Arthur (Art) L. Bayha was born July 25, 1924, at his parents’ home in Kismet, Kansas, to Gustav and Gertrude (Andrews) Bayha. Art was an energetic boy and always found someone who needed a good “hand” to help with a job. He went through Kismet schools until his senior year in high school when his family moved to Fowler, Kasnas. Between his junior and senior years, he to...

Mary Ellen (Jennings) Maschmeier On a cold winter’s day, December 27, 1925, Mary Ellen Jennings made her appearance to parents Ray and Emma Wood Jennings near Hickok, Kansas. The second of five children, Mary Ellen attended school in Satanta and Wichita, Kansas, and graduated high school at the age of 16 in Perryton, Texas. She ...

Violette Mae “Letta” (Eichman) Balloun, age 90, died Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Good Samaritan Society, Liberal, KS. She was born February 2, 1925 at Russell, KS, the daughter of Ruben and Ella Nora (Reinhardt) Eichman. She was a graduate of Russell High School where she was active on the Debate team and won numero...

Avanell Sherrill Mitchell, 90, died, Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She was born June 25, 1924 on a farm at Boyd, Oklahoma in Beaver County, the daughter of Henry and Oma (Myers) Law. Her first eight years of school were in a one room school house, then 3 years at Bethany High School, graduating from Turpin High School in Turpin, OK in 1941. She worked f...

Eleanor Kuhn, age 86, of Ulysses, Kansas died Monday, May 18, 2015 at her home in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born April 3, 1929 in Gorme, Kansas, the daughter of Michael and Mary Brungardt. Eleanor grew up near Gorme on the farm. She married Sylvester Kuhn on February 3, 1948. Eleanor started working at Charley Binney’s Store and retired in 1991 from Jack & Jill in the bakery department. She ...

Kaylee Jean Norton, age 46, of Rolla, Kansas died Sunday, May 17, 2015 at Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton, Kansas. She was born August 5, 1968 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Edward Eugene and Phyllis (Young) Heilman. Kaylee was an active 4-H member as a child. She graduated from Hugoton High School where she was a cheerleader, on the dance team and played volleyball. She continued h...

Merwyn Lee Massa 68, died May 17, 2015 at Select Specialty Hospital in Wichita, KS. He was born June 25, 1946 in Liberal, KS the son of Joseph Bethel and Lovetta Rose (Hocket) Massa. Merwyn was a lifelong resident of Liberal, Ks and graduated from Liberal High School in 1964. He worked with his father and brother at Massa Painting starting in 1963 and he retired in 2004. In 1971, Merwyn ...

Mildred Bernice McPhail, 96, of Liberal, KS passed away on May 17, 2015 at the Wheatridge Care Park Center in Liberal, KS. She was born on October 9, 1918 to George William and Lillie Bernice (Phillips) Warren in Council Grove, KS. On November 7, 1936 she married Clifford R. McPhail in McPherson, KS. He preceded her in death on December 30, 1973. She grew up in the McPherson/Council G...

Cau A Chi, 63, of Liberal, passed away on May 14, 2015 at the Baylor Regional Medical Center in Grapevine, TX. He was born on December 25, 1952 to Pac A. Chi and Nhi A. Phu in Vietnam. He married Mui Thi Ha on January 6, 1984 in Vietnam. She survives. He moved to the United States from Vietnam with his family in 1998 where he went to work at National Beef, retiring from them on Ap...

Duane H. Burt, 83, died Friday, May 15, 2015 at Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, KS. He was born November 1, 1931 near May Day in Washington County, KS, the son of Lloyd and Ola (Rose) Burt. Duane was a veteran having served from 1951 - 53 in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict...