Obituaries

William Jan Proctor

William Jan Proctor

Apr 21, 2017

William Jan Proctor, age 69, died April 21, 2017 at Homestead Estates Home Plus in Liberal, KS. He was born November 22, 1948 in Hutchinson, KS, the son of William Harold and Helen Mae (Murry) Proctor. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1966. He graduated from Southwestern College at Winfield, KS with a teaching degree in English. On October...

Lawrence Edward Owens

Lawrence Edward Owens

Apr 16, 2017

Lawrence E. Owens, age 80, died April 16, 2017 at Wheatridge Park Care Center, Liberal, KS. He was born February 17, 1937 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the son of Bessie Owens. He Graduated from ICS Newport Pacific High School, where he obtained his GED in 1998. He married Katherine Cohens on December 8, 1989 in Liberal. She survives. He worked...

David A. Caldwell

David A. Caldwell

Apr 4, 2017

David Caldwell, 57 passed away unexpectedly Tuesday April 4, 2017 in Wichita at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital.He was born July 5, 1959 to Coeta Caldwell in Liberal, Kansas. David lived his entire life in the Turpin, Oklahoma community.He graduated from Turpin High School in 1977.He married Bobbi Wilson November 23, 2004. She survives.He worked for Bearing Headquarters and managed...

Lanora Lucille Webb

Lanora Lucille Webb

Apr 1, 2017

Lanora Lucille Webb, 92, entered into glory on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Southwest Medical Center on what would have been her 72nd wedding anniversary.She was born April 25, 1924 at Hugoton, Kansas to Haven and Callie (Reese) Stevens. Lanora and Delmer began dating while Lanora was still in high school. Delmer was drafted into the army, and left for...

Timothy James Brown

Timothy James Brown

Apr 1, 2017

Timothy James Brown, age 62, died Saturday, April 1st, 2017 at his home in Liberal, after a 5 year struggle with cancer. He was born in Marshalltown, Iowa on March 20, 1955 the son of Charles James and Faye Irene (Matney) Brown.He moved to Liberal, Kansas with his family in 1968, when he was 13. Tim was married to Polly...

Phillip Ray Hoggatt

Phillip Ray Hoggatt

Mar 25, 2017

Phillip Ray Hoggatt, age 62, died Saturday, March 25, 2017, at the Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton, KS. He was born October 30, 1954 in Duncan OK, the son of William Joe and Marguerite Verna (Gibson) Hoggatt. He graduated from Hugoton High School in 1973. He married Leslee Ann McLeod on November 16, 1995 at Hugoton, KS. She survives.He was...

Lois Margueritte Poer

Lois Margueritte Poer

Mar 22, 2017

Lois Margueritte Poer, age 82, died March 22, 2017 at the Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton, KS. She was born November 11, 1934 in Prairie View, KS, the daughter of Berton J and Margueritte I. (Goeken) Brown. She graduated from Prairie View High School in 1953. She attended Ft. Hays State College at Hays, KS for 2 years. On June...

Dilla Deloris Hood

Dilla Deloris Hood

Mar 22, 2017

Dilla Deloris Hood, 84, died, March 22, 2017 at her home in rural Tyrone, OK. She was one of 13 children born to Clark Lincoln Rodkey and Myrtle Olive Anderson Rodkey in Buffalo, OK., on August 19, 1932.She graduated from Liberal, High School in 1949. She married Edward Brady Harness May 16, 1949, he died November 14, 1993. She married...

Bradford Hinkle

Bradford Hinkle

Mar 15, 2017

Bradford “Brad” Hinkle 86 of Liberal died Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at South West Medical Center.Brad was born February 2, 1931 in Pampa, TX to James B. Hinkle and Estellene Bradford Hinkle.He married G. Pauline Hinkle on January 9, 1953. She died July 6, 2009.Brad worked as a salesman for Western & Associates, Nabisco and Frito-Lay.Survivors: 3 Daughter’s Cathy Taylor...

Jean Randall

Jean Randall

Mar 11, 2017

Jean Randall, 99, died Saturday March 11, 2017 at Wheatridge Park Care Center, Liberal, KS.She was born September 7, 1917 in rural Pratt, KS, to Henry Carpenter and Edna Chittenden Carpenter.Her family moved to a farm east of Hugoton when she was 3. Her parents decided that Jean would become a professional dancer, and she moved to Wichita when she...

Billy J. Kaup

Billy J. Kaup

Mar 4, 2017

Billy J. Kaup, age 67, died March 4, 2017, Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS, KS. He was born November 20, 1949 in Liberal, KS, the son of Von and Betty L. (Martin) Kaup. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1968. He worked for NAPA in Liberal, KS and Woodward, OK as a counter salesman. He worked as a...

Jack Richard Massoni

Jack Richard Massoni

Mar 4, 2017

Jack Richard Massoni, 89, was called home to the Lord on March 4th, 2017 at Hill Top House Skilled Nursing Facility in Bucklin, KS. He was born in Hutchinson, KS. on May 20, 1927. He was the son of Floyd H. and Mildred (Bundy) Massoni. He grew up in the Kismet community and graduated from Kismet High School in 1945....

Beulah  Louise King

Beulah Louise King

Feb 23, 2017

Beulah Louise King, age 95, died Thursday February 23rd, 2017 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She was born July 1, 1921, to Carl and Adelia (Hackerott) Miller in Natoma, Kansas. Beulah was married February 19th, 1946 to Willard H. (Bud) King, who preceded her in death, as did her parents and only sister Grace and son in law, Buster Keeton. Beulah...

Lucille Naomi  Sawyer Myers

Lucille Naomi Sawyer Myers

Feb 21, 2017

Lucille Sawyer Meyers, 100, died Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at Wheatridge Park Care Center, Liberal, KS. She was born September 18, 1916 to John and Opal (Rennik) Davis on a farm and ranch at Boyd, OK, in Beaver County in the Oklahoma Panhandle.She attended Elementary school in the Pleasant Valley and Anthony Districts in Beaver County and Secondary school at...

Deborah Jean Schmitzer

Deborah Jean Schmitzer

Feb 16, 2017

Deborah J. (Davidson) Schmitzer, 62, died Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. She was born on October 4, 1954 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to William and Mary (Grisham) Davidson. On September 30, 1991 she married Randy Schmitzer in Grand Junction, Colorado. He survives. She graduated from Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City in 1972. She...

Essie  V. Witherspoon

Essie V. Witherspoon

Feb 13, 2017

Essie V. Witherspoon, age 81, died February 13, 2017 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born May 1, 1935 at Pickens, AR, the daughter of George and Mary Lee (Mingo) Baker.On August 6, 1959, she married James Witherspoon at Liberal, KS. He survives. She had been a resident of Liberal for more than 45 years. She worked...

Violet Joyce "Vi" Hebbert

Violet Joyce "Vi" Hebbert

Feb 10, 2017

Violet Joyce “Vi” Hebbert, age 77, died February 10, 2017 at Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, KS. She was born December 21, 1939 in Milbank, SD, the daughter of Otto and Mabel (Poppen) DeBoer. She graduated from Sunshine Bible Academy in 1957, in Miller, SD. She attended the Grace Bible Institute in Omaha, NE for 2 years. She had resided...

Virginia Louise Newhouse

Virginia Louise Newhouse

Feb 9, 2017

Virginia Louise (Shelton) Newhouse, 96, a longtime resident of Liberal, Kansas, passed away on February 9, 2017 at her home in Silver Elm Estates in Edmond, Oklahoma.Virginia Louise Shelton was born in Liberal, Kansas, to Lester Shelton and Ethel Marie (Ideker) Shelton on June 14, 1920. She went to school in Liberal, Kansas and graduated third in her class from...

Everett Leon Baker

Everett Leon Baker

Feb 5, 2017

Everett Leon Baker, age 83, died Sunday, February 5, 2017 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born March 23, 1933 in Floris, OK, the son of Benjamin Clayton and Eloise (Dunlap) Baker. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1951. He married Thelda Dean Scott on October 9, 1952 at Perryton, TX. She survives.He attended the First Church...

Tita Campuzano Black

Tita Campuzano Black

Feb 4, 2017

Bertha Maria “Tita” Campuzano Black, 68, died Saturday, February 4, 2017, at her home in Liberal, KS. She was born on January 31, 1948, in Mexico City, Mexico, to Manuel and Bertha (Mora) Campuzano. On September 1, 1973, she married Larry Grant Black in Zacatecas, Mexico. He survives. She attended High School and Junior College in Mexico, Where she obtained...