Obituaries

Betty Jane Baskin

Betty Jane Baskin

Feb 1, 2015

Betty Jane Baskin, age 88, died Sunday, February 1, 2015, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born September 15, 1926 in Meade, KS, the daughter of Allan and Rhoda (Basinger) Seger. She attended school in Plains, KS. She had resided in Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado and Oklahoma. She worked for Wal-Mart, as a people greeter and for the...

Lois J McMullen

Lois J McMullen

Jan 22, 2015

Lois Jane McMullen, age 95, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 at Emeritus-Liberal Springs in Liberal, KS. She was born Oct. 28, 1919 in Stafford County, KS, the daughter of George and Alice (Miller) Bailey. She was raised in Hutchinson, KS and has resided in Liberal, KS for the past 61 years. She was employed in the food service industry in...

Helen Bailey

Helen Bailey

Jan 20, 2015

Helen Beatrice Bailey 82, died, Tuesday at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.She was born March 23, 1932 in Grove, Oklahoma the daughter of Henry B. and Margaret M. (Fields) Francis. She graduated in 1950 from Grove High School in Grove, OK. Following her graduation from High School she attended Business School. She was employed at Mid Kansas Bank for...

Adriana Rangel

Adriana Rangel

Jan 16, 2015

Liberal, KSAdriana Rangel, 28, died Friday, January 16, 2015 in Texas County, Oklahoma. She was born January 26, 1986 in Los Angeles, California. The daughter of Lorenzo and Herlinda (Arroyo) Rangel.She graduated from Southwestern Heights High School in 2005. She attended Seward County Community College and graduated with an Associate’s Degree in 2007. She also attended Fort Hays State University,...

Oletha P Moody

Oletha P Moody

Jan 12, 2015

LIBERAL, KSOletha P. Moody, age 86, died Monday, January 12, 2015 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She born at the farm home in Beaver County, OK on August 13, 1928, the daughter of Glen and Leola (Ingraham) Monroe. She attended Greenough High School, in Beaver County, OK, graduating in 1946. She married Raymond Becker on July 26,...

Juan Carlos Perez

Juan Carlos Perez

Jan 8, 2015

LIBERAL, KS Juan Carlos Perez, 18, died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at St. Jude Research Hospital in Memphis, TN.He was born September 9, 1996 at Liberal, KS, the son of Luis and Blanca (Montes) Perez.He was a senior at Liberal High School and was planning to graduate in May 2015. He was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church.He is...

Donald R. Owens

Donald R. Owens

Jan 8, 2015

Donald R. Owens Jr., 54, died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ. Donald Ray Owens, Jr. was born September 12, 1960 in Nevada, Missouri, the son of Donald Ray and Linda (Baker) Owens.He graduated from Nevada High School in 1978.Don joined Seaboard Foods nearly 15 years ago in March 2000, and served as Seaboard Foods Director...

Verna Mae Headrick

Verna Mae Headrick

Jan 6, 2015

Verna Mae Headrick, 85, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.She was born June 19, 1929 at Liberal, KS, the daughter of Dan and Ida (Deckert) Jantzen.On Aug 17, 1947, she married E. Dean Headrick. He died on January 3, 2000.She was lifelong member of the Kismet community, graduating from Kismet High School in 1947.She...

Roy G. Stickler

Roy G. Stickler

Jan 4, 2015

Roy G. Stickler, Jr., age 88, died Sunday, January 4, 2015 at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK. He was born September 29, 1926 at Turpin, OK, the son of Roy G., Sr. and Nile Geraldine “Bill” (Carson) Stickler.He was a 1944 graduate of Turpin High School. He served our nation in the U S Army from 1945...

Florencio "Lencho" Gonzales

Florencio "Lencho" Gonzales

Jan 4, 2015

Florencio “Lencho” Gonzales 73, died, Sunday, January 4, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born April 2, 1941 at Clayton, New Mexico the son of Vicente and Anna Montoya Gonzales. He had been a resident of Liberal for the past 24 years. He is retired from National Beef Packing Plant. On November 23, 1963 he married...

Andera Starr Garrison

Andera Starr Garrison

Jan 2, 2015

Andrea Starr Garrison 31, died Friday, January 2, 2015 at her residence in Liberal, KS She was born December 22, 1983 in Liberal, Kansas the daughter of Kenneth Garrison and Sheila Kitch Garrison. She attended school in Turpin, OK. She was a CNA for home health. On April 4, 2013 she married Michael Williams in Marlin, Texas. He survives.Other Survivors...

James C. McCourt,

James C. McCourt,

Dec 30, 2014

James Collins McCourt, Jr., age 49, died December 30, 2014 in rural Seward County, KS.He was born September 5, 1965 at Denver, CO, the son of James Collin, Sr. and JoAnn (Dyet) McCourt.He attended high school in Hominy, OK. He had been an EMT for Payne County, OK. He was currently a truck driver for West Plains Transport, Inc in...

Gareth Drew Poer

Gareth Drew Poer

Dec 29, 2014

Gareth Drew Poer, age 79, died December 29, 2014 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. He was born November 6, 1935 in Hoisington, KS, the son of Elmer and Sylvia (Henry) Poer. He graduated from Hoisington High School in 1954. He graduated from Ft. Hays State College, in Hays, KS, on January 26, 1968 with a Master’s Degree...

Dakota Lee Oxley

Dakota Lee Oxley

Dec 27, 2014

Dakota Lee Oxley, age 23, died Saturday, December 27, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.He was born December 9, 1991, in Liberal, KS, the son of Randy Lee Oxley and Bonnie (Bently) Chapa.He graduated from Liberal High School in 2010. He worked at the Cattleman’s Café.Survivors include:Father Randy Lee Oxley and wife Donna Texhoma, TXMother Bonnie Chapa and...

Stanley Elston Jacobs

Stanley Elston Jacobs

Dec 23, 2014

Stanley Elston Jacobs 66, died, December 23, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS He was born November 9, 1948 in Beaver, OK the son of Marion E. and LaWilda (Neese) Jacobs.He graduated from Liberal High School in 1966 and attended Kansas State University for two years. He was an Independent Contractor. He is survived by: 1 son Shane...

Tyler Brent McBride

Tyler Brent McBride

Dec 19, 2014

HugotonTyler Brent McBride, 22 died Friday, December 19, 2014 at Pittsburg, Kansas.He was born on April 24, 1992 at Liberal, Kansas.He is the son of Tony and Rhonda (Jones) McBride of Hugoton, they survive.Tyler graduated from Hugoton High School in 2011.He formally attended college at Fort Hays State University for three years, and was currently attending Pittsburg State University, in...

Elaine C. Newlon

Elaine C. Newlon

Dec 17, 2014

Liberal, KS Elaine Carolyn Newlon, 72, died Wednesday at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, KS.She was born April 23, 1942 in Liberal, KS, the daughter of Vergil and Mildred (Reiss) Roehr. She graduated from Kismet High School and attended Southwestern College in Winfield, KS and Omaha Business School in Omaha, Nebraska. Following completion of her business course, she went...

Robert Harold Mayhan

Robert Harold Mayhan

Dec 12, 2014

Robert Harold Mayhan, age 67, died December 12, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born December 25, 1946 in Clayton, NM, the son of Grady and Viola (Vance) Mayhan. He graduated in 1972 from Felt High School in Felt, OK. He had been a resident of Liberal for 40 years.In 1969, he married Trudy A. Pierce....

James Richard Yoxall

James Richard Yoxall

Dec 12, 2014

James Richard Yoxall, 88, died December 12, 2014, in Wichita Kansas. He was born October 25, 1926 to Richard and Claire (Marshall) Yoxall. James married Constance Cooper Clarke in Topeka, Kansas on April 7, 1951. They had three children, Richard Yoxall, Douglas Yoxall, and Bonnie (Yoxall) Frederick, followed by two grandchildren, Ashlee Yoxall and Logan Yoxall and two great-grandchildren, Zander...

Rosetta Jean Ooley

Rosetta Jean Ooley

Dec 11, 2014

Rosetta Jean Ooley of Castle Rock, Colorado, departed this life on December 11th, 2014 at the age of 92. Jean was born in Harper, KS April 10th, 1922 to parents, Loyd Clellin and Pearl Mae (Hinds) Chapin. She moved quite a bit with her family as a young girl as her father was a church establishing minister of the Church...