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 ...

MEADE – Mary Ann Wiens, age 91, passed away early Friday morning, December 8, 2023, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. Mary Ann Claassen Wiens, daughter of Abraham J. and Anna (Peters) Claassen, was born February 8, 1932, in Hillsboro, Kansas. Mary Ann was raised in a Christian home and accepted Christ as her Savior at the age of 9. She was baptized at the age of 14 and join...

Raymond Joe Medina, age 63, of Liberal, Kansas formerly of Leoti, Kansas passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2023, after a short illness. He was born on April 19, 1960, the son of Cipriano Pinon Medina and Mary Medina in Wichita, Kansas. He leaves behind five sisters; Petra Cantu of Tribune, Kansas, Maria Medina of Garden City, Kansas, Adelida Marra of Blackwell, Oklahoma, Chris Cullum of Black...

Carl Sidney Helmle, age 91, of Ulysses, Kansas, passed away at the Kansas Soldier’s Home in Ft. Dodge, Kansas, on Monday, December 4, 2023. He was born November 1, 1932, the son of Charles and Wilhelmina (Minnie Mae Molz) Helmle. Carl served in the US Army for two years and returned to Johnson to farm with his parents. June 15, 1958, he married Alberta Phillis. They were married for 65 ye...

Mary Lou Rios, age 86, of Ulysses, Kansas, died on Monday, December 4, 2023, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. The daughter of Lee Martin and Delores (Rodriguez) King she was born July 24, 1937, in Garden City, Kansas. She married Daniel Rios on June 30, 1956, in Ulysses, Kansas, and they moved to Long Beach, California, while Daniel was serving in the US Navy and then relocat...

Katherine I. Pierce, 79, of Guymon passed away Monday, December 4, 2023 at the Twin Oaks Manor in Booker TX. Her loving husband and daughter were with her. The daughter of MG and Ethelyn Shaw, she was born October 31, 1944 in Liberal KS. She attended school in Hooker OK and graduated high school in 1962. She also attended Panhandle State University for a short time. She was united in marriag...

Jimmie (Jim) Lee Kehn was born in Dodge City, KS, on October 17, 1949, to Sam and Ruth Koehn Kehn. He passed away peacefully on December 3, 2023, in his room at Western Prairie Senior Living. He was seventy-four years old. He started school at Copeland KS. He then attended Garfield Elementary and later the Alta Brown Elementary school in Garden City. After his family moved from Garden City to e...

Matthew Nicholas Brown, 59, passed away on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at his home. He was the son of Reginald James and Rita Wilson (Woodward) Brown, born on March 12, 1964, in Tewsbury Gloustershire, England. He was married to Georgina Claire Holley on May 6, 1995, in Roxton Bedforshire, England. To this union were two sons, William and Thomas. Matthew graduated with a Bachelors o...

Ruth Henry Wilson, age 84, passed away Friday evening, December 1, 2023, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born February 1, 1939, at Gans, Oklahoma, the daughter of Truman and Lesola (Woodruff) Henry. As a young girl, she attended school at Gans and later Sallisaw High School, Sallisaw, Oklahoma. She later attended Seward County Community College and received her Bac...

Norma Jean Berens, 88, of Liberal, passed away on Monday, November 27, 2023 at the Good Samaritan Center Nursing Home. She was born on December 5, 1934 to Frank and Helen (Wiegel) Bittle at Victoria, KS. On August 21, 1954 she married Arthur J. "Ace" Berens at Gorham, KS; he preceded her in death on November 23, 2005. Norma was a graduate of Gorham High School; class of 1952. She had w...