Guymon Bohanan, 91, Liberal, KS , died Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at the Wheatridge Park Care Center, Liberal, KS. He was born February 3, 1920 at Eva, OK, the son of Pleas & Ada Lee Bohanan. He graduated high school at Guymon, OK in 1938, and worked for Beech Aircraft, Wichita, KS for many years. He moved Liberal in 1953 where owned and operated Bohanan W...

Henry F. Loewen, age 94, died late Wednesday evening, November 23, 2011 , at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas . He was born February 8, 1917 , in rural Meade County, Kansas , the son of Jacob E. and Lena F. (Friesen) Loewen. As a young boy he attended the Sunrise School . After his graduation he began his career as a farmer and stockman. In 1967 he owned and operate...

Daniel Michael, 73, Moscow, KS , died Thursday, November 24, 2011 , at Stevens County Hospital , Hugoton, KS . He was born October 5, 1938 to Charles & Lois Duncan Michael at the family's homestead in rural Seward County . Danny was a lifetime rancher and farmer. He was also on the volunteer Fire Department of Seward County. He attended Golden Plains School. Danny hobb...

Lorena Lane Guymon, age 81, of Keyes , Oklahoma died Thursday, November 24, 2011 at Meade District Hospital in Meade , Kansas . She was born January 17, 1930 in Elkhart , Kansas the daughter of Fred Francis and Mable Mae (Conard) Craver. Lorena was a lifetime area resident of Elkhart . After graduating from Elkhart High School , she attended ...

Eula Pearl Thomas, age 99, of Elkhart, Kansas died Thursday, November 17, 2011 at the Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. Eula Pearl was born May 10, 1912 near Sparta , Tennessee , the first of two daughters born to her parents, Mary Chatwell Hutson and Robert Hutson. She moved to the Elkhart area at the age of 8 and had lived here since. Eula Pearl married Nimrod...

William K. “Bill” Helms, age 77, died Wednesday evening, November 16, 2011 , at his Plains, Kansas , residence. He was born August 22, 1934, at Redding, Ohio, the son of Robert and Catherine (Weaver) Helms. As a young boy he attended the Redding school system. After his schooling he began his career in construction living in several locations including South Dakota. In 200...

Ruby Mae Blehm Friesen, 82, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed way November 17, 2011 at Good Samaritan Center in Liberal, Kansas. Ruby, the second of five daughters, was born December 28, 1928 in Hooker, Oklahoma the daughter of Henry and Alice Jones Blehm. She attended Hooker Schools, graduating from Hooker High School with the Class of 1948. On August 8, 1948, Ruby was united in marriage to El...

Patricia “Pat” Juarez Dowell, passed away Sunday, November 13, 2011 , at the Meade District Hospital , Meade, Kansas . She was born February 23, 1928, n Fowler, Kansas, the youngest of six children born to Milton and Isabell Juarez who migrated from Old Mexico around 1910. Milton was employed by the Rock Island Railroad Company and Patricia was the first and only child in the f...

Chris Dudley , 39, Chester, OK , a former Liberal resident, died Friday, November 11, 2011 at Seiling, OK, of injuries sustained in an industrial accident. He was born July 14, 1972 at Liberal, KS , the son of Floyd L. & Leta I. Turpin Dudley. He attended Liberal schools and graduated in 1991. He worked in the oilfield several years, the City of Liberal Street Dept, ...

Emma Mae Crotinger Helmle, 88, of Aurora, Colorado, formerly of Johnson, Kansas, passed away on November 3, 2011, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She has been a resident of the Cherry Creek Retirement Village in Aurora for the last two years. Emma was born in McCracken, Kansas, on June 2, 1923, to James and Milla Crotinger, the fourth of their nine children, all of whom prec...