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James L. "Sam" Abbott
Jul 9, 2011
James L. “Sam” Abbott, age 65, died July 9, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born December 8, 1945 in Cordell, Oklahoma, the son of Mabel Abbott.He attended Liberal High School and had been a longtime Liberal resident.He worked at Koochel’s Parts Plus and had worked for Wettstein Farms for 10 years. He retired in April...
Benjamin "Bennie" Lee Witzke
Jul 8, 2011
Benjamin Lee “Bennie” Witzke, age 81, died Friday, July 8, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center inLiberal, KS.He was born January 28, 1930 at Bessie, OK, the son of Leonard and Miriam (Kiehn) Witzke.He was a 1947 graduate of Turpin High School, Turpin, OK. He continued his education with a Bachelors degree from Southwestern State in Weatherford, OK, and then a...
J C Tucker,
Jun 24, 2011
J C “Uncle Tuck” Tucker, Jr., age 74, died Friday June 24, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal.He was born August 5, 1936 at Cameron, TX, the son of J C and Beatrice (Wesley) Tucker.He was a veteran of the United States Army serving from 1959 – 1961, during the Viet Nam War. He had worked for many years...
Betty Rindels
Jun 12, 2011
Betty Lou Rindels 78, died Sunday June 12, 2011 at Via Christi Regional Medical Center St Francis in Wichita, KSShe was born Aug. 28, 1932 at Poweshick County, Iowa the daughter of William and Mina Bernice (Newton) Wittnburg. She graduated from Grundy Center High School, Gundy Center, Iowa in 1950. She has been a longtime resident of Hugoton, KS.She was...
C. E. "Bud" Peery
Jun 11, 2011
C. E. “Bud” Peery 89, passed away Saturday, June 11, 2011 at St. Catherine’s Hospital in Garden City, KS.He was born December 7, 1921 at Skedee, OK the son of Joe and Zola (Billeau) Peery. He had been a resident of Liberal, KS since 1957. He worked for Armco Steel Corporation for 32 years and was a district manager.Bud was...
Maria Del Carmen Flores
Jun 11, 2011
Maria Del Carmen Flores, age 67, died June 11, 2011 at her residence in Liberal. Maria del Carmen Flores was born Feb. 28, 1944 at Torreon,Coahuila, Mexico, the daughter of Lorenzo and Maximina (Igualate) Flores.She was a homemaker and had been a Liberal resident since 1989 moving from Juarez, Chih, Mexico. She was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church.She...
Zula Lee Matthes
May 30, 2011
Zula Lee Matthes, 86, died Monday May 30, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.She was born April 6, 1925 at Sapulpa, OK, the daughter of Benjamin and Alice (Perkins) Kemp. She has been a resident of Liberal since 1949 moving from Coffeeville, KS. She graduated in 1942 from Sapulpa High School in Sapulpa, OK.She had worked for many...
Danny Wayne Brown
May 29, 2011
Danny Wayne Brown, age 58, died Sunday, May 29, 2011 at his residence in Midwest City, OK.He was born September 16, 1952 in Perryton, TX, the son of DeWayne and Rheta Mae (Penn) Brown.He has been a Midwest City Resident for 3½ years. He graduated from Hardesty High School, Hardesty, OK.He was a Service Supervisor for Weatherford International retiring in...
Jessie Dale Horton
May 26, 2011
Jessie Dale Horton 83 died May 26, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.He was born April 27, 1928 in Hugoton, KS the son of John Alanson and Roxie Viola Burrows.He has been a long time Liberal Resident. He graduated from Hugoton High School and received his bachelor’s degree from Wichita State University.He was a mud engineer and owned...
John Adam Graves
May 23, 2011
John Adam Graves, age 47, died Monday, May 23, 2011at his residence in Liberal, KS.He was born Dec. 10, 1963 in Wichita, KS, the son of Donald Leroy and Helen Jo (Loyton) Graves.He has been a longtime Liberal resident and attended Liberal Schools.He had worked at Best Western, Seward County Road & Bridge and currently as a truck driver for...
Robert Carl Anderson
May 22, 2011
Robert Carl “Bob” Anderson, 89, died Sunday May 22, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal.He was born November 24, 1921 at Hibbing, Minnesota, the son of Carl and Aina Anderson. He had lived in Hibbing, MN for 18 years, graduating from Hibbing High School in 1938. He had also lived in Denham, MN for 5 yrs, Aberdeen, SD for...
Pedro Zuniga
May 3, 2011
Pedro Zuñiga, age 73, died May 3, 2011 at his residence in rural Liberal, KS.He was born May 13, 1937 at Alvaro Obregon, Dgo, Mexico, the son of Genaro and Herminia Cuevas Zuñiga.He retired in 2002 from the City of Liberal where he worked as an equipment operator for the street department. He was a member of St. Anthony Catholic...
Glenn Barlow
May 3, 2011
Glenn Barlow, 82 died May 3, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal. He was born November 5, 1928 in Springfield, Colo. To Harve and Hildred (Winters) Barlow. He graduated from Booker High School, Booker, Texas. He served in the United State Army. He worked as a gas well technician for the State of Kansas. He was an avid pool player...
James Edward Miller
Apr 30, 2011
James Edward Miller Sr. 65, died April 30, 2011 at his residence.He was born Nov. 7, 1945 in Pauls Valley, OK the son of Thaddeus and Maria (Hancock) Miller.He was a retired cook for SKADAF. He attended the Assembly of God Church. He serviced in the US Army during the Vietnam War.On Jan. 16, 1970 he married Mary Cheney at...
James Greg Bell
Apr 28, 2011
James Greg “J.G.” Bell, age 47, died April 28, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center.He was born November 15, 1963 in Wichita Falls, TX, the son of James “Red” and Alma Rae (Holford) Bell.He was a 1981 Liberal High School graduate, attended Seward County Community College and received certification at Seward County Vocational Technical School.J.G. managed and operated Red Bell Cleaners,...
Brian D. Jamison
Apr 21, 2011
Brian D. Jamison, 59, died April 21, 2011 at his home in Liberal. He was born November 15, 1951, at Raton, New Mexico, the son of Billy J. and Lillie F. (Blosser) Jamison. He was formerly of Beaver, OK, moving to Liberal, KS in 2002.He was a mechanic at National Beef Packing Co. before his illness.On July 7, 2005, he...
Guy A. Knarr
Apr 15, 2011
Guy Alfred Knarr II, 50, died Friday April, 15, 2011 at his residence in Liberal, KS.He was born August 5, 1960 in Pittsburg, KS, the son of William Alfred and Patricia Ann (Hughes) Knarr.He had been a resident of Liberal for the past 2 years moving from Elkhart, KS. He graduated from Franklin High School in Franklin, Tennessee. He had...
Edith M. "Edie" Colvin
Apr 9, 2011
Edith M. “Edie” Colvin 77, died Saturday, April 9, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.She was born December 12, 1933 in Salina, Kansas the daughter of Troy and Marquerite (Fritz) Melton.A longtime resident of Liberal, she attended Faith Tabernacle Church, and managed various restaurants.On November 17, 1952 she married Billy W. Colvin at Alva, OK. He died Jan....
Jose Manuel Sanchez
Apr 8, 2011
PLAINS – Jose Manuel Sanchez, 35, died April 8, 2011 in Texas County, OK. He was born December 31, 1975 in Jerez Zac, Mexico to Josefina Sanchez.He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Plains.On Feb. 28, 2000 he married Jennifer Lynn Sanchez in Yakima, Washington. She survives.Other survivors include:Mother Josefina Sanchez Plains, KS;1 Son Andrew Manuel Sanchez...
Elvin Ponce
Apr 5, 2011
Elvin Eduardo Ponce, 17, died Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL.He was born December 27, 1993 at Los Angeles, CA, the son of Ramon Medina and Dulce Maria Ponce.Elvin had been a student at Washington Pre-school, Garfield and MacArthur Elementary and Cottonwood Intermediate Schools in Liberal, KS through the 6th grade. He moved to Miami...
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