RONALD HAMPTON

LIBERAL- Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Konantz Warden Funeral Home in Lamar for Ronald Eugene Hampton, 75, Liberal, who died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. Burial will be in Liberal City Cemetery.

The family will receive visitors from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, at the funeral home.

Donations, in lieu of flowers, can be made to the Iantha Community Center.

The obituary may be viewed and condolences left online at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include his wife, Dixie; children, Stephanie Williams, Christina Dolley and husband Brent, Becky Engels and husband Brian, Stacey Prier and husband Doug, Mike Hampton and wife Amy and Ron Hampton and wife Michelle; his father, Wilmeth Hampton; a sister, Linda Pool; his grandchildren, Case, Carlie, Scott, Cash, Swayzie, Chelsie, Vance, Finley, Logan, Trax, Cole, Brady, Wyatt, Sabrina, Matt, Jerica, Amber, Sara, Samantha, Nicholas, Elizabeth, Erica, Haley, Amanda and Cody and numerous great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his mother, Etta Mae Hampton and a brother, Roger Hampton.

Mr. Hampton was born Aug. 11, 1945, in Wichita, Kan., to Wilmeth and Etta Mae Hampton. He grew up in Wichita, Kan., where he graduated from high school in 1963 and went on to attend college at Friends University. He worked at Mackey Clemons Coal Mine, where he retired after 20 years and was a member of the United Mine Workers. He also worked for the grain elevator in Liberal and as a carpenter for several years. While he worked in various fields, his true passion was in ranching which he did up until his death. He loved working his red angus cattle, sheep, dogs and horses.

On August 14, 1970, he married Dixie Nading. They were devoted to each other for 50 years, building a beautiful life together. The two spent his final days in the hospital together, both more concerned with the health of each other than their own.

Mr. Hampton will be remembered by his children as strong, honest and fair. He enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren, taking them on gator rides to check and feed the animals and attending the events they participated in. He was a friend and helpful neighbor to many. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.