Obituaries
Everett Collins
Nov 27, 2021
Everett Collins, age 69, died Saturday, November 27, 2021, at his residence in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on March 14, 1952, the son of Loren Lee and Joan Etta (Henage) Collins. Everett graduated from Liberal High School and went on to finish 2 years at the Liberal Area Vocational Technical School. He worked many years as a Diesel Mechanic...
Nathaniel Garro Rivera
Nov 17, 2021
Nathaniel Garro Rivera, age 5, died Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on March 7, 2016, the son of Marcus Anthony Rivera and Guadalupe Trejo. Nathaniel played Kids Inc Flag Football and enjoyed learning about ships, especially about the Titanic, the Britannica, Hospital Ships, Aircraft Carriers, and Battleships. Nathaniel loved driving tractors...
Antonia Martinez
Nov 13, 2021
Antonia Martinez, Age 84, of Liberal Kansas died Saturday, November 13, 2021, at Southwest Medical Center. She was born on June 13, 1937, in Durango, Mexico, the daughter of Sabino and Benita (Menchaca) Garcia. She Married Marcelino Martinez in Durango, Mexico in March of 1957. They immigrated to the United States where Antonia received her U.S. Citizenship. Antonia was a...
James "Jim" Edward Odom
Nov 13, 2021
James “Jim” Edward Odom, age 95, died Saturday, November 13, 2021, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. James Edward Odom was born September 7, 1926, in Pocahontas-Carbon Hill, Walker County, Alabama, to William E. and Jacie (Holmes) Odom. He graduated from Guin (Alabama) High School in 1944 and immediately joined the service at the age of 17. James...
Richard Eugene Stoops
Nov 9, 2021
Richard “Dick” Eugene Stoops, 87, passed away, Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at The Craig Senior Living Retirement Community in Amarillo, Texas. He was born on May 19, 1934, at Booth Memorial Salvation Army Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was the son of Joe Grear and Lela Maxine Stoops. Richard’s younger childhood and teenage years were spent growing up in Annie...
Rosemary Weaver
Nov 3, 2021
Rosemary Weaver, age 82, died Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at the Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on August 26, 1939, the daughter of Herschel Hoffman and Verda (Turpin) Hoffman in Liberal, Kansas. Rosemary graduated in 1957 from Liberal High School. She worked as a bookkeeper for the Seward County Treasurer. On June 6, 1959, she married...
Danny Edward McDaniel
Nov 3, 2021
Danny Edward McDaniel, age 71, died on Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at Ft. Dodge Soldier’s Home in Ft. Dodge, Kansas. He was born on October 7, 1950, the son of Leo McDaniel and Arlene (Carlson) McDaniel in Woodward, Oklahoma. Danny was in the US Army and served in the Vietnam War. He drove a truck for Navajo Trucking for many...
Candelaria Garza
Oct 24, 2021
Candelaria Garza, age 83, died on Sunday, October 24, 2021, at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on February 2, 1938, the daughter of Emanuel H. Estrada and Pasquala Castillo Estrada in Poth, Texas. In September 1959, she married Pedro Garza in Wisconsin. She was the loving mother of five sons, Richard, Arnold, Peter A.,...
Earl Dean Mitchell
Oct 22, 2021
Earl Dean Mitchell, age 83, died Friday, October 22, 2021, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on December 1, 1937, the son of Richey Brown Mitchell and Elsie May (Kilgore) Mitchell. Dean married Evelyn Joan McEntire on March 14, 1964, in Liberal, Kansas. They were married 54 years until her death on November 8, 2018. He...
William Conrad Weilert
Oct 22, 2021
William Conrad Weilert passed away Friday, October 22, 2021, at his home in Kismet, Kansas. William (Bill) was born November 4, 1931, to Michael and Catherine (Rumbach) Weilert in Ness City, Kansas. In 1949, at the age of 17, Bill enlisted into the U.S. Army. While stationed at Fort Lawton, Washington he met and married his wife Dorothy O’Brien on...
Mellissa Kae Brenneman
Oct 21, 2021
Mellissa Kae Brenneman, 53, died Thursday, October 21, 2021. She was proud of being from Nebraska and loved ranching. She also loved sports, especially football. Mellissa and her husband, Rick, owned Brenneman Funeral Home in Liberal, KS for 17 years. She adored her family and was very proud of them. Visitation: Sunday, October 24, 2021, from 2:00 pm to 4:00...
Wanda Joyce Shelton
Oct 18, 2021
Wanda Joyce Shelton, age 53, departed this life on Monday, October 18, 2021, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on, April 1, 1968, in Marlin, Texas the daughter of Dorothy Vaughan and Joseph Vaughan. She lived in Liberal, Kansas with her husband Rodney Love Sr. and her son, Rodney Love III. Wanda graduated from Liberal High...
Silvia Tapia de Soto
Oct 17, 2021
Silvia Tapia de Soto, age 66, died Sunday, October 17, 2021, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on January 1, 1955, the daughter of Vincente Tapia and Maria Flores in Trojes, Zacatecas, Mexico. Silvia raised her daughter Sonia Ramirez and her nephew, Arturo Soto. She was a factory worker for many years for Seaboard...
Jose Alejandro Cuevas Barragan
Oct 15, 2021
Jose Alejandro Cuevas Barragan, 18, died Friday, October 15, 2021, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on May 9, 2003, in Liberal, to Jose Dolores Cuevas and Maricela Barragan. Jose was a Senior at Liberal High School. He enjoyed playing video games and liked sports cars. His favorite color was baby blue, and his favorite team...
Ray Dee Rinehart
Oct 6, 2021
Ray Dee Rinehart, age 74, died Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at the Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on March 23, 1947, in Liberal, Kansas, the son of Oliver Joe and Margaret Marie (Wilburn) Rinehart. Ray Dee attended Kismet Schools, in Kismet, Kansas and graduating in 1965 from Kismet High School. He attended Southwestern College in Winfield,...
Gabriel Martinez Jr.
Oct 4, 2021
Gabriel Martinez Jr., age 77, died on Monday, October 4, 2021, at his residence in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on August 15, 1944, the son of Gabriel Martinez Sr. and Eva (Saldivar) Martinez in Georgia West, Texas. Gabriel married Micaela Jasso in Liberal Kansas. He was the father of five daughters, Elisa, Hilda, Michelle, Leslie, and Gabrielle. Gabriel worked...
Elias F Garza
Oct 4, 2021
Elias Garza, age 46, died Monday, October 4, 2021, at his residence in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on June 12, 1975, the son of Jose L. Garza and Lidia Flores-Garza in Ulysses, Kansas. Elias loved spending quality time with his family. He enjoyed fishing, doing mechanical work, and tinkering with wood, he was a good builder. He also enjoyed...
Bertha Vela de Rueda
Oct 2, 2021
Bertha Vela de Rueda, age 61, passed away Saturday night, October 2, 2021, at her residence in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on March 25, 1960, in Nicolas Romero, Durango, Mexico. The daughter of Francisco Vela Zuñiga and Teresa Cobarruvias Muñoz. Bertha was very kind hearted, caring, funny, and cheerful, to say the least. She was very outgoing and spoke...
Michael Logan Starkey
Oct 1, 2021
Michael Logan Starkey, 66, died Friday, October 1, 2021, in Liberal, Kansas. He was born August 6, 1955 in Guymon, Oklahoma he was the son of Victor Logan Starkey and Julia Zelma Woods. He attended Guymon High School in Guymon, Oklahoma graduating in 1973. After High School, Michael enlisted in the United States Army. He was stationed at Fitzsimmons Army...
Maria Lucila "Lucy" Chavez
Sep 30, 2021
Maria Lucila “Lucy” Chavez, age 82, passed away unexpectedly Thursday morning, September 30, 2021, at her residence in Liberal, Kansas. She was born October 31, 1938, in Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico, a daughter of the late Jeronimo Chavez and Ana Josefa Morales. Lucy was a great storyteller, always entertaining her family and friends with the many stories of her life growing...
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