Curtis E. Beer, 71, of El Dorado, Kansas passed away on January 26, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. Curtis Ephraim Beer was born on February 11, 1943 at Hooker, OK; the son of Charlie and Minta (Dain) Beer. He was a graduate from Panhandle State and Southwest Oklahoma State University with a Master’s Degree in Education. Curt was an administrator and middle school principal in ...

Ho Van Phan, 75, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center. He was born December 4, 1939 in Vietnam, the son of Gieng Phan and Nep Le. He married Nga Thi thuy Nguyen on January 2, 1965 in Vietnam. She survives. He and his family moved to California from Vietnam in 1992 then moved to Liberal the same year. He was a Processor with National Beef Packing from 1993 until he ...

Avry Mai Darnell, died Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, KS She was born January 8, 2013 at Midland, TX the daughter of Shawna Darnell of Liberal, KS. She is also survived by one sister- Eva Darnell of Guymon, OK.; grandparents- Scot and Jennifer Leiker of Guymon, OK.; great grand parents- Jim and Donna Darnell of Syracuse, KS, Donny and Gloria Leiker of...

Lois Jane McMullen, age 95, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 at Emeritus-Liberal Springs in Liberal, KS. She was born Oct. 28, 1919 in Stafford County, KS, the daughter of George and Alice (Miller) Bailey. She was raised in Hutchinson, KS and has resided in Liberal, KS for the past 61 years. She was employed in the food service industry in Liberal for many years. She had been a member of the ELK&r...

Helen Beatrice Bailey 82, died, Tuesday at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born March 23, 1932 in Grove, Oklahoma the daughter of Henry B. and Margaret M. (Fields) Francis. She graduated in 1950 from Grove High School in Grove, OK. Following her graduation from High School she attended Business School. She was employed at Mid...

Adriana Rangel, 28, died Friday, January 16, 2015 in Texas County, Oklahoma. She was born January 26, 1986 in Los Angeles, California. The daughter of Lorenzo and Herlinda (Arroyo) Rangel. She graduated from Southwestern Heights High School in 2005. She attended Seward County Community College and graduated with an Associate&r...

Arthur LeRoy Hitchcock, age 81, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, January 17, 2015 at South Wind Hospice in Pratt, Kansas. He was born July 26, 1933 in Smith County, Kansas, the son of Leslie R. and Mildred May (Welker) Hitchcock. LeRoy grew up in Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. While living with his family at Ryus, Kansas, he attended Satanta High School. LeRoy served in the United States Na...

Eunice Mae Metcalf Smith, age 82, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital, Ulysses, Kansas. She was born October 6, 1932 near Junction City, Kansas at her parent’s home on Lyon’s Creek. She was the daughter of Richard Edward and Florence Edna (Janke) Kind. Eunice was raised in Lyona, Kansas. Religion and music were important in Eunice’s childhoo...

Mary G. Roach, 84, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at her home in Liberal, KS. She was born March 22, 1930 at Roswell, NM, the daughter of Pierre and Vivienne (Palmer) Louissena. She married William W. Roach in Ft. Worth, TX. He preceded her in death. Mary attended Roswell High School and was a graduate of Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. She and her husband were Sheep Ranchers near Ta...

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...