On September 13, 2015, Warren Leroy Koehn was on the road again, but this time it was to his heavenly home. Leroy passed away at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. Dad’s birthday was always celebrated on November 15, but when his birth certificate was attained, it said he was born on November 9, 1935. His mother stood fast on the 15th because as she stated “I was t...

Dana Minter, 46, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away September 12, 2015 in Poteau, Oklahoma. The family will greet friends at the Roberts Brothers Funeral Home on Friday, September 18, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Graveside services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Hooker Cemetery ...

Micaela Rascon Bojorquez, 46, died on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, rural Stevens County, Kansas as a result of auto accident. The daughter of Rodolfo Rascon SR & Delia Fuentes Rascon, she was born on August 10, 1968, Chihuahua, Mexico. She and Juan Bojorquez were married She loved her family. She was involved...

Hoxie Truette Rapp, the daughter of Beau and Steika Gilmore Rapp passed away September 7, 2015 at Colorado Children’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Hoxie was born August 8, 2015 in Liberal, Kansas. Hoxie is survived by her parents Beau & Steika Rapp of Hooker, Oklahoma; maternal grandparents, Brent & Linda Gilmore of ...

Gary Lee Koehn 73, died Saturday, September 5, 2015 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born July 31, 1942 in Liberal, KS the son of Milford D. & Mae A. (Graber) Koehn. He was a lifelong resident of Liberal graduating in 1960 from Liberal High School. He had graduated from OPSU in 1965 and received his Master Degree in Education from Kansas State University in 1977. He retired from USD 48...

Gene Jarvis Schwein passed away Sunday, September 6, 2015 in Manhattan, Kansas. He was 71. Gene was born in Garden City, Kansas on June 12, 1944 to Keith Schwein and Gwendolyn (Jarvis) Schwein. Gene was raised on the family farmstead south of Ulysses. He graduated from Grant County Rural High School in 1962, having also attended Wentworth Military Academy for a year. While in college at W...

Rose Marie Ramirez 58, died Wednesday Sept. 2, 2015 at Northwest Texas Healthcare System in Amarillo, TX. She was born May 3, 1957 in Walsenburg, CO. the daughter of Filimon and Carmen (Duran) Lucero. She graduated in 1974 from East High School in Pueblo, Co. She attended and graduated from Seward County Community College. She was a member of the St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. She had been ...

Dustin William Vargas , 34, died on August 30, 2015 at his residence in Sterling, CO. He was born July 22, 1981 at Liberal, KS, the son of Lois Ann Elliott and William D. Vargas. He attended Liberal High School, graduating in 2000. Dustin graduated in 2010 from Morgan Community College in Ft. Morgan, CO with an Associates degree in...

Lawrence James Smith, 84, died September 5, 2015 at Wheatridge Park Care Center, Liberal, KS. He was born October 7, 1930 at Montezuma, KS, the son of John H. and Katie (Jantz) Smith. He was a 1948 graduate of Montezuma High School and attended one year of college ant Kansas State University. He served in the U. S. Army from 1956-5...

N. Dean Eckhoff, age 77, died early Thursday morning, September 3, 2015, at the Glen Carr House, Derby, Kansas. He was born April 10, 1938, at Meade, Kansas, the son of Martin and Nora (Feldman) Eckhoff. As a young boy he attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School. He later attended Pratt Junior College and then Kansas State University, receiving his masters ...