James “Jim” Johnson, age 90, of Elkhart, Kansas died January 12, 2015 at Morton County Special Care Unit in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born November 28, 1924 in Cherryvale, Kansas, the son of Lewis H. and Mary Marie (Shields) Johnson. The summer of 1943 was a busy one for James Calvin Johnson, known as Jim or Jimmy. He graduated from High School, he and Anna Lee Sellmansberger were married on J...

Oletha P. Moody, age 86, died Monday, January 12, 2015 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She born at the farm home in Beaver County, OK on August 13, 1928, the daughter of Glen and Leola (Ingraham) Monroe. She attended Greenough High School, in Beaver County, OK, graduating in 1946. She married Raymond Becker on July 26, 1946. On Dec...

Eugene D. Moore, 95, passed from this life Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Beaver County Nursing Home, Beaver, OK. He was born January 8, 1920 to John and Ruby (Depping) Moore at Midway Farm near Floris, OK. He married Laura Wiens on September 6, 1941. She preceded him in death in 2008. He was a graduate of Greenough High School. He farmed the Midway Farm which was situated midway between Beaver, ...

Butch Young, age 71, of Ulysses, Kansas died Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born August 2, 1943 in Macksville, Kansas, the son of Ralph McKinley and Snowie Mabel (Wood) Young. Butch grew up in Ulysses, Kansas and graduated from Grant County Rural High School in 1961. Butch served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged after being stationed in Ethiopia. B...

Juan Carlos Perez, 18, died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at St. Jude Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. He was born September 9, 1996 at Liberal, KS, the son of Luis and Blanca (Montes) Perez. He was a senior at Liberal High School and was planning to graduate in May 2015. He was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church...

AV Barnes, 56, died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at his home in Turpin, Oklahoma. He was born April 25, 1958 at Beaver, OK, the son of Carl and Karen (Platz) Barnes. AV was a class of 1976 graduate of Turpin High School and received his Bachelors degree is Psychology from OSU. At the time of his passing he was the Greenhouse Manager at SCCC. Previous to working at SCCC he had sold insurance at L...

Donald R. Owens Jr., 54, died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ. He was born September 12, 1960 in Nevada, Missouri, the son of Donald Ray and Linda (Baker) Owens. He graduated from Nevada High School in 1978. Don joined Seaboard Foods nearly 15 years ago in March 2000, and served as Seaboard Foods Director of environmental resources, ...

Edna Belle Cook, age 91 passed away January 7, 2015 in Johnson, Kansas. She was born on Easter, April 1, 1923, to Howard McMichael and Lillie Pearl (Hutchison) Davis in Syracuse, Kansas. Edna lived on the family farm homesteaded by her parents in southwest Hamilton County. She attended Soddy View Grade School and graduated from Coolidge High School in 1941. (Her mother was the first teacher at...

Verna Mae Headrick, 85, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born June 19, 1929 at Liberal, KS, the daughter of Dan and Ida (Deckert) Jantzen. On Aug 17, 1947, she married E. Dean Headrick. He died on January 3, 2000. She was life long member of the Kismet community ...

Edith J. Asencio, 78, died Monday, January 5, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center. She has gone home to be with her heavenly father, whom she loved with her whole heart and soul. She was born October 15, 1936 at Warsaw, IN, the daughter of Jesse and Lucille (Waggoner) Miller. She married Dario Asencio in 1981 at Warsaw, Indiana. He survives. Edith grew up in Warsaw, Indiana and worked with Krali...