Obituaries
Donald D. King,
Oct 4, 2012
Donald Dean King, Sr., 80, died Thurs., October 4, 2012, at VA Hospital, Dallas, TX.He was born December 13, 1931, in Liberal, KS, the son of John R. and Nora E. (Lawder) King. He was a 1950 graduate of Turpin High School. He received a BS Degree from Oklahoma A&M (OSU), and a MS Degree from Kansas State Univ. He...
Ross Alan Graham
Sep 30, 2012
Ross Alan Graham, age 58, died September 30, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS. He was born September 9, 1954 in Liberal, KS the son of Bobby Ross and Katherine Muriel (Light) Graham.He graduated from Liberal High School in 1972. He was a life time resident of Liberal.He was employed as a carpenter and worked for the Seward...
Shirley "S.G." Gene Hinz
Sep 25, 2012
Shirley Gene “S. G.” Hinz, 85, died Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at his residence in Liberal, KS.He was born May 1, 1927 at Corn, OK to Alvin H. and Elizabeth (Franzen) Hinz.He was a Korean War veteran serving in the U. S. Army from Oct. 17, 1950 – Oct. 22, 1952.He was a farmer and truck driver. He lived in...
Duane Reed Hitchcock
Sep 24, 2012
Duane Reed Hitchcock, 56, died Monday, September 24, 2012 at Kansas Medical Center in Andover, KS.He was born on November 10, 1955 at Pratt, KS to Ralph L. and Mary (Reed) Hitchcock.He had worked for several local oilfield companies as a roughneck.He is survived by hisSon – Stacey Hitchcock of Yukon, OK;Father – Ralph L. Hitchcock of Minneola, KS;Sister –...
Jean Marie Weeast
Sep 24, 2012
Jean Marie Weeast, 88, died Monday, September 24, 2012 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS.She was born October 23, 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio the daughter of John Harold and Grace Elizabeth (Nichols) Keefe. She graduated from Trenton Central High School in Trenton, New Jersey in 1942.She had been a resident of Liberal for the past 20 years. She...
Jean Ray "JR" "Jabo" Willimon
Sep 20, 2012
Jean Ray “JR” “Jabo” Willimon, age 88, of Plains, died Thursday, September 20, 2012, at Minneola District Hospital, in Minneola, KS. He was born July 27, 1924 at Davidson, OK, to John Wesley and Alice Anna (Wright) Willimon. He attended school at Davidson.He served in the United States Army, during World War II, from 1943 to 1945.He married Imogene B....
Skip Patheal
Sep 16, 2012
Skip Patheal, 90, died Sunday, September 16, 2012 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KSShe was born January 28, 1922 in Decatur, IL, the daughter of William Sr. and Edith (Young) Schlosser. She has been a resident of Liberal for the past six years, also living in Hugoton, KS for 13 years and Denver, CO for 14 years. She was...
Marsha Suzanne Moore
Sep 15, 2012
Marsha Suzanne Moore, age 59, died September 15, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS, after a brief illness with cancer. She was born January 1, 1953 in Liberal, KS, the daughter of William Maxwell and Juanita Lois (Brewer) Moore. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1972. She was a life time resident of Liberal.She worked as a...
Juan "John" Manuel Vasquez
Sep 14, 2012
Juan Manuel “John” Vasquez, age 41, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 at Richardson Methodist Medical Center in Richardson, TX.He was born May 27, 1971 at Rosario, Dgo, Mexico, to Felix and Estela (Holguin) Vasquez.He was a 1990 graduate of Rolla High School, Rolla, KS and then attended Seward County Community College in Liberal, KS.He had lived in Dallas for the...
James "Bennie" Benjamin Wilson
Sep 10, 2012
James Benjamin “Bennie” Wilson, 62, of Liberal, died Monday, September 10, 2012, at Rush Hospital in Meridian, Mississippi, as a result of a motorcycle accident. He was born April 30, 1950, in Guymon, Oklahoma, the son of Woodrow B. and Lucille (Ellington) Wilson.He attended Liberal Schools graduating from Liberal High School with the class of 1968. Bennie was employed for...
Marcelo Vitolas Pando
Sep 7, 2012
Marcelo Vitolás Pando, 66, died Friday, September 7, 2012 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.He was born October 12, 1945 in Mexico, the son of Santiago and Juana Pando Vitolás. He has been a resident of Liberal for 31 years owning and operating Vitolás Tortillas for many years.He was a member of the St. Anthony Catholic Church.On Sept 24,...
Lila Mae Blasi
Aug 27, 2012
Lila Mae Blasi 79, died Monday, August 27, 2012 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS.She was born February 6, 1933 in Comanche Co. Kansas the daughter of Ralph and Lucy (Stevenson) Sangster.She had attended Enterprise School and graduated from Protection High School in Protection, KS in 1951 and then attended Pratt Junior College. After moving to Liberal in...
Lois Meddock
Aug 19, 2012
Lois Meddock, 92 died, Sunday August 19, 2012 at Lone Tree Retirement Center in Meade Kansas.She was born Sept. 13, 1919 at Uniontown, KS the daughter of Fay and Ruth (Bobbitt) KeithShe graduated from Uniontown High School and attended Ft. Scott, Junior College. She was a homemaker and has worked in the courthouse in Fort Scott then taught school in...
Vernon Theodore Behrendt
Aug 13, 2012
In Loving MemoryVernon Theodore Behrendt, age 85, of Liberal, passed away at 5:15 p.m., August 13, 2012 at Wheatridge Park Care Center, in Liberal. A native of Keyes, Oklahoma, he was born April 18, 1927, in Elkhart, Kansas, son of Elmer James and Fern Irene (Lowery) Behrendt. He attended Keyes High School and went to college at Panhandle State and...
Clayton Ross Shirley
Aug 12, 2012
Clayton “Ross” Shirley, age 84, died Sunday, August 12, 2012 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. He was born September 10, 1927 in Bogard, Missouri to Orval John and Edith (Greenwood) Shirley. In 1930, his family moved to Hugoton, KS. He graduated from Hugoton High School in 1945 where he was on the football team. After graduating, he...
Bethany Renee Royse
Aug 3, 2012
Bethany Renee Royse, stillborn daughter of Josiah and Theresa Royse, was born on August 3, 2012 at Memorial Hospital of Texas County, Guymon, OK. Her other survivors include:Grandparents – Kelly and Brenda Headrick of Turpin, OK; Gregory Royse of Lake Elsinore , CA; Jeff and Ruth Brott of Sarasota, FL and Wayne and Corinne Flack of Turpin, OK.Great-Grandparents – Ivan...
Audrey Ellen Behrendt
Jul 29, 2012
In Loving Memory Audrey Ellen BehrendtAudrey Ellen Behrendt,age 81, of Liberal, passed away at 6:00 a.m., July 29, 2012, at her home in Liberal. A native of Turpin, Oklahoma,she was born November 15, 1930, in a sod house, just south of Dombey, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of the late Josiah Kermit and Bessie Belle Ray. She attended Turpin High...
Betty Jean Garcia
Jul 26, 2012
Betty Jean Garcia, 57, died Thursday, July 26, 2012 at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, KS. She was born Aug 23, 1954 at Rocky Ford, CO, the daughter of George and Mary Jane (Montoya) Johnson. She was employed by USD 480 where she worked in food service.She was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church. Survivors include2 Sons – Daniel...
Charles Eugene Daugherty,
Jul 19, 2012
Charles Eugene Daugherty, Sr., age73, died Thursday, July 19, 2012 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born July 1, 1939 in Garnett, KS, the son of Roy and Juanita (Ashlock) Daugherty. He attended school in Iola, KS. He had lived in Liberal since 1961, moving from El Dorado, KS.He was owner and operator of Daugherty Pumping.He was a...
Miguel Navarrete
Jul 12, 2012
Miguel Navarrete, Jr, age 19, of Liberal, died, Thursday, July 12, 2012, in Texas County, OK.He was born August 1, 1992, in Clovis, NM, son of Miguel Navarrete and Zulema (Jimenez) Navarrete.He was a 2010 graduate of Liberal High School, and was employed by Dillon’s. He was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church.Survivors include his parents2 brothers – Abriel...
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