Erma Virginia Holcomb, age 91, died Monday, April 30, 2018, at the South West Medical Center in Liberal. She was born September 8, 1926 in Burlington, Iowa the daughter of George and Mary (MaLena). She married Delbert Otto Holcomb in Burlington, Iowa. He preceded her in death in 2001. They were married for 55 years. She was a very considerate person and enjoyed being a homemaker, w...

Rickey Dale Brown, 64, died Monday, April 30, 2018 at SWMC in Liberal. He was born on August 24, 1953, the son of Kyle Robert and Patsy (Swisher) Brown in Garden City, KS. On August 31, 2011, he married DeAnna Brown in Meade, KS. She survives. Rickey was a member of the NRA, and worked for Halliburton in offshore drilling. Survivors include: 1 brother Roger Brown and his wife Brend...

Richard “Dick” Arnold Merz, 79, died April 27, 2018 at Pikes Peak Hospice in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  He was born on December 16, 1938 in Garden City, the son of Arnold and Bonnie (Maxwell) Merz. Dick was a lifetime resident of Satanta.  He graduated from Satanta High School in 1956.  He went on the further his education at Panhandle State University in Goodwell, Oklahoma, graduating...

William Toby Hicks, 48 , died Sunday, April 29, 2018 at his residence in Liberal. He was born on March 18, 1970 in Marietta, OK, the son of William Tinsley “Tim” Hicks and Rilda Renick. He graduated from Marietta High School in 1988, after helping his football team win the state championship. He attended Oklahoma State University, where he graduated in 1994 with a degree in agronomy. T...

Margaret Caroline Prentice, 85, died on Friday, April 27, 2018, at Brookdale Liberal Springs. She was born on May 19, 1932 in Lyndon, Kansas, the daughter of Carl Peter and Leona (Toulouse) Eklund. She graduated from High School in 1950 in Phillips, TX. She graduated in 1976 from Frank Phillips Junior College, with a degree in nursing. On January 6, 1951, she married Wayne Prentice in Dal...

Ralph Lavon Hitchcock, age 85, died April 28, 2018 at Minneola Long Term Care Unit in Minneola, KS. He was born May 25, 1932 in Haviland, KS, the son of Story and Jane Hitchcock. He graduated from Haviland High School in 1950. On August 14, 1953 he married Mary L. Reed in Dodge City, KS. She died June 28, 1993. He served in the U. S. Army from 1953 to 1955, during the Korean War. He serve...

Loren Kenneth Sullivan, 84, Hugoton, KS, died on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, Stevens County Hospital, Hugoton, Kansas.   The son of Thorton and Rosey J. (McNeff) Sullivan, he was born on November 6, 1933 in Morton County, Kansas.   He and Lois Marie Rawlins were married on April 2, 1953 in Liberal, KS.  She preceded him in death on June 1, 2013.   Survivors include two sons, Ken...

Adeline Rose (Rowton) Mays, age 81, died Saturday, April 14, 2018, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born to George A. and Mary (Eder) Rowton at the family homestead, five miles northeast of Leoti, Kansas, on July 15, 1936. Adeline was a member of 4-H, Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Business and Professional Women’s Club, and Grant County Senior Center in Ulysse...

  Hermiona “ Mina” Sherretts, 88, died Saturday, April 21, 2018, at her residence in Liberal. She was born on April 1, 1930, in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Paul and Jennie (Martin) Beckwith. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1948. She worked as a waitress, a clerk at Woolworth and as an abstract specialist at the American Title & Abstract. On August 18, 1951 she mar...

Gerald John “Jerry” Richmeier, age 80, died April 21, 2018 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born February 15, 1938 in Quinter, KS, the son of Balthazar and Angela (Von Lintel) Richmeier. In 1956 he enlisted in the United States Army and was honorably discharged in 1959. He attended Quinter High School. He married Connie A. Page on September 16, 1961 at Hesston, KS. She survives. He...