Obituaries
Opal Smith
Mar 1, 2016
Opal Smith, 84, died March 1, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. Born on March 11, 1931 at Leedey, OK, Norma Opal Vaughn was the daughter of Willie S. and Gladys E. (Foster) Vaughn. She was a 1949 graduate of Liberal High School. In 1950, she began a 29 year career with Bell Telephone as a telephone operator...
Lea Christina Norton
Feb 28, 2016
Leah Christina Norton 96, died on February 28th, 2016 at her Brookdale Liberal Springs residence in Liberal.She was born Oct. 17, 1918 in Ford Co., Kansas the daughter of Louis Alvin and Christina Wilhelmina (Bort) Spitze. She graduated in 1936 from Kinsley High School in Kinsley, KS. She then attended and graduated in 1940 from Southwestern College in Winfield, KS...
Faye DeWitt
Feb 26, 2016
Faye DeWitt 94, died, Friday, February 26, 2016 in Yuma, AZ. She was born March 3, 1921 in Moscow, KS the daughter of James Elliott and Mary Ann (Dickson) Wright. She graduated from Moscow High School in 1938. From 1939 – 1941 she attended Dodge City Junior College and in 1965 she graduated from Ft. Hays State with a Bachelor’s...
Lillian Holifield
Feb 26, 2016
Lillian Holifield, 89, died Friday, February 26, 2016 at St. Catharine Hospital in Garden City, KS. She was born May 5, 1926 in Lyman, Oklahoma, the daughter of Homer and Dolly (Davis) Luna. She graduated High School in 1945 in Goodman, Missouri from the Goodman School System. After graduation, she went to business college in Missouri. She was a member...
Allen B Duncan
Feb 11, 2016
Allen B. Duncan Jr., 58, died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 at his residence in Liberal, Kan. He was born Oct. 24, 1957 in Dixon, Calif., the son of Allen and Patty Ella (Gentry) Duncan. He graduated from Princeton Community High School in Princeton, Ind. He worked for Cargill for many years while living in Kansas City, Kan. from 1980-1984; Houston,...
Virginia D. Jackson
Feb 8, 2016
Virginia Dell Jackson, age 91, died Monday, February 8, 2016, at her residence in Liberal, KS. She was born September 30, 1924 in Rose, OK, the daughter of Mark and Nora Lee (Marshall) Hanna. She graduated from Locust Grove, OK High School in 1942. She was long time resident of Liberal.She was a homemaker. She married Johnny A. Jackson on...
Michael James Grande
Feb 7, 2016
Michael James GrandeSunday evening, February 7, 2016, Michael J. Grande of Edmond, Oklahoma entered the gates of heaven and was received with open arms by his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, both parents Joseph and Josephine Grande and most recent, his father-in-law, Robert D. Hitt. At the time of death, Michael was 63yrs, 10 months and 10 days old. Michael...
Margaret Ann Beymer
Feb 5, 2016
Margaret Ann Beymer, 69, died Friday, February 5, 2016 at her residence.She was born March 17, 1946 in Lakin, KS, the daughter of R.A. “Dick” and Alberta (Fulks) Beymer. She attended school in Lakin, KS.She worked in the janitorial department at the Mosaic workshop. She had the ability to remember names of all the horses on the farm, remembered everyone’s...
Mittie O Feight
Feb 5, 2016
Mittie Odell Feight, 98, died Friday, February 5, 2016, at Lone Tree Retirement Center, in Meade, KS.She was born May 7, 1917, at Chimes, AR, to John D. and Selena (Hensley) Clutts.She married Arthur Harris on April 27, 1940, at Chimes, AR. He died in 1967. She married Grover Feight in 1969. He died in 1977.She was a homemaker. She...
Marion Frances Graber
Feb 3, 2016
Marion Frances Graber, 88 died Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at her residence in Liberal, KS. She was born February 26, 1927 in Edgerton, Kansas the daughter of Ernest and Ethel (Cole) Bundy. She graduated in 1945 as valedictorian from Peabody High School, Peabody, KS. Marion attended Kansas University for one year following High School. She moved to Liberal, KS in...
Josefa Mendoza
Feb 1, 2016
Josefa Mendoza, 62, of Liberal, KS, died Monday, January 1, at the Beaver County Nursing Home, Beaver, OK.She was born May 8, 1953 at Rosales Chihuahua, Mexico to Pedro Gomez and Ramona Anchondo. In June of 1989 she married Jesus Mendoza at Delicias Chihuahua, Mexico.She was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Anthony of Padua, Catholic Church.Survivors include:Brothers...
Adam James Wright
Jan 30, 2016
Adam James Wright 37,died, Saturday, January 30, 2016 at Kansas Medical Center in Wichita, KS.He was born Aug. 3, 1978 in Tucson, AZ the son of James Anthony and Patricia Elizabeth (Swart) Wright. He has been a resident of Liberal since January of 2015 moving from Tucson, AZ.He graduated in 1997 from Santa Rita High School in Tucson, AZ. He...
Janie Marie Barr
Jan 28, 2016
Janie Marie Barr, 54, a longtime resident of Liberal, passed away January 28th, 2016 at her home. She was born on June 17th, 1961 in Grand Junction, Colorado, to Irvin E. “Slim” Cook and Betty L. (Coon) Cook. She graduated from Rolla High School in 1979, and attended Seward County Community College. Janie was employed by the Seward County Landfill...
Don E. Friesen
Jan 27, 2016
Donald E. “Don” Friesen, 56, died January 27, 2016 at St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, MO.He was born March 7, 1959 at Newton, KS, the son of Elmer B. and Eunice (Brandt) Friesen. He was a graduate of Meade High School, Meade, KS.He worked with the maintenance department at Seward County Community College / Area Technical School.Don was...
Rafael Villanueva
Jan 12, 2016
Rafael Villanueva age 82, died, Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at his home in Liberal, KS.He was born January 2, 1934 in Jalisco, Mexico the son of Librado and Marcelina (Calvillo) Villanueva. On June 20, 1955 he married Evelia Ochoa in Mexico. She survives. Other survivors include:3 Son Rafael Villanueva Liberal, KS Carlos Torres Liberal, KS Vincente Torres Liberal, KS 5...
Donna Mae Kemsley
Jan 10, 2016
Donna Mae Kemsley 78, died, Sunday, January 10, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.She was born Jan. 21, 1937 in Ogden, Utah the daughter of Jess and Alta (Andrews) Kemsley.She was employed as a Register Nurse for several years and in 1968 she became a truck driver until she retired in 1979. She have been a longtime resident...
Richard K. Larsen
Jan 8, 2016
Richard K. Larsen 88, died, Friday, January 08, 2016 at the Clermont Park Retirement Home in Denver, CO. He was born April 13, 1927 in Des Moines, Iowa the son of Frederick Cristian and Ruth (Everhart) Larsen. He graduated from Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri in 1945. Dick served with the US Army from September 1945 to January...
Irene Esparza Ortega
Jan 5, 2016
Irene Esparza Ortega, 62, of Liberal, KS died Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at her home in Liberal, KS She was born at Durango, Mexico on November 27, 1953, the daughter of Marcelino Esparza and Maria Melero. She married Gerardo Ortega on August 15, 1970 at Col. Independencia Namiquipa, Chihuahua, Mexico. He survives.Survivors Include4 Sons: Luis Gerardo Ortega Esparza of Liberal,...
Robert "Bob" E. Hood
Dec 31, 2015
Robert E. “Bob” Hood, age 96, died Thursday, December 31, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS.Robert Ellsworth Hood was born May 5, 1919 at the farm in Texas County, Oklahoma, the son of L. O. and Myrtle (Claggett) Hood.He was a 1936 high school graduate of the New Mexico Military Institute. He was a veteran serving in the U....
Elizabeth M. "Bessie" Fetsch
Dec 29, 2015
Elizabeth M. “Bessie” Fetsch, age 93, died December 29, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born March 3, 1922 in Red Cloud, NE, the daughter of Vencil and Marie (Kafka) Maruska. She attended school in Red cloud, NE. She was a resident of Liberal for 57 years.On March 7, 1943, she married Thaddeus T. Sperry at...
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