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Alice Marguerete Reid
Jul 9, 2021
Alice Marguerete Reid, age 96, died Friday, July 09, 2021, at Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on July 29, 1924, the daughter of John and Ida (Leibundgut) Engel in Duncan, Nebraska. Alice grew up on a farm two miles west of Duncan and graduated from Duncan High School in 1942. On August 26, 1950, she married...
Faye Mildred Ormiston
Jul 8, 2021
Faye Mildred Ormiston, age 95, died on Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Austin, Texas. She was born on October 26, 1925, daughter of Cornelius L. and Therasia Ediger in Corn Oklahoma. Mildred graduated from Turpin High School in Turpin, Oklahoma. On February 26, 1950, she married Francis W. Ormiston at the Turpin Mennonite Church in Turpin, Oklahoma. Francis proceeded her...
Ollie B Bounds
Jul 1, 2021
Ollie “Mama” B Bounds, age 100, died Thursday, July 1, 2021, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on October 19, 1920, the daughter of Elijah L Major and Emma Evans Major in Hillsboro, Texas. Ollie received her education in Hillsboro. She married George M Bounds on July 19, 1936, in Hillsboro. They were married 63...
Carl L. Schartz
Jun 28, 2021
Carl L. Schartz, 67, passed away on June 28, 2021, at his home in Corinth, Texas after an extended battle with lung cancer. Carl was born on May 27, 1954, in Dodge City, Kansas to Mark and Betty Schartz. He grew up on the family farms in Ellinwood and Cimarron, Kansas. He graduated from Cimmaron High School in 1972. Carl...
Michael "Mike" Scott McGinley
Jun 2, 2021
Michael “Mike” Scott McGinley, age 49, died Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Kismet, Kansas. He was born on March 19, 1972, son of William Scott and Sandra Jean McGinley in Dodge City, Kansas. Mike graduated Great Bend High School in 1990 and later attended KSU in Manhattan, Kansas. Mike was an active member of the community and belonged to many...
John Burnett Walker
Jun 1, 2021
John Burnett Walker, age 75, died Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on September 16, 1945, the son of Herbert and Marie (Burnett) Walker in Alamogordo, New Mexico. John graduated from Capitan, New Mexico High School in 1964. He continued his education at Brown Institute of Electronics, Mpls, Minnesota graduating in...
Juan "Alex" Mendoza-Mendoza
May 27, 2021
Juan A Mendoza “Alex” un padre querido y hijo, inesperadamente murio a los 27 años. Alex es sobrevivido por sus padres, Jose y Angela Mendoza; su esposa, Juana Jose; su hija, Ashley Mendoza; sus hermanas, Emiliana y Adelina Mendoza; su hermano, George Mendoza. Alex ya no esta con nosotros pero se va a reencontrar con su hermana, Carmen Mendoza; y...
Phyllis Kaye Thomas
May 27, 2021
Phyllis Kaye Thomas of Liberal passed away Thursday, May 27, 2021 at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton, Kansas. She was 75 years old. She was born to Frank Jr and LaVern Janice (Gregg) Thomas on April 19, 1946 in Liberal, Kansas. She was a member of Bethel Friends Church of rural Hugoton, and later Liberal Friends Church. Phyllis graduated from Hugoton...
Teresa Franco Vazquez
May 27, 2021
Teresa Franco Vazquez, age 74, died May 27, 2021, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on August 10, 1946, daughter of Pedro Vazquez and Carmen Gonzales in Meoqui, Chihuahua Mexico. On November 27, 1973 Teresa married Ignacio Franco in Estación Consuelo, Mexico. She was a devoted wife of 47 years and loving mother of three daughters,...
Wayne Edward Gray
May 22, 2021
Wayne Edward Gray, age 73, passed away Saturday, May 22, 2021 in Liberal, Kansas. On July 18th, 1947, Herbert and Izetta (Swiger) Gray were speeding to the Perryton, Texas hospital. Expecting their first baby the young couple made it...almost. When the old car hit the railroad tracks on the north side of Perryton a little too hard, Wayne Edward Gray...
Wesley Patricia Ann
May 21, 2021
Patricia Ann Wesley, age 80, died on Friday, May 21, 2021 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born on April 3, 1941 the daughter of Harry Rhodes Barnes and Fyrne Lucille Barnes in Liberal, Kansas. Patricia graduated in 1960 from Liberal High School and went on to Emporia State University. On April 12, 1975 she married Robert Riffe Wesley and...
Jimmy Madison Kees
May 10, 2021
Jimmy M. Kees, age 89, died on Monday, May 10, 2021 at the Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on January 24, 1932 son of Johnny and Irene (Cabaniss) Kees in Dallas County, Texas. Jimmy graduated High School in 1950 from Dumas, Texas. He served in the Army from 1952 through 1954. On September 9, 1956 he...
Guadalupe Mireya Lopez
May 8, 2021
Guadalupe Mireya Lopez, age 48, died on Saturday, May 8, 2021 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on October 31, 1972 daughter of Efren Lopez and Consuelo (Soto) Lopez in Delicias, Chihuahua. Guadalupe graduated from high school in 1990 from Tècnica 3: Escula Secundaria Tècina no. 3. She graduated from college in 1993 from Colegio nacional...
Thelma Faye Dowdy
Apr 26, 2021
Thelma Faye Dowdy, age 83, died April 26, 2021 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on October 6, 1937 the daughter of John Vassar and Martha Leola Galbert in Vernon, Texas. Thelma received most of her education in Liberal, Kansas. She was employed as a waitress and an over the road truck driver in her...
Anna Irene Newport
Apr 23, 2021
Anna Irene Newport, age 57, died April 23, 2021 at her home in Turpin, Oklahoma. She was born on September 23, 1963 the daughter of Ralph LeRoy Lofland and Bess Carlene Crossley in Wichita Kansas. She was raised by her loving adoptive family. Anna reconnected with her biological family in 2014. Anna graduated Liberal High School in 1981 and attended...
Paul F. Blaser
Apr 20, 2021
Paul F. Blaser, age 93, passed away at his home in rural Tyrone, Oklahoma on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 surrounded by his family. Paul was born to Jacob Frederick Blaser and Marie Antionette “Nettie” (Reuszer) Blaser on May 11, 1927 in Rosendale, Andrew County, Missouri. He was the youngest of four children. He had three sisters: Gertrude, Naomi and Mildred....
Larry Dean Busby
Apr 13, 2021
Larry Dean Busby, age 68, died on Sunday, April 11, 2021 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on February 6, 1953 the son of Leonard C. Busby and Gladys Koehn in Liberal, Kansas. Larry graduated from Liberal High School in 1971. He married his love of 41 years, Debra Underwood in 1980 in Liberal, Kansas. Together...
Jorge Almeida
Apr 6, 2021
Jorge Almeida, age 69, died April 6, 2021 at the University Medical Center of El Paso in El Paso, Texas. He was born April 24, 1951 the son of Gilberto and Maria Ponce de Leon Almeida in Mexico. Jorge studied in Mexico City. He worked at National Beef Packing Co. for 17 years and owned Video-Mex Almeida & Almeida Imports....
Audrey Mae Phelps-Baker
Apr 4, 2021
Audrey Mae Phelps-Baker, age 84, died, Sunday, April 4, 2021.She was born on March 15, 1937 the daughter of Andrew and Myrtis Phelps in Philadelphia, Mississippi.Audrey is survived by two daughters, Sherry Conner and Freda DavisHer brother, Willie Max PhelpHer sister, Helen Phelps-WilsonNine Grandchildren andFifteen Great Grandchildren.She is preceded in death by her husband Fred Baker, Both parents Andrew and...
Casimira "Cassie" Andrade
Apr 4, 2021
Casimira “Cassie” Andrade, age 93, died April 4, 2021 at Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal, KS. She was born on May 23, 1927 in El Chico, Jalisco, Mexico. She was the daughter of Michael G. and Lucadia R. Andrade. Cassie married Lawrence G. Lara on December 28, 1949 in Dodge City, KS. Together they raised one son, Larry Lee Lara,...
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