Obituaries

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...

Laura Lee Baker

Laura Lee Baker

Jan 28, 2017

Laura Lee (King) Baker, 87, died Saturday, January 28, 2017 at her residence in Liberal. She was born on April 15, 1929, in Pickens, AR, to Frank and Mary Ann (Smith) King. On April 21, 1947 she married Isahzear “Easy” Baker in Tillar, AR. He preceded her in death on May 16, 2012. She worked at SWMC as a nurse...

Patricia Jane  Dondlinger

Patricia Jane Dondlinger

Jan 27, 2017

Patricia Jane Dondlinger, age 71 Horn Lake, MS passed away on January 27th 2017 just three short days before her 72nd birthday was to be celebrated. “Patty” lost her fight with cancer early that Friday morning at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, TN.Patricia Jane Dondlinger was born 1-30-45 in Sutherland, NE. She was brought in to this life by her...

Doris Darlene Richardson

Doris Darlene Richardson

Jan 20, 2017

Doris Darlene Richardson, 83, died Friday, January 20, 2017, at her home in Liberal, KS.She was born on October 21, 1933 to Charles and Julia (Steinle) Letsch in Russell County, KSOn March 6, 1952, she married Maurice Richardson in Cheyenne, WY. He survives. She graduated from Luray High School, in Luray, KS.She was a co-owner of Richardson Trucking, Inc. with...

Felipe Quinonez-Jimenez

Felipe Quinonez-Jimenez

Jan 19, 2017

Felipe Quinonez-Jimenez, Jr., age 72, died January 19, 2017 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, KS. He was born January 14, 1945 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, the son of Felipe and Victorina (Quinonez) Jimenez. He married Ofelia Z. Jimenez in 1995 at Guadalupe, CA. She survives.He worked for SERVPRO as an environmental technician. He loved to sing.Survivors include4 Sons...

Ruby Maxine Hamm

Ruby Maxine Hamm

Jan 18, 2017

Ruby Maxine (Vail) Hamm died Wednesday, January 18, 2016 at the Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal, KS, at the age of 91 years. Ruby was born October 29, 1925, at Plains, KS, the twin daughter of Olus and Myra (Klein) Vail. She attended school in Plains, Kansas graduating with the class of 1943. Ruby married Joyce L. Hamm on November...

Anna  Belle Skinner

Anna Belle Skinner

Jan 15, 2017

Anna Belle Skinner, age 91, died January 15, 2017 at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Hugoton, KS. She was born March 11, 1925 in Belle Plaine, KS, the daughter of James Albert and Mary Beatrice (Hunt) Nugen. She graduated from Belle Plaine High School in 1943. She was a homemaker and farm wife.On April 6, 1947 she married Arthur Kay...

Ann Kilgore

Ann Kilgore

Jan 6, 2017

Ann Kilgore, 79, died on January 6, 2017, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. She was born on July 24, 1937, to Harold and Irene (Baird) Forbes, in Liberal, KS. On January 7, 1955, she married Freddie Kilgore in Clayton, NM. He preceded her in death in 2011. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1957.She lived in Liberal, Lincoln,...

Robert Eugene  Stout

Robert Eugene Stout

Dec 29, 2016

Robert Eugene Stout, 90, died Thursday, December 29, 2016 at SWMC in Liberal.He was born on April 2, 1926 in Cherokee, Oklahoma the son of Carol and Irene (York) Stout.He graduated from Lambert High School in Lambert, OK. He then obtained his Master’s Degree in Education from NW State College in Alva, OK. He was a High School Band teacher...

Billie Jean House

Billie Jean House

Dec 20, 2016

Billie Jean House, 85, died December 20, 2016 at Ness County Hospital in Ness City, KS.She was born July 22, 1931 at Hayne, KS, the daughter of Bert and Flora (Rhiness) Dodd.She was an Assistant Manager with Western Power, retiring in 1993.She was a member of First Baptist Church in Liberal.Formerly, she had participated in bowling leagues and volunteered at...

Neil Allen Dawson

Neil Allen Dawson

Dec 18, 2016

Neil Allen Dawson, 81, died Sunday, December 18 at his residence in Turpin.He was born on April 11, 1935 in Neligh, Nebraska, to Jay B. and Amert C. (Hogel) Dawson. He graduated from Winona High School in Winona, Kansas in 1953. He worked as a diesel mechanic for Jimmy Roger Trucking. He was a parishioner of St. Anthony of Padua...

Mary Jo Feldman

Mary Jo Feldman

Dec 16, 2016

Mary Jo (Patrick) Feldman, a generous, loving and free-spirited soul passed away on Friday, December 16, 2016, in The Woodlands, Texas. She was 66. Mary was born on October 6, 1950, in Muenster, Texas, to Rolland J. Patrick and the late Nina Faye (Hammer) Patrick. She was a loving daughter, sister, wife and mother along with a great supporter and...

Virginia Lee Colvin

Virginia Lee Colvin

Dec 15, 2016

Virginia Lee Colvin, 87, died Thursday, December 15, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.She was born on March 7, 1929 in Madison, KS to Leonard and Elizabeth (Heidrick) Shunk. She attended Madison High School, graduating in 1947.On June 12, 1954, Virginia married William Colvin in Madison, KS. He preceded her in death on March 13, 2009.As a homemaker...