Obituaries

Ronnie Eugene Brant

Ronnie Eugene Brant

Jul 21, 2022

Ronnie Eugene Brant, Sr., 83, passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born August 7, 1938, on a farm in Yuma County, Colorado, the son of Albert L. and Velma (Prather) Brant, Sr. He attended elementary school in Denver, Colorado. While in Denver, he acquired rheumatic fever. It was finally cured,...

Gary Lynn Teel

Gary Lynn Teel

Jul 21, 2022

Gary Lynn Teel, age 71, died Thursday, July 21, 2022, at his home in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on January 31, 1951, the son of James I. Teel and Vera E. (Hayes) Teel in Hugoton, Kansas. Gary graduated from Hugoton High School in 1970 and went on to study diesel mechanics at Liberal Vo Tech. He married Marcia Freeman...

Donald C. Warren

Donald C. Warren

Jul 20, 2022

Donald C. Warren, age 86, died July 20, 2022, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on November 29, 1935, the son of Guy William Warren, Sr., and Marjorie Flo Edwards in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Donald completed 15 years of education including 3 years at K State University in Manhattan, Kansas. He served 2 years for...

Dannie Keith Clodfelter

Dannie Keith Clodfelter

Jul 15, 2022

Dannie Keith Clodfelter, 86, left on a fishing trip with the world’s greatest Fisherman on July 15, 2022, from his home in Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born March 11, 1936, to Cline and Dollie Clodfelter. He was united in marriage 66 years ago to his high school sweetheart, Rozelle Kay Headrick, at Kismet, Kansas. Dannie enjoyed a long and distinguished...

Cheryl Esther Bickerstaff

Cheryl Esther Bickerstaff

Jul 10, 2022

Cheryl Esther Bickerstaff, age 63, went home on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on October 3, 1958, to Kenneth and Loretta (Cashero) Sallee in Liberal, Kansas. Cheryl graduated Beaver High School in 1976 from Beaver, Oklahoma. She married Clifton Brian Bickerstaff on January 6, 1979. Clifton preceded her in death. Survived by Her son, James...

Leonila "Nellie" Lopez

Leonila "Nellie" Lopez

Jul 1, 2022

Leonila B. “Nellie” Lopez, 86, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 1, 2022 at Via Christi-St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. She was born May 12, 1936 in Malakoff, Texas to Leandro and Lydia (Barrientos) Bravo. She attended the Technical High School of Ft. Worth, Texas, where she graduated. On April 12, 1959, she married Juan...

Joan Freeman

Joan Freeman

Jun 26, 2022

Joan Freeman, age 90, died Sunday, June 26, 2022, at Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on April 5, 1932, in Nash, Oklahoma to Daniel and Eva (Zimmerman) Yoder. In Kiowa County, Oklahoma she married the love of her life Albert Freeman on April 7, 1951. Together she and Albert had three children. Joan and Albert raised...

Clifford Leon Onions

Clifford Leon Onions

Jun 26, 2022

Leon Onions, 93, died Sunday, June 26, 2022 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born Clifford Leon on August 13, 1928 to John W (Bill) Onions and Freda (Eldridge) Onions in Liberal, Kansas. He married Frances Louise Long on April 1, 1977 in Washington, Pennsylvania. She preceded him in death in 2001. He graduated from Liberal...

Arminda Ortega Aranda

Arminda Ortega Aranda

May 28, 2022

Arminda Ortega Aranda, age 72, died Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on September 22, 1949, to Raymond Ortega and Paula Hernandez in Alpine, Texas. On March 13, 1970, Arminda married Gilberto R. Aranda in Ulysses, Kansas. He preceded her on June 22, 2014. She worked as a custodian for the Grant County Library and...

Maria Arredondo

Maria Arredondo

May 22, 2022

Maria Arredondo, age 76, died Sunday, May 22, 2022, at her home in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on August 1, 1945, the daughter of Florentino Saenz Michel and Paula Nuńez Barraza in Durango, Mexico. Maria married Joaquin Arredondo on April 4, 1964, in Durango, Mexico. Together they raised three sons, Jesus, Joaquin and Jaime. She loved to spend most...

Vivian E. Armstrong

Vivian E. Armstrong

May 20, 2022

Vivian E. Armstrong was born on a small farm near Solomon, Kan., in 1928. She was the youngest of three children born to Charles and Nina Herman. Vivian was very close to her older sister Frances and oldest brother Earl. As adults whenever Vivian would get back together with big sister Frances, it caused an erupting of positive emotions —...

Anna Marie Howell

Anna Marie Howell

May 8, 2022

Anna Marie Howell, age 79, died Sunday, May 8, 2022, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on July 13, 1942, to Milton “Mutt” Allen and Anna May (Marsh) Allen in Great Bend, Kansas. Anna graduated high school from Meade, Kansas before she married James “Dickie” Howell in 1959. She was a housewife and mother to her...

Guerrero G. Michel

Guerrero G. Michel

May 4, 2022

Guerrero G. Michel, age72, died Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on June 1, 1949, the son of Jorge Michel and Celia Guillen in Durango, Mexico. Guerrero married Maria V. Soto on February 20, 1977, in Durango, Mexico. Together they raised two sons, Jesus and Guerrero Jr. and two daughters, Victoria and...

John L. Haynes

John L. Haynes

May 2, 2022

John L. Haynes, age 82, died Monday, May 2, 2022, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on January 14, 1940, the son of Alvin Harvey Haynes and Edna Marie Haynes (Bates) in Nowata County Oklahoma. John graduated high school from Nowatta, Oklahoma. He raised one son, Rebb Haynes and one daughter, Sharmyn Calhoun. He married...

Steven Wayne Colvin

Steven Wayne Colvin

Apr 28, 2022

Steven Wayne Colvin, age 68, died Thursday, April 28, 2022, at Ranchwood Nursing Center in Yukon, Oklahoma. He was born on August 31, 1953, to Bill Colvin and Edith (Melton) Colvin in Kingman, Kansas. Steven worked at National Beef and lived in Liberal, Kansas for many years. He later moved to Oklahoma to be closer to his family. Steven is...

LaRue Brune Kiser

LaRue Brune Kiser

Apr 22, 2022

LaRue Brune Kiser, age 94, died April 22, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on September 7, 1927, the daughter of Oscar Brune and Ruth (Gebhard) Brune in Optima, Oklahoma. LaRue graduated high school from Guymon, Oklahoma in 1945. She received her associate degree in business from Panhandle A&M currently Oklahoma Panhandle State University...

Rafael Rodriguez-Moya

Rafael Rodriguez-Moya

Apr 16, 2022

Rafael Rodriguez-Moya, age 22, died Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Mansfield, Texas. He was born on May 6, 1999, the son of Rafael Rodriguez and Claudia Rodriguez (Moya) in Liberal, Kansas. Rafael was married to Heybi Zelaya, together they had two children. He worked in Concrete Construction for 6 years, first with Leyson Construction in Liberal, Kansas and then with...

Betty Ruth Wilkerson

Betty Ruth Wilkerson

Apr 5, 2022

Betty Ruth Wilkerson, age 93, died Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on December 22, 1928, to Vernon Lewis and Ruth Lewis (Handley) on the family homestead north of Guymon, Oklahoma in Texas County. Betty married Loyde Myrl Wilkerson on December 30, 1945, in Garden City, Kansas. He preceded her in death on November 9, 2014,...

Barbara Ann Holt Gant

Barbara Ann Holt Gant

Apr 5, 2022

Barbara Ann Holt Gant, 91, left on her next great adventure on April 5, 2022. She came into this world on November 19, 1930, the only daughter of John Robert Holt and Beaulah Mahalie McWilliams in Orange County Texas. She grew up in Southern Texas and graduated from High School at age 16 in Nacogdoches, Texas. She went to college...

Stacy Thi Tran

Stacy Thi Tran

Apr 2, 2022

Stacy Thi Tran, age 57, died Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the Mansfield Methodist Hospital in Mansfield, Texas. She was born on June 3, 1967, the daughter of Cung Tran and Kiem Thi Nguyen in Da Nang, Vietnam. Stacy grew up and received her education in Vietnam. After migrating to the United States, she lived in San Diego, California for...