Obituaries

Venita Ruth Combs

Venita Ruth Combs

Sep 27, 2020

Venita Ruth Combs, 81, of Liberal, Kansas died at the Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas on September 27, 2020. She was born February 11, 1939 to Ralph V Hester and Rose H Sutherland in Gate, Oklahoma. She was raised on the family ranch in Knowles, Oklahoma. She graduated high school in 1958 from Knowles High School. Venita went to...

Lois Violet Wren

Lois Violet Wren

Sep 24, 2020

Lois Wren, 88, died Thursday, September 24, 2020 at Wheatridge Care Park in Liberal, KS. She was born on October 4, 1931, to John Hal and Alma Blanche (Springer) Williams in Cuates, NM Lois went to high school in Garden City, KS. She then went to Clayton, NM, where she worked for the telephone company and lived with her grandmother....

Brunetter Wrotten

Brunetter Wrotten

Sep 23, 2020

Bruenetter Wrotten, 89, died Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at her residence in Liberal, KS.She was born on October 13, 1930 in Gould, AR, the daughter of Henry and Mary (Jasper) Wrotten. She Married Willie Gray in Star City, AK. He preceded her in death in 1989.Bruenetter worked in many occupations, as a nurse for the Good Samaritan Society and also...

Ariana Michelle Fox

Ariana Michelle Fox

Sep 18, 2020

Ariana Michelle Fox Previously Jayson Arick Jones, Age 26, of Liberal, Kansas, died on September 19, 2020. She was born on January 14th, 1994 in Perryton Texas, the daughter of Richard Dewayne Jones and Jammie Quinette (Stewart) Jones-Ingram. Ariana Graduated from Liberal High School and received her certificate in corrosion technology from Seward County Community College. She loved to play...

Martha Lee Potts

Martha Lee Potts

Sep 15, 2020

Martha Lee (Purcell) Potts, 98, died Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at Brookdale Liberal Springs, in Liberal, KS.She was born on December 13, 1921, on the family farm in Clay County, Illinois, Blair Township. Her parents were Otto and Ganell (Pierson) Purcell. She had 3 sisters, Marjorie, Iris, and Carolyn. Iris survives. She graduated high school in Louisville, Illinois. On May...

Donna LaVora Strickland

Donna LaVora Strickland

Sep 14, 2020

Donna LaVora Strickland, age 87, died Monday, September 14, 2020 in Amarillo, Texas. She was born August 8, 1933 in Texas County, Oklahoma, in a farmhouse near Guymon, the daughter of Dana and Oleva Bryan. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1951. Donna married Donald D. Strickland on December 3, 1951 in Clayton, New Mexico. She worked on the...

J.W. Jackson

J.W. Jackson

Sep 4, 2020

J.W. “June” Jackson Jr, 50, of Horton, Kansas who was affectionately called “Dubba” by his mother passed away September 4, 2020, at Mosaic Medical Center in St. Joseph, Missouri.He was born on July 25, 1970, to J.W. Jackson Sr. and Dorothy Ann Jackson in Liberal, Kansas.J.W. spent his childhood in Liberal, KS. While living in Liberal, he gave his life...

Joan Etta Collins

Joan Etta Collins

Sep 2, 2020

Joan Etta Collins, 86, died September 2, 2020 at the Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas. Joan was born on November 15, 1933. She is the daughter of George Henage and Amy Gladys Ormiston Henage in Eldon, Colorado. On September 30, 1949, Joan married Loren Lee Collins in Clayton, New Mexico. They were married 61 years before his death in...

John David Malin

John David Malin

Sep 1, 2020

John David Malin, Age 89, Died Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at the Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. Mr. Malin was born December 28, 1930 in Liberal, Kansas the son of Horace E. and Elnora (Heath) Malin. John graduated from the Liberal High School with the class of 1949. He lived in Liberal all his life except for 2...

Neil S. Hays

Neil S. Hays

Sep 1, 2020

Neil S. Hays, 87, of Liberal, Kansas died Tuesday at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. He was born October 26, 1932 in. Ringwood, Oklahoma, the son of Guy L. and Ora (Hipsher) Hays. He graduated from Ringwood High School in 1950 and then graduated from Friends University in Wichita, Kansas in 1955 with a bachelor's degree in Agriculture. Neil married...

Estelene Ruth Hoddy

Estelene Ruth Hoddy

Aug 24, 2020

Estelene Ruth Hoddy, 80, died Monday, August 24, 2020 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born on September 11, 1939 in Greeley, CO, the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Schwartz) Heronemus. On December 17, 1967, she married Roscoe R. Hoddy in Liberal, KS. He survives. Estelene worked as a bookkeeper at Clingan Tire for 34 years. She...

Johnnie Mae Brant

Johnnie Mae Brant

Aug 20, 2020

Johnnie Mae Brant, 85, died Thursday, August 20, 2020 in Liberal, Kansas. She was born June 26, 1935 in Crosbyton, Texas, the daughter of Will Davis Sr. and Beatrice Sacks Davis.Johnnie married her first husband, Paul G. Adkison Sr. He preceded her in death on February 26, 1967. She later married her second husband, Coatis L. Oats Sr. He preceded...

Ernest "Ernie" Lee Davis

Ernest "Ernie" Lee Davis

Aug 19, 2020

Ernest “Ernie” Lee Davis, 75, died Wednesday, August 19, 2020 in Protection, Kansas. He was born October 1, 1944 in Galveston, Texas, the son of Ernest William Davis and Georgie Robbins Davis.Ernie graduated from High School in Baker, Oklahoma. He later went on to attend Panhandle A & M where he was in the college choir. While attending college, he...

Betty Lou (Heger) Lee

Betty Lou (Heger) Lee

Aug 17, 2020

Betty Lou (Heger) Lee, 90, died Monday, August 17, 2020 at the Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton, Kansas. She was born May 1, 1930 in Liberal, Kansas, the daughter of Otto Heger and Versia Mills Heger.In 1948, Betty graduated from Hugoton High School. She worked at the Citizens State Bank as the Vice President Loan Officer for forty – four...

Myrna Velasquez Marin

Myrna Velasquez Marin

Aug 9, 2020

Myrna Velasquez Marin, 51, died Sunday, August 9, 2020 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.She was born December 3, 1968 in Mexico, the daughter of Hector Manuel Gallardo and Estela Velasquez. She married her husband, Jose Marin, in 1984 in Juarez, Mexico. Myrna had many wonderful qualities about her. She loved to sing Christian Music and make people laugh. Her favorite thing...

Laura Kay Witzke

Laura Kay Witzke

Aug 1, 2020

Laura Kay Witzke, 81, died very peacefully and entered into the presence of the Lord on Saturday, August 1, 2020, in Liberal, Kansas.She was born March 8, 1939 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and June Smith Zehering. In 1957, Laura graduated from Liberal High School. A short while later, she married the love of her life, Donald Eugene...

Hector Romero

Hector Romero

Aug 1, 2020

Hector Romero, 47, died Saturday, August 1, 2020 at his home in Liberal, Kansas.He was born December 13, 1972 in Mexico, the son of Edmundo and Cristina Estrada Romero.Hector attended Southwestern Heights High School in Kismit, Kansas. He also worked for USD 480 as a janitor. He is survived by his parents, Edmundo and Cristina Romero of Liberal, Kansas; brothers,...

Annie Abigail Brown

Annie Abigail Brown

Jul 27, 2020

Annie Abigail Brown, 37, died Monday, July 27, 2020 at her home in Liberal, Kansas. She was born October 31, 1982 in Liberal, Kansas, the daughter of Timothy J. and Polly Brown.In 2001, Annie graduated from Liberal High School and in 2009 she received her Associate’s Degree from Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kansas. Annie worked as a secretary...

Catherine Louise Segovia

Catherine Louise Segovia

Jul 25, 2020

Cathy Louise (Cruz) Segovia, 63, died on Saturday, July 25th, 2020 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on October 4, 1956 in Clayton, New Mexico, the daughter of Raymond and Ida (Perea) Cruz.As a child, Cathy had a passion for teaching. She would practice teaching on her siblings and nieces. Cathy would later go on to...

Cynthia Kay Broadfoot

Cynthia Kay Broadfoot

Jul 25, 2020

Cynthia Kay Broadfoot, 65, died Saturday, July 25, 2020 in Edmond, Oklahoma.She was born on March 16, 1955 in Guymon, Oklahoma, the daughter of Wesley Duland Wells and Anna Beatrice (Calvert) Wells.Cynthia graduated from Liberal High School and went onto receive her Associates Degree from Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kansas. On October 15, 1977, Cynthia married the love...