Obituaries

Charles Melvin Creamer Jr.

Charles Melvin Creamer Jr.

Oct 2, 2020

DATELINE-HUGOTON, KS Charles (Butch) Melvin Creamer JR., 76, passed away on Friday, October 2, 2020 at Renaissance Nursing Home, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Butch was born on January 8, 1944, to Charles Melvin Creamer Sr. and Pauline Margaret (Ives) Creamer in Liberal, KS. Butch and Sallie Earlene Littlefield were married June 11, 1970, in Arizona. They enjoyed spending time together in Colorado...

Saul Reza

Saul Reza

Sep 28, 2020

Saul Reza, 38, beloved Husband and Father, was called to his eternal resting place on Monday, September 28, 2020, in rural Stevens County, Kansas. He entered this world on July 18, 1982, in Hugoton, KS, born to Enrique and Adela (Maravilla) Reza. He married his high school sweetheart on July 27, 2002. To this union are five precious children; Vanessa,...

Antonio Torres Ornelas

Antonio Torres Ornelas

Sep 22, 2020

DATELINE-MOSCOW, KS Antonio Torres Ornelas, 68, passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at Stevens County Hospital, Hugoton, Kansas. He was born to Juan Torres and Efijenia Ornelas on September 3, 1952 in San Luis Potasi, Mexico. Survivors include wife, Rosa Leva Cantu, Mexico; three sons, Juan Antonio Torres and wife Veronica, Moscow, KS., Jorge Torres and wife Josie Pena,...

Melvin Dwain Towner

Melvin Dwain Towner

Aug 29, 2020

Melvin Dwain Towner On Saturday, August 29, 2020, Melvin "Dwain" Towner, loving husband and father of two children, passed away at age 94. Dwain was born on April 4, 1926 near Hooker, OK to Floyd and Thelma Towner. He served honorably in the US Army during WWII in the Philippines and returned to pursue an engineering degree at the University...

Carolina Sanchez Moreno

Carolina Sanchez Moreno

Aug 27, 2020

Carolina Sanchez Moreno, 18, passed away Sunday, August 27, 2020, at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, Kansas. She was born to Bernardo and Marta (Moreno) Sanchez on September 20, 2001 in Chalchihuites, Zac, Mexico. Carolina loved and adored her fiancé, Fernando Fransisco Orozco. She and Fransisco were getting married this month and moving to Colorado. They loved spending time with one...

Wilma Kay Bartel

Wilma Kay Bartel

Aug 20, 2020

Wilma Kay Bartel Wilma Kay Bartel,64, passed away on Thursday, August 20, 2020 at Stevens County Hospital, Hugoton, Kansas. Wilma was the daughter of Martin R. and Helen R. (Reimer) Bartel. She was born on July 16, 1956 in Fowler, Kansas. She was raised in Meade, Kansas and she spent most of her adult life in Colorado. She was attending...

Bettie Sue Baldwin (Stewart)

Bettie Sue Baldwin (Stewart)

Aug 10, 2020

Bettie Sue Baldwin Bettie Sue Baldwin (Stewart) went home to be with her Savior and her husband on August 10, 2020. She was born to Chet and Itis Stewart in Clayton, New Mexico on August 3, 1937. The family later moved to Guymon, Oklahoma. After graduating from Guymon High School, she married her high school sweetheart James Baldwin. Shortly thereafter...

Shirley E. Rome (Whitcomb)

Shirley E. Rome (Whitcomb)

Aug 4, 2020

DATELINE-HUGOTON, KS Shirley E. Rome, 97, passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home, Hugoton, Kansas. She was born to Walter L. and Marguerite (Ryan) Whitcomb on October 16, 1922, Berwyn, Illinois. Shirley married Leonard Bryan in the summer of 1947. Later she married Dave Rome, and he preceded her in death. She served in the...

Dale Cole

Dale Cole

Aug 2, 2020

Dateline-Ulysses, KS Marvin “Dale” Cole, age 85, of Ulysses, Kansas, passed away on August 2, 2020, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Dale was born on January 13, 1935, in Lindsay, Oklahoma to Doc and Lillie (Griffin) Cole. His stories of playing basketball, working broom corn, frailing pecans and growing up in a large family...

Hazel Myrtle Allen (Basler)

Hazel Myrtle Allen (Basler)

Jul 30, 2020

Dateline-Hugoton, KS Hazel Myrtle Allen, 92, passed to her reward July 30, 2020, at her home in Hugoton, KS. Hazel was born September 29, 1927 in a tar paper home in Grant County, Kansas to her parents Stanley and Geraldine Wolf Basler. Hazel attended a country school in Ulysses. Hazel married her husband of 58 years, James Leland Allen in...

Nora Irene Anderson (Bozone)

Nora Irene Anderson (Bozone)

Jul 22, 2020

Nora Irene (Bozone) Wright Anderson came into this world December 8, 1924 and left us July 22, 2020. She was born to Willard Samuel and Minnie Lee (Buxton) Bozone in Florence, Kansas. She was next to the youngest in a family of eight brothers and one sister. She graduated from Florence high School in 1943. After graduation she and some...

Margaret Gertrude "Tiny" Burrows

Margaret Gertrude "Tiny" Burrows

Jul 21, 2020

Margaret “Tiny” Gertrude Burrows passed away on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, at the Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton, Kansas. Tiny, as she was known to her friends and family, lived an astonishing 102 years of life filled with memories that her family and friends now share. Tiny was born June 6, 1918, at her family farmhouse in Texas County, Oklahoma,...

Douglas Wayne "Doug" Ackley

Douglas Wayne "Doug" Ackley

Jul 19, 2020

Dateline-Ulysses, KS DOUGLAS WAYNE ACKLEY Douglas Wayne Ackley, 69, passed away on Sunday, July 19, 2020 at Morton County Health Care, Elkhart, KS. He was born to Hubert Thomas Ackley and Lenora Abercrombie on June 2, 1951, Watsonville, CA. Patricia Taylor and Douglas Ackley were married on June 1, 1985, in Moscow, KS. Douglas loved his family and enjoying spending...

Robert Lee Prine

Robert Lee Prine

Jul 14, 2020

Dateline-Liberal, Kansas Robert Lee Prine, 61, passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at his residence in Liberal, Kansas. He was born to Robert Lee Madden and Jeanne Harrington on November 13, 1958 in Medford, Oregon. Robert was adopted by Louis Lee and Ruth Anna (Mann) Prine. Robert was raised in Hugoton and then later moved to Liberal. Robert loved his...

Lou Ann Cavner (Lankford)

Lou Ann Cavner (Lankford)

Jul 7, 2020

Lou Ann (Lankford) Cavner Lou Ann Cavner, 78, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2020, Stevens County Hospital, Hugoton, Kansas. She was the daughter of Grady and Edith (Walden) Lankford and born February 6, 1942 in Liberal, Kansas. She and William Roy Cavner were married and to this union were two children, Jeff and Brian. Lou Ann was a member of...

Darrel Chandler Schmidt

Darrel Chandler Schmidt

Jul 3, 2020

Dateline-Copeland, KS Darrel Chandler Schmidt was born on December 30, 1923 to Albert N. and Margaret (Jeffers) Schmidt in Stafford County Kansas, and passed away on July 3, 2020 in Satanta, KS. The Schmidt family moved to a farm across the road from Morning Star School northwest of Copeland in the late 1920’s. Darrel attended the Morning Star School, but...

Jon Allison Stutz

Jon Allison Stutz

Jul 3, 2020

Dateline-Hugoton, KS Jon Stutz, 84, passed away on Friday, July 3, 2020 at Stevens County Hospital, Hugoton, Kansas. Jon was born on September 15, 1935 in San Antonio, Texas to John and Dorothy (Faverty) Stutz. Jon lived in San Antonio most of his childhood life and later moved to Hugoton, KS where he graduated from Hugoton High School. Jon met...

Jim Kent Miller

Jim Kent Miller

Jun 22, 2020

Scottsdale, Arizona Jim Kent Miller always said he had lived the “American Dream.” He was born in Lawrence, Kansas, December 8, 1937 to Madeline and Lloyd Jim Miller. They moved to southwest Kansas where his parents were both teachers. He grew up with a love for agriculture and a strong work ethic. His love of livestock was instilled in him...

Randy Lynn Skinner

Randy Lynn Skinner

Jun 22, 2020

Randy Lynn Skinner, 67, passed away Monday, June 22, 2020 at Via Christi St. Joseph, Wichita, KS. He was the son of Darrell and Virginia (Hatfield) Skinner; he was born May 21, 1953 in Liberal, KS. He and Linda Dorene Gregg were married on August 18, 1973 in Manhattan, KS. To this union were two children, CJ and Shawna. Randy...

Judith R. Rooney (Rouse)

Judith R. Rooney (Rouse)

Jun 18, 2020

Judith R. Rooney, 86, died June 18, 2020, in Satanta District Hospital, Satanta, Kansas. She was born February 23, 1934 in Norton, Kansas, the daughter of William Walter Rouse and Winifred Maureen (Corley) Rouse. Judy graduated from Fort Hays State University, Class of 1956. She married Archie Franklin Rooney on March 30, 1956. Following graduation, they settled in a house...

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