Obituaries
Naomi Erlene Hillis
Nov 22, 2013
Naomi Erlene (Woodrum) Hillis, 92, died Friday, November 22, 2013 at Via Christi St. Teresa Campus Hospital, Wichita. She was born March 25, 1921 in rural Hardesty, Ok. The daughter of Alonzo and Lydia (Irons) Woodrum. She married Noel Leonard Hillis on July 13, 1938 at Fresno, Ca. He preceded her in death on January 20, 2002. A former resident...
Bounlone Xaysanasouk
Nov 15, 2013
Bounlone Xaysanasouk, 55, of Liberal, passed away Friday, November 15, 2013, at Southwest Medical Center.He was born August 7, 1958, at Vientiane, Laos, to Bounpheng Xaysanasouk and Bounnack (Phathamavong) Xaysanasouk.He obtained his G.E.D. in Dallas, TX.He was employed by Seaboard Food, Guymon, OK, in the fabrication department.He was of the Buddist and Christian religions.Survivors include:1 brother – Bounhome Xaysanasouk, of...
Katherine Frances Eastman-Anderson
Nov 10, 2013
Katherine Frances (Eastman) Anderson, 52, passed away November, 10, 2013 at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born April 16, 1961, in Liberal, KS, the daughter of Relis and Virginia Eastman.She graduated from Southwestern Heights High School and also graduated from Seward County Community College and Barton County Community College.She worked as a CNA for Liberal Good Samaritan Society...
MaryLou Peterson
Nov 9, 2013
MaryLou Peterson, 75, died Saturday, November 9, 2013 at her home in Enid, Ok. She was born February 2, 1938 in Sublette, Ks, the daughter of Paul and Mary (Tyler) Slocum. On August 28, 1955, she married Bill Peterson at Sublette, Ks, he preceded her in death on March 12, 2000. She was a homemaker, and co-owner of Peterson Trucking...
Virginia Pearl Benton
Nov 6, 2013
LiberalVirginia Pearl Benton, 78, died Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born January 16, 1935 at Woodville, Ok, the daughter of Oval and Jewell (McCorkel) Marsh. She was a homemaker. On December 12, 1953 she married Robert Eldon Benton at Borger, Tx, he preceeded her in death on January 11, 2000. She graduated Borger High...
Frank Rotolo
Nov 5, 2013
Frank “Papa” Rotolo, 93, died Tuesday, November 5, 2013 in rural Turpin, OK.He was born May 5, 1920 in Pueblo, CO, the son of Samuel and Kathryn (Genova) Rotolo. He had been a Liberal resident for the past 65 years. He was employed at Hood Chevrolet from 1949 to 1975 as the Service Manger. He then worked for Beech Aircraft...
Patricia Gail Walter
Nov 4, 2013
Gail Walter 60, passed away, Monday at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.She was born March 17, 1953 in La Junta, Colorado the daughter of Billy C. and Melba (Jernigan) Burr. She graduated from high school in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1971. She has been a resident of the Liberal area for the past 35 years.She had been...
Barry Allen Brady
Oct 31, 2013
LIBERAL, KS Barry Allen Brady, age 52, died October 31, 2013 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born July 9, 1961 in Garden City, KS, the son of Herbert Gerald and Joye Louise (Shurtz) Brady. He graduated from Garden City High School. He had resided in Liberal for the past 3-4 years.He was a pumper for Brady Pumping...
Raychelle Elaine Kelly
Oct 30, 2013
Raychelle Elaine Kelly 70, died, Wednesday at the residence in Liberal, KS.She was born July 10, 1943 in San Diego, CA the daughter of Raymond Otto and Elaine May (Nelson) Summers. She graduated from Sweetwater High School in National City, CA. She was a resident of San Diego, CA before moving to Liberal 12 years ago. She was member of...
Charles W. Brownlee
Oct 29, 2013
Charles William Brownlee, 75, died Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KSHe was born September 20, 1938 in Buffalo, MO, the son of James and Norma (Moore) Brownlee. He graduated from Satanta High School in 1956 and received his Bachelors of Science degree from Emporia State University and a Masters in Physics from the University of...
John Raybern O'Neal
Oct 26, 2013
Rolla, KsJohn Raybern O’Neal, 66, died Saturday, October 26, 2013 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS. He was born March 31, 1947 at Midland, Tx, the son of James & Vida O’Neal (Harris). Formally of Texas and Wyoming, and a resident of Rolla, Ks for the past two years. He was a lifelong rancher. In 1971 he married Patricia Kay...
Myrna Jean Shaffer-White
Oct 19, 2013
Myrna Jean Shaffer-White , 73 passed away on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013 at the Sumner County Care Center in Wellington, KS following a courageous battle for years with PPA (dementia). She had been a resident at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal since Sept. 2012, then Sumner County Care Center since Aug. 9, 2013.Myrna was born on November 17, 1939...
Therese Marie Lampe
Oct 17, 2013
Therese Marie Lampe 52, died, Thursday Oct. 17, 2013 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS.She was born May 1, 1961 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter of Leo Edward and Virginia Rose (Kemmeter) Lampe. She had been employed by the Department of Veteran Affairs in Australia.She was a member of the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Support Group.Survivors includeHusband Riley Booth Liberal, KS...
Raymond Sottero Fernandez
Oct 4, 2013
Raymond Sottero Fernandez 64, died Friday Oct. 4, 2013 as a result of an car accident in Stevens County. He was born Nov. 25, 1948 in Clayton, New Mexico the son of Pedro Edward and Aurora (Trujillo) Fernandez. He graduated from Boise City High School in Boise City, Oklahoma. He is retired from Seaboard working with the breading and farrowing....
John Kenneth Blasi
Sep 21, 2013
John Kenneth Blasi, age 89, died on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at his home in Hemet, California. He was born March 6, 1924 in Cunningham, Kansas, the son of August Charles (A.C.) and Grace Blasi. He grew up on farms and attended schools near Pratt, Kansas and graduated from Pratt High School, where he was the captain of the football...
Don E. Chrisenberry
Sep 19, 2013
Don E. Chrisenberry, age 86, died Thursday, September 19, 2013 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal. He was born October 9, 1926 at Blackwell, OK, the son of Edgar and Irene (Kirk) Chrisenberry. He attended schools in Blackwell and has been a resident of Liberal, KS for that past 48 years.He was self-employed and owned Chrisenberry’s Auto. He had formally worked...
Joan P. Bourell
Sep 18, 2013
Joan Pauline Bourell, 83, died Sept. 18, 2013 at Namaste Alzheimer’s Center in Colorado Springs, CO.She was born Dec. 12, 1929 at Macksville, KS, the daughter of Joseph and Iva Pauline (Broadfoot) Wolf. She went to school in St. John and Hutchinson, KS. She worked with family at Bourell’s Carpet and Drapery in Hutchinson for many years. Managing the Drapery...
Donald Dean "Don" Michaelis
Sep 14, 2013
Donald Dean “Don” Michaelis, age 75, died September 14, 2013 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born September 26, 1937 in Russell, KS, the Son of Walter William and Rachel Caroline (Keil) Michaelis. He attended school in Russell, KS and earned his GED while serving in the U.S. Air Force. He had been a resident of Liberal since...
Cynthia "Cindy" Ella Wood
Sep 10, 2013
Cynthia Ella “Cindy” Wood, 61, died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 at her residence in Wichita, KS.She was born December 8, 1951 in Liberal, KS, the daughter of Robert and Henriella (Lasswell) Booth. She has been a resident of Tyrone, OK, Liberal, KS and Wichita, KS. She graduated in1970 from Tyrone High School.She was a homemaker and worked at Kindercare Day...
Thelma Rose Trimmell
Sep 5, 2013
Thelma Rose Trimmell 98, died, Thursday, September 5, 2013 at her residence in Liberal. She was born October 19, 1914, in Seward County on the family homestead, the daughter of Elmer Ellisworth and Elta Rose (Sheldon) Howell. She was a lifelong resident of Liberal and was a 1933 graduate of Liberal High School. She was a homemaker, mother, grandmother and...
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