Montana Marie Beesley, 15, died Saturday, October 4, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, Wichita. Funeral Service: 2:00pm Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at the First Christian Church of Hugoton, with Pastor Heath Kelly and Pastor Ben Coats presiding. Burial will take place in Hugoton Cemetery. Visitation: 9am – 12 pm Tuesday...

Helen Maxine Hamilton, 86, died Wednesday, October 2, 2014 at Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton, KS. She was born November 17, 1927 in Rolla, KS. The daughter of Clarence and Elva (McGee) Crawford. She graduated from Rolla High School and had been a longtime resident of the Hugoton area. She was employed as secretary by the Stevens County Treasures office an...

Crystal Dawn Reeves, 29, passed away at her home Tuesday, September 30, 2014 in rural Turpin, Oklahoma. She was born January 4, 1985 at Heidelberg Germany, the daughter of Donald Smith and Rose (Volden) Vasquez. She married Timothy Reeves October 14, 2010 at Liberal, Kansas. He survives. As a child Crystal attended schools in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Everett, Washington. She moved back to Liberal,...

Rodney Glenn Scruggs, 52, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center – St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born Nov. 16, 1961 to Walter Glenn and Karen Jean (Kilgore) Scruggs in Liberal. He married Iris Cherie Gillespie on June 23, 2001, in Red River, N.M. She survives He grew up in Liberal and attended Liberal schools. He worked for Lib...

PLAINS – Margaret Orelia Fox, 94, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. She was born September 6, 1920, in Liberal, Kansas, the daughter of Walter Henry (Hank) and Sylvia Belle (Bangs) Michael. As a young girl she attended the Liberal school system, graduating from Liberal High School. On June 7, 1944, she married Boyd...

Walter A."Pete" Wessel, Jr. was born on August 28th, 1913 to Constance and Walter A. Wessel in Nebraska City, Nebraska. He graduated from Nebraska City High School in 1931. After graduation he worked his father in Wessel's Store; he quit to drive a truck for Watson Brother's. In 1940 he enlisted in the Navy for a six year tour of duty, serving in the states and also overseas on diff...

Verda Marie (Iverson) Ellsaesser, age 90, went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born August 28, 1924, the 13th child of Iver and Ida (Larson) Iverson in Montrose, South Dakota. Verda married Harley C. Ellsaesser on April 20, 1945. They lived most of their 62 years of marriage in southwest Kansas. Harley preceded her ...

Vernon Janzen, age 77, of Elkhart, Kansas died September 25, 2014 at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born December 19, 1936 in Peabody, Kansas the son of Gustav R. and Emma (Voth) Janzen. Vern grew up in Hillsboro, Kansas. He moved to Newton during high school and graduated from Newton High School in 1954. He served in the United States Air Force from 1955 – 1958. He...

Clarence M. Ford, age 99, died early Wednesday morning, September 24, 2014, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. He was born February 13, 1915, at Meade, Kansas, the son of Fred and Sylvia (Keltner) Ford. As a young boy he attended the Meade school system. After his schooling, he began his career in auto body repair, owning and operating Ford Body Shop in Meade for many...

Martha E. "Marte" Wessel was born January 13, 1925 to Florence and Claude Engle in Grove City, Ohio. Marte and Walter A. "Pete" Wessel were married May 21, 1945 in Covington, Kentucky. When Pete completed his tour of duty in the Navy in 1946 they then settled in Denver, Colorado. Marte was a Board of Director for the Denver Women's Bowling Association and bowled in three ...