Mayola Fern Jones, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on December 15, 2023, at the Satanta Long Term Care Unit. She was born on July 4, 1926, in Boise City, Oklahoma to Henry Alfred Stephenson and Mary Rosella Thompson Stephenson. Mayola leaves behind a legacy of love and kindness that will be cherished by all who knew her. Mayola dedicated several years of he...

Johnna Sue Kendall, 59, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 14, 2023. She was born April 13, 1964, in St. John, Kansas, the daughter of Wendell Delano and Kitty Lou (Kendall) Brack. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1982 and received an associate’s degree in 1997 from Seward County Community College where she was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society. Johnna was diag...

The Honorable Tom R. Smith, 80, of Hugoton, KS died Sunday December 10, 2023 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born on April 9, 1943 to Karl and Ida (Werner) Smith in Greenleaf, Kansas. In June 1963 he married Barbara E. Jenkins at the Methodist Church in Colby, KS. They resided in Topeka, KS until he completed law school and moved to Liberal in May 1970. They later divo...

James A. Hollis, age 81, passed away early Thursday morning, December 14, 2023, at his Meade, Kansas, residence. He was born July 27, 1942, at Scott City, Kansas, the son of Grover Cleveland and Gladys E. (Zink) Hollis. As a young boy he attended school in Healy, Kansas, graduating from Healy High School in 1961. After his graduation he began working for D.J. Snyder. In 1970, he moved ...

Kenneth J. "Ken" Thompson, 75, of Liberal, passed away on Saturday December 9, 2023 at his home. He was born on September 7, 1948 to James and Louise (Parcel) Thompson in Ashland, KS. On August 30, 1969 he married Julia Lewis at the Presbyterian Church in Liberal, KS. Ken grew up on the family farm and was a graduate of Coldwater High School in Coldwater, KS: class of 1966. He then went ...

Elder “Gordo” Ramirez, age 34, died Friday, December 08, 2023, in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on March 21, 1989, the son of Juan Jose Ramirez and Anna Garcia in Liberal, Kansas. Gordo worked as a derrick hand in the oilfield for many years. He is survived by his two sons, Elder Ramirez Jr, and Elyer Ramirez, one daughter, Elena Ramirez, his mother, Anna Garcia, four brothers, Abel R...

Mary Patton, 91, passed away on Monday, December 4, 2023 at her daughter's residence in Hutchison, Kansas. She was the daughter of William Walter and Lura (Hapgood) Archer, born on May 2, 1932, in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. She was married to George Leon Patton on October 10, 1949 in Durham, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on October 1, 2015. She attended the Patterson Avenue Church...

Richard Leon "Lee" Grogan, 84, passed away on December 6, 2023, at Pioneer Manor, in Hugoton, Kansas. He was born on June 27th, 1939 in Rolla, Kansas to Sport and Evalena (Brollier) Grogan. After graduating from Hugoton High School in 1958, he was drafted by the Army. He served for three years, most of that time in Germany. Following his discharge from the Army he traveled around the country...

Leona Marie Perry, of Beaver Oklahoma passed away on December 9, 2023. Leona Marie Perry was born on March 3, in Moreland, Oklahoma to Leon and Margaret Chase. At age 9, her sister, Mary Jane and her were raised by her loving aunt and uncle, Mary and Cleator Chase. She graduated from Freedom High school in 1963 and proceeded to attend Northwestern in Alva. She met and married Billie Charles Per...

Ilene Rose Augustine Merritt of Hooke, Oklahoma passed away December 2, 2023, at Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas. Ilene was born on the family farm near Keota, Iowa, the youngest of four following Ivan, Allan and Elaine, to Ralph L. and Muriel Fleig Augustine. She attended Hickory Ridge County School and Batavia High School in Batavia, Iowa. On April 18, 1959, she married her best ...