and Donnie Brown were married on Sep...

Billie Ann Martin, 94, longtime resident of Liberal passed away on Friday October 19, 2018 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She was born on November 20, 1923 in Nowata, OK, the only child of parents Forest Ray White and Mary Louise (Allen) White. She graduated from Lyons HS in Lyons, KS and Dodge City Business College. She and her husband Earl Martin moved to Liberal in 1950...

Rodney Dean Ratzlaff, 71, died October 20, 2018 at SunPorch in Dodge City.  He was born on October 1, 1947 in Dodge City, the son of John and Betty (Peaster) Ratzlaff. Rodney served in the United States Army from 1968 to 1970, stationed in Georgia. While there, he married Vivian Williams on October 26, 1969. In 1972 Rodney began working for Speed King, where he remained for 42 years, until ret...

Richard D. Lee, age 79, passed away Saturday morning, October 20, 2018, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas.   He was born November 4, 1938, at Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Harry Ernest and Ethel Lee (Kearns) Roberts.  As a young boy he attended the Fowler school system.  A lifetime resident of rural Fowler, he was a farmer and rancher, owned and operated Lee’s Auto Repai...

Benny Dale (Butch) Garten, age 71, died Thursday afternoon, October 18, 2018, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas.   He was born August 9, 1947, at Greensburg, Kansas, the son of Dale Guy and Murlene Daysel (Parker) Garten. As a young boy he attended the Greensburg school system.  After his schooling, he began his career as a business owner and operator, having opera...

Joice J. Marquardt, age 79, of Johnson, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson, Kansas.  She was born November 29, 1938, in Riverton, Nebraska, the daughter of Alfred Carl and Nellie Isabelle (Watson) Schriner.     Joice, a wife and mother, spent her early years in Nebraska and attended school at Riverton Country School.  On May 11, 1...

Lanny Lee Loeppke, age 77, of Lakin, Kansas died Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at his home. He was born October 16, 1941 in Hutchinson, Kansas the son of Harlan and Beatrice (Murphy) Loeppke. Lanny was a life-long resident of Kansas, he grew up in rural southwest, Kansas with his parents and a younger sister, where he helped his father on the farm at an early age, when not farming he attended Johns...

Joseph Wayne Westfall, age 92 , of Ulysses, Kansas died Monday, October 15, 2018 at Western Prairie Care Home inUlysses, Kansas.  He was born November 13, 1925 in Bates, Arkansas the son of Joseph Allen and Myrtle (Kindrix) Westfall.   Wayne grew up in Arkansas and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. After being honorably discharged he found his way to Ulysses, Kansas i...

Glenard Gregory Turpin, age 89, died October 12, 2018 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born March 13, 1929, in Colorado Springs, CO the son of Rufus and Iona (Meyers) Turpin. He graduated from Canton High School, Canton, OH in 1947. He served in the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army. On March 7, 1964, he married Janet Arlene Thibos in Las Cruces, NM. She died July 27, 198...