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Dortha Lea Duerson, 85, died Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
She was born May 10, 1939 to Clista (Hopke) and Lewis Duerson.
After graduating from Turpin High School in 1957, she pursued a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern Oklahoma State University, graduating in 1961, followed by a Master of Teaching from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in 1965.
William Edward (Eddie) Kemper was born on September 1, 1938, in Liberal, KS as the eighth and final child to Charles Ernest and Bertha Love (Thomas) Kemper. He passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at his Marietta, OK residence at the age of 86.
Eddie attended high school in Liberal, and eventually earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the DeVry Institute in Dallas, TX.
He worked as an Electrical Engineer with Texas Instruments, which was later sold to Raytheon, whom he eventually retired from in 2010.
Betty Evalean Forward, 97, died Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024 at the Satanta Long Term Care Unit in Satanta.
She was born March 26, 1927 to LV Kilgore and Vallie Jane (Allison) Kilgore.
She married Charles Lee Forward Feb. 10, 1946. He survives.
Arnold L. Eaton, 83, died Thursday Sept. 12, 2024 at his home near Liberal.
He was born Jan. 1, 1941 to Louis and Barbara (Amerin) Eaton.
He married Sandra Winter July 25, 1960. She survives.
David Alan Patrick Thomas, 19, died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Hugoton.
He was born March 21, 2005 to Walter Patrick and Kelly Ann Thomas.
He attended Liberal High School.
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