James F. (Big Jim) Rhoads, age 86, of Elkhart , Kansas died February 28, 2015 at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart , Kansas . He was born August 28, 1928 in Macksville , Kansas , the son of Cluster Marion and Jennie Luciel (Wietner) Rhoads. Jim grew up at Macksville , Kansas and graduated from Macksville High School . He served in the Uni...

Paul Hoag, 69, Liberal, passed away Tuesday,. Feb. 24, in Wichita due to complications from brain tumor surgery. Services at First United Methodist Church are pending and will be announced....

Edward Allen Bergkamp, age 52, died early Thursday morning, February 26, 2015, at the Diversacare Of Larned Nursing Home, Larned, Kansas. He was born February 24, 1963, at Fowler, Kansas, the son of William J. and Rita J. (Hayden) Bergkamp. As a young boy he attended the Fowler school system, graduating in 1981. He later attended Dodge City Community College, receiving his Associat...

Emily Kayte Bremenkamp , 15, of Liberal, died Monday, February 23, 2015, at Children’s Mercy Hospital, in Kansas City, MO. She was born January 7, 2000, at Hays, KS, the daughter of Jerry Raymond and Michelle Renee (Smith) Bremenkamp. She attended McArthur Elementary, Cottonwood Intermediate and West Middle Schools....

Edwin Eugene “Gene” Eagan 79, died, Sunday at his residence in Liberal, KS, He was born Nov. 2, 1935 at Englewood, CO. the son of Charles Edwin and Dora Gladys (Ward) Eagan. He graduated from Forgan High School in Forgan, OK. In 1953 he joined the US Air Force and was stationed at James Connaley Air Force Base in Waco, TX for eight and half years being discharged in 1962. In 1963 ...

Everett Eugene Burrows, age 86, died Sunday, February 22, 2015 at his home in rural Stevens County, Kansas. He was born February 10, 1929 on the farm in rural Stevens County, Kansas, the son of George Henry Sr. and Vallie (Horner) Burrows. Everett went to Good Luck Grade School, eight years in a one-room school house with only one teacher for eight grades. In eight years, he had a total of ...

Misha Mugishima Akagi, age 93, departed in life, on Thursday, February 19, 2015 in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born into a very large family to Chogoro and Toyo (Kido) Mugishima, on March 3, 1921, in Rocky Ford, Colorado. She was the third child of thirteen; two sisters and ten brothers. Misha lived a good life. She was very artistic. She worked in a flower shop and had a good eye for design. ...

Ruby Danielle Fosdick, 6, was set free from her earthly body Thursday, February 19, 2015 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS She was born May 8, 2008 at Liberal, KS, the daughter of Daniel and Heather (Hipp) Fosdick. Ruby was in the First Grade at Lincoln Elementary in Liberal. She enjoyed laughing, cuddling, singing & music, playing with her friends and classmates. She was a mem...

Dorothy L. Willard, age 90, died early Friday morning, February 20, 2015, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born November 6, 1924, at Meade, the daughter of Theodore Noel and Pearl Virginia (Fletcher) Hanlon. As a young girl, she attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School in 1943. She later attended Bethany Nazarene College, Bethany,...

Larry D. Orme, age 79, died early Saturday morning, February 21, 2015, in rural Kingman County, Kansas. He was born April 3, 1935, the son of Merle S. and Alice Lucille (Beck) Orme. As a young boy he attend the Waterloo Grade School for eight years and later attending the Kingman school system graduating from Kingman High School in 1953. He later attended Friends University and Ka...